Verlautenheide is a rural section of northeast

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, with a population of around 3500. The community lies within the administrative district of Haaren. Its highest point is the Haarberg (around 240 m). The east end of the town is known as ''Quinx''.

History

The village of Verlautenheide initially developed around the estate ''Heiderhof'' and was originally known as "Die Heyd". Much later, it became a

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(known in German as a ''Straßendorf''). Verlautenheide was first mentioned (as ''Heide boven Haren'') in 1445, in a lease and interest register for the Imperial Kornelimünster Abbey. The Kahlgracht Mill (''Kahlgrachtmühle''), which was built in the area of Verlautenheide in the 15th century, is an important testament to the town's existence then. Together with Haaren, Verlautenheide belonged to

until the end of the 19th century. At the time, Verlautenheide was also the location of one of the eight watchtowers surrounding and protecting

, which is noted in the street name ''Türmchenweg'' (little tower way), which runs down the center of town. After France occupied Haaren and Verlautenheide in 1792 and 1794, administration of the town was maintained in Haaren under the French ''Mairie'' system, with the town formally becoming part of France as a result of the

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in 1801, before finally switching to the

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following the Treaty of Paris in 1814. The area was intensely fought over in October 1944, and in Verlautenheide, US troops completed their surrounding of Aachen. In the early 1960s, the first Aachen motorway "Wuerselen / Verlautenheide" (now Federal Highway 544) was built in Verlautenheide; around 1963, the motorway intersection with Aachen was completed. Until the end of 1971, the community of Haaren/Verlautenheide was self-administered, but with the restructuring of Aachen's surrounding communities, the towns were incorporated into Aachen itself.

Notable persons

Father Hugo Nießen worked in Verlautenheide in 1976. In October 1976 he became provost for the Protestant parish of St. Georg in the city of Wassenberg.

Societies

There is the sports club ''SV Eintracht 1912 Verlautenheide'', which plays on astroturf, the Carnival Society Bröselspetze 1950 (''die Karnevalsgesellschaft Bröselspetze e. V. 1950''), as well as the St Georg Girl Scouts Troop of Verlautenheide (''Verlautenheide der Pfadfinderinnenschaft St. Georg''), which has operated since 1980.Pfadfinderinnenschaft St. Georg (PSG)
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References

* Christian Quix: * ''Haaren vor den Toren der Stadt Aachen'', Heimatverein Haaren / Verlautenheide, Heft 2, 1987

External links

haaren-verlautenheide.de
– Website of the Homeclub Haaren/Verlautenheide 1984, with information and publications on the history of the two communities {{Authority control Aachen Populated places established in the 15th century