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Baesweiler (German pronunciation: [ˈbaːsvaɪlɐ] (
listen)) is a municipality in the district of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Baesweiler | |
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Town | |
 Castle Baesweiler, front | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Baesweiler within Aachen district  | |
  Baesweiler  Baesweiler | |
| Coordinates: 50°54′N 6°11′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Köln |
| District | Aachen |
| Subdivisions | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Pierre Froesch[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.82 km2 (10.74 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 27,319 |
| • Density | 980/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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
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.[3] Wenceslaus, upon his capture, suffered a humiliating defeat.[4]
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
Twin towns – sister cities
Baesweiler is twinned with:[5]
Montesson, France (1990)
Notable people
- Matthias Goebbels (1836–1911), priest and artist
- Franz Loogen (1919–2010), pioneer of cardiology in Germany
- Ralph Gunesch (born 1983), footballer
References
- Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, (The Boydell Press, 2009), 80.
- Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, 80.
- "Städtepartnerschaft" (in German). Baesweiler. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
External links
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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На других языках
[de] Baesweiler
Baesweiler [mit Dehnungs-e, gesprochen: .mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}ˈbaːsˌvaɪlɐ] ist eine mittlere regionsangehörige Stadt in der nordrhein-westfälischen Städteregion Aachen. Kurze Zeit prägte der Bergbau die Stadt und führte zu raschem Bevölkerungsanstieg.- [en] Baesweiler
[ru] Басвайлер
Басвайлер[1] (нем. Baesweiler) — город в Германии, в земле Северный Рейн-Вестфалия.Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.
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