Baesweiler

Baesweiler
Castle Baesweiler, front
Coat of arms
Baesweiler
Location of Baesweiler within Aachen district
Coordinates: 50°54′N 6°11′E / 50.900°N 6.183°ECoordinates: 50°54′N 6°11′E / 50.900°N 6.183°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Aachen
Government
• Mayor	Willi Linkens (CDU)
Area
• Total	27.82 km^2 (10.74 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	26,819
• Density	960/km^2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	52499
Dialling codes	02401
Vehicle registration	AC
Website	www.baesweiler.de

Baesweiler (German pronunciation: [ˈbaːsvaɪlɐ]) is a municipality in the district of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Baesweiler is located approximately 20 km north-east of Aachen.

Neighbouring municipalities

• Geilenkirchen
• Linnich
• Aldenhoven
• Alsdorf
• Herzogenrath
• Übach-Palenberg

Division of the municipality

Setterich

The municipality has seven subdivisions since a local government reform in 1972 (populations as of January 2007):

• Baesweiler (13,864 inhabitants)
• Beggendorf (1,667 inhabitants)
• Floverich (408 inhabitants)
• Loverich (1,255 inhabitants)
• Oidtweiler (2,731 inhabitants)
• Puffendorf (441 inhabitants)
• Setterich (7,794 inhabitants)

History

In 1371 a battle took place between the armies of Wenceslaus I, duke of Brabant on one hand, and Gulik and Gelre on the other.^[2] Wenceslaus, upon his capture, suffered a humiliating defeat.^[3]

Population developement

• 1950: 13.268
• 1970: 24.223
• 1998: 26.731
• 2000: 27.434
• 2002: 27.604
• 2004: 27.933
• 2006: 28.160
• 2008: 27.991
• 2010: 27.898
• 2012: 26.445
• 2014: 26.597
• 2015: 26.819

International relations

Baesweiler is twinned with:

• Easington,  United Kingdom -– since 1975
• Montesson,  France -– since 1990

Sons and daughters of the town

Johann von Werth

• Johann von Werth (1591-1652), general in the Thirty Years War, was probably born on 6 April 1591 in Puffendorf, however, the birth place is debatable between several towns of the Rhineland
• Joseph Matthias Hubertus Goebbels (1836-1911) was for 32 years chaplain at St. Maria in Cologne.
• Willi Linkens (born 1954), mayor of Baesweiler
• David Christiansen (born 1976), composer
• Ralph Gunesch (born 1983), football player

References

1. "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 18 July 2016.
2. Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, (The Boydell Press, 2009), 80.
3. Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, 80.

External links

• Official site (German)

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  Monument for the coal pit "Carl-Alexander" erected on Reyplatz