Wildenrath

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Wildenrath
City of Wegberg
Old coat of arms of Wildenrath
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 33 ″  N , 6 ° 11 ′ 33 ″  E
Height : 85  (82-87)  m
Residents : 1645  (Jun 30, 2012)
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 41844
Area code : 02432
Wildenrath Church
House Wildenrath
Wildenrath industrial area
Wildenrath Nature Park Center
Museum train on the Siemens test track

Wildenrath is a district of the Mittelstadt Wegberg in the district of Heinsberg in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

Wildenrath is located southwest of Wegberg on the federal road 221 between Wassenberg and Arsbeck on the edge of the Maas-Schwalm-Nette nature park . Federal highway 221 ran through the middle of Wildenrath until 2011 and was heavily burdened by high traffic. A relocation of the federal road east of the locality was realized after Arsbeck in 2010 now also in 2011 in Wildenrath after many years of planning.

Neighboring places

Vlodrop Dalheim-Rödgen Arsbeck
Birgelen Neighboring communities Tüschenbroich
Wassenberg Myhl Gerderath

history

Place Wildenrath

Wildenrath is first mentioned in a document in 1118. A previous existence is considered certain. The settlement already had a church at that time. The name Wildenrath with its name part "-rath" contains a reference to the clearing activity at the beginning of the settlement. Most of the clearing sites in this country did not emerge before the 10th century. In the early days of the settlement , the Counts of Wassenberg were landlords in Wildenrath. The old manor house Wildenrath, which was probably built after the town was founded, was originally a fiefdom of the Wassenberg lordship. For centuries, agriculture and forestry were dominant in order to secure a livelihood . However, the low fertility of the Wildenrath soil has always made agriculture difficult and made other sources of income necessary. This is how many craft businesses came into being in Wildenrath. Until the beginning of the 20th century, pottery and roof tiles were produced due to the clay deposits at the Schaagbach . Archaeological finds of pottery kilns near the Schaagbach even refer to the time before the place was founded. Sand deposits made it possible for many families to sell the abundant white sand. Wildenrath brick bakers, fine sand traders and broom makers were known all around the country. Most of the farms and day laborers' houses also and especially in the winter months spun and woven. Numerous house weaving mills provided livelihoods. From 1934 on, Wildenrath was the administrative seat of the Myhl Office , which existed until the end of 1971. The former office building , newly built in the center and opened in 1962, is a reminder of this. Wildenrath has belonged to Wegberg since January 1, 1972.

A special turning point was the opening of the Nato airfield of the British Royal Air Force in 1952 and, after its closure in 1992, the construction of the new commercial and industrial park with the large test site for rail vehicles, which opened in 1997.

In 1970 natural mineral and spring water was discovered in Wildenrath while drilling in the ground, which has been extracted for commercial purposes from a depth of 365 m since 1972.

House Wildenrath

The Wildenrath house is located south of the village in the area of ​​the Schaagbach spring area. The earliest documented mention of the noble lords "von Wildenrath" comes from the year 1318. The former manor house was originally a fiefdom of the Counts of Wassenberg. It remained in the possession of the von Wildenrath family until around 1500 and subsequently moved into the possession of various noble families. It belonged to Freiherr von Dorth until 1836. Then it was bought by the Packenius family from Wassenberg. By 1830, the trenches of the complex were still preserved to such an extent that one could distinguish between the rectangular outer bailey and the main castle surrounded by wide trenches . Older buildings have not been preserved from the castle complex. Roughly at the point where the mansion used to stand, there are now former agricultural buildings, which originate presumably from the first half of the 19th century. In 1965 the municipality of Wildenrath bought the property with the adjacent forest area. The aim was to preserve it for the public as a contribution to the Schwalm-Nette Nature Park, which was founded in the same year. Wilhelm Dahmen recognized the special landscape value of the site and developed a concept for the establishment of a nature park, which was opened in 1968. A visitor building was added in 1975. Today the city of Wegberg is the owner of the building and the meanwhile 50 hectare large teaching park area. The leaseholder has been the Naturschutzbund Deutschland e. V., who has been building a new nature conservation station here since Wildenrath.

