Shrub (Simmerath)
shrub
community Simmerath
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Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 34 ″ N , 6 ° 20 ′ 10 ″ E | ||
Height : | 533 m | |
Area : | 8.2 km² | |
Residents : | 1175 (December 31, 2011) | |
Population density : | 143 inhabitants / km² | |
Incorporation : | January 1, 1972 | |
Postal code : | 52152 | |
Area code : | 02473 | |
Location of Strauch in North Rhine-Westphalia |
Strauch is a northern part of the North Rhine-Westphalian municipality of Simmerath in the city region of Aachen in the administrative district of Cologne .
geography
Immediately to the east is the Simmerath district of Steckenborn . The small district of Weidenbroich is located between Strauch and Steckenborn. The Tiefenbach and Bühlersbach flow west of Rollesbroich.
history
Around 1560, Strauch belongs to the Simmerath parish. Strauch later belongs to the Kesternich office in the Monschau district .
Until the end of 1971, Strauch belonged as an independent municipality to the Monschau district, which was also dissolved (see Aachen Law ). On January 1, 1972, the place was incorporated into Simmerath.
Culture and sights
The Catholic parish church of St. Matthias from 1921/23 is located in the village .
societies
Blasmusikvereinigung Strauch eV
Drummer and Pfeiferkorps 1929 Strauch eV
Tennis Club Blau-Weiß eV
The Simmerath volunteer fire brigade maintains a fire fighting group in Strauch.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The place is on the L 246 between Nideggen ( Düren district ) and Simmerath-Mitte. The next junction is Aachen-Brand on the A 44 .
Water storage power plant
Trianel planned a pumped storage power plant with an output of 640 megawatts between Schmidt and Strauch . The project was rejected again in 2013.
education
The place has a kindergarten.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures in the community of Simmerath (main residence) at www.simmerath.de
- ^ 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. 309 .
- ↑ http://www.aachen-hat-energie.de/speicher/speicherkraftwerk.php