Balkhausen (Kerpen)
Balkhausen
City of Kerpen
Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 14 " N , 6 ° 45 ′ 47" E
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Height : | 96 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 17.5 km² | |
Residents : | 2559 (December 31, 2018) | |
Population density : | 146 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 50169 | |
Area code : | 02237 | |
Location of Balkhausen in North Rhine-Westphalia |
Balkhausen is a district of the city of Kerpen in the Rhein-Erft district , North Rhine-Westphalia .
location
Balkhausen is located in the Zülpicher Börde and in the Rhineland Nature Park . The state road 163, a former Roman military road , and the district road 50 run through the village.The A 61 runs to the west of the village and the A 1 to the east .
history
Together with Türnich, Balkhausen formed a subordinate rule in the Duchy of Jülich , which existed until the end of the 18th century. The basic rule had the pen food .
A memorial stone in the village commemorates the old parish church of St. Rochus, whose new building in Türnich was consecrated by Cardinal Frings on November 16, 1955 . The place belonged to the municipality of Türnich until the reorganization by the Cologne Act , which came into force on January 1, 1975 .
Starfighter crash in 1962
On June 19, 1962, about 1 km from Balkhausen, one of the worst disasters in the history of the Federal Air Force occurred . An aerobatic team launched from Nörvenich Air Base had an accident during a training flight. Three of the four starfighters bored themselves practically vertically into the ground, the fourth crashed about 300 m away. All four pilots were killed.
Others
- The Catholic parish church that stands in Türnich today is consecrated to St. Rochus.
- The TV Alpenglühn Balkhausen 1900 e. V. is the largest sports club in town.
literature
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see Kerpen
- also:
- City of Kerpen Hrsg .: The Cistercians in Bottenbroich and Blatzheim , Kerpen 1981, pp. 71-19
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ with Türnich
- ↑ Distribution to the districts in 2018. In: Website of the city of Kerpen. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .
- ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, The map of 1789 , Volume 2, Bonn 1898, p. 289
- ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X .
- ↑ Starfighter crash: dive into death. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, June 20, 2012, accessed on June 12, 2015 .
- ↑ https://www.tv-alpengluehn.de/home/