Waldfeucht

Wet forest is a location on the border with the Netherlands municipality in North Rhine-Westphalian Circle Heinberg with around 9200 inhabitants ( 2008).

  • 3.1 places
  • 3.2 Population development
  • 4.1 municipal
  • 4.2 Coat of Arms, Flag and Banner
  • 5.1 Structures
  • 5.2 Regular events
  • 6.1 traffic

Geography

Geographical Location

Forest wetland located west of Heinberg in the natural area between the rivers Selfkantbahn worm in the east and in the west of the Meuse.

To the west of the border between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany is about 10 km in length at the same time the municipal boundary. The highest point of the municipality with 72.7 m above sea level. NN is located south of the " Breuner maar " between Bocket and Breberen, the lowest point in Kitscher break between the villages of hair and Karken on the municipal boundary at 31.7 m above sea level. NN.

Expansion of the municipal district

The distance from north to south is about 8.5 km, the extension from west to east about 6.0 km.

Community structure

The municipality includes the villages forest wetland

  • Bocket
  • Braunsrath
  • Brugg moose
  • Frilinghoven
  • Moult
  • Hontem
  • Löcken
  • Obspringen
  • Schöndorf
  • Selsten

Forest and wetland.

History

Traces of settlement and prehistoric burial grounds validate the presence of people in the municipal area forest wetland since the 4th millennium BC, when our ancestors settled down and began to practice agriculture and animal husbandry. The present-day villages in the municipality are either Frankish settlements in the 6/7 Century, or they emerged as Rodesiedlungen in 9-10. Century. They are all mentioned in documents of the 12th and 13th centuries.

The village forest wetland, in the 13th century, the most important place in about today's municipal boundaries beyond surroundings, she led the term " city " and had market rights. The position on the Roman road Heerlen - Xanten and on the road that led from Heinberg by the Real break into Maasland has contributed significantly to this development and led to the possession of forest Feucht between the rival territories funds, Burgundy, Brabant and Heinberg centuries was long disputed. Today marked by stern ways and cottage gardens fortifications around forest wetland, which consisted of Wall, ditch and two destroyed in the Second World War the city gates, are witnesses of these turbulent times.

The forest wealth and fertile farmland formed the basis for the economic life of the community in the Middle Ages. Be left very early down craft and commercial establishments in wet forest, of which the Gerber and brewing were operated up to our time. The locksmith and blacksmith's trade was in the 16th century in forest wetland in a flourishing condition. Until the 19th century the linen and Samtweberei was operated in wet forest.

By demarcation, which established the Congress of Vienna in 1815, was cut into a centuries -grown cultural and economic space. Wet forest came to the Prussian Rhine Province and was the border town.

The current community forest wetland was formed on 1 January 1972 from the then official forest wetland with the official municipalities belonging Braunsrath, hair and wet forest and of the districts Haas and Haaserdriesch the former rural community church Hoven.

By the opening of the European internal frontiers on 1 January 1993, new perspectives for the economic development of the community forest wetlands have opened.

Chronicle

  • BC from 4000: population of the municipality is proven by archaeological finds
  • 400 BC: the immigration Eburons
  • 53 BC: Caesar's legions destroy Eburons; German tribes are located.
  • To 400 n AD: Roman administration, the Roman state road Heerlen - Xanten affect forest wetland.
  • 500: Franken colonize the space moist forest.
  • From 700: Irish- Scottish monks to evangelize the space moist forest.
  • 800-900: Norman invasions; Lowland moths are created as centrifugal and weirs.
  • 1144: Brugg elk, Frilinghoven ( 1147 ), Obspringen ( 1170 ), Braunsrath and Hontem ( 1202) hair ( 1217 ), forest wetland ( 1240), Bocket ( 1276), Löcken, Schoendorf and Selsten ( 1277 ) are first mentioned.
  • 1202: Forest wetland is secured with castle and Wall. According to the chronicle of the Jesuit Jacobus Kritzraed († 1672) came in 1202, two brothers, Walterus and Joannes, Knights of Vucht from the Meuse at 's-Hertogenbosch, after wet forest, got the place as a fiefdom and fortified him.
  • 1227: Forest wetland belongs to Hofverband Altena in the Netherlands and has the right to hold markets.
  • 1324: Forest wetland is home to a Schöffengerichtes.
  • 1328: Ten bishops signed a letter of indulgence in Avignon for "Saint -Jans- Klus " hair.
  • 1370: Forest wetland is part of the Duchy of Brabant, the fortification is complemented by two city gates and receives its still recognizable form.
  • 1420: John II, Lord of Heinberg, forest wetland receives as a hereditary fief.
  • 1433: The St. Sebastianus Protect Brotherhood forest wetland adopt a new constitution.
  • 1484: Forest wetland falls to the Duchy of Jülich and is incorporated into the Jülische Office Millen.
  • 1480/99, 1510/42/70: fires in forest wetland
  • 1500: The destroyed by fire Parish Church of St. Lambertus is re- built using the Carolingian and Romanesque predecessor components as a late Gothic brick basilica.
  • 1540-1550: In wet forest, there is a Reformed congregation.
  • 1578: The castle makers guild wet forest is established.
  • 1797: Braunsrath, hair and forest wetland form mairies in Canton Heinberg of the department de la Roer, Aachen.
  • 1801: Forest wetlands, which belonged to the diocese of Liège until then is added to the Diocese of Aachen.
  • 1815: Woods gets wet with the Duchy of Jülich for the Kingdom of Prussia and the border town.
  • 1935: Education of the Office wetland forest with the mayors Braunsrath, hair, Saeffelen and forest wetland
  • 1945: war destruction; the gates are broken.
  • 1969: Saeffelen resigns from the office wet forest.
  • 1972: On January 1, the community forest wetland is composed of the municipalities of the former Office of forest wetland.
  • 1992, due to the Schengen Agreement of December 31, accounts for the border, the customs office wetland forest is canceled.