religion

Branch church

Today's church in the village was built in 1964/65 according to plans by the architect Josef Viethen from Erkelenz. The old church from 1850 was demolished for this in 1964. Only the listed tower , built in 1894, was preserved. The church is a modern, flat-roofed concrete building with short, low side aisles and shows the architectural style of the 1960s. The church tower is set up as a baptistery in the basement . In it there is a font from the 12th century. The first documentary mention of the church comes from 1118, the year Wildenrath was first mentioned.

Cenotaph and chapel

The memorial at the parish church in Wildenrath was built in 1969 right next to the new parish church. It is a memorial for the fallen and missing of the two world wars.

According to local tradition, the St. Johannes chapel, located outside the village on Eckartstrasse, was built around 1870 from stones from the old church.

Former military airfield Wildenrath

From 1952 to 1992 the Royal Air Force operated a military airfield about 2 km southeast of Wildenrath.

In the first few years after the property was returned by the United Kingdom , the huge area of ​​the former airfield was used as a music festival area. In 1993 the three-day rock concert Rock over Germany took place. Summerjam, a reggae festival, was held here for the next two years . One of the large maintenance hangars Hangar 5 was still used until 2001 for larger national events, including a. Parties of the WDR youth broadcaster 1 Live .

Today, located on parts of the site, after a successful conversion, commercial and industrial park Wegberg-Wildenrath , including with the Siemens - Wegberg-Wildenrath for rail vehicles. Some old shelters and hangars as well as about a third of the original runway still exist today and are being reclaimed by pedestrians and nature.

NABU nature conservation station Haus Wildenrath

The NABU -Naturschutzstation Haus Wildenrath is based in Haus Wildenrath and, as the local biological station of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, looks after many protected areas and rare species in the Heinsberg district, e.g. B. the Teverener Heide and the Wegberger Meinweg. The species examined and protected by the station include a. the little owl, the common hamster and bats. In 2009, the construction of a Rhenish fruit variety garden was started on the surrounding areas, where 400–500 old Rhenish fruit varieties are to be permanently secured and documented.

Wildenrath Nature Park Center

In the remote industrial area, the Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park has set up a Nature Park Center with an attached exhibition on the subject of " Bionics - Nature and Technology". The exhibition was developed by the State Museum for Technology and Work in Mannheim and is housed in the foyer of a hotel and conference complex in front of the Siemens test center.

Infrastructure

In June 2011, 1672 people lived in Wildenrath. There are farms, some with horse keeping, numerous commercial and small businesses. Several bus stops provide connections to the schools and the cities of Wegberg, Erkelenz and Mönchengladbach. A community elementary school is located in Wildenrath. The kindergarten is also located not far from the school. A total of two children's playgrounds are available.

Attractions

  • Tower of the cath. Parish church, Heinsberger Straße 50 as monument no.150
  • Homestead (Haus Wildenrath), Naturparkweg 2 as monument no.151
  • Kapellchen, Eckartstrasse as memorial no.163
  • Cenotaph at the church in Wildenrath
  • Baptismal font from the 12th century in the Wildenrath church

societies

  • Village community Wildenrath
  • Rifle Brotherhood of St. John Baptist
  • Drummer & Pfeiferkorps Wildenrath 1948
  • Spielverein Helpenstein
  • Wildenrath church choir
  • Tennis club TC Grün-Weiß Wildenrath-Arsbeck
  • Wildenrath Golf Club
  • Carrier pigeon club Wildenrath
  • Wildenrath sailing club
  • Wegberg volunteer fire brigade , Wildenrath fire fighting group

literature

  • Wegberg cultural guide. Stadtmarketing-Team der Stadt Wegberg, Wegberg 2007, pp. 162–179.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 307 .

Web links

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