Herchen

Herchen community Windeck
Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 50 ″  N , 7 ° 30 ′ 54 ″  E
Height :	105 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	1070  (June 30, 2015)
Incorporation :	1st August 1969
Postal code :	51570
Area code :	02243
Location of Herchen in North Rhine-Westphalia
Herchen, town center (2010)

Herchen is a place in the municipality of Windeck in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

Herchen lies on the Sieg between Bergisches Land and Westerwald , embedded in wooded heights.

history

Herchen around 1900 with its half-timbered houses in Übersehn and the two churches

Herchen once belonged to the Siegen district

The earlier name of Herchen is Herchingen , so it goes back at least to a Franconian foundation. The first documented mention of the rights of the Church of St. Peter comes from the year 1131. The district of Übersehn on the other side of the Sieg is mentioned for the first time in 1394. Then a Herchen monastery , which was probably founded in 1247, is mentioned, but which was closed in 1581 and placed under the Merten monastery . A quarry stone wall and the monastery fountain can still be seen from the buildings of the monastery. The chapel, built in memory of 1702, is still in place.

On March 5, 1384, an amicable settlement was brought about between the provost of St. Cassius in Bonn , Nikolaus von Riesenburg and the chapter of this monastery with the mediation of Archbishop Friedrich, that u. a. From the goods in Herchen (Hergingen) 11 Cologne marks and 3 shillings are to be given to the waiter ( Cellarius ).

In 1398, Duke Wilhelm von Berg pledged the places Much , Herchen, Dattenfeld and Wahlscheid to Count Gerhard von Sayn . When Herchen was triggered is unknown.

In 1477, Duke Wilhelm von Jülich-Berg met with Count Gerhard von Sayn in Herchen, and in 1500 a meeting between him and Count von Wied in Herchen was mentioned.

In 1492, Duke Wilhelm von Jülich-Berg had four white towels bought in Herchen, and Hermann von Weinsberg also bought 4½ ells of “swartz hercheners doichs” for a coat from his “ Schroder und Gwantsnider ” . In 1645 four fulling mills were mentioned in Herchen.

In 1789 the parish of Herchen belonged to the Blankenberg office in the Duchy of Berg and consisted of the honors Herchen, Höhe, Röcklingen and Stromberg. The parish of Herchen had a size of approx. 2380 ha. In 1792 there were 490 Catholics and 528 Lutherans in the parish of Herchen.

A survey was published in 1830. After that, the mayor's office comprised Herchen , 2 villages, 27 hamlets and 3 courtyards, with 6 churches and chapels, 7 public buildings, 467 private houses, 5 mills, 447 barns and stables. The population was in 1816: 2150, 1825: 2386, 1828: 2553. Of these, 1,278 were male, 1,275 female, 1,757 Protestant, 783 Catholic, 13 Jewish. In the parish village of Herchen there was a parish church and 171 inhabitants. The hamlets of Altenherfen had 26, Gutmannseichen 39, Gerressen 175, Lüttershausen 78, Niederrieferath 87, Oberrieferath 46, Stromberg 277, Ringenstellen 38, Röcklingen 235, overlook 89 inhabitants. The Neuenhof farms had 8 residents , Ohmbach 10 and Richardshohn also had 8 residents. The parish village of Leuscheid, also part of the Herchen mayor, had a parish church and 192 residents. The hamlets of Alsen had 160, Dahlhausen 78, Bitze 24, Eutscheid 24, Himmeroth 33, Hundhausen 41, Leidhecke 20, Mühl 43, Kuchhausen 78, Kocherscheid 42, Locksiefen 56, Werfen 109, Saal 132, Mittelirsen 89, Reidershof 33, Schabernack 68 and Nieder-Leuscheid 43 residents.

Herchen belonged to the Windeck district until 1806 , then to the canton of Eitorf .

In 1910 there were six telephone lines in Herchenort (Mayor Dörmer, Doctor Loewe, Grauwackesteinbrüche H. Rötsel, the Herchen poultry farm Oberleutnant Rieth, Rector Lindemann and in the educational department himself). There were Catholic schools in Herchen, Leuscheid and Höhe and Protestant schools in Herchen, Leuscheid, Stromberg, Kocherscheid, Ehrentalsmühle and Schneppe.

As early as October 5, 1932, Adolf Hitler became an honorary citizen of the mayor's office in Herchen. The application had come from Robert Ley and the strong NSDAP faction of the local council.

On August 1, 1969, the previously independent municipality of Herchen was incorporated into the municipality of Windeck.

