Altendorf (Meckenheim)

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Altendorf
City of Meckenheim
Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 25 ″  N , 7 ° 0 ′ 47 ″  E
Height : 216  (212-228)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.43 km²
Residents : 1242  (December 31, 2014)
Population density : 147 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st August 1969
Postal code : 53340
Area code : 02225

Altendorf is a district of the city of Meckenheim in the Rhein-Sieg district , in the Voreifel in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia , on the edge of the Ahr Mountains about 20 km southwest of Bonn, directly on the border with Rhineland-Palatinate .

location

Altendorf borders on Ersdorf , with which there are many similarities, so that Altendorf and Ersdorf are also known as "Al -ersch" in the vernacular . The field is located in the wide valley of the Swist and is characterized by the predominant fruit growing , the western hill towards the Ahr mountains is forested.

Neighboring towns are Meckenheim (3 km, NNE), Gelsdorf (municipality Grafschaft , 2 km, SE), Hilberath (town of Rheinbach , 6 km, SSW) and Wormersdorf (town of Rheinbach, 3 km, NW). Altendorf is on Landesstrasse  471, to which the BAB 61 Cologne - Ludwigshafen runs parallel for about 300 m past the town . The next driveways are Rheinbach in the north and Grafschaft in the south on the BAB 565 Bonn - Altenahr directly at the Meckenheim interchange. The L 261 runs from Ersdorf to Meckenheim.

There are bus connections to Meckenheim, Rheinbach and Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler . The nearest train station is Meckenheim (Bz Köln) on the Bonn - Euskirchen - Bad Münstereifel line ( Voreifelbahn ).

History of Altendorf and Ersdorf

House Ahrstrasse 10, built in 1820

Altendorf and Ersdorf emerged around the 9th century. Originally an imperial estate , the villages came into the possession of the Tomberg Count Palatine in the 9th and early 10th centuries , from whom they came to the Duke of Jülich via the Counts of Neuenahr in 1545 . The Aachen-Frankfurter Heerstraße passed Altendorf in the location of today's motorway. Until 1838 Altendorf and Ersdorf formed a Dingstuhl in the ducal office of Neuenahr and from the beginning also a common parish. Probably since the 11th century there was a parish church in Ersdorf which was consecrated to the Apostle James the Elder .

Altendorf belonged to the Mairie d'Adendorf in the 19th century and later to the Meckenheim office .

There used to be rivalry between the immediately neighboring villages. Both had their own facilities (fire brigade, school, carnival club, mayor). The church and the common cemetery were always in Ersdorf. Due to lack of space, the cemetery was moved to the open field between the villages in 1834, and it was probably the case that the Altendorfers buried their dead on the grave field south of the main road and the Ersdorfer theirs on the north.

These contradictions have now been overcome and new citizens no longer know them at all. The people of Altendorf and Ersdorfer have common facilities and institutions, and of course we work hand in hand in all areas of civic engagement. An important fact was the amalgamation of the two schools, initially in 1955 to form a school association and since 1960 in a newly built school building next to the cemetery. In December 2000, a joint local committee of the associations was set up to coordinate and liven up village life.

The cemetery on the village boundary: left Ahrstraße (Altendorf), right Rheinbacher Straße (Ersdorf)

On August 1, 1969, Altendorf and Ersdorf were incorporated into the city of Meckenheim.

In the course of the development of Bonn as the federal capital and seat of numerous institutions, the number of inhabitants has increased sharply since the 1970s, from around 1,100 inhabitants in 1950 (almost 100% Catholic) to 2,146 in 2007; the proportion of Catholics is now around 60%. The formerly open field between Altendorf and Ersdorf has now been built on, so that a uniform, continuous location has emerged with a school, kindergarten, multi-purpose hall and cemetery in the center.

Population development

Altendorf Ersdorf All in all
1676 400 (communicants)
1732 460 (communicants)
1767 587
1812 470 441 911
1861 614 482 1096
1890 475 418 893
1910 490 358 848
1925 497 388 885
1939 452 353 805
1946 592 496 1088
Altendorf Ersdorf All in all
1959 568 425 993
1961 549 447 996
1975 656 672 1328
1980 729 729 1458
1997 1159 950 2109
2003 1228 961 2189
2008 1232 901 2133
2012 1254 907 2161
2016 1231 881 2112
2018 1224 887 2111

On December 31, 2008, Ersdorf and Altendorf had 1,084 inhabitants (= 50.8%; Altendorf 626, Ersdorf 458) and 1,049 inhabitants (= 49.2%; Altendorf 606, Ersdorf 443). In 2080 there were Germans and 53 foreigners.

Religious affiliation: Catholic 1288 (= 60.4%; Altendorf 735, Ersdorf 553), Protestant 349 (= 16.3%; Altendorf 214, Ersdorf 135), other or none 496 (= 23.3%; Altendorf 283, Ersdorf 213 ).

Age distribution: 0–17 years 428 (= 20.1%; Altendorf 256, Ersdorf 172), 18–29 years 271 (= 12.7%; Altendorf 146, Ersdorf 125), 30–59 years 999 (46.8% , Altendorf 590, Ersdorf 409), 60–120 years 453 (= 20.4%, Altendorf 240, Ersdorf 195).

politics

Ralf Decker (CDU) is the mayor and representative from Altendorf in the city council of Meckenheim.

