Würm (Geilenkirchen)

Worm City of Geilenkirchen
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 33 "  N , 6 ° 10 ′ 43"  E
Height :	70 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	551  (December 31, 2015)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	52511
Area code :	02453
District Würm

Würm is a clustered village and part of the town of Geilenkirchen in the Heinsberg district in western North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). As a parish village, Würm is the seat of a Catholic parish with the parish church of St. Gereon . The parish includes the surrounding villages of Leiffarth , Honsdorf , Flahstrasse , Müllendorf and Beeck .

geography

Street view with the former mayor's office and tower of the Catholic parish church St. Gereon (2010)

View of Würm

Würm is about seven kilometers northeast of Geilenkirchen, on the right the Wurm above the Wurmtal, on the Aachen – Mönchengladbach railway line (train station in Lindern, about two kilometers away) and the L 364 Geilenkirchen – Hückelhoven road.

Neighboring places

Kraudorf	Randerath	Fallow
Kogenbroich		Alleviate
Bumpers	Beeck	Gereonsweiler

history

Historical map of Würm (around 1800)

Landscape around Würm

Würm was first mentioned in a document on the occasion of the consecration of a chapel in Prummer by Bishop Werner von Münster in 1137. In 1144, Archbishop Arnold I (1137–1151) from Cologne transferred the "Worma" donation to the monasteries of Liesborn and Überwasser near Münster . In 1240 von Randerode became Vogt of Würm and Prummer; thus Würm came under the rule of the Randerathers until 1384. Then Würm belongs to the Duchy of Jülich. The Duke of Jülich was the collator of the church in Würm. During the Middle Ages, Würm was a long person and was provided by a vicarius perpetuus (paid pastor's representative). In 1559 the personat at the parish church in Würm ceased. Pastor Leonard Lonsis was rector of the parish church in Würm. With the establishment of the 1st diocese of Aachen, Himmerich was separated from Würm and beaten to Randerath. Since 1742 there was a vicarie in Würm .

During the French occupation by Napoleon I from 1794 to 1814, also known as the French era , Würm became the mayor's office ( Mairie ) for the surrounding villages of Beeck, Honsdorf, Leiffarth, Müllendorf, Süggerath and Wurm. In 1934 the mayor's office of Würm was merged with Immendorf to form the Immendorf-Würm office. (A office consists of several municipalities and has a common administration.) The office consisted of the communities Immendorf, Puffendorf, Setterich, Würm, Beeck and Süggerath. The seat of the office was Immendorf. There was a branch in Würm.

From the oldest church, the choir and today's altar sacristy are still preserved. The late Gothic three-nave church from the 15th century was destroyed by German troops on November 18, 1944. Before the destruction, the late Gothic church was considered a building of the 14th or 15th century. The explosion made even older components visible. The archaeologist PA Tholen found wooden foundations of what was probably the first church on site from the 8th or 9th century. In the east wall, a round arch made of Brohler tuff was exposed. The year 1251 is carved into it. Since March 29, 1953, services have been celebrated in the church again. The old barracks, which had previously served as an emergency church - with black ashes as the floor - was demolished. The wood of this emergency church was sold as firewood for 600 marks. The parish includes the places of the Selfkant district that were most destroyed in the Second World War: Beeck, Flahstraß, Honsdorf, Leiffarth, Müllendorf and Würm. The church is included in the list of monuments of the city of Geilenkirchen.

→ Main article : St. Gereon (Würm)

In the course of the parish reforms in the Diocese of Aachen, the formerly independent Catholic parish of St. Gereon Würm was incorporated into the Community of Parishes (GdG) St. Bonifatius Geilenkirchen.

Incorporation

Until the municipal reform that was official Immendorf-Würm as local community for Würm, Immendorf, Puffendorf , Süggerath , Beeck and Setterich charge (until 1962). When the Aachen law came into force , the Immendorf-Würm office was dissolved on January 1, 1972, and its localities without Puffendorf were incorporated into Geilenkirchen. The administration is now carried out by the city of Geilenkirchen according to the municipal code of North Rhine-Westphalia.

politics

Borough

According to the main statute of the city of Geilenkirchen, the place has been part of the Geilenkirchen city district "Würm" since 1972, which it forms together within the boundaries of the Würm district with the places Flahstraß, Honsdorf, Leiffarth and Müllendorf. The municipality of Würm with currently (2012) 1568 inhabitants is represented by a mayor in the city council of Geilenkirchen.

coat of arms

The upper part of the Würm coat of arms shows the Jülich lion on a yellow background. The Jülich lion , a black, growing lion in gold, with red tongues and red armor, is the motif of the coat of arms of many cities and communities in the area of ​​the former duchy. The coat of arms is still divided in the middle by the symbolized worm. In the lower part of the coat of arms two entwined worms are shown on a red background.

Public facilities

Volunteer firefighter

Fire station

Catholic primary school Würm

The Würm extinguishing unit was founded in 1907 and reorganized in 1947 after the Second World War. Basis is z. Currently the law on fire protection, assistance and disaster control (BHKG) of December 17, 2015. It is stationed in the new fire station and, together with the Nirm fire fighting unit, forms the fourth platoon of the volunteer fire brigade of the city of Geilenkirchen , the one for the northeast Urban area of ​​Geilenkirchen (from Hoven to Beeck and from Müllendorf to Lindern) is responsible.

