Eschweiler
Eschweiler (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʃvaɪlɐ]) is a municipality in the district of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany on the river Inde, near the German-Belgian-Dutch frontier, and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Aachen and 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Cologne.
History
Celts (first ore mining) and Romans (roads and villae rusticae).
828 First mentioned by Einhard, the biographer of Charlemagne.
1394 Coal mining first mentioned.
For some centuries part of the Duchy of Jülich.
1678 Completely destroyed except one house and the valuable leather Pietà.
1794 To France.
1800 French municipal rights and capital of the Canton of Eschweiler in the French Département de la Roer.
1816 To Prussia. The French Cantons of Burtscheid and Eschweiler are put together to form the Prussian Kreis Aachen.
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 municipal rights. Its quarters Hehlrath, Kinzweiler and St. Jöris are released in order to form the new municipality of Kinzweiler.