Places

  • Waldfeucht 1240: Watfuthe, 1277 Vochte, Voght, 1477 Vucht 1513 Waltvucht; Wat = Short form of " Watghero / Waltghero / Waltherus "; futhe = early writing for Vochte / Vucht = " humidity "; Watfuthe / Waltvucht = " Futhe / Vucht of Watghero / Waltghero / Waltherus " ( Waltherus, a Friedel son of Boudewijn from Altena, received in 1200 the town as a fief ); Forest wetland owned since the 13th century and formed a jury court with Bocket, Harzelt, Langbroich and Schierwaldenrath a mayor. 1935 forest wetland was official nationals with Bocket community of the newly formed Office of forest wetland.
  • Bocket 1276: Bucholte = "Book woods "; Parish forest wetland until 1851, then independent parish
  • Braunsrath 1202: Brunsdrode = " clearing of Brun (Bruno )"; Braunsrath to 1560 had a separate trial by jury, belonged then to the Court of wetland forest and formed with Hontem, Löcken, Obspringen, Selsten and Schöndorf a mayoralty, the 1935 Office nationals community of the newly formed Office of forest wetland.
  • Brugg moose 1144: Brugele = " swampy lowland "; Parish forest wetland
  • Driesch ( hair ) 1510: Driesch = " Undeveloped land, pasture '
  • Frilinghoven 1147 Vrilenhove, 1277 Vrilinchovin = " courtyard of a Friling " ( outdoor ), possibly also 'farm of the Frilo "; Parish forest wetland
  • Hair 1217: de Hare = " eingefriedigter, umhegter place ( Hag ) ". Other interpretations, such as " Hill " ( hare ), are not convincing because of the location of the settlement. Parish forest wetland until 1804, then independent parish; formed with Soperich, Neuhaaren, Driesch, Brugg moose and Frilinghoven a mayoralty, the 1935 Office nationals community of the newly formed Office of forest wetland.
  • Haas ( hair ) 1570: = tions to Haas 'hare'
  • Haaserdriesch ( hair ) " pasture ( Driesch ) of people from Haas "
  • Hontem 1202: Huntheym = " Home of Hunto "; Parish Braunsrath
  • Löcken 1277 Lucken = " opening gap clearing ( luka )"; Parish Braunsrath
  • Obspringen 1170: Obspringen = "on ( at ) the springs '; Parish forest wetland, 1911 Rector's own
  • Saddle Broich ( hair ) 1550: Schaebroich = " pasture Justice ( pasture ) in a fraction "
  • Schöndorf 1277 Schondorp = "beautiful", possibly even " diagonally, wrong " (because of the slope of the place); Parish Braunsrath
  • Selsten 1277 Selsteiden = " place / location in the valley "; Parish Braunsrath
  • Soperich ( hair ) 1343: Soperich = " ownership / kingdom of Supo ", possibly from Superacum = " courtyard of Superus "

Population Development

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Total population, on December 31

  • 2002: 9363
  • 2003: 9333
  • 2004: 9685
  • 2005: 9409
  • 2006: 9375
  • 2007: 9343
  • 2008: 9207
  • 2012: 8734

Policy

Parish council

  • CDU: 17 seats ( 1)
  • UBG: 5 seats ( 2)
  • GREEN: 5 seats ( 3)
  • SPD: 3 seats (-1)

