Eschweiler is a Rhineland town in western Germany on the river Inde near the German-Belgian-Dutch frontier. 60,000 enhabitants. See Aachen (district)
History
- 828 First mentioned.
- 1394 Coal mining first mentioned.
- 1678 Completely destroyed exept one house and a leather pietà.
- 1800 French municipal rights.
- 1838 Foundation of the first joint stock company in the then Kingdom of Prussia: Eschweiler Bergwerksverein (i.e. Eschweiler Coal Mining Company) EBV.
- 1858 Prussian minicipal rights.
- 1944 Heavily destroyed in World War II.
Worth knowing
Many castles, water castles and manors.
Artificial lake Blausteinsee (i.e. Blue Stone Lake).
A center of Rhineland carnival.
Sports: soccer, ice hockey, golf, swimming, horse sports.
Culinary specialities
- Sauerbraten
- Potato fritters (Reibekuchen) with black bread, appel syrup, suger beet syrup or stewed apples
- Blood sausage (Blutwurst) crude or fried
- Hemmel on Äed (i.e. Heaven and Earth) mashed potatoes with stewed apples and fried blood pudding
- Rice pies, apricot pies, pear pies ("Schwatze Flaam") - 20 cm in diameter; the pear pies, also called black pies, are traditionally served at funerals