Mayor's office in Herchen

The Evangelical Church in Herchen

In addition to the parish of Leuscheid, which was incorporated in 1808, the former mayor's office in Herchen also included the Stromberger Mark , the Herchener Höhe and the places Gerressen, Neuenhof, Engelsbruch, Ohmbach, Röcklingen , Kaltbachmühle, Hoppengarten and Richardshohn . The former Hof Ottofeld has gone under.

Population development

Population of the municipality of Herchen:

year	Residents
1808	2728
1910	3514
1925	3756
1933	3644
1939	4018
1961	4805

Herchen resort

politics

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Maire or mayor of the municipality of Herchen:

year mayor 1811– February 15, 1815 Johann Gerhard Anton Überzezig 1815-1819 Johann Peter Schildgen 1819-1846 Friedrich Lenz 1846-1851 Heinrich Wilhelm Otto 1851-1864 Karl Theodor Comp 1864-1868 Ludwig Heuser 1868-1871 Josef Commer 1871-1873 Wilhelm Gansäuer 1873-1887 Guido Alberty 1887-1893 Mr. Lichtenthäler 1893-1930 Philipp Dörmer 1930-1931 Mr. Manner

year mayor May 1, 1931– October 13, 1932 Walter Tersteegen June 1, 1933-1935 Otto Simon 1935-1937 Karl Schmidt Jan 3, 1938– Sep 23, 1938 Mr. Esser September 23, 1938-1939 Orth 06/01/1939– 06/24/1940 Mr. Brüning / Karl Schmidt March 11, 1940-1944 Karl Schmidt 1944-1946 Alfred Kuttenkeuler February 6, 1946– September 30, 1946 Armin Vogel October 1, 1946 – May 1947 Albrecht Land May 1947–30 April 1960 Municipal director Josef Dahmen

The coat of arms of the municipality of Herchen showed the upright, double-tailed mountain lion.

Resort

Recreation Home Dr. Loewe, now operated as a restaurant

Herchen was already a popular summer retreat in the past. There is evidence of stays by the musician Engelbert Humperdinck , the writer Josef Winckler , who wrote Tollen Bomberg here, and the group from the Düsseldorfer Malkastens . These included the painter brothers Oswald and Andreas Achenbach and Johannes Deiker , but also musicians and poets such as Edmund Henoumont.

From the mid-1880s to 1900, the group of artists organized the so-called Sedan Games here on September 2nd . These plays with Bengali fire and sets floating on the Sieg were soon so famous that the railroad used special trains on match days.

Later some buildings were built in Herchen for the spa stay, but they were not very successful, for example the Herchener Hof and the Löwenburg.

Herchen has been a state-approved resort since 1986 .

Catholic Church of St. Peter

Awards

In the state competition Our village should become more beautiful , Herchen won bronze in 1983, silver in 1985 and bronze in 1990 as the most beautiful village in the Rhein-Sieg district . In 2006, the special initiative of women for the development of the village received a special prize in the state competition Our village has a future ; Herchen became a silver village.

Transport links

Herchen can be reached via Landesstraße 333 and Landesstraße 312. There is also a connection to the Victory Line in the outlying district of Herchen-Bahnhof . The trains S12 (from Au to Cologne-Ehrenfeld ) and the S19 every hour (from Herchen to Düren ) and the Rhein-Sieg-Express RE9 (from Aachen to Siegen ) run here every hour .

schools

In Herchen there is, in addition to a primary school, one of the few private schools in Germany, the Bodelschwingh-Gymnasium , which is owned by the Protestant Church ; it is still called Päda in the village (derived from the earlier name “Pädagogium”). In the neighboring town of Herchen-Bahnhof there was a secondary school from 1966 to 2013 , which was provisionally maintained in Herchen as early as 1963 and was converted into the location of the comprehensive school in Windeck from grade 8 in 2014.

There is also a kindergarten in Herchen.

Attractions

The Thingplatz on a mountain spur above the village

In addition to the old Catholic Church of St. Peter , the Thingplatz with the Cologne cannons below is steeped in history. The Protestant church was built in 1879 and 1885 (tower). Exhibitions and presentations take place in the guest house, the sculpture park behind it merges into the Löwenburg complex, where mini golf and pedal boat rentals are offered. The platform of the former Hindenburg monument offers a beautiful view over the Siegtal . Outside is the healing fountain with a legend .

