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Calamine ( French La Calamine ) is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Belgium Liege with 10,874 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012). Calamine is one of the nine municipalities of the German-speaking Community in Belgium. The former German name for Calamine was Altenberg. The church now belongs to the Euregio Meuse -Rhine.
- 5.1 Folklore
- 5.2 dialect
- 7.1 associations
- 7.2 sporting venues
Geography
The municipality consists of the villages of La Calamine Hergenrath, Calamine (formerly Altenberg or Neutral Moresnet ) and Neu-Moresnet (formerly Prussian Moresnet ). It extends in the triangle of Belgium - Netherlands - Germany in the Valley of Göhl on an area of approximately 18.12 km ². The municipality is located in close proximity to Vaals (NL ) in the north, Aachen ( D ) in the northwest, Raeren (B ) to the west, Lontzen (B ) in the south and Plombières / Bleyberg (B ) in the east. The nearest towns are next to Aachen (8 km) Eupen (15 km) and Liège / Liège (40 km) in Belgium and Maastricht (40 km ) in the Netherlands.
Community and population structure
The municipality of La Calamine had on 31 December 2013 as the second largest congregation of the German-speaking Community 10,859 inhabitants, of which 37.5 % were non-Belgian nationality.
The total population is distributed as follows among the various localities:
- Calamine: 5804
- New Moresnet: 2360
- Hergenrath: 2694
Traffic
Plane:
- Maastricht Aachen Airport is near the Dutch municipality of Beek (approx. 45 km )
- Liège Airport (about 50 km )
- Dusseldorf International and Cologne / Bonn ( approximately 100 km)
Web:
- Station Hergenrath at the Wesertalstrecke, breakpoint of euregioAIXpress (direct shipment, with Aachen and Liege; neither ticketing machines still available)
Bus:
- Line 396 of the TEC, the Eupen and Vaals ties together (stops in La Calamine and Hergenrath )
- Line 24 of Aachen Transport Association (to which Calamine collectively counts since 1979), which connects with Calamine Aachen:
History
History of the town of La Calamine
The church today Calamine was on 1 January 1977 by the merger of the former municipality of communities Neu-Moresnet, Hergenrath and Calamine.
Etymology
The name of the village derives from the calamine ore (at this deposit predominantly siliceous calamine, ie Kieselzinkerz ) from, known as Kelms or Kelmes in this area and dismantled in the early Middle Ages there was.
Culture
Folklore
In Calamine Rhenish Carnival is celebrated, including, among others a Rosenmontagszug and include the " fat Thursday" of the Indian Relocation of " Auw Wiever ".
Dialect
The local dialect, the Kelmiser Platt, belongs to the Ripuarian language group. Various dialects in the canton of Eupen belong to the Lower Franconian and Ripuarian language group and thus to Limburg -speaking world.
Economy
In New Moresnet is a branch of the Heimbach Group from Düren, consisting of a takeover of the company break jr. has emerged. There, Technical textiles are manufactured.
Sports
Clubs
In Calamine there are two football clubs that are affiliated to the Belgian national football association. The RFC, founded in 1923 Union La Calamine is currently playing in the third division B ( third division at the national level ). The RFCU is so according to KAS Eupen is the second highest ranking soccer club from the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
For the 2014/15 season a newly formed club will go into the 4th class D province at the start with the Sporting Club La Calamine.
Sports facilities
In Calamine is the maximum 4,000 -seat Prince Philippe stadium where the RFC Union La Calamine plays its home games. Also, the Sporting Club La Calamine will use this infrastructure from the 2014/15 season.
In a former quarry between New Moresnet and Hergenrath, at the Göhl and close to the Eyneburg located, there is a 2005 furnished sport climbing area. It is operated by the Aachener section of the German Alpine Club. The maximum rock height is 20 m.
People
- Mathieu Grosch, Member of the European Parliament and from 1991 until December 2012 Mayor of La Calamine
- Gottfried John, German actor, lived until 2008 in La Calamine.
- Hein Simons, singer and actor, better known by his stage name Heintje, lived until the 1980s with his parents in New Moresnet.