Alt Refrath

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Alt Refrath
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 56 ″  N , 7 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 82 m above sea level NN
Area : 2.09 km²
Residents : 3631  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 1,737 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 51427
Area code : 02204
Alt Refrath (Bergisch Gladbach)
Alt Refrath

Location of Alt Refrath in Bergisch Gladbach
Old Catholic Parish Church Refrath (Baptistery)
Old Catholic Parish Church Refrath (Baptistery)

Alt Refrath is a district of Bergisch Gladbach and belongs to the statistical district 6 of the city under No. 62.

history

Alt Refrath is the oldest settlement center in the area around Refrath . The first clearing activity in the Refrath area probably began in the 9th century. The first crystallization points of the Franconian conquest were the areas around the early medieval Refrath Church, the Herrenhof Kippekausen and probably also the Saaler Mühle.

The Old Catholic Parish Church

The old Catholic parish church Refrath (popularly: baptismal church ), initially built in the 9th century as a wooden half-timbered church, no longer met the spatial requirements in the following century, as the young community increased in number due to ongoing clearing activities. In order to meet these requirements, one built in 10/11. Century a stone building on the site of the old wooden church. After this building burned down around 1050, a new stone building was built around 1200, and a tower was added in the 13th century. This third church building was extended with a sacristy in 1765/66 and has been preserved to the present day. Church life shifted to the newly built church of St. Johann Baptist in the second half of the 19th century, because the medieval building no longer met the spatial requirements.

The church is entered under no. 32 in the list of architectural monuments in Bergisch Gladbach .

Steinbreche House

Steinbreche house with the adjacent restoration

The Steinbreche house was built in 1712 by the master stonemason Leonard Goudhaire . It got its name from the nearby quarry from which stones were quarried for the new Bensberg Castle . The house is entered under No. 38 in the list of architectural monuments in Bergisch Gladbach . By 1902 restoration rooms, a wine bar, a large dance hall and the covered terrace were built.

Free Waldorf School Bergisch Gladbach

The Bergisch Gladbach Free Waldorf School is located on Mohnweg. The school was opened at the beginning of the school year 1987/88 with 4 classes at that time and has since been expanded to 13 classes. At the school, all state-recognized school-leaving qualifications can be obtained from the secondary school certificate to the Abitur. It is based on the school concept of Waldorf schools .

Mining

Since the middle of the 19th century, the Frankenforst mine in Alt Refrath, where the Neuer Trassweg joins the road to the Wallburg, and the Teutonia mine in the area of ​​the Waldorf School on Mohnweg, were awarded for the extraction of iron ore .

population

According to the population register, Alt Refrath had a total of 3,120 residents on June 30, 2017 (250 of them foreigners). The age group over 65 with 964 inhabitants (38 of them foreigners) was significantly stronger than the age group under 18 with only 453 inhabitants (22 of them foreigners).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Bergisch Gladbach, The Mayor, Statistics Service (ed.): Selected population structure data . December 31, 2017, p. 7 ( population data including households [PDF; 82 kB ; accessed on November 14, 2018] A compact overview (as of December 31, 2017) contains the current population structure data by individual districts (formerly: residential places)).
  2. ^ A b c Andree Schulte: Bergisch Gladbach, city history in street names . Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5 , p. 227 ff.
  3. ^ Statistics - City of Bergisch Gladbach. Retrieved July 27, 2017 .

literature

  • Gerd Müller: Refrath, history of the districts of Bensberg-Refrath and -Frankenforst . Neustadt an der Aisch 1974.
  • Michael Werling : The historic gravestones at the baptistery in Bergisch Gladbach / Refrath. Documentation in text, images and drawings . Series of publications by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein department Rhein-Berg eV, Volume 38, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-932326-38-5 .
  • Hans Peter Müller: Refrath yesterday and today . Volume 1, 2nd edition, ed. from the citizen u. Heimatverein Refrath, Bergisch Gladbach 2009.
  • Hans Peter Müller: Refrath yesterday and today, Refrath as a destination . Volume 2, Bergisch Gladbach 2009.
  • Citizens and local history association Refrath: Old Church of St. Johann Baptist in Refrath . Bergisch Gladbach 2008.
  • Helmut Höher, Hans Peter Müller: Refrath yesterday and today. Large estates and no farms, Volume 3 / II . Edited by Bürger- u. Heimatverein Refrath, Bergisch Gladbach 2015, without ISBN.

Web links

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