Wegberg - Wegberg

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Wegberg
federal stateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Residents
28.175 (2019)
height
61 m
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Wegberg

Wegberg is a rural medium-sized town in the Heinsberg district, with 27,745 inhabitants in 40 districts.

background

The city, with a history of more than 1000 years, was mentioned as early as 966 in a document under the name Berck. Rivers, forests and streams determine the landscape in many places and so Wegberg is part of the Schwalm-Nette Nature Park. Numerous mills have their location on the Schwalm and its tributaries to this day and also give the city its name Wegberg in the valley of the mills given.

Districts

Arsbeck, Beeck, Beeckerheide, Berg, Bischofshütte, Bissen bei Beeck, Bissen, Broich, Brunbeck, Busch, Dalheim-Rötgen, Ellinghoven, Felderhof, Flassenberg, Gerichhausen, Harbeck, Holtmühle, Holtum, Isengraben, Kehrbusch, Kipshoven, Klinkum, Mehlbusch, Merbeck, Moorshoven, Petersholz, Rath-Anhoven, Rickelrath, Schönhausen, Schwaam, Tetelrath, Tüschenbroich, Uevekoven, Venheyde, Venn, Watern, Wegberg, Wildenrath.

getting there

By train

  • Wegberg has 3 railway stations in the city area, which are located in Dalheim, Arsbeck and Wegberg. The railway line that was originally about Roermond (NL) with the Netherlands was connected, can only be used from / to Dalheim today. The train connection No. 487 is the RB 34 Schwalm-Nette-Bahn between Dalheim and Mönchengladbach Hbf. Stops outside the city of Wegberg are in MG-Genhausen, MG-Rheindahlen, Rheydt Hbf. And Mönchengladbach Hbf. The announcement that the line would be used again as the Iron Rhine sparked great discussions.
  • Railway information and timetable of the DB

By bus

lineConnections to and from Wegberg
408Erkelenz - Wegberg - Niederkrüchten - Erkelenz
411Kehrbusch - Rath-Anhoven - Holtmühle - Wegberg
412Erkelenz - Wegberg - Erkelenz
413Heinsberg - Wegberg - Heinsberg
418Erkelenz - Wegberg - Niederkrüchten - Erkelenz
017Mönchengladbach - Wegberg - Mönchengladbach

In the street

  • The city of Wegberg is conveniently located between the cities of Düsseldorf, Cologne, Aachen, Mönchengladbach and Heinsberg. From Wegberg you can reach the in ten minutes A61 Direction Venlo and Cologne and in five minutes die A52 Direction Roermond and Düsseldorf. The urban area is west by the B221 and east by the B57 connected to the transport network.
  • Travel planning (by car):please enter here

By bicycle

On foot

mobility

Map of Wegberg
  • Taxi Erren, Tüschenbroicher Strasse 10-14, 41844 Wegberg. Tel.: (0)2434 7373, Fax: (0)2434 996688, Email: .
  • Taxi Schmitz, Mühltalweg 12, 41844 Wegberg. Tel.: (0)2434 1307, Fax: (0)2434 5656, Email: .
  • Car rental in Wegberg. Tel.: (0)1805011720, Email: .
  • Pony riding and covered wagon ride, In Tüschenbroich 41, 41844 Wegberg. Tel.: (0)2434 6705.

Tourist Attractions

Churches

Mills

Mills and interesting houses
Motte in Tüschenbroich
  • The Wegberger mill tour
  • Post mill in Wegberg-Watern, mill operation as a grain mill, 16th century - around 1960 metal water wheel available.
  • Bushmill in Wegberg-Busch, mill operation before 1557 - 1953 as a grain mill, mill equipment still intact, metal water wheel.
  • Dalheimer Mill in Wegberg-Dalheim, mill since 1231 - 1958 as a grain and oil mill
  • Holtmühle in Wegberg-Holtmühle, mill operation before 1397 - 1954 as an oil and grain mill, excursion restaurant with metal water wheel.
  • Kornmühle Tüschenbroich in Wegberg-Tüschenbroich, mill operation as a grain mill 14th century - 1940, water wheel made of wood available.
  • Molzmühle in Wegberg-Rickelrath, mill operation before 1506 - 1930 as an oil and grinding mill, restaurant with mill equipment and a new water wheel.
  • Tüschenbroich oil mill in Wegberg-Tüschenbroich, mill operation as an oil mill 14th century - 1912, water wheel in wood available.
  • Ophover Mill in Wegberg, mill operation before 1627 - preserved around 1965 as a grain mill, mill equipment and water wheel in metal.
  • Schrofmühle in Wegberg-Rickelrath, mill operation before 1557 - 1950 as an oil and grain mill, mill museum with an intact mill.
  • Wegberger Mill in Wegberg, mill operation as a Kormühle before 1564 - around 1960, building renewed, parts of the mill preserved

Castles, palaces, houses

Buildings

Monuments

Museums

Parks and nature reserves

Siemens test center

  • Wegberg-Wildenrath test center Siemens has built the largest test track for rail vehicles in Germany on the former military airfield near Wegberg-Wildenrath.

Grenzlandring

  • Grenzlandring The districts of Beeck, Beeckerheide, Gerichhausen, Harbeck and Wegberg are located in a 9.005 km long oval road, the so-called Grenzlandring. The Ringstrasse, completed in 1939, became famous in the years 1948-1952 as the fastest race track in the world. On August 31, 1952, a serious racing accident occurred in a car race, in which 13 were killed and 42 injured. The racing operation was then discontinued on this race track.

activities

Sports

shop

  • Wegberg advertising association
  • In the city center of Wegberg there are numerous shops, banks and savings banks as well as small shops. There are two shopping areas near the train station and Fußbachstraße with supermarkets and larger shops. There is also a shopping center in Rath-Anhoven in connection with the Automeile and various car dealerships. Furthermore, industrial areas are designated in Wegberg, Rath-Anhoven and Wildenrath. The smaller towns are only sparsely populated with shops.

kitchen

accommodation

RV park

  • 1  RV park, Maaseicker Strasse 67 at the indoor swimming pool, 41844 Wegberg. Tel.: 49 (0)2434 5312.

Hotel and pension

health

Practical advice

  • Due to the geographical location, different phone codes are set in the Wegberg urban area: 02431, 02432, 02434, 02436 and 02161.
  • The official postcode for the entire city area is 41844 Wegberg
  • All German radio networks are available for mobile communications.

literature

  • Lower Rhine water mills guide, by Hans Vogt, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 .
  • The Schwalm - valley of the mills, by Horst Jungblut - Helmut Elstner.
  • Schwalm-Nette Nature Park, by Rolf Purpar, ISBN 3-87463-164-8 .
  • Cultural guide of the city of Wegberg, Second edition 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-020080-9 .
  • 1000 years of Wegberg, Edition 1970, Council and Administration of the City of Wegberg.
  • Home book of the city of Wegberg, by Heinz Kohnen, 1983/84

Web links

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