Straß (Huertgenwald)

Strass community Hürtgenwald Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ′ 28 " N , 6 ° 25 ′ 48" E
Height :	248 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.9 km²
Residents :	700 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	179 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	52393
Area code :	02429

Straß is a district of the municipality of Hürtgenwald in the Düren district , North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The place is in the Eifel National Park in the Rureifel and in the North Eifel Nature Park directly on the ascending slopes of the Eifel . Neighboring towns are Langenbroich , Untermaubach , Gey and Schafberg . From Straß you can see far into the Cologne Bay and the Zülpicher Börde .

history

In 1789, Straß and the neighboring town of Gey belonged to the Jülich office of Nörvenich .

On July 1, 1969, the formerly independent municipalities of Bergstein, Brandenberg, Gey, Großhau, Hürtgen, Kleinhau and Straß, administered by the Straß-Bergstein District Association, voluntarily merged to form the Hürtgenwald municipality. As part of the municipal reorganization ( Aachen law ), the municipality of Hürtgenwald was created in its current size through the incorporation of Vossenack on January 1, 1972.

school

In Straß there is the Gey-Straß primary school with a teaching pool . High school and junior high school are in Kleinhau, the private school of the Franciscans in Vossenack . There are other schools in the district town of Düren .

Personalities

Florian Peil (* 1979), singer and namesake of the band Peilomat, grew up in Straß

Others

The chapel is dedicated to St. Donatus .
The former Maubacher Bleiberg opencast mine is located in the immediate vicinity .
BVR buses run through the town on AVV line 286.

Web links

Website of the municipality of Hürtgenwald

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.huertgenwald.de
↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 98 .
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 307 .

[1] ttp://www.huertgenwald.de

[2] Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 98 .

[3] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 307 .