Cologne cannons

Cologne cannon in Herchen

The two Cologne cannons are Prussian C / 61 guns of the fortress artillery manufactured in Liège . The design, with the iron trestles and the straightening machine placed on the carriage walls, suggests that the two 12-speed 12-pounders with Warendorff's piston lock were used to defend the fortress, according to tradition in Cologne. This construction enabled a greater firing range through drawn pipes, which allowed shooting over parapets with the greatest possible cover.

By the highest cabinet order of February 18, 1858, issued by the then Prince Regent and later Kaiser Wilhelm I, the first three rifled breech-loading guns were introduced into the Prussian artillery. These were initially the iron 12-pounder and the iron 24-pounder. With the introduction of these cannons, designated as C / 61, the Prussian artillery switched from conventional muzzle-loading cannons with smooth barrels to modern breech-loading guns with rifled barrels. The round ball used at the time could no longer meet the requirements of rifled gun barrels and stronger propellants and was replaced by the long bullet, then known as the lead shirt grenade .

Events

A carousel of the small Herchen village fair

In Herchen there is a carnival parade (always on Carnival Sunday) and a small fair in August. There is also a children's party in the spa park on the last Sunday before the summer holidays. During the car-free Siegtal (the Siegtalstrasse is closed to cars on the first Sunday in July), there are also numerous food stands in Herchen. Traditionally, after the Whitsun singing, the pancake festival is celebrated in the spa gardens.

Sports

The place has a main sports field on the Sieg side of the Bergisches Land and a newer training field in Übersehn , both of which are grass fields. They are used by the gymnastics and sports club Herchen 1922 eV The first men's soccer team in town has been playing in the district league B3 / Sieg / Mittelrhein since the 2018/2019 season. Other sports are volleyball, swimming (hall of the Bodelschwingh Gymnasium), senior sports, tennis and ladies' gymnastics.

For several years , the former second division volleyball team TSV Germania Windeck played its home games in the sports hall of the Bodelschwingh Gymnasium . The club's second men's team (regional league) still plays its home games in the Herchen secondary school.

A miniature golf course and a billiard table are located near the Sieg next to the “Löwenburg”. If the weather permits, it is also possible to rent pedal boats and paddle boats.

Herchen is also recommended for hikers, as a whole stretch of Natursteig Sieg leads around the village: on the fifth stage - coming from Eitorf - a detour to the village is worthwhile, the sixth stage ends in Herchen at the former Hindenburg monument. Cyclists also get their money's worth, as the Siegweg leads directly past the village, so that excursions along the Sieg are worthwhile from there.

Personalities

• Peter Heuser (* 1865 in Herchen, † 1930 in Wiesbaden), Lord Mayor of Recklinghausen
• Katrin Kirchner (* 1944 in Herchen), journalist and author

literature

• Gabriel Busch (ed.): Merten (victory). His dear home. Reckinger & Co., Siegburg 1978.
• Wilhelm Fabricius : Historical Atlas of the Rhine Province. The map from 1789: Division and development of the territories from 1600 to 1794. Reprint of the edition from 1898. Hanstein, Bonn 1965, p. 308.
• Wilhelm Mummenhoff: The modern artillery guns. Vol. 1: From the appearance of the rifled artillery to the use of the low-smoke powder 1850-1890. Göschen, Leipzig 1907.
• Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-statistical description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province . Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830 ( digital ).
• Wolf-Rüdiger Weisbach : From the lightning car to the Klümpches aunt. Pictures and stories from the old Herchen. Verlag Kunst im Keller, Herchen 1997, ISBN 3-9804131-3-6 .

Web links

Commons : Herchen  - collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of localities. Windeck community, June 30, 2015, accessed August 20, 2016 . 
2. ^ Entry on July 18, 1571 in Liber Iuventutis ( digital copy from the University of Bonn).
3. ↑ [1]
4. ^ Address book for the Sieg-Kreis, Verlag W. Reckinger, Siegburg, 1910
5. ^ Karl Schröder: Rise and Fall of Robert Ley , Ruppichteroth Citizens Association, Verlag Franz Schmitt, Siegburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-87710-342-5 , p. 79
6. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 85 .
7. ^ Address book for the Sieg-Kreis, Verlag W. Reckinger, Siegburg, 1910
8. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 198 .
9. ↑ TuS Herchen 1922 e. V., Football Department. Retrieved June 11, 2019 . 
10. ↑ TuS Herchen 1922 e. V. Accessed June 11, 2019 . 
11. ↑ TSV Germania Windeck Volleyball. Retrieved April 14, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Naturregion Sieg GbR. Retrieved April 14, 2019 .