Helenabrunn

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City of Viersen
Alt-Viersen coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 42 ″  N , 6 ° 25 ′ 12 ″  E
Height : 44–72 m above sea level NN
Incorporated into: Viersen
Postal code : 41748
Area code : 02162
Helenabrunn (Viersen)
Helenabrunn

Location of Helenabrunn in Viersen

Helenabrunn is a district of the North Rhine-Westphalian district town of Viersen . Within the Viersen urban area, the village of Helenabrunn is located in the south of the Alt-Viersen district , in the immediate vicinity of the city limits of Mönchengladbach .

On older maps the place is also called Helenebrunn or Lenebour , the latter is also the name in the local Lower Franconian dialect ( Platt ).

Entrance sign for the Helenabrunn district of Viersen
The Helenenbrunnen, which has meanwhile dried up

history

According to legend, the name Helenabrunn goes back to St. Helena , mother of the Roman emperor Constantine , who is said to have quenched her thirst during a pilgrimage to the spring that was here earlier.

Helenabrunn has been a district of Alt-Viersen for centuries without its own municipal administration and is therefore closely intertwined with the history of Alt-Viersen, but Helenabrunn forms an independent Catholic parish within the Alt-Viersen area, which also includes a few other villages in the south of Alt-Viersen belong such. B. Heimer , Ummer , Ompert or Bötzlöh .

Some important dates from the local history:

  • from 1340 :
The area of ​​Alt-Viersen becomes part of the former Duchy of Geldern as the exclave of the Krickenbeck office .
  • 1420-1424 :
Construction of the Neuwerker Landwehr approx. 600 meters south-east of the town center near today's Mönchengladbach Nord motorway junction on the A 52 .
  • approx. 1470 :
First mention of the Helena fountain.
  • 1543 :
The Duchy of Geldern finally loses its independence and, as part of the Burgundian Netherlands , comes under the direct rule of the Habsburg Emperor Charles V , who is also Duke of Burgundy .
  • 1556 :
After the abdication of Charles V, rule over the Netherlands passed to his son Philip, who was King of Spain as Philip II . Helenabrunn was now part of the now Spanish Netherlands .
  • 1568 :
Beginning of the Dutch War of Independence against Spanish rule. The Spanish rule over the Geldrische Oberquartier , to which Viersen belongs, remains for the time being.
  • 1576 :
The first stone chapel is built in Helenabrunn.
  • 1585 :
Construction of a well house over the Helenenquelle.
  • 1618 :
Beginning of the Thirty Years War , with the Dutch War of Independence continuing, which becomes the Eighty Years War as part of the Thirty Years War . In this context, the local rifle brotherhood was created in 1629 as a kind of vigilante group.
  • 1636 :
Construction of a second stone chapel.
  • 1648 :
End of the Thirty Years War. In the Peace of Westphalia , the northern Netherlands finally became independent. The Geldrische Oberquartier with Viersen and Helenabrunn still remains part of the Spanish Netherlands .
  • 1713 :
After King Charles II, the last Habsburg ruler, died on the Spanish throne in 1700 , the War of the Spanish Succession began in 1701 , as a result of which the Geldrische Oberquartier was divided between Austria , Prussia , the northern Netherlands and the Duchy of Jülich in the Peace of Utrecht . The area of ​​Alt-Viersen including Helenabrunn, again as an exclave, fell to Prussia from 1713.
  • 1795 :
Alt-Viersen is occupied by French revolutionary troops and finally annexed by France . Since France then took over the entire area on the left bank of the Rhine , the centuries-old Viersen exclave status was ended, and the Alt-Viersener area was now again connected to its surrounding area under a single rule: the French .
  • 1800 :
Foundation of the parish of St. Helena.
  • 1815 :
After the French era came to an end with the defeat of Napoléon in the Battle of Waterloo , Viersen, like the entire Rhineland , came under Prussian administration from 1815 and in 1816 was incorporated into the then newly created Gladbach district.
  • 1851 :
Opening of rail traffic between Viersen and Mönchengladbach with a stop in Helenabrunn.
  • 1906 :
Commissioning of the tram from Mönchengladbach via Viersen to Süchteln , with the stop "Helenabrunn, Wegweiser" being set up around 500 m southwest of the town center.
  • 1910 :
The enormous water requirement of the neighboring city of Mönchengladbach and its water extraction from the Helenabrunn waterworks, which was then still in the city of Viersen , caused the groundwater level to drop so much that the source in the Helenenbrunnen finally dried up in 1910.
  • 1929 :
The industrialization that started in the course of the 19th century led to increasing urbanization of the region, which prompted the Prussian administration to reform the area in 1929. In the process, the previous district of Gladbach was finally dissolved and Alt-Viersen (with Helenabrunn) raised to the status of a district-free city , and it remained until 1969.
  • 1970 :
Alt-Viersen is incorporated into the neighboring district of Kempen-Krefeld and loses its status as an independent city. At the same time, the previous urban area will be greatly enlarged by incorporating the previous neighboring towns of Süchteln and Dülken and the municipality of Boisheim , with the total population roughly doubling to around 85,000 at that time.
  • 1975 :
As it is now by far the largest municipality of the county area as well as compensation for the loss of the circle of freedom that is new city Viersen for county seat raised (instead Kempen ) and the previous circle Kempen-Krefeld in " Viersen " renamed.
Exit towards Heimer
Helenabrunn as seen from Kölnische Strasse

