Bergheim (Mechernich)

Bergheim City of Mechernich Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 5 ″ N , 6 ° 38 ′ 59 ″ E
Height :	402 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.41 km² (with Vussem)
Residents :	398
Population density :	117 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	53894
Area code :	02484

Bergheim is a district of Mechernich , Euskirchen district , North Rhine-Westphalia .

The village is about two kilometers south of the city of Mechernich in the Hohes Venn-Eifel nature park .

The name of the place is derived from "village on the mountain". It used to be dominated by agriculture. The chapel , consecrated in 1985, is dedicated to St. Barbara , patron saint of miners . There used to be a lead mine in Bergheim.

District road 28 runs through the village .

On July 1, 1969, the municipality of Vussem-Bergheim was incorporated into Mechernich.

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 100 .

[1] Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 100 .