Brand (Aachen)
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| Coordinates: 50°44′56″N 6°9′54″E / 50.74889°N 6.16500°ECoordinates: 50°44′56″N 6°9′54″E / 50.74889°N 6.16500°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| District | Brand | |
| City | Aachen | |
| Elevation | 262 m (860 ft) | |
| Population (2009) | ||
| • Total | 18,000 | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 52076, 52078 | |
| Dialling codes | 0241 | |
Brand is a district of Aachen, Germany, with about 18,000 residents. The district lies in the southern part of Aachen and borders Kornelimünster/Walheim, Forst, Oberforstbach und Eilendorf, as well as the city of Stolberg.
Brand was a self-administered community in the district of Aachen until 1972, when administrative reforms of the communities in the area caused Brand to be absorbed into Aachen. The current district of Brand is made up of the towns Brand, Freund, Krauthausen, Niederforstbach, Brander Feld and Rollef.
At 270.9 meters, the highest point of the district is a noise barrier along the Bundesautobahn 44, which runs through Brand Forest.
The Coat of Arms of Brand is divided horizontally and shows in its upper section the horn of Pope Cornelius, a symbol of the areas previous affiliation to the Kornelimünster Abbey. In the lower part is a burning set of three hills (a somewhat common heraldic device). This symbolizes the three districts of Brand, which are Freund, Brand and Niederforstbach, and which each lie on a small hill. The fire stands for the district’s name Brand, which means “fire”. The reason that the area is called this, however, is etymologically unclear.
Symbols for the district include the Brand Bull, which is commemorated by a bronze statue at the center of Brand. It likely stems from the town’s association with the horn of Pope Cornelius on the coat of arms, and is meant to symbolize residents’ obstinacy.
The English Count de Rice, whose personal details remain unknown, bought from the Kornelimünster Abbey more than three hundred acres of the treeless Brand Heath (which is today the area around North Street (Nordstrasse) and Erberichshof Street, bounded by Eilendorf Street (Eilendorferstr.), and at the time included the estates of Gut Neuenhof, the Krummerrück, and the Hebscheider Hof), so that he could build homes and a horse racetrack. In 1789 the Count went bankrupt and the area was repossessed, but later it was given to the community of Brand, which still built the racetrack, along with a grandstand.
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