(As at municipal election held on August 30, 2009 )

Coat of Arms, Flag and Banner

The official coat of arms description ( blazon ) in the document of the provincial government Cologne 14 March 1977, by which the community forest wetland was approved by the leadership of the crest, reads: "On a golden sign foot, in a black forest hook, in red a crowned, zweigeschwänzter silver lion ". This coat of arms is based on a (presumably arisen in the second half of the 13th century ) seal, which can be found on several documents from 1345 to 1355. The seal shows the zweigeschwänzten crowned lion with the inscription: " Sigilum Judicis et Scabonarum Watvocht " (Seal of the Court and the aldermen to wet forest ). A dreizinkiger Forestry hook beneath the Lion ( interpreted as Wolfsangel or as wall hooks) from 1484 is shown in the forest moist coat of arms, as wet forest came to the Duchy of Jülich and now the ( uncrowned, einschwänzigen ) lions led the emblem until 1977.

Description of banner: " Red -White-Red in the ratio 1: 4: 1 striped lengthwise with the over the center shifted upwards blazon.

Flag description: " Red -White-Red in the ratio 1: 4: 1 striped lengthwise with the rod displaced towards blazon.

Culture and sights

Structures

  • In the town there are several windmills have received, of which the mills can be experienced in humid forest and hair: The forest Moist Windmill, a tower windmill ( Erdholländer ), was built in 1897 and is considered the youngest windmill in the Rhineland. A first windmill - situated as the old mill in the city walls - had already been built in 1590 and overturned in the 19th century. The built outside the walls moist forest mill is operational and is used by millers of the mill club - Selfkantbahn for grinding grain.
  • The Haarener windmill, a mountain Dutchman, was built in 1842 and is also operational. Also it is used for grinding grain through the mill club.
  • The tower of the former Löckener windmill is currently being restored (2005) and used in the future as a residential building.
  • The Parish Church of St. Lambertus in forest wetland is a three-nave from the 15th to 16th century late Gothic basilica. The relatively long choir with striking axis deviation to the nave has a constructed of a decagon choir circuit.
  • The St. John's (St. John's ) Klus in hair, a former baptistery, probably in the 8/9 Century arose and in 1328 as an "old pilgrimage " was one of ten bishops duly certified letter of indulgence. The Klus served from 1804 to 1824 as a parish church for hair and was founded by Irish and Scottish monks. In the immediate vicinity is located on Dutch territory a Roman Frankish burial ground.
  • From the moth Bollerberg is still the mound in the former swamp, where there was a centrifugal and weir are easy to recognize. It was probably built in the 9th century. The surrounding moat, however, is filled.
  • The " castle", a plain brick building of nine axes and two storeys, from the 17th to the 18th century and now serves as the Town Hall and council offices.

Regular events

  • Oktoberfest in hair
  • Christmas market in forest wetlands ( on the 2nd Sunday of Advent )

Economy and infrastructure

The ice cream factory ice cream roses Ltd. with an annual production of 230 million liters of ice cream (among other things for Aldi) is the largest employer in the town.

Traffic

There are bus services to the various districts and neighboring towns. The nearest railway station is located in Dutch real on the main railway route Eindhoven - Maastricht. The nearest German passenger transport with bus stations are currently still the stations Geilenkirchen and relief on the railway line Aachen -Mönchengladbach. Expected to be on 15 December 2013, the Heinsberger train will be reactivated and are taking this point of the railway station in the city closer Heinberg (9 km). The road network of the municipality has a length of about 72 km, this will be spent on local roads is 50 km, 17 km county roads and highways 5 km. The rural road network of the community as a whole is about 170 km long, of which around 80 kilometers extended and dedicated at the same time as the bike path and 90 km ( as so-called "green ways ") are not expanded.

Personalities

  • Johannes von den Driesch (1562-1616), professor of ecclesiastical and civil law at the University of Würzburg, was born in forest wetlands.

Others

  • In 1989, we recorded forest wetland with a gold medal in the national competition "Our village is beautiful " from.
  • In 2009, the forest was wet in the state competition Our village has a future awarded a gold medal.
  • In 2010, the forest was wet in the national competition Our village has a future awarded a silver medal.

Gallery

St. Mary's Chapel Brügg elk, input

Marie altar of the Lady Chapel Brügg moose

St. Mary's Chapel Brügg elk, side view

Dutch mountain forest wet hair

Thanks panels at the Chapel forest wetland

Chapel forest wetland

Windmill forest wetland, a Erdholländer

Windmill forest wetland, the Flügelnachführung

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