Büsbach is the largest of 17 districts and villages belonging to the German town of

Stolberg (Rhineland) Stolberg (, Ripuarian: ) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has a long history as an industrial town and belongs to the district Aachen and the lower district court of Eschweiler. Geography Stolberg is located approximately 5&nbs ...

Geography

Büsbach, located on a knoll of limestone, is surrounded by several villages. In the north Münsterbusch is directly neighboured to Büsbach while

Breinig Stolberg (, Ripuarian: ) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has a long history as an industrial town and belongs to the district Aachen and the lower district court of Eschweiler. Geography Stolberg is located approximately 5&nbs ...

and

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in southern direction are separated by pasture. Stolbergs district Oberstolberg as well as its industrial estate with companies like Prym or Chemie Grünenthal can be found in the east. In the southeast of Büsbach the natural reserves

Bärenstein Bärenstein is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. History From 1952 to 1990, Bärenstein was part of the Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt of East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (G ...

and Brockenberg, former mining areas, offer biotopes for rare flowers, insects and amphibians while the natural reserve Tatternsteine mit Talaue is famous for its geology.

History

Early traces of human activity were discovered in the southeast of Büsbach where implements dated approximately 10.000 B.C. (

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) had been excavated. Artifacts found by historians in the west of Büsbach could be dated between 5000 and 1900 B.C. The

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, supported by a small

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connecting

Kornelimünster Kornelimünster ( ksh, Mönster) is a town in the rural ''Münsterländchen'' area of Kornelimünster/Walheim, a district of Aachen, Germany. History The Kornelimünster Abbey was founded in 814 on the Inde River by Benedict of Aniane (750 ...

and

Jülich Jülich (; in old spellings also known as ''Guelich'' or ''Gülich'', nl, Gulik, french: Juliers, Ripuarian: ''Jöllesch'') is a town in the district of Düren, in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. As a border region betwe ...

, started mining in the southeast of Büsbach as traces of settlements from the first to third century proved.

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dated 900 AD had been found near the

Flachsbach Flachsbach is a rivulet in the German village of Büsbach. It is a right tributary to the river Inde. The Flachsbach flowing through the south of Büsbach has its source in the pasture between the villages Büsbach and Breinig. Pottery findings ...

, a small

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flowing through the south of the village. It verified human activity in this area. Between 1794 and 1815 Büsbach belonged to the town of Eschweiler. In 1816 it became part of the

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

n empire and was governed by the city of

Aachen Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...

. The situation changed again in 1913 when parts of Büsbach (Schneidmühle and Jordansberg) had been administered by the mayor of Stolberg. Since 1935 Büsbach is a district of Stolberg.

Main sights

The church of Büsbach, St. Hubertus, is a well-known landmark. Built in 1894 it was called the

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of the

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due to its characteristic church spire. After the spire became

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it had to be demolished. The old administration building which had also been used as a school building was built at the end of the 19th century. It is located at the marketplace and used as a community building. The memorial Bareschesser reminds the inhabitants of Büsbach of an event leading to the

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Bareschesser for the people living in this village. File:Büsbach.jpg, St. Hubertus in 1903 File:Büsbach Hubertuskirche 1.jpg, St. Hubertus in 2006 File:Büsbach2.JPG, Old administration building File:Bareschesser.jpg, Memorial Barescheser

Notable people

The well-known German singer and songwriter Christina Klein, better known under her stage name

LaFee Christina Klein (born 9 December 1990), better known by her stage name LaFee, is a German pop singer and television actress who has sold more than one million records worldwide. She is most famous in mainland Europe, particularly in German-spea ...

, was born in Büsbach.

References

Zur Geschichte von Stolberg-Büsbach
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