Veen (Alps)
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Veen
Municipality of the Alps
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| Height : | approx. 25 m |
| Area : | 27.35 km² |
| Residents : | 1887 (April 7, 2016) |
| Population density : | 69 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st July 1969 |
| Postal code : | 46519 |
| Area code : | 02802 |
  Location of Veen in Alps
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Veen is a district of the municipality of Alpen in North Rhine-Westphalia .
location
Veen is at the intersection of Landstrasse 460 and Kreisstrasse 23. The district is bounded in the west by Sonsbeck , in the north by Xanten , in the east by Xanten- Birten and in the south by Bönninghardt , the Haagschen Berg und Alpen.
history
The name Veen developed from "Utten Venne". It means something like "swampland". The name comes from the family who lived from 1184 to 1370 in a castle on the edge of today's town center. There is evidence of a dispute from the year 1232 between the dean of St. Viktor Xanten and Mr. Veen, "Knight Theoderich utten Venne". After this dispute was settled, a chapel was built on the land of the Lord of Veen and made an independent parish. The St. Nicholas Church, completed in 1458, was built on the site of the chapel.
On March 7, 1945 Canadian troops wanted to invade Veen. They initially encountered fierce resistance from the Wehrmacht , which continued on March 8th. House fighting broke out. On the morning of March 9, the Wehrmacht troops withdrew towards the Rhine. The Canadian Lincoln and Welland Regiment counted 20 dead and 55 wounded on March 8.
On July 1, 1969, as part of the first phase of the reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia, the municipalities of Alpen, Menzelen and Veen came together to form the municipality of Alpen.
Population development
- 1817: 766
- 1834: 944
- 1910: 1809
- 1931: 1870
- 1961: 1892
- 2011: 1881
- 2016: 1887
coat of arms
Blasonierung : Add red shields a left directional, two-wheeled silver (white) plow, in the right Obereck an upright golden (yellow) scoop.
Meaning: The two-wheeled plow was already in the oldest known jury seal of Veen from the middle of the 14th century. The plow in the new municipal coat of arms is modeled on that of the seal from the 15th century. The colors red and silver are the coat of arms colors of the first lords of Veen "utten Venne". The golden scoop, probably a peat cutter, comes from the Klevian jury seal "uit den Venne in den Wolfhagen", a peasantry that nestled around the village center of Veen. This seal was already in place in the 14th century. The gold of the Schüppe in connection with the red of the shield indicates the former rule of Kleve. The coat of arms was awarded to the former municipality of Veen on July 31, 1962.
Education and sport
In Veen there is a primary school and with the SV Borussia Veen 1920 eV a sports club with different sports. In addition, u. a. the St. Nikolaus Schützenbruderschaft from 1581, the St. Nikolaus sport shooters, the Tambour-Corps Veen, the Catholic rural youth movement Veen and the equestrian club "Eintracht Veen" are active in the village. The local history museum "House of Veen History" is also located in the village.
People (selection)
- Hans-Georg Ziebertz (* 1956), Roman Catholic theologian
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://canadianheroes.org ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Algonquin Regiment, War Diary, March 7-10, 1945 . In: Juno Beach Center . March 28, 2014 ( junobeach.org [accessed June 14, 2018]).
- ^ [1] History of Veens on www.Alpen.de
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 103 .
- ↑ a b Viebahn, Statistics and Topography of the Government District Düsseldorf, Second Part, 1836, p. 101
- ^ [2] Municipal register 1900, district of Moers
- ↑ [3] The Office Veen on Gen-Wiki
- ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 258 .
- ↑ Municipality of Alpen, population statistics according to localities according to the residents' registration office. (PDF; 156 kB) Retrieved April 14, 2013 .
- ↑ [4] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Description of the coat of arms "History of the Moers District"
