Heinsberg

Heinsberg
Heinsberg
Location of the town of Heinsberg within Heinsberg district
Coordinates	51°03′47″N 6°05′47″E / 51.06306°N 6.09639°E / 51.06306; 6.09639Coordinates: 51°03′47″N 6°05′47″E / 51.06306°N 6.09639°E / 51.06306; 6.09639
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Cologne
District	Heinsberg
Town subdivisions	14
Mayor	Wolfgang Dieder (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	92.14 km2 (35.58 sq mi)
Elevation	76 m  (249 ft)
Population	40,785 (31 December 2011)[1]
- Density	443 /km2 (1,146 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HS
Postal code	52525
Area code	02452
Website	www.heinsberg.de

Heinsberg is the capital of the district Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Wurm, approx. 20 km north-east of Sittard and 30 km south-west of Mönchengladbach.

Geographie

Wassenberg is the town in the North of Heinsberg, Hückelhoven in the east, Waldfeucht and Gangelt in the west, and Geilenkirchen in the south.

Two rivers flow through Heinsberg, the Wurm (River) and the Rur. The Wurm (River) lead in the Rur near to Rurkempen, a village from Heinsberg.

"Rur" and "Wurm" near Heinsberg

Sights

St. Gangolf

The city of Heinsberg has only some old houses. The most of the city is destroyed in 1944. The biggest sights are:

• St. Gangolf church
• Castle of Heinsberg (Heinsburg)
• Old district court
• "Grünes Haus" (oldest house of the city)

Traffic

Heinsberg Station

The station in Heinsberg was closed in 1980. But the rails are there still today. Heinsberg should be accessible with the train in 2013. They beginned with cutting plants from the rails in 2010. The "Zug der

Erinnerung" stopped in Heinsberg in 2011: For around 30 years stopped no train in city.

The "Zug der Erinnerung"in the old station (2011)

Bus

Near to the arranging station is the bus station. There stopped buses to Erkelenz, Geilenkirchen, Wegberg, Gangelt, Waldfeucht and Selfkant-Tüddern. There are two swift buses,

which are named SB-Buses. The SB 1 goes from Erkelenz to Geilenkirchen, and the SB4 from Heinsberg to Erkelenz.

Street

Near the city is a highway (A46), and the "Bundesstraße 221".

Industry

In the industry area of Heinsberg, and the industry area of Oberbruch (IPO) are many companies, very famous;

• Enka Gmbh & Co KG
• Hazet
• Sera Aquaristic

Media

• Heinsberger Newspaper
• "Hs-Woche" a free newspaper once a week
• The "Lokalzeit aus Aachen" a news broadcast from the WDR about Aachen and Heinsberg, too.
• HS TV, a television transmitter
• The radio transmitter "Welle West" was closed in 2007, other radio transmitters, which reported about Heinsberg too, are 100,5 and 107,8.

Public Facilities

• Office of the district Heinsberg
• Police (district)
• the district court
• health office
• jail

Creation and Schools

In Heinsberg are many basic schools and kindergarten. There are two "Hauptschulen" and "Realschulen". In Heinsberg is a "Gymnasium". Since 2007 is in the old "Berufschule" a school for disabled persons.

References

External links

• Official site (German)

Towns and municipalities in Heinsberg (district) Erkelenz Gangelt Geilenkirchen Heinsberg Hückelhoven Selfkant Übach-Palenberg Waldfeucht Wassenberg Wegberg