Institutions and associations

View through Schulstrasse to the parish church
  • Public life
    • Volunteer fire brigade , Altendorf-Ersdorf fire fighting group
    • Raiffeisenbank Rheinbach-Voreifel eG, Altendorf / Ersdorf branch
    • Local committee Altendorf-Ersdorf 2000 e. V.
    • Specialist group fruit growing Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, local group Altendorf
  • Parishes
    • Altendorf belongs to the Evangelical Church Community of Meckenheim.
    • Catholic parish of St. Jakobus der Elder Altendorf / Ersdorf in the Meckenheim parish community with the parish church in Ersdorf
  • children
    • Parents initiative flea box
    • KGS Meckenheim - sub-location Altendorf
    • Catholic kindergarten St. James
  • music
    • Harmonica friends
    • Men's choir Eintracht 1878 Ersdorf-Altendorf e. V.
    • Parish choir St. Jakobus
  • Sports
    • SC (sports club) Altendorf-Ersdorf 1921 e. V.
    • Gymnastics Club Altendorf-Ersdorf
  • societies
    • Bachelors Association Eintracht 1904 Altendorf-Ersdorf
    • Pro computer club
    • Rhenish rural women’s association
    • Möhne Altendorf-Ersdorf
    • several bowling clubs

economy

Most farms only grow fruit . In the 1970s, in the course of the development of Bonn as a federal city and seat of numerous institutions, large building areas were designated in Altendorf and Ersdorf. Many employees from Bonn ministries and other offices moved in, so that the social structure changed from a farming village to a rural place of residence. Many residents work as civil servants and employees in federal authorities and large companies in the greater Bonn area . In the village there is a hotel with a restaurant, an inn and a fine fruit distillery.

Altendorf Castle

Castle Altendorf mansion

The building in Burgstrasse, now known as the “Herrenhaus Burg Altendorf”, was a former knight's seat that was protected from water . Sitting on it was a noble family that goes back to medieval predecessors. The original owners were those of Hambroich zu Wolfskeil, an old Klevian noble family. In 1550 the castle was enfeoffed to Johann Roist von Wers, who was also the landlord of Niederdrees. This was probably destroyed in 1673. In the 18th century, the "Zum Pütz" family from Cologne was named as the lord of the castle.

In 1810, the then mayor of Altendorf, Anton Wolf, bought the castle for 2000 thalers . The building was used as a school from 1838 to 1903 and was rented as an apartment until 1985. Since a renovation between 1990 and 1994, the building has been owned by the city of Meckenheim and is used as a public meeting place and for events.

In Altendorf there was a chapel on the Virneburger Hof, another free aristocratic estate, which had already fallen into disrepair in 1582. It was incorporated into the Ersdorfer Church.

Historical wayside shrines

One of the "Seven Footfalls" (Ahrstrasse / Burgstrasse)

In the localities of Altendorf and Ersdorf there are seven stone stations of the cross or “ Seven Footfalls ”, built between 1722 and 1731, 1924 and 2007, partly renewed in terracotta or bronze. On the church forecourt and the cemetery there are twelve and ten stone grave crosses , respectively , made between 1665 and 1769, which have been preserved from the former cemetery at the church.

In the field corridor there is a wooden pilgrimage cross from 1981 ("Langenfelder Kreuz" on the road to Gelsdorf, in the place of an older cross) and two stone votive crosses: the "Stone Cross" from 1746 (renovated in 2000 after vandalism, in the extension of the Unterdorfstrasse) and the "Viethenkreuz" from 1814 (on the western boundary of Altendorf and Ersdorf).

literature

  • Ulrich von Hehl : From the history of the parish St. Jakobus in Ersdorf-Altendorf. In: Catholic parish of St. Jakobus d. Ä., Ersdorf-Altendorf (Hrsg.): 100 years of St. Jakobus d. Ä. 1877-1977. Festschrift for the centenary June 12-19, 1977. Meckenheim-Ersdorf-Altendorf, undated (1977), pp. 5-8.
  • Ottmar Prothmann, local committee Altendorf-Ersdorf (ed.): Chronicle of Altendorf and Ersdorf. Meckenheim 2005.

Web links

Commons : Altendorf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 83 .
  2. ↑ July 11, 2016; Source: meckenheim.de, city portrait
  3. ↑ June 30, 2018; Source: meckenheim.de, city portrait
  4. ↑ Information: City of Meckenheim, February 2009
  5. ↑ Mayor on meckenheim.de. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on June 8, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / session.meckenheim.de  
  6. ↑ 2003: 18 farms, 15 of which are fruit growing; Ottmar Prothmann: Chronicle of Altendorf and Ersdorf . Edited by the Altendorf-Ersdorf local committee, Meckenheim 2005, ISBN 3-00-017109-6 . , P. 850.
  7. ^ Ottmar Prothmann: Chronicle of Altendorf and Ersdorf . Edited by the Altendorf-Ersdorf local committee, Meckenheim 2005, ISBN 3-00-017109-6 . , P. 29f.