Uetterath

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Uetterath is a district of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

Uetterath borders in the north on the hamlet Herb, in the east on Horst (Heinsberg) and Randerath and in the south on the hamlets Berg and Baumen belonging to Uetterath . In the west runs the federal road 221 , at the intersection of which the smaller settlement Blauenstein (also belonging to Uetterath) lies.

history

Village history

Uetterath is a village south of Dremmen . Uetterath includes the smaller settlements or hamlets of Baumen, Berg, Blauenstein, Donselen and the hamlet of Nygen, which has now grown together with Uetterath. The starting point of the clearing at that time is in the dark. In the 14th century a farm in Uetterath was owned by the Roermond Kreuzherrenkloster.

Population development

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
373 374 368 364 359 357

Parish of St. Mary of the Assumption

A chapel was mentioned in the 15th century , it may have existed as early as the 14th century. In 1804 the church in Uetterath was raised to Dremmen.

The current church of St. Mary's Assumption was built in 1883, based on a design by Heinrich Ferdinand Mergard. The church tower was destroyed in World War II and rebuilt in the early 1950s. In the church there is the Uetterather Madonna from the 15th century and a bell from 1441.

Next to the church is the rectory. This was built in 1896 and, like the church, is a listed building .

Attractions

  • Church of the Assumption of Mary
  • Rectory

see also list of architectural monuments in Heinsberg (location "Uetterath")

The hamlet around Uetterath

mountain

Berg is located southeast of Uetterath, off the road to Randerath. The Bergh farm was mentioned in the 14th century as the Heinsberger Lehenhof. A few other courtyards were grouped around the courtyard. A simple wooden cross east of the village from the 19th century is under monument protection.

Nygen

Today, Nygen has grown strongly with Uetterath. Originally, Nygen was a separate settlement. There is a Chapel of Our Lady in the village, which was built in 1927.

Blauenstein

The smaller settlement is on the Bundesstraße 221. This ran between Geilenkirchen and Heinsberg as early as the Middle Ages . The settlement was formed at the intersection of the road to Uetterath.

Trees

The hamlet is south of Berg in the open field. It is close to the city limits of Geilenkirchen. The location of the settlement speaks for a hamlet of agricultural importance.

literature

  • Marco Kieser: The monuments in the Heinsberg district. Heinsberg city area. In: Local calendar of the Heinsberg district . Year 2009, pp. 81–93 a. Year 2010, pp. 131–147.
  • Leo Gillessen: Looking back on a millennium. Basics of the local history of Dremmen, Eschweiler, Horst, Hülhoven, Oberbruch, Porselen and Uetterath. Aachen 2002, ISBN 3-89653-913-2 .

Web links

Commons : Uetterath  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aachener Zeitung article "Oberbruch has the strongest decline" Population figures for Uetterath

Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 16.2 ″  N , 6 ° 8 ′ 1.8 ″  E