Lost place names: Abdissenbosch

A post office that was not destined for a long life is Abdissenbosch. In this church village, belonging to the municipality of Ubach over Worms, a rural postal agency was established on March 15, 1971. This agency belonged to the jurisdiction of the Heerlen post office. Where did the name Abdissenbosch come from? The wooded area in which the village was situated was probably owned by the Abbess of Thorn. A part of the forest still exists: the Brunssummerheide. A beautiful nature reserve of 600 hectares managed by the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten.

The agency was announced as follows: Notices No. 9 of March 2, 1971: Offices, Establishment, etc. On March 15, 1971, a rural postal agency was established in Abdissenbosch, which would fall under the jurisdiction of the Heerlen post office for postal services.

 

A rubber office name stamp was ordered on November 4, 1970, from a stamp maker in The Hague, and a steel date stamp from the Braungardt company in Germany. The rubber stamp was delivered on November 26, 1970, and the steel stamp on February 10, 1971. Both stamps were put into use on March 15, 1971. However, as early as 1973, the municipal council of Ubach over Worms decided to henceforth 'designate' the church village of Abdissenbosch, together with the two other church villages of Lauradorp and Rimburg, as an agglomeration under a single name: Ubach over Worms. This was announced as follows: The rural postal agency in Abdissenbosch was closed on December 17, 1973, and replaced by the rural postal agency Ubach over Worms-Bernadettelaan. What about Lauradorp and Rimburg? No postal establishment could be found in Lauradorp. But there was one in Rimburg. A post station had already been established there since 1931: Communications No. 8569S of August 5, 1931Effective August 1, 1931, a postal service station was established in Rimburg in conjunction with the existing telegraph and telephone station. The local order includes the Waubach auxiliary office.

 

The station master of Rimburg did not receive a date stamp until several years later. The stamp was manufactured by the Royal Mint in Utrecht, delivered on July 6, 1936, and issued on July 13, 1936. This stamp was replaced by a new stamp on July 21, 1969. Also a stamp from the Braungardt company. This stamp was destroyed on July 14, 1975. The name of the Rimburg post station was also changed. It was subsequently called Ubach over Worms-Brugstraat… But have the residents of Abdissenbosch and Rimburg also changed their place name in colloquial speech?