Bergstein (Huertgen Forest)
Bergstein
community Hürtgenwald
Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 38 " N , 6 ° 25 ′ 54" E
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Height : | 356 m above sea level NHN |
Area : | 6.72 km² |
Residents : | 949 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
Population density : | 141 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | 1st July 1969 |
Postal code : | 52393 |
Area code : | 02429 |
Bergstein in the Eifel is a district of the municipality of Hürtgenwald in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Düren . It has about 900 inhabitants in the Eifel National Park .
Geographical location
Bergstein is located in the Rureifel , part of the northern Eifel , in the Hohes Venn-Eifel nature park ; The Eifel National Park spreads out about 1.5 km to the southeast . The village is located between the Hürtgenwald districts of Brandenberg in the northwest and Zerkall in the east-southeast. The Kall flows a little south past the village, which flows into the Rur at Zerkall at a height of about 175 m ; the latter then runs a little north of Bergstein through the Obermaubach reservoir . To the east of the village rises above the Kall and Rurtal valleys the castle hill ( 400.8 m above sea level ), on which the castle Berenstein once stood; their stones were used to build the nearby Nideggen Castle. The Krawutschketurm observation tower is currently on the mountain .
history
Bergstein was incorporated into the new municipality of Hürtgenwald on July 1, 1969. It was previously part of the Straß-Bergstein office.
Site and facilities
The parish church of the Holy Moorish Martyrs dates from the Middle Ages . The monument to Sürthgens Mossel is located on the village square . The place has a primary school. Forum Berinsteyn is the name of the local community center , a converted former bank branch. West of Bergstein is the glider airfield of the Segelsportverein Düren e. V. , where the planes are pulled into the air with a winch .
traffic
The winding state road 11 ( Brandenberg –Bergstein– Zerkall ) leads through Bergstein and south past the Burgberg , from which the Burgstrasse branches off in the village in the direction of the Burgberg.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.huertgenwald.de
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 98 .