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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Köln

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
27.77 km²

Population
  
27,898 (31 Dec 2010)

Dialling code
  
02401

State
  
North Rhine-Westphalia

District
  
Aachen

Postal codes
  
52499

Local time
  
Tuesday 9:02 AM

Postal code
  
52499

Administrative region
  
Cologne

Baesweiler

Weather
  
6°C, Wind SW at 32 km/h, 67% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 52499 Baesweiler, 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

    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. Wenceslaus, upon his capture, suffered a humiliating defeat.

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

    • Sons and daughters of the town

  • 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

    Baesweiler Wikipedia
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