Interruption

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Unterbruch is a district of Heinsberg in the district of Heinsberg and is located east of this district town.

The village had 2358 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2004). Its area is 6.53 km².

geography

Interruption lies between the two rivers Rur and Wurm at a height of 36 m above sea level. NN and was therefore often hit by floods in the past.

The village does not have a closed settlement area, but has grown together from a large number of hamlets, settlements and farmsteads to form a loose network. These include B. Alte Schmiede , Fell , Genoth , Girmen , Haag , Horsterhof , Küpper , Rohmen , Rolland , Rur or Rurhof .

Neighboring places are Orsbeck in the northeast, Oberbruch in the southeast, Schafhausen in the southwest, Heinsberg in the west and Kempen in the northwest.

history

The first documented mention of the interruption dates back to January 17, 1269 . The certificate was made because Gottfried von Schafhausen sold his farm on the Rur (the Horsterhof) to the provost von Heinsberg. The Horsterhof was probably founded in the late Carolingian era ( 751 - 911 ) and served as a Fronhof . In the year 1299 Dietrich von Heinsberg relieved all monastery property from their feudal obligation in exchange for an annual interest of seven schillings.

On July 1, 1969, the previously independent municipality was incorporated into the city of Heinsberg as part of the municipal reform. Part of the area came to Oberbruch-Dremmen .

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Culture

The carnival song "In the Rhineland between Wurm and Rur, there is the little village of Unterbruch" dates from 1948 . In addition, Unterbruch has a youth home, a multi-purpose hall and a sports field, as well as tennis facilities . Annual events are primarily the fair , the events of the Ongerbröker Kohmuhle carnival club, as well as the VfR 1910 interruption Whitsun tournament or the coffee and cake concert by the Unterbrucher Musikverein. The Kunstverein Region Heinsberg , founded in 1985, moved to the "Horster Hof" in 1997, a four -sided courtyard in Heinsberg-Unterbruch that has been documented since 1296 . The art association supports regional and national contemporary art on a voluntary basis through several exhibitions per year and through the publication of editions .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 101 .
  2. ^ Website of the Heinsberg Region Art Association

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Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′  N , 6 ° 8 ′  E