Brand was an independent municipality until 1972, when it became part of the city of Aachen as part of the municipal reorganization. Embedded in a beautiful and varied landscape, the district of Brand offers its more than 17,000 residents an excellent infrastructure, which includes schools, kindergartens, sports facilities and good shopping opportunities as well as its own indoor swimming pool.
Dear fellow citizens,
Dear visitors to the Brand district website,
Peter Tillmanns, District Mayor of Brand, © City of AachenI would like to welcome you to our district website and thank you for your interest. Brand was an independent municipality until 1972, when it became part of the city of Aachen as part of the municipal reorganization. To this day, the people of Brand have retained much of their identity. This is mainly due to the fact that the residents, and therefore families in particular, feel very much at home here.
Nestled in a beautiful and varied landscape, the district of Brand offers its more than 17,000 residents an excellent infrastructure that includes schools, kindergartens, sports facilities and good shopping opportunities as well as its own indoor swimming pool.
It is therefore no wonder that the people of Brand have a very intensive club life that covers practically all interests. Voluntary work is very important here and shapes the community spirit. This is best described by the much-quoted term "Brander Wir-Gefühls" (Brander sense of unity). Politicians, the district administration and the associations, brought together by the Bürgerverein Brand e.V., jointly represent local interests and promote Brand's economic, social and cultural development.
Visible evidence of this development can be seen in the conversion of Trierer Straße and Marktstraße as well as the transformation of the former Camp Pirotte military site into a Brand business park, which offers small and medium-sized businesses an attractive location. The planned conversion of the Brand market will give Brand a new attraction in the coming year.
Why not visit us and see the quality of life in Brand for yourself, for example on a cycle tour along the Vennbahn route or by visiting the weekly market on the market square every Tuesday and Saturday morning.
Best regards
Peter Tillmanns
District Mayor
With a well-developed range of retail and local amenities, the Brand district offers its residents a family-friendly infrastructure with kindergartens, schools, playgrounds and sports grounds, clubs and its own indoor swimming pool.
As the gateway to the Eifel, Trierer Straße also connects the southern areas of the city region with Aachen city center. In addition, the Aachen-Brand junction provides an almost optimal connection to the trunk road network (A 44 / E 40). The various districts of the neighboring town of Stolberg are easily accessible via the state and district roads.
At the same time, Brand is the green district with the largest of Aachen's nature reserves, the Brander Wald, and offers excellent local recreational opportunities in a natural environment.
The strong cohesion of the more than 17,000 inhabitants is unique, many of whom actively participate in local club life. The Bürgerverein Brand e.V. coordinates and strengthens the work of the association, but also carries out its own tasks. Did you know, for example, that it is thanks to this citizens' association that the bronze bull, Brand's landmark, has found its place in the middle of the market square?
Discover the St. Vincent Chapel, the Vennbahn bridge viaduct in the Rollefbachtal valley, the bronze bull on the market square or "de Modder".
As a medium-sized center, Brand has an extremely good range of local amenities. In addition to the usual range offered by the large discount stores, many other items such as clothing and printed products are also available. With more than 150 retail outlets, including many specialist stores, a wide-ranging shopping and service center has been established here.
The infrastructure also includes a supermarket with extensive sales space in the converted former Aachen streetcar depot on Freunder Landstraße, a large DIY store on Debyestraße and various building materials dealers who even cover professional needs. Brand's craft businesses from a wide range of sectors are well positioned and not only supply their own district with their services. In the newly developed Brand business park, more companies will settle and increase the range of services on offer.
Weekly market in Brand
The weekly market takes place on Tuesdays and Saturdays at the Brand market (between Hochstraße and Marktstraße) from 8.00 am to 1.00 pm.
The market is also very popular with residents of the surrounding districts due to the wide range of fresh produce on offer. Shopping can be rounded off with a visit to the surrounding stores.
If you would like to be informed of any changes to the dates, please subscribe to the weekly market newsletter. The newsletter also informs you about the announcements of stalls.
Settlement in the area around today's Brand dates back to the 1st and 2nd centuries BC.
