Barrenstein

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Barrenstein
City of Grevenbroich
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 40 "  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 21"  E
Height : 60 m
Residents : 838  (December 31, 2018)
Incorporation : 1931
Postal code : 41515
Area code : 02181
Barrenstein (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Barrenstein

Location of Barrenstein in North Rhine-Westphalia

Barrenstein is a village in the town of Grevenbroich in the Rhine district of Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

Barrenstein is located in the southeast of the city of Grevenbroich. In the southeast is the village of Rommerskirchen - Oekoven . The Cologne -Grevenbroich- Mönchengladbach railway line and the town of Allrath are in the southwest .

history

Barrenstein has been part of the Grevenbroich office in the Duchy of Jülich since the Middle Ages . In 1794 it was occupied by French troops and Barrenstein became part of the Mairie Grevenbroich in the canton of Elsen in the Arrondissement de Cologne in the Département de la Roer . After 1815 the community of Barrenstein was established, which belonged to the Grevenbroich district and since 1929 to the Grevenbroich-Neuss district . In 1931 the small community was incorporated into the city of Grevenbroich.

religion

  • Catholic parish of St. Nicholas

Population development

  • December 31, 2005: 837¹
  • December 31, 2006: 844¹
  • December 31, 2007: 839¹
  • December 31, 2010: 855¹
  • December 31, 2013: 833¹
  • December 31, 2014: 812¹
  • December 31, 2015: 839¹
  • December 31, 2016: 833¹
  • December 31, 2017: 834¹
  • December 31, 2018: 838¹


¹ Information from the city of Grevenbroich

Culture and leisure

A railway museum is located south of Barrenstein in Rommerskirchen- Oekoven .

buildings

  • Chapel of St. Nicholas : The late Gothic chapel was built in 1495 and extended to the west in 1842. It served as the rectorate church until 1975. The interior of the chapel is from the 18th century. The building was restored in 1976. The new church has been located right next to it since 1975.

Economy and Infrastructure

Establishments

  • Hydro Aluminum Deutschland GmbH is the largest employer .

traffic

The federal highway 59 is located southwest of Barrenstein and connects to the federal highway 540 a little to the north .

Public facilities

  • Municipal day care center

literature

  • Heinrich Hubert Giersberg: History of the parishes of the Archdiocese of Cologne Bd XXII, Grevenbroich Dean's Office, Cologne, 1883
  • Karl Emsbach / Max Tauch: Churches, monasteries and chapels in the Neuss district (series of publications of the Neuss district no.13), Cologne, 1986
  • Heinz Ohletz: 1929-1974 years of people initiatives in the greater Grevenbroich district, 1975

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