Bergstein (Huertgen Forest)

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Bergstein
community Hürtgenwald
Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 38 "  N , 6 ° 25 ′ 54"  E
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: Monument to Sürthgens Mossel

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

  1. ↑ http://www.huertgenwald.de
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 98 .

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