Infrastructure

Road traffic

  • On the eastern edge of the village, the four-lane state road L116 ("Kölnische Straße") from M'gladbach to Viersen leads directly past Helenabrunn.
  • Approx. 500 meters west of Helenabrunn, the two-lane former federal highway 59 ("Gladbacher Straße") runs parallel to it , also from M'gladbach to Viersen. This section of the B 59 has now been downgraded to the L71 state road.
  • In addition, the "Heimerstraße" leads to the neighboring district of Heimer and from there as "Neuwerker Straße" towards M'gladbach-Bettrath .

railroad

In 1851 the last section of the railway line from Duisburg to Mönchengladbach was completed with the section from Viersen to Mönchengladbach . The route initially ran at ground level in the Viersen urban area and followed the current Freedom and Kölnische Strasse between Bahnhofstrasse in Viersen and roughly today's M'gladbach-Nord motorway junction, which did not exist at the time. A stop was also set up in Helenabrunn, which was roughly where a pedestrian bridge swings over the four-lane Kölnische Strasse today .

Because of the large number of level crossings, the route through the Viersen urban area was finally relocated to a railway embankment from 1917, which runs a little east of the original route. As a result, the railway no longer ran directly past Helenabrunn, but instead about a kilometer further east at the other (eastern) end of the neighboring village of Heimer . This is exactly where the Helenabrunn train station was relocated , for example on the border between Heimer and Lockhütte , while retaining its old name, although it was no longer in Helenabrunn. In 1965 the Helenabrunn station was finally closed.

The former railway line was converted into a country road after 1917, which is called "Kölnische Straße" in the south of the Viersener urban area. The four-lane expansion of Kölnische Strasse then took place in the early 1970s.

The closest train stations to Helenabrunn that are still in operation are now Viersen train station and Mönchengladbach main train station .

tram

The tram connection from Mönchengladbach to Süchteln, opened in 1906, ran in the area of ​​Helenabrunn just outside (west) of the town along Gladbacher Straße. From 1955 the connection was shut down in sections. Initially, the tram went from M'gladbach to the old town of Viersen and ended there at Remigiusplatz, from 1959 the tram ended (like bus line 009 today) directly behind the Gladbach city limits at the stop " Helenabrunn, Wegweiser ”, until this last small section of the Viersen tram was shut down in 1965. In M'gladbach itself, trams were in operation until 1969.

