Baesweiler

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

Baesweiler
Castle Baesweiler, front
Coat of arms
Location of Baesweiler within Aachen district
Stolberg
Baesweiler
Baesweiler
Coordinates: 50°54′N 6°11′E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionKöln
DistrictAachen
Subdivisions7
Government
  MayorWilli Linkens (CDU)
Area
  Total27.82 km2 (10.74 sq mi)
Elevation
130 m (430 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
  Total27,093
  Density970/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
52499
Dialling codes02401
Vehicle registrationAC
Websitewww.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:

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

  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, (The Boydell Press, 2009), 80.
  3. Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, 80.


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