Waurichen

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Waurichen
City of Geilenkirchen
Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 46 ″  N , 6 ° 9 ′ 25 ″  E
Height : 110  (108-111)  m
Residents : 767  (Nov. 30, 2012)
Postal code : 52511
Area code : 02451
map
Location of Waurichen in Geilenkirchen
Gold and silver village Waurichen
Gold and silver village Waurichen
Listed courtyard
War memorial
Waurichen on the map of Wilhelm and Johannes Blaeu of the Duchy of Limburg around 1662
Waurichen on the original cadastral map 1846
Waurichen on the Tranchot map 1803–1820
Listed pump on Brunnenstrasse

Waurichen is a district of the middle town of Geilenkirchen in the Heinsberg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

location

Waurichen is located southeast of Geilenkirchen on federal highway 56 . State road 240 , which connects Geilenkirchen with Baesweiler , runs in the south-west of Waurichen .

Neighboring places

Hünshoven Bumpers Immendorf
Frelenberg Neighboring communities Puffendorf
Ubach Beggendorf Floverich

Type of settlement

Waurichen is a two-line, loosely built street village . The place and the surrounding area are rural.

history

Place name

  • 1279 (de) Wauderike
  • 1300 Waylderych
  • 1462 Waerick
  • 1518 Waurich
  • 1666 Waurich

Local history

Waurichen belonged to the Jülich office of Geilenkirchen . Before 1300, the Heinsberg Norbertine monastery in Waurichen had income that can no longer be proven later. Heinsberg fiefs , including the Lathof, were also in Waurichen. They later appeared as a fiefdom of the Geilenkirchen man chamber . The Lathof was considered a sub- fief of Breill Castle . Jokingly, there is a sign at the entrance to Haus Breill: Breill is a suburb of Waurichen.

In 1828 Waurichen had a total of 328 inhabitants, in 1852 there were 372 inhabitants and belonged to the Immendorf mayor . In the course of the regional reform , the Immendorf- Würm office was dissolved on January 1, 1972 . The legal successor is the city of Geilenkirchen § 29 Aachen Law (1971) .

Waurichen is a permanent participant in the competition Our village has a future . In 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2008 the place was awarded the gold medal at the district level . At the state level, a silver medal was won in 1997 and 2000 .

Church history

Waurichen forms the parish Immendorf with Immendorf and Apweiler . The majority of the population consists of Catholics . In the course of the parish reforms in the Diocese of Aachen , the formerly independent Catholic parish of St. Peter Immendorf was incorporated into the Community of Parishes (GdG) St. Bonifatius Geilenkirchen.

Attractions

  • Water pump in Brunnenstrasse as monument no.19
  • Hofanlage, Walderych 56 as monument no.43
  • Fallen memorial on Brunnenstrasse
  • Crossroads at the entrance to the village

Infrastructure

  • In November 2012 there were 767 people living in Waurichen.
  • There are several farms, some with animal husbandry , a wine shop , a roofer , a service for nursing and care for the elderly , as well as some small businesses.
  • A bus stop on line 71 in the AVV Geilenkirchen- Aldenhoven and back.
  • Two playgrounds, on Langgasse and at the community center
  • Connection to the NRW cycling network
  • Fire brigade of the Geilenkirchen volunteer fire brigade, Waurichen fire fighting group

societies

  • Interest group of the local associations in the parish Immendorf, Waurichen, Apweiler
  • Volunteer fire brigade Geilenkirchen fire fighting group Waurichen
  • IG Village Renewal Waurichen
  • St. Hubertus Schützengesellschaft Waurichen 1923 eV
  • Sportschützen Waurichen 1989 eV
  • Rifle Corps Waurichen 1922
  • Carnival society "Lott se loope" Immenwauweiler
  • Knotzelimer Carnival Club 1992 Waurichen
  • Interest group "Old Tractors" eV
  • Theater association “Fidele Bühne” Waurichen
  • Tupp Club Waurichen

Regular events

  • Rose Monday procession of KG Immenwauweiler
  • Patronage festival and summer fair
  • St. Martin parade in Waurichen
  • King bird shot
  • Theatrical performance

Street names

Auf dem Göß, Auf dem Jück, Beggendorfer Straße, Brunnenstraße, Hasselter Straße, Langgasse, Römerstraße, Walderych

gallery

  • Entrance sign

  • View into the Langgasse

  • European support for integrated rural development

  • Crossroads at the entrance to the village

  • Breill: suburb of Waurichen

literature

  • Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-statistical description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province . Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830
  • Leo Gillessen: The localities of the district of Heinsberg , p. 126
  • Leo Gillessen: On place names and settlement studies of the southern Selfkant district , in: Home calendar of the Selfkant district Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg 1970, pp. 38–49

Web links

Commons : Waurichen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000