The Bürgerverein Brand e.V. collects dates and information on current events in Brand on its website.
As an independent amateur theater, Theater Brand has been staging regular performances in its own venue since 1998. The repertoire includes comedies, cabarets and thrillers as well as musicals, improvisations and performance pieces. The focus is on work with children and young people, with weekly drama groups and activities for children from the age of 3. The programme and ensemble are organized and coordinated by the supporting association "Theaterfreunde Brand 1903 e.V.".
Theater Brand
Freunder Heideweg 3
52078 Aachen
Phone: 02 41 / 920 9636
www.theater-brand.de
Not only can 12,000 items - from classic books to CDs, games, DVDs and e-books - be borrowed for a small price at the book island in Brand, but readings, flea markets and workshops also take place here regularly. This diversity is made possible by the commitment of more than 40 volunteers who are particularly keen to introduce young readers to literature.
Bücherinsel
Donatusplatz 1
52078 Aachen
Phone: 02 41 / 4 13 41 96
www.buecherinsel-st-donatus.de
Marketplace
Not only do traders set up their stalls around the Brander Stier at the popular weekly market, the central marketplace is also the most important event location in the district. In July, the summer funfair opens its doors with rides and numerous stalls, and in December there is a cozy Christmas market.
Jugend- und Begegnungshaus - Brander Feld e. V.
Schagenstraße 40
52078 Aachen
www.jub-dasnetz.de
Mobilé - Offene Kinder- und Jugendangebote St. Donatus
Hochstraße 16
52078 Aachen
www.mobile-brand.de
Whether swimming, soccer or judo, thanks to the wide variety of sports, everyone can get moving in Brand.
Playgrounds
Leisure facilities
With the Brander Wald nature reserve, the Indetal valley, the Vennbahnweg trail and parks and green spaces, Brand offers local recreation on the doorstep.
In addition to the Seniors' Council and associations, there are many other offers for senior citizens in Aachen Brand.
Erste Große Brander Karnevalsgesellschaft 1954 e. V.
Thomas Wolksi
Donatusplatz 5
Fon: 02 41 / 52 81 97
www.erstegrossebranderkg.de
Brander Unterbähner e.V.
Karl-Kuck Straße 1
52078 Aachen
www.brander-unterbähner.de
Chorgemeinschaft Humor-Harmonie 1858 e.V.
mit Prinzengarde Brander Stiere 1928
www.branderstiere.de
Carnival association Närrisches Freund
St. Donatus-Schützengesellschaft 1834 Brand
Rombachstraße 3
52078 Aachen
Fon: 0241 / 525533
www.donatus-schuetzen-brand.de
St. Vincenz-Bogenschützengesellschaft 1891 e. V. Niederforstbach
Dirk Ziemons
Münsterstraße 238
Fon: 02 41 / 56 49 80
St. Sebastianus shooting fraternity 1682 Krauthausen
St. Georg-Schützenbruderschaft 1879 Freund e.V.
Schagenstraße daycare center
Schagenstraße 61
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 56 35 85
www.aachen.de/kitas
Benediktusstraße day care center
Benediktusstr. 45
52078 Aachen
Fon: 0241 99036270
www.aachen.de/kitas
St. Monika Catholic day care center
Rollefstraße 2
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 52 63 55
www.pro-futura-aachen.de
Catholic day care center "Erlöserkirche"
Hermann-Löns-Straße 6
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 52 28 53
Franz-Wallraff-Straße day care center
Franz-Wallraff-Straße 2
52058 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 56 43 66
www.aachen.de/kitas
Kinderladen 7 e.V
Nordstraße 6
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 52 02 36
www.kinderladen7.de/
Municipal integrative day care center for children
Jackstraße 5-7
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 52 46 06
www.kitas.aachen.de
Aachen-Brand Municipal Comprehensive School
Rombachstraße 99
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 41 36 70
www.gesamtschule-aachen-brand.de
Municipal Catholic Primary School Marktschule
Marktstraße 25
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 52 05 56
www.marktschule-brand.de
Municipal Catholic Primary School Karl-Kuck-Schule
Karl-Kuck-Straße 35
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 52 05 58
www.kks-brand.de
Brander Feld Municipal Community Primary School
Schagenstraße 40
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 95 59 446
www.grundschule-brander-feld.de
Mobilé Brand
Hochstraße 16
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 52 19 65
www.mobile-brand.de
Ev. Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Aachen-Brand
Freunder Landstraße 60
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 92 827 0
www.kinderundjugendhilfebrand.net
Jub - Das Netz Jugend- und Begegnungshaus
Schagenstraße 40
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 955 94 50
www.jub-dasnetz.de
DPSG Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft St. Georg
Stamm Brand-Kornelimünster
Christoph Franzen, Schleckheimer Str. 100
52076 Aachen
fon: 02408 / 7134997
fax: 02408 / 7134998
vorstand@dpsg-brand.de
www.dpsg-brand.de
Bürgerverein Brand e.V.
