Weisweiler

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Weisweiler
City of Eschweiler
Coat of arms of the district Weisweiler
Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 45 ″  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 57 ″  E
Height : 118 m
Area : 9.86 km²
Residents : 6009  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 609 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 52249
Area code : 02403

Weisweiler is a place in the Rhenish lignite area and an eastern district of Eschweiler in the Aachen city region in North Rhine-Westphalia . The landmark is the Weisweiler power station .

history

At the grave of Severin of Cologne , elected third bishop of Cologne at a council in 346 , the church of Saint Severin is mentioned around 800. A growing veneration of this saint beyond Cologne began only in the 10th century, and so in 1282 the Gereonstift in Cologne is named as a collator of the Weisweiler Church of St. Severin. The church is built according to the principle of the Franconian church building in a typical west-east elevation on a terrace above the valley of the Inde , which runs between Weisweiler and Hüüllen . The first part of the place name probably goes back to Wiese . The place name is written on a French map from 1802 "Weisweiler" and on a Prussian map from 1846 "Weissweiler".

Weisweiler has been closely associated with Eschweiler since the 18th century at the latest. From 1794 to 1814, Weisweiler and Hüüllen, with a total of around 850 inhabitants, belonged to the canton of Eschweiler , from 1815 to the mayor's office of Langerwehe in what was then the district of Düren , while Eschweiler came to the then district of Aachen . In 1808 Weisweiler belonged to the Eschweiler District Court, then in 1927 to the Eschweiler Employment Office. In 1961 Weisweiler belongs to Eschweiler by post with 5182 Weisweiler (via Eschweiler) , it also has the same telephone code 02403.

On July 26, 1964, the VVN Kreisverband Düren, in Weisweiler, in Burgweg , inaugurated the memorial stone for the victims of National Socialism .

On January 1, 1972, Weisweiler came to the city of Eschweiler due to the Aachen law, together with Huecheln and Wilhelmshöhe , and moved from the Düren district to the Aachen district .

Industry and commerce

Weisweiler lignite power station

The city of Eschweiler's central sewage treatment plant is located near Weisweiler , the Weisweiler lignite power plant and the adjacent Weisweiler waste incineration plant, the Weisweiler iron-alloy plant with the former Weisweiler electric works chimney and the In der Krause and industrial and commercial park Eschweiler (IGP).

Attractions

traffic

Street

Since the 1930s, Weisweiler has had a driveway onto the A 4 : "Weisweiler", from 1972 on "Eschweiler-Weisweiler", later again "Weisweiler".

The next motorway junction is Langerwehe. It was opened on December 21, 2015 together with the Luchem bypass of the L 12n.

The B 264 runs through the town center . The long-planned diversion of this federal road to relieve Weisweiler was opened to traffic in 2007 as Kölner Straße .

Public transport

Euregiobahn in Weisweiler

Weisweiler is connected by bus routes 94/294, 96/296, 28 and 52 with Langerwehe , Inden , Hüelte , Wilhelmshöhe and “ Eschweiler Bushof ” via ten stops .

The station Eschweiler-Weisweiler in 1873 as the station opened Weisweiler and 1983 shut down for passenger traffic. The station and the station building were on Hüchelner Strasse and therefore not far from today's euregiobahn stop. In 2004, the station Weisweiler as was euregiobahn - breakpoint Eschweiler-Weisweiler reactivated and the old station building because of the newly built 2,005 B 264 demolished. In 2007, after the construction of a second track as an intersection, the stop became the train station again.

Sports

The best-known sports club in Weisweiler is SV Fortuna Weisweiler, which celebrated its centenary in 2008 with its football and gymnastics departments. The club's soccer department has so far played its home games in the Hubert-Bündgens-Sportstadion (6,500 seats); but this is now being sold.

societies

In addition to the SV Fortuna, there are other associations in Weisweiler, such as the St. Sebastianus Schützenbruderschaft, a local division of the Malteser Hilfsdienst eV and the carnival society " Blaue Funken " as well as a May society .

Picture gallery

  • House Palant

  • Weisweiler Castle

  • Catholic Church

  • Evangelical Resurrection Church

  • Frankenplatz

  • Bluestone house

  • Inde on the outskirts

  • Weisweiler Festival Hall

  • Electrical works

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual statistical report  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.eschweiler.de  
  2. ↑ Article: Memorial stone was inaugurated, Dürener Nachrichten v. July 28, 1964, p. 11
  3. ^ 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. 305 .
  4. ↑ A4: As of Monday, the new Langerwehe junction and Luchem bypass complete. State Office for Road Construction North Rhine-Westphalia, December 17, 2015, accessed on December 22, 2015 .