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Baesweiler

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Baesweiler within Aachen district

(2020–25) Pierre Froesch^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total27.82 km² (10.74 sq mi)Elevation

130 m (430 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total27,620 • Density990/km² (2,600/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

52499

Dialling codes02401Vehicle registrationACWebsitewww.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

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 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, (The Boydell Press, 2009), 80.
^ Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, 80.
^ "Städtepartnerschaft" (in German). Baesweiler. Retrieved 2021-12-08.