Paul-Küpper-Platz 1
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 52 78 32
www.buergerverein-brand.org
Jugend- und Begegnungshaus Brander Feld e. V.
Schagenstraße 40
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 955 94 50
www.jub-dasnetz.de
St. Donatus Youth Center
Hochstraße 16
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 52 19 65
DPSG Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft St. Georg
Stamm Brand-Kornelimünster
Christoph Franze
Schleckheimer Str. 100
52076 Aachen
Fon: 02408 / 7134997
Fax: 02408 / 7134998
vorstand@dpsg-brand.de
www.dpsg-brand.de
St. Donatus Book Island
Donatusplatz 1
52078 Aachen-Brand
Phone: 0241 / 41 34 196
www.buecherinsel.st-donatus.de
Café Mobilè
Hochstraße 16
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 52 19 65
www.mobile-brand.de
Bund der Deutschen Katholischen Jugend - Brand (BDJK-Brand)
Hochstraße 16
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 521965
www.bdkj-brand.de
Martin-Luther-Kirche Brand
Pastor: Uwe Loeper
Hermann-Löns-Straße 29-31
52078 Aachen
Fon: 0241 / 52 62 79
www.stolberg-evangelisch.de/
St. Donatus
Pastor: Ralf Freyaldenhoven
Donatusplatz
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 52 62 10
www.st-donatus.de
Columbarium St. Donatus in the Church of the Redeemer
Richard-Wagner-Straße
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 52 62 10
www.st-donatus.de
Brand district conference
You can find an overview of the contact persons for all district conferences at www.aachen.de.
Bürgerverein Brand e.V.
Paul-Küpper-Platz 1
52078 Aachen
www.buergerverein-brand.org
IG Brander Handel, Handwerk und Gewerbe e.V.
Trierer Str. 772
52078 Aachen
Phone: 0241 / 40 44 57
http://www.ig-brand.de/
The six local district offices offer a broad and standardized range of services. Are you a new resident, has your identity card expired, do you want to register a business? Your district office can help you with these and many other matters.
Here you can find out more about the tasks, members, dates and topics of the Brand district council.
The Aachen registry office also offers wedding ceremonies in the Brand district office. Up to 25 people can be present in a separate part of the conference room with a beautiful ambience when two people say "I do". In good weather, a small champagne reception can be held on the forecourt. The forecourt is ideal for idyllic wedding photos due to its flowers and the adjoining green area of Eschenallee with its old trees. Free parking is available. Contact the Aachen registry office to make an appointment.
With a population of just under 17,000 and rising, an attractive location in the Eifel foothills and a retail sector that is important for the entire south of Aachen, Brand is of great significance for the entire city of Aachen. At the same time, a lot is happening in Brand: Trierer Strasse has been rebuilt, the market square is to be redesigned, houses and much more are being built in the Brander Feld area and other residential areas.
Against this backdrop, an urban development framework plan for the entire district was drawn up in 2008 with the intensive involvement of citizens and Brandenburg stakeholders. Parts of the plan have already been initiated and further projects will follow.
