Eschweiler

This article is about Eschweiler in Germany. For Eschweiler in Luxembourg, see Eschweiler, Luxembourg.
Eschweiler

Indestraße in Eschweiler

Coat of arms
Eschweiler

Coordinates: 50°49′N 6°17′E / 50.817°N 6.283°E / 50.817; 6.283Coordinates: 50°49′N 6°17′E / 50.817°N 6.283°E / 50.817; 6.283
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Köln
District Aachen
Government
 • Mayor Rudi Bertram (SPD)
Area
 • Total 76.559 km2 (29.560 sq mi)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
 • Total 55,171
 • Density 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 52249
Dialling codes 02403
Vehicle registration AC
Website www.eschweiler.de
Castle of Kambach
Castle of Roethgen
Eschweiler Central Station
The Leather Pietà
Castle of Palant
Castle of Kinzweiler
Old Townhall
Eschweiler's power plant next to the A 4

Eschweiler (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʃvaɪlɐ]) is a municipality in the district of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany on the river Inde, near the German-Belgian-Dutch frontier, and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Aachen and 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Cologne.

History

Main sights

Eschweiler main sights include:

Also present is a series of castle and manors:

Culture

Eschweiler has three municipal halls (Dürwiß, Kinzweiler and Weisweiler), a cinema, a municipal art collection and the so-called Culture Centre Talbahnhof for cabaret and music events. Every summer the Eschweiler Music Festival EMF takes place. People go to the numerous pubs around the Market Place and in the old-town alley Schnellengasse as well as to the large-scale discothèque Klejbor's.

Carnival

Eschweiler is a center of Rhineland carnival. It has more than 20 active carnival clubs, and every Monday before Lent it has the third of Germany's longest carnival processions.

Culinary specialities

Medical care

Eschweiler is home to the St. Antonius Hospital with 443 beds and 13 departments. Every year, there are some 15,000 in-patients and 25,000 out-patients. The Euregio Breast Centre is part of the hospital.

Sports

Soccer, ice hockey, golf, open-air swimming pool, indoor swimming pool, horse sports, handball.

Industry

Chemical and metal industries, logistics and a lignite power plant.

Science

The lignite (brown coal) deposits in the region are former Miocene swamp forest dominated by Castanopsis, a type of chinkapin. Such plants do not occur naturally in Europe. A type of fossil wood has been described from logs found in Eschweiler mines. It was named Castanoxylon eschweilerense in reference to the town; the name would translate as "Eschweiler chinkapin wood", as it probably belonged to Castanopsis but perhaps to some other genus of chinkapin.

Transport

Eschweiler has six railway stations: Eschweiler Hauptbahnhof (central station), Eschweiler-Aue (from 2009), Eschweiler-West, Eschweiler-Talbahnhof, Eschweiler-Nothberg, Eschweiler-Weisweiler and Nothberg (till 2009). Eschweiler-St. Jöris is planned.

Eschweiler has two bus terminals and bus lines in every quarter and in its whole vicinity. Autobahn exits on the A 4 include Eschweiler-West, Eschweiler-Ost and Weisweiler. The city can be reached also by three exits on the A 44: Aldenhoven, Alsdorf and Broichweiden.

Notable people

International relations

Eschweiler is twinned with:

References

  1. ↑ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 23 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Reigate and Banstead twinning info

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