Bus transport

As a district of Viersen, Helenabrunn is part of the Rhein-Ruhr transport association and is served by a total of three bus routes:

Type line route Hints
Bus logo Basel.png CE 89 Dülken ↔ Viersen bus station. ↔ Viersen train station ↔ Hamm ↔ Heimer ↔ Helenabrunn, signpost / M'gladbach Hbf The City-Express CE 89 runs from Viersen-Heimer alternately to Helenabrunn, Wegweiser or to the main station M'gladbach
Bus logo Basel.png 009 ( Süchteln ↔ Viersen Busbf. ↔ Beberich ↔ Ummer ↔) Helenabrunn, Signpost ↔ M'gladbach, Alter Markt ↔ M'gladbach Hbf ↔ M'gladbach, Ohlerfeld The section between Süchteln and Helenabrunn, signposts, is only used occasionally at rush hour, as a reinforcement for line 019.
Bus logo Basel.png 019 ( Vinkrath ↔ Grefrath ↔) Süchteln ↔ Viersen Busbf. ↔ Beberich ↔ Ummer ↔ Helenabrunn, signpost ↔ M'gladbach, Alter Markt ↔ M'gladbach Hbf ↔ Rheydt, Hbf The section between Vinkrath and Süchteln is not always used.
(As of March 2011)

Bike trails

The village of Helenabrunn is well developed by several cycle paths , a total of three officially designated cycle paths lead through the area on two axes:

The Irmgardis path is designed as both a cycle and a pedestrian path and leads from Helenenbrunnen via Beberich on the western outskirts of Alt-Viersen to the Irmgardis chapel in the area of ​​the Süchtelner heights .
Catholic parish church of Saint Helena

Attractions

Educational and recreational facilities

  • Agnes van Brakel School (Helenabrunn Elementary School)
  • Children's home "Don Bosco"
  • SV Blue-White Concordia 07/24 Viersen
( Football , table tennis , chess , volleyball , gymnastics , karate , boules )

Neighboring places

Beberich Ummer Heimer
Ompert Neighboring communities MG Lockhütte
Bockerter Heide    Bötzlöh MG-Großheide MG Bedtrath

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Topographic Map 1: 25000, sheet 4704 (Viersen) , published by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, requested on March 23, 2019
  2. ↑ Map of the Rhineland 1: 25000 by Tranchot and v. Müffling (1803–1820), sheet 42 (Viersen) ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Reprint published in 1966 by the Land Surveying Office of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bonn-Bad Godesberg (now: Cologne District Government), requested on October 31, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bezreg-koeln.nrw.de
  3. ↑ Prussian map recording 1: 25000 - first recording (1844) -, sheet 4704 (Viersen) , reprinted in 1991 by the state survey office of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bonn-Bad Godesberg (now: Cologne district government), requested on March 23, 2019
  4. ↑ a b c d Description of the Helenenbrunnen (official website of the city of Viersen, accessed on March 8, 2011)
  5. ↑ a b c d Viersen's story  ( 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. (official website of the city of Viersen, accessed on March 8, 2011)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.viersen.de  
  6. ↑ a b Äußere Landwehr - Neuwerk area (official website of the city of Viersen, accessed on March 8, 2011)
  7. ↑ a b c Monuments: Catholic parish church St. Helena (official website of the city of Viersen, accessed on March 8, 2011)
  8. ↑ a b c History of the St. Mathias Schützenbruderschaft Viersen-Helenabrunn (queried on March 9, 2011)
  9. ^ A b Jürgen Lehmann: Tram in Mönchengladbach. Ed .: Verlag Kenning, Nordhorn 1997
  10. ↑ Prussian map recording 1: 25000 - Neuaufnahme (1892) -, sheet 4704 (Viersen) ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Copy, Internet presentation of the University of Greifswald, accessed on March 10, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / greif.uni-greifswald.de
  11. ↑ Course book section 425 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Homepage of Christian Kotschi, accessed on March 10, 2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.christian-kotschi.de
  12. ↑ Irmgardispfad - Lie'nepäsch (Helenenpfad) (official website of the city of Viersen, accessed on March 10, 2011)