Baesweiler () is a municipality in the district of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography Baesweiler is located approximately 20 km north-east of Aachen.
Neighbouring municipalities Geilenkirchen Linnich Aldenhoven Alsdorf Herzogenrath Übach-Palenberg
Division of the municipality
The municipality has seven subdivisions since a local government reform in 1972 (populations as of January 2007): Baesweiler (13,864 inhabitants) Beggendorf (1,667 inhabitants) Floverich (408 inhabitants) Loverich (1,255 inhabitants) Oidtweiler (2,731 inhabitants) Puffendorf (441 inhabitants) Setterich (7,794 inhabitants)
History On 22 August 1371, the Battle of Baesweiler took place between the armies of duke Wenceslaus I of Brabant on one hand, and dukes William II of Jülich and Edward of Guelders on the other.Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, (The Boydell Press, 2009), 80. Wenceslaus suffered a humiliating defeat, and was captured by William II of Jülich afterwards. Edward of Guelders was killed not soon after the battle was over.Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold, 80.
Politics The current mayor is Pierre Froesch of the CDU, who has been serving as mayor of Baesweiler since 2020. In the 2025 election he was reelected with 86,2 % of the vote.
City council After the 2025 local elections, the Baesweiler city council is composed as follows:
! colspan=2| Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 7,028 | 60.2 | 2.4 | 23 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 1,562 | 13.4 | 6.1 | 5 | 3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 1,558 | 13.4 | New | 5 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 860 | 7.4 | 3.8 | 3 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left (Linke) | 366 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 1 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 276 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1 | ±0 |- | colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey| |- | bgcolor=#EB7E10| | align=left| Anton Dinslaken | 18 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New |- ! colspan=2| Valid votes ! 11,668 ! 98.5 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Invalid votes ! 173 ! 1.5 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Total ! 11,841 ! 100.0 ! ! 38 ! ±0 |- ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 21,128 ! 56.0 ! ! ! |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Baesweiler
Population
Twin towns – sister cities
Baesweiler is twinned with: Montesson, France (1990)
Notable people Matthias Goebbels (1836–1911), priest and artist Franz Loogen (1919–2010), pioneer of cardiology in Germany Ralph Gunesch (born 1983), footballer
References
External links
Official site