Baesweiler
Baesweiler (German pronunciation: [ˈbaːsvaɪlɐ]) is a municipality in the district of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Baesweiler | |
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 Castle Baesweiler, front | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Baesweiler within Aachen district   | |
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| Coordinates: 50°54′N 6°11′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Köln |
| District | Aachen |
| Subdivisions | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Willi Linkens (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.82 km2 (10.74 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Population (2018-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 27,033 |
| • Density | 970/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 52499 |
| Dialling codes | 02401 |
| Vehicle registration | AC |
| Website | www.baesweiler.de |
Geography
Baesweiler is located approximately 20 km north-east of Aachen.
Neighbouring municipalities
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 development
- 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,
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 birthplace 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
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, (The Boydell Press, 2009), 80.
- Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, 80.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baesweiler. |
- Official site (in German)
Monument for the coal pit "Carl-Alexander" erected on Reyplatz
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 Coat of Arms of Aachen district | ||
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