Ahrweiler

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Ahrweiler
Former city arms of Ahrweiler
Coordinates: 50 ° 32 '24 "  N , 7 ° 5' 26"  E
Height : 104 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 7546  (December 31, 2011)
Incorporation : 7th June 1969
Postal code : 53474
Area code : 02641
Ahrweiler (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Ahrweiler

Location of Ahrweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate

View of the city from the vineyards

Ahrweiler is a district of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate .

geography

Geographical location

Ahrweiler lies in the Ahr Valley and in the eastern foothills of the Ahr Mountains . The Ahr flows through Ahrweiler on the southern edge of the district, after a further 10 kilometers the Ahr flows into the Rhine .

The closest larger cities are Bonn in the north, approx. 35 kilometers away , Koblenz , which is approx. 55 kilometers further southeast, and Cologne approx. 55 kilometers north of Ahrweiler.

climate

The annual precipitation is 662 mm. The precipitation is in the lower third of the values ​​recorded in Germany . Lower values ​​are registered at 32% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is February , with the most rainfall in July . In July there is 1.8 times more rainfall than in February. The rainfall varies moderately. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at 36% of the measuring stations .

history

Ahrweiler old town

Attractions

The main attraction of Ahrweiler is the completely preserved city ​​fortifications . The city wall extends in a circle around the city and has four city gates: the Ahrtor, the Niedertor, the Obertor and the Adenbachtor. After being destroyed in the war, a modern battlement was built at the Ahr gate. The many half-timbered houses on the market and in Niederhutstrasse and Ahrhutstrasse, the two shopping streets of the largely car-free old town, also have an idyllic effect.

The St. Laurentius Church , with many wall paintings from different centuries, on the market square, is the oldest Gothic hall church in the Rhineland (most likely year of foundation is 1269). It is surrounded by fountains and flower beds. Opposite is the city ​​guard from the late 18th century.

The government bunker with its 17-kilometer tunnel system in Marienthal / Ahrweiler was intended to serve as an alternative seat for around 3,000 selected government representatives during the Cold War in the event of a nuclear strike. After five years of dismantling, the remaining remains of the once secret structure were made accessible to the public on March 1, 2008 at just 200 meters as a government bunker documentation site . An open-air museum with a memorial was set up at the east portal of the Silberberg tunnel , reminding of the “city in the mountain”, where the city's inhabitants found refuge during the bombing nights of World War II .

Another attraction in Ahrweiler is the Kalvarienberg monastery . The monastery, built in 1630, has been run by an Ursuline order since 1838. In October 2016 it was announced that the Ursuline Convent would leave the Ahrweiler Calvarienberg after 178 years due to reasons of age, a lack of young talent and due to the poor economic situation.

The White Tower from the 13th century is a building with a rich history. The baroque hood is from 1668 (previously Gothic spire). After the knights of Staffel, who had their aristocratic residence here, it is also called "Staffeler Tower", but also "White Tower" after the "White" Canons of the Premonstratensian Abbey of Steinfeld, to whom it was given in 1689. In the 19th century it came into municipal possession, it became a high school and Ahrgau museum.

Ahrweiler does not only offer references to the Middle Ages . The Romans also left their mark on the Ahr. At the foot of the Silberberg there was a villa rustica from Roman times. The Roman villa in Ahrweiler shows well-preserved remains of a Roman mansion with an adjoining bathhouse.

In the local area of ​​Ahrweiler there are two wooden observation towers . The approximately 12.8 m high EVA tower of the Eifelverein Ahrweiler e. V. stands northwest of the village on the Silberberg (Giesemertalskopf). On the 417.5  m high Steinthalskopf, located southwest of Ahrweiler, there is an approximately 10.8 m high roofed observation tower.

politics

District

Ahrweiler is one of ten districts in the city of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. The district is represented by a local advisory board and a local mayor .

Local advisory board

The local council consists of nine members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local advisory board:

choice SPD CDU FDP Green left FWG 1 Total seats
2019 1 5 1 1 0 1 9 seats
2014 2 5 0 1 0 1 9 seats
2009 2 4th 1 1 - 1 9 seats
1Free voter group Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler e. V.

