Balkhausen (Kerpen)

Balkhausen City of Kerpen Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 14 " N , 6 ° 45 ′ 47" E
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

St. Rochus Church

chapel

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

see Kerpen
- also:
City of Kerpen Hrsg .: The Cistercians in Bottenbroich and Blatzheim , Kerpen 1981, pp. 71-19

Web links

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

City of Kerpen

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/

[1] with Türnich

[2] Distribution to the districts in 2018. In: Website of the city of Kerpen. Retrieved February 9, 2019 .

[3] Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, The map of 1789 , Volume 2, Bonn 1898, p. 289

[4] 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 .

[5] Starfighter crash: dive into death. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, June 20, 2012, accessed on June 12, 2015 .

[6] ttps://www.tv-alpengluehn.de/home/