Alzenbach

Alzenbach Eitorf municipality Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 8 ″  N , 7 ° 29 ′ 24 ″  E
Height :	88–94 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	815  (2014)
Postal code :	53783
Area code :	02243
The Siegufer near Alzenbach

Alzenbach (dialect: Alzemich) is a church village in the municipality of Eitorf and is located directly on the Sieg . The river Altebach gives it its name . Alzenbach has its own elementary school and the Schützenhof is the largest hotel in the community. Formerly independent districts of Alzenbach are halter ferry and Siegbrücke .

history

In 1416 the settlement appears for the first time in the name of origin of Arnt von Alczenbach . 1555 Alzen Bach was Honschaft in Bergisch Office Blankenberg . In 1582 the Chapel of the Discovery of the Cross was described as in poor condition. In 1819 a school was built in Alzenbach, which the children from the settlements on the right bank of the Sieg also had to attend.

In 1821 the place had 184 residents. In 1885 Alzenbach had 68 residential buildings and 297 residents.

The Alzenbach church of St. Petrus Canisius

The chapel in Alzenbach

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View from the Siegbrücke near Alzenbach, 2008

religion

The parish church is a modern building. In 1909 a chapel association was founded that collected money for the building. Two plots of land were donated and an amount was collected that corresponds to the current value of 40,000 euros, but which was consumed by the inflation after the First World War . In 1924, however, the construction of a rectory could begin and be completed the following year. Construction began on the church in June 1926. The stones were brought in from the Unkelmühle quarry in horse-drawn vehicles. On April 3, 1927, the new church of St. Petrus Canisius was consecrated by Dechant Lapp, but the final completion of the construction work continued until 1930.

The three bells were brought to Alzenbach on May 1, 1927 and consecrated. In 1942 the two big bells had to be given up due to the war. On the largest one read as an inscription: I am called Canisius and shout out loud to Siegerland (,) stand firm in faith at all times () do not forget eternity .

In 1953 the parish rectorate Alzenbach became an independent parish. The church was renovated from 1961 to 1966. A free-standing altar was also built in, so that the church could be consecrated on December 17, 1966. At the ceremony by Auxiliary Bishop Augustinus Frotz , relics of St. Gereon of Cologne , Ursula of Cologne and Gabriel von Ferrara were also buried.

In addition to the current parish church, there is also the Im Auel chapel in the formerly independent district of Halfterfähre and a chapel in the center. The chapel there was already described as falling apart in 1582, which speaks for an already old age.

literature

• H. Sussenberger: Alt-Eitorf. Eitorf 1938.
• 100 years of MGV "Sängerbund" Alzenbach. 1980.

Web links

Commons : Alzenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Municipality of Eitorf ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ W. Harleß: The inquiry about the court constitution in the Duchy of Berg from the year 1555. In: Zeitschrift des Bergisches Geschichtsverein , Volume 20 (1884), p. 131.
3. ^ Paul Kieras (ed.): The Rhein-Sieg-Kreis. Stuttgart 1983, p. 268.
4. ^ Dictionary of the Prussian State
5. ^ Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia . Volume XII. Rhineland Province. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1888, p. 115 ( online [PDF; 1.5 MB ; accessed on December 17, 2015]).