Mayor

Peter Krämer (CDU) became the mayor of Ahrweiler on July 26, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 79.22% of the vote.

Krämer's predecessor Peter Diewald (CDU) resigned as mayor at the beginning of 2019 because he was employed as a full-time alderman for the district town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Until Krämer took office, the deputy mayor Monika Busch (CDU) had carried out official business on a transitional basis.

economy

Vine press from the 19th century on a thoroughfare in Ahrweiler

If you leave the city through the Adenbachtor, you come to the red wine hiking trail . Red wine is of particular economic importance for the place. The district of Ahrweiler was particularly known for its excellent red wines and is the northernmost wine-growing region in Rhineland-Palatinate . The most important grape varieties include Pinot Noir and Pinot Noir, Dornfelder and Portugieser. Numerous wineries maintain the many vineyards. In the middle of the vineyards is a small winemaker's chapel, from which you can see the old town very well. On the first two weekends of September, the Ahrweiler Wine Weeks (wine festival with a wine parade and fireworks) take place in town. A huge 19th century grapevine press is set up on a thoroughfare .

Culture

City Museum in the White Tower

The city museum in the White Tower shows in particular exhibits on the history of the Apollinaris mineral fountain, religious life and the spa town for diabetics.

Information about the history of the Ahr viticulture can be found in the AhrWeinForum, because the Ahr Valley is known for its wines.

The former synagogue is used for art exhibitions.

The Roman villa that was found during construction work on an exit from the main road and secured over ten years of work is accessible as a museum in a protective structure .

The Old Town Festival takes place on the second weekend in September. Here the visitor should feel transported back to the time of the 15th century , but also experience the current performance of trade, handicraft and services in their offers.

In June 2007 the Federal Rifle Festival took place for the first time.

traffic

Rail transport

The Ahrweiler train station and the Ahrweiler Markt stop (near the historic city center) are located on the Ahr Valley Railway ( KBS 477 ) Remagen - Ahrbrück , on which the “Rhein-Ahr Railway” (RB 30) and the “Ahr Valley Railway” (RB 39 ) run.

Old town of Ahrweiler

Streets

Ahrweiler is connected to the trunk road network via the autobahn slip road 571 to the federal autobahn 61 .

Born in Ahrweiler

literature

  • Alfred Oppenhoff: 1100 years of Ahrweiler - a journey through its eventful history . In: Heimatjahrbuch Kreis Ahrweiler 1993 . S. 86 .
  • Hans-Georg Klein: Ahrweiler . Gaasterland, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-935873-05-0 .
  • Heinz Schönewald: Ahrweiler 1945–1975 . Sutton, Erfurt 2007, ISBN 978-3-86680-152-3 .
  • Jakob Rausch: Home book of the city of Ahrweiler . Ed .: Heimatverein Alt-Ahrweiler. Ahrweiler (no year, probably 1966).
  • Christoph Bach: The government bunker in the Ahr valley and its history . Gaasterland, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-935873-30-7 .
  • Christian von Stramburg , Anton Joseph Weidenbach : Memorable and useful Rhenish antiquarian ... Dept. 3, volume 9 . Koblenz 1862, p. 615-799 ( online ).
  • Matthias Bertram: … in another country. History, life and paths of life of Jews in the Rhineland . Shaker Media, Aachen 2015, ISBN 978-3-95631-333-2 .

Source edition

  • Hans-Georg Klein: Sources on the history of the city of Ahrweiler. 4 volumes (ed.): Heimatverein Alt-Ahrweiler , 1998–2008.

Web links

Commons : Ahrweiler  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Ahrweiler  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. Closure of the monastery and church on the Ahrweiler Calvarienberg. General-Anzeiger (Bonn), accessed on October 15, 2016.
  2. EVA tower on aw-wiki.de (note: the height given here is the platform height)
  3. Main statute of the city of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. (PDF) § 2. City of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, April 7, 2020, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Council election 2019 Ahrweiler. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
  5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Council election 2014 Ahrweiler. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Council election 2009 Ahrweiler. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
  7. a b Ahrweiler again has a local mayor in Peter Krämer. In: localbook.de. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, July 29, 2019, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, community-free municipality, first line of results Retrieved July 26, 2020 .