Asterlagen
Asterlagen is the northern part of the Hochemmerich district of the Rheinhausen district of Duisburg . It is on the left bank of the Rhine.
history
Origin of the place name
The name probably originated from a "field name". The place Asterlagen had the other names: Hasterlon, Asterloe, Asterlohon = forest in the east, Asterlaige, where "lo" or "loh" or modified "lagen" means something like "forest". So located in a forest.
Beginnings
Archaeological finds prove an early settlement, including a wooden plow found in 1956 in the former aster camp excavator hole. Archaeologists determined that this oak fragment was over 2000 years old. It can be viewed in the Duisburg City Museum . Traces of Roman settlement can be found on the edge of the rural district. A bronze plaque on the last residential building on the left on Grüner Weg in the direction of the former slag heaps of the Rheinhausen ironworks indicates this. And white lines on the street mark the location of a former guard building to protect the Limes . These remains were found during road construction work when the settlement belonging to the Diergardt colliery got sewers.
Charlemagne donated Friemersheim and the rest of the area to the abbot of Werden monastery . At that time there were three main courtyards, two of which were in Friemersheim (Borgsche- and Werthschehof) and one, the Fronhof, was in Asterlagen. There were also other farms in Asterlagen. In the inventory of properties in Werden, around 900 AD, other owners are named as landlords.
The provost of Werden himself managed the farms, but had appointed a villicus = estate manager. Only around 1150 did the coronation loosen up a little. Asterlagen has evidently originated from the monastery property. The landlords were the abbot of Werden monastery and a count Adalold. The main courtyard in Asterlagen was today's courtyard at Winkelhauser Strasse 29 around 900 AD. All taxes were temporarily stored here.
Modern times
Since 1794 the area of Asterlagen belonged to the mayor's office Hochemmerich , since April 6, 1923 to the municipality of Rheinhausen , since July 1, 1934 to the city of Rheinhausen and since January 1, 1975 to the city of Duisburg .
chapel
It was mentioned for the first time in the land register that "the chapel, which is dependent on the Hochemmerich church, was rebuilt, furnished and consecrated in honor of St. Ludgerus by the then provost Wichmann around 1100". The baptismal font from this chapel was later used by the court owner Schürmann as a chicken trough. Today it comes into its own again in the Catholic Church of St. Ludger, which was consecrated to this saint in 1925 on Bergheimer Strasse.
Röttgenweg settlement
The first settlement was built on March 12, 1934. At that time the city of Rheinhausen bought 156 acres of land from the farmer Johann Terlinden, Winkelhausen for a suburban small settlement. 16 settler sites were created.
In continuation of the already existing small settlement, Rheinische Kleinsiedlung GmbH Düsseldorf built 36 settlement sites in the Asterlagen district. 15 semi-detached houses and 6 single houses were built on the property, which is bounded by the Trompet - Homberg Reichsbahn line, Hindenburgstraße and Hochheider Straße. Of these, 1 double and 1 single house are located on Hochheider Straße, 3 double houses on Hindenburgstraße and 11 double and 5 single houses on both sides of Röttgenweg, which cuts through the building plot described above.
The architectural design and the internal design of the buildings correspond to the type of construction that was also used in the Rheinhausen- Oestrum settlement . What is worth mentioning about the construction method is that all houses are built with the knee stick, i.e. they are drawn higher than originally intended. While according to the first plan, for example, the roof would form an acute angle with the floor of the upper rooms, i.e. would cut the floor directly, a vertical wall was then drawn up from the floor, which is cut from the roof at an obtuse angle. In addition to a pleasing appearance, this led to a gain in space. A footpath that connects Hochheider Straße with Röttgenweg (Ascheweg) served as a traffic connection to the settlement area. The first settlers moved in on June 1, 1939.
On March 5, 1945, the Americans moved in and set up heavy artillery on the meadow behind the old settlement houses. For a few weeks the houses of numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 14, and 16 had to be cleared for the occupiers. The settlement was then shelled by the German artillery; two shells struck in front of the wall at No. 17/19.
