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

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Geography

Büsbach, located on a knoll of limestone, is surrounded by several villages. In the north Münsterbusch is directly neighboured to Büsbach while Breinig and Dorff in southern direction are separated by pasture. Stolbergs district Oberstolberg as well as its industrial estate with companies like

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or Chemie Grünenthal can be found in the east. In the southeast of Büsbach the natural reserves

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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 () is a town in the rural ''Münsterländchen'' area of Kornelimünster/Walheim, a stadtbezirk, district of Aachen, Germany. History The Kornelimünster Abbey was founded in 814 on the Inde River by Benedict of Aniane (750–8 ...

and

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, 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 finding ...

, 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 Eschweiler (, Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ) is a municipality in the district of Aachen (district), Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany on the river Inde, near the German-Dutch-Belgian border, and about east of Aachen and w ...

. In 1816 it became part of the

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n empire and was governed by the city of

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. 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, was born in Büsbach.

References

Zur Geschichte von Stolberg-Büsbach
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