Английская Википедия:Baesweiler
Шаблон:Infobox German location Baesweiler (Шаблон:IPA-de) 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
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.[1] Wenceslaus, upon his capture, suffered a humiliating defeat.[2]
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
Шаблон:See also Baesweiler is twinned with:[3]
- Шаблон:Flagicon 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
External links
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Monument for the coal pit "Carl-Alexander" erected on Reyplatz
Шаблон:Cities and towns in Aachen (district)
Шаблон:AachenDistrict-geo-stub
- ↑ Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, (The Boydell Press, 2009), 80.
- ↑ Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, 80.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