Churches
The parish church of St. Ludger
The spiritual center is the parish church of St. Ludger. For years after the war, the believers gathered in a building called the emergency church. The pastor at the time, Ferdinand Wolters, tirelessly campaigned for a new building, collected donations and sold building blocks until a new church and a new parish center could finally be built. He never saw the final completion of his life's work. In Rheinhausen, the communities of Christ King and St. Ludger were merged to form the community of Heilig Kreuz.
The Protestant parish hall in Asterlagen
The influx of evangelical refugees and expellees into the community brought many believers to Asterlagen, Winkelhausen and the nearby miners' settlement of Diergardt. Here, in the mines and factories, they found work, but unfortunately no Protestant church near them. So it became necessary to found a 4th district of the parish of Hochemmerich, namely Asterlagen. In 1946, Mr. Stähler was appointed pastor. Due to the lack of space, the service was held in the elementary school on Hochheider Strasse. The organ was the harmonium that Mr. van Lier played on. In January 1948 a room in the restaurant building was rented for church purposes. The presbytery then decided on July 11, 1952 to build a room with a capacity of 150 people and a rectory in the parish of Asterlagen. As early as 1979 it was decided to expand the building in order to offer hundreds of children, adolescents and adults a “second home” with many opportunities for further training.
The end of more than 50 years of independence
It's a bit like when it was founded over 50 years ago - but with the opposite sign. The congregation has become smaller, year after year, and the district has not even had half of its members in previous years. Falling birth rates and population growth, tax reform and high unemployment have drastically reduced the annual budget. It is true that not as many people are leaving the church as a few years ago, but the church is feeling that too and the increasing number of new members does not make up for it. The presbytery has faced this development and decided to demolish the church in order not to leave a mountain of church debt to the next generation. On Christmas Day 2005, the Asterlager celebrated the last service in their church. The children's church service also moved to the Christ Church in January 2006. The inventory was given to the neighboring community of Essenberg. The building and land were sold to a developer and developed. Since September 2010, the Asterlager church bell in the church center in Hochemmericher Friedensstrasse has been a reminder of the 50 years in Asterlagen.
traffic
The more rural Asterlage is connected to regional traffic by the Rheinhausen – Homberg – Moers bus line (line 912). The only important bus stop for the district used to be the “Rhubarb Station”, the name of which comes from the planting of the land between the bus stop and the farm.
From Asterlagen in the direction of Homberg you reach the former coal port of the Diergardt colliery and the Wilhelmine Mevissen colliery , where a large part of the coal extracted was loaded onto barges.
Street names
Asterlager Kirchweg : connection Asterlagen - Hochemmerich, Asterlager Kuhstraße : former cattle drive to the Essenberg ferry, further to the Ruhrort slaughterhouse, Asterlager Mühlenweg : connection Asterlagen-Bergheim from Maas Hütt, Bölleweg : dirt road to Asterlagen, Börgfelds Weg : connection Oestrum - Asterlagen, Bruchstraße : dirt road from Asterlager Schule - Winkelhausen - Oestrum (formerly part of Hochheider Str.), Bruchweg : led through the silted-up Bruch over the pedestrian bridge (feeder), Through the Gätlig : Connection Essenberg-Asterlagen Oestrum, Grüner Weg : this path was a high-lying path along the banks of the Rhine , which led from Fort Werthausen along the old course of the Rhine to the village of Winkelhausen, Hindenburgstrasse : 1933 to 1946, then Winkelhauser Strasse, behind along the Bende : Feldweg von Maas Hütt, In den Alken : now largely Business Park, Klosterstrasse : until 1933, then Hindenburgstrasse, then Winkelhauser Strasse, Merschweg : Feldweg from Conrad Berns - Rottbusch, Mitt elfeld : now Damm Business Park , Plenders Weg : Feldweg, Rottbusch : Feldweg, Winkelhauser Weg : connection Asterlagen -Winkelhausen
- Notfeld : named after the field name with the same name. This is an area into which cattle were herded when flooding occurred. The "emergency field" was a higher location near the village of Asterlagen.
