Würselen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

🇩🇪 Würselen is a town in the borough of Aachen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography Würselen lies north of the city of Aachen in the immediate vicinity of the tripoint of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Its neighbouring settlements are, in clockwise order, the towns of Herzogenrath, Alsdorf and Eschweiler and the city of Aachen. Würselen is part of Aachen's Nordkreis quarter and is the only part of the city borough without external boundaries.

Subdivisions As part of the administrative reform in North Rhine-Westphalia and the related 1971 Aachen Act, the territory of the borough of Würselen was expanded in 1972 to incorporate the hitherto independent municipalities of Bardenberg and Broichweiden. Since then Würselen has consisted of the following quarters: • Bardenberg • Broichweiden • Würselen; These are subdivided in turn into the following parishes: Würselen: • Bissen • Dobach • Elchenrath • Grevenberg • Markt-Preck • Morsbach • Oppen-Haal • Scherberg • Schweilbach • Teut-Siedlung; Broichweiden: • Broich • Euchen • Linden-Neusen • St. Jobs • Vorweiden • Weiden • Wersch; Bardenberg: • Pley • Bardenberg.

History During the time of the Roman Empire, Roman soldiers were based at Würselen, on an area today known as "Mauerfeldchen" (small mural field).

The first mention of the town was as Wormsalt in 870. Between 1265-69, Duke Wilhelm IV of Jülich built the castle of Wilhelmstein. Since 1616 the town has been known as Würselen. In 1972, the neighbouring municipalities of Bardenberg and Broichweiden were incorporated into the town.