In 2002 a new fire station was built on Linderner Strasse in Leiffarth, which replaced the fire station on Rückstrasse. In addition to the vehicles and equipment, the building also includes a training room, kitchen, office, social rooms, washrooms and changing rooms. The unit includes 22 active fire brigade members (SB), 5 youth fire fighters and 9 people from the honorary department (as of Feb. 2012). The vehicle fleet includes a tank fire engine (TLF) 16/25 with group crew and equipment for technical assistance (year of construction 2006, radio call name Florian Geilenkirchen 43 HLF20) and a fire fighting vehicle (LF) 10 (year 2016, radio call name Florian Geilenkirchen 43 LF10).

school

The Katholische Grundschule Würm is one of six primary schools in Geilenkirchen and accepts children of all denominations. The school has a sports hall and is also attended by children from Beeck, Kogenbroich, Kraudorf, Nirm, Süggerath and Lindern (as of 2008).

kindergarten

The St. Gereon Catholic Kindergarten on Klosterstrasse in Würm is the only kindergarten in the Würm district. It is church-sponsored, but accepts children of all denominations. All-day childcare is provided.

Sports facilities

Lawn sports field with floodlights

A floodlit grass sports field and an indoor sports facility are available for popular and club sports.

Local public transport

Würm and the urban area of ​​Würm are connected to the local public transport network of the Aachener Verkehrs-Verbund with 2 bus lines operated by WestVerkehr GmbH. The immediate surrounding towns and the Lindern train station can be reached with the short-haul tariff (€ 1.70).
In addition to the buses that run according to the timetable on fixed lines, the multi-bus can also be requested.

line	course
407	Geilenkirchen Bf  - Süggerath  - Müllendorf  - Kogenbroich  - Nirm  - Kraudorf  - Randerath  Bf - Himmerich - Hilfarth  - Hückelhoven  - Millich  - Ratheim  - Gerderath (-  Myhl )
494	Geilenkirchen Bf  - Süggerath  - Müllendorf  - Würm  - ( Beeck  -) Leiffarth  - ( Flahstraß  - Honsdorf  -) Lindern Bf  - Linnich  SIG Combibloc

Associations in the municipality

Guild tree Würm

• Friends of the local associations Würm e. V.
• Social association VdK, local association Würm
• Catholic women's community Würm
• Musikcorps Würm e. V.
• Carnival society "Wenk Wenk"
• Rifle Brotherhood St. Gereon, Würm
• Rifle Brotherhood St. Hubertus, Leiffarth (inactive since 2015)
• Dorfgemeinschaft Müllendorf e. V. (non-profit successor association of the St. Josef Rifle Society, which was dissolved in 2014)
• Game community SG Union 94 Würm-Lindern

- Soccer

- women's gymnastics

- volleyball

• DJK Lindern-Würm-Beeck 1974 e. V.

Events

• Bathtub races on the Wurm

See also

• List of architectural monuments in Geilenkirchen
• List of coats of arms with the Jülich lion
• St. Gereon (Würm)

literature

• Alt-Geilenkirchen and its neighbors . Historical illustrated book from and around Geilenkirchen. Fred Gatzen Verlag, Geilenkirchen 1986, ISBN 3-923219-06-7 .
• Walter Scheufen: Geilenkirchen and its village communities . Stadt-Bild-Verlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-937126-51-7 .

Web links

Commons : Stadt Bezirk Würm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the city of Geilenkirchen
• Monuments in the city of Geilenkirchen
• Churches and chapels in the city of Geilenkirchen
• Moving time under the church tower (AZ of April 29, 2003)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/geilenkirchen/wuermer-land-in-haenden-der-westfalen-1.733664 The story of Würm and Leiffarth
2. ↑ http://www.archive.nrw.de/LAV_NRW/jsp/findbuch.jsp?archivNr=185&expandId=171&klassId=0&tektId=995&id=0346&y=0 Search words: Marie Würm
3. ↑ https://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/geilenkirchen/bewegte-zeiten-unter-kirchturm_aid-28698575
4. ↑ http://bistumskarten.kibac.de/seiten/region-heinsberg/gdg-st--bonifatius-geilenkirchen
5. ^ 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. 310 .
6. ↑ Main statute of the city of Geilenkirchen, (PDF; 31 kB) ( Memento from December 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
7. ^ K. Stadler: German coat of arms. Federal Republic of Germany. Angelsachsen Verlag, o. O. 1964–1971, 8 vols.
8. ^ R. Steimel: Rheinische Städtewappen. Their derivation from country coats of arms and seals. Cologne 1948
9. ^ H. de Vries: Wapens van de Nederlanden. Amsterdam 1995. - The coat of arms of the province of Gelderland with reference to Jülich is particularly interesting here; here also mention of the "Jülich lion" ("Leeuw van Gulik")
10. ↑ RJPM Vroomen: Wapengekletter in Zuid Limburg. In: Jaarboek Limburg van Mook tot Eijsden. cit. 1983, pp. 124-131.
11. ↑ Homepage of the volunteer fire brigade Geilenkirchen, Würm extinguishing unit ( Memento from August 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
12. ^ Katholische Grundschule Würm. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 21, 2013 ; Retrieved April 4, 2013 . 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.  
13. ↑ Line 494 ( Memento from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ http://www.west-verkehr.de/images/pdf/west_multibus_karte.pdf Multibus operation in the Heinsberg district
15. ^ [1] Social Association VdK, local association Würm
16. ^ Bathtub races on the Wurm near Würm. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 15, 2013 ; Retrieved April 4, 2013 . 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.