Geldern-Kapellen
51.5711111111116.362777777777827Koordinaten: 51 ° 34 ' 16 "N, 6 ° 21' 46" E
Position of bands in the city funds
The village chapels located on the Lower Rhine in the northwest of North Rhine -Westphalia and is a district of funds and counts 2,510 inhabitants (as of 31 January 2013).
Geography
Chapels located on the left bank of the Rhine in the Rhine lowlands. It is traversed by the Issumer Fleuth, a tributary of Nier.
Towns nearby are Sonsbeck in the north, Kevelaer in the west, Alps in east and Issum and money in the south.
History
In 1250 the place Capelle is first mentioned in a document. The eponymous chapel was built on the Roman road from Xanten to Straelen. The parish church of St. George in 1305 called in Xanten tithe register. On March 3, 1336 Knight McClelland sold by Beerenbroeck the jurisdiction and the church patronage chapels to Rainald II of funds. This had become the village chapels already in 1326 liege.
Chapels was repeatedly ravaged by fire. On November 11, 1690 the church burned down completely. On July 14, 1792 27 houses and 16 barns were destroyed by fire. Also the rectory was concerned, the church could be saved. On the eve of the White Sunday 1810 burned down 32 houses and 16 barns. 1908, the volunteer fire department was established as a fire at the farm of Beerenbrouck family due to fewer workers despite the presence of horse trolley with hand syringe could not be deleted.
From 1798 to 1814 was chapels under French rule until 1815, the entire Lower Rhine at the Congress of Vienna the Kingdom of Prussia was slammed. Then on April 23, 1816 in the wake of the Prussian administrative organization chapels to the district funds as one of over 40 counties of the province of Jülich -Cleves -Berg, the later Rhine Province.
During the time of National Socialism, the historical name of chapels is converted into chapels.
On July 1, 1969 chapels was incorporated with the first municipal restructuring program in the city of Geldern and heard since 1 January 1975 the district of Kleve.
Coat of arms
Blazon: Azure, a silver (white ) Anchor cross, that on the right arm of the cross bar a silver (white ) Chapel with red roofs and red cross and under the right cross bar a golden ( yellow ) rotbewehrten doppelgeschwänzten lion shows.
Meaning: The anchor cross is the St.. George, patron saint of the village. The Chapel ( Chapel ) reflects the name of the place and the Guelders lion symbolizes the membership of funds.
Attractions
Schloss Haag
The Water Castle is a late medieval structure dating from the 15th century. The first mention dates from 1337, where it is as a fief of the Counts of Cleves as " boff can hike in Haege by Gelre " in possession of Konrad van Issem. Under an agreement dated 29 December 1618 was owned by Adriaan and from Hoensbroech. Since that time, the castle is in the twelfth generation of family ownership. The main house of 1664 completely destroyed in 1945. The two successively arranged baileys are obtained. The front of the two-storey inner bailey of 1688 with approximately square plan and a medieval core is flanked by two large round towers with six- pointed Gothic helmets. A square tower gate with Gothic Articulated helmet originally formed the entrance to the castle.
Parish Church of St. George
The parish church is a three-aisled Gothic basilica pseudo from the first half of the 15th century. Oldest exhibit is a sculptural group of St. Anne from the beginning of the 16th century. Also worth seeing is the pulpit from 1714 and the high altar from 1888.
House Beerenbrouck
The farm Beerenbrouck was already mentioned in 1331. In its current form it is a two story mansion, which was built around 1800. The house in 1908 was partially destroyed by a fire, the fire destroyed the connected farm completely. The house was included in the list of monuments on 15 October 1986 under number A 24.