- The Heckenstrasse was the village street in Asterlagen and Winkelhausen until 1900. Back then it had the same meaning as Winkelhauser Strasse today. The largest and most important farms were located on it. Heckenstrasse used to be the riverside path of the arm of the Rhine that passed there. Almost all of the farms that still exist today still have exits to Heckenstrasse. The Heckenstrasse was lined with green, long hedges, chestnut, linden, oak, beech and fruit trees of all kinds gave the street a special character. The street was also popularly called "Lange Gaat", which means "past many gardens". The fruit trees were mainly planted south of the courtyards to protect barns and courtyards from floating ice floes during spring floods.
- Winkelhauser Straße : The street was formerly called Klosterstraße. Not because there was a monastery here, but because it led past the oldest courtyard in Asterlage, the monastery courtyard that worked for the Werden Abbey. In 1933 it was renamed Hindenburgstrasse. After 1947 it was named Winkelhauser Straße because it leads to the Winkelhausen district and the cloister courtyard had already been sold to the Homberg hospital. The road ended at the railway line.
- Buchsbaumweg (1997) : Based on the many boxwood hedges that formerly lined Heckenstrasse, this street got its name. The dirt road that leads past the new development area to the south was also formerly Heckenstrasse. The same applies to the Agaven and Zedernweg (December 31, 1992), Oleander and Ilexweg (April 30, 1993).
- Wiesenstraße : The street lies in the area of the former Rhine inflow before 1270/1280. The fertile meadows here gave the street its name.
- Winkelhausen : The street had this name from the railway line. In order to avoid constant mix-ups between Winkelhausen, Winkelhausen and Winkelhauser Strasse, it was renamed Winkelhauser Strasse from October 14, 1960 until the Bruch. From a geographical point of view, angle here may perhaps be associated with a sharp bend in a former arm of the Rhine. The village of Winkelhausen, with its street of the same name that formerly ran through the village, was embedded in this corner.
- Bruchstraße : This street was formerly a connecting stretch of road between Winkelhausen and Winkelhauser Straße, which is in the Moers area. It led across the Winkelhauser Bruch, a former arm of the Rhine. Behind the bridge, over the motorway slip road, the steep bank edge of the long Rhine curve can still be seen. The Romans had also built their port facility here. The official name was given on September 30, 1952, when the houses were being built here.
- Im Wiesengrund : Along the edge of the old, former river bank, the road led past meadow slopes to the “In den Laaken” road. The then Heckenstrasse began here. After the construction of the railway line, in 1849, the remaining piece was nameless. When barracks were built here for refugees after the Second World War , naming it became mandatory. With the “remnant” the street “Im Wiesengrund” now leads to Wiesenstraße.
- The Birkhahnstrasse, Wachtel- and Zeisigstrasse were named on November 10, 1980. The Fasanenweg and Parthuhnweg already existed before 1958. The naming was based on the open spaces in the quarry where these animals found themselves again.
- In the Laaken : This name occurs frequently in the Lower Rhine, namely in lowlands, swampy areas, or on earlier streams. Laaken is of Latin origin and comes from lacus (= "lake").
literature
- Kötzschke: Becoming arable . Page 277ff. City Archives Duisburg.
- Franz Körholz: Rhenish land register IV . City Archives Duisburg.
- Edgar Reitbach: A win for Rheinhausen - the arduous journey of the Asterlagen Business Park; in: 1997/1998 yearbook of the districts of the city of Duisburg on the left bank of the Rhine (Ed .: Freundeskreis lively Grafschaft eV Duisburg, ISSN 1435-6252 ), page 47 ff.
- Klaus Sefzig: Asterlagen my village. Chronicle of the former farming villages of Asterlagen and Winkelhausen . Self-published, 2000.
- Klaus Sefzig: The 7 Frenzenhöfe on the left Lower Rhine . Self-published, 2002.
- Klaus Sefzig: The Röttgenweg settlement in Asterlagen . Self-published, 2007.
- Klaus Sefzig: Rheinhausen with pictures by Hans-Ulrich Kreß, with subtitles in German, Turkish and English. Published by Linda Broszeit 2004.
- Klaus Sefzig: School Restaurant Community House The Protestant Church Asterlagen. Editor, Presbytery 2010.
Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ' N , 6 ° 42' E