Berrendorf-Wüllenrath

Berrendorf-Wüllenrath City of Elsdorf Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 34 " N , 6 ° 35 ′ 14" E
Height :	83 m above sea level NN
Residents :	3499 (April 30, 2019)
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	50189
Area code :	02274

Berrendorf-Wüllenrath is a district of the city of Elsdorf in the North Rhine-Westphalian Rhein-Erft district .

location

Berrendorf-Wüllenrath and Giesendorf, Elsdorf in the background

Wegekapelle Kerpener Straße / near the Schulweg

Berrendorf-Wüllenrath borders on Giesendorf in the north-west, Grouven in the north-east and Widdendorf in the east . In the southwest, Berrendorf-Wüllenrath borders the Hambach opencast mine .

history

Remains from the Roman era have been discovered in Berrendorf-Wüllenrath.

The place name Berrendorf probably originated in the Franconian period , like many place names that end with the addition "-dorf". It was named after a Franconian named Bero. From the 12th to the 14th century Berrendorf was known as Beredorf, Berindorp, Berendorpe or Beyrendorp, among others.

Berrendorf was first mentioned in 1108. A document names the Abbey of St. Truiden in Belgium as the landlady of "Berendorp" . Traces of church life can be found in the year 1378: The " liber valoris ", a tax register created around 1300, mentions a chapel in Berrendorf, which was under the parish priest of Paffendorf as a subsidiary church. The catchment area of the Berrendorfer Chapel included the villages of “Groiffen, Kutz, Willenraid and Etzweiler” (Grouven, the Kutzde, Wüllenrath and Etzweiler farms, which disappeared centuries ago). In 1570 Berrendorf finally became an independent parish.

The Apostle Matthias has been venerated in Berrendorf for centuries . According to tradition, the plague raged in the town in 1442. Three Berrendorfer are said to have joined pilgrims who were on the way to the tomb of the apostle in Trier. The plague ended with the pilgrimage, and from this point onwards Berrendorfer set out on foot every year to Trier: The Matthias Brotherhood was born. Only a few years later, in 1464, the Sebastianus Brotherhood was founded. There has also been a Kevelaer brotherhood in the village since 1836 , and an Odilia brotherhood existed until the 1980s.

Population development

2007: 3,641 inhabitants
2008: 3,611 inhabitants
2009: 3,564 inhabitants
2010: 3,553 inhabitants
2011: 3,492 inhabitants
2012: 3,480 inhabitants
2014: 3,434 inhabitants
2018: 3,442 inhabitants
2019: 3,499 inhabitants

religion

St Michael outside (north side)

Catholic Church of St. Michael

Bürgewald

Berrendorf and Wüllenrath belong to the so-called "Bürgewaldgemeinden" which owned the rights to the Bürgewald . According to the legend, this is due to the holy Arnold von Arnoldsweiler , for the legendary "Ride around the Bürgewald". The main town of the Bürgewald communities is Arnoldsweiler . There the two villages had to offer a candle to Saint Arnold on Whit Tuesday, later on Whit Monday. This wax interest was only canceled in the 19th century.

Catholic Church St. Michael Aussen (northwest side)

Facilities

Elementary school (owl school)
Special school for language training
Three day care centers
Voluntary fire brigade (Berrendorf-Wüllenrath fire fighting group)

Catholic Church of St. Michael inside

Transportation

Berrendorf is connected to local public transport by the REVG lines .

line	course
941	Kerpen -Horrem - Sindorf - Elsdorf bus station
950	Titz- Rödingen - Elsdorf - Bergheim - Frechen-Königsdorf - Cologne-Weiden
988	Elsdorf - Bedburg School Center - (Bedburg Bf)

leisure offers

Vantage point to the open pit of Terra Nova from

On the edge of the Hambach opencast mine , a leisure facility was created with Terra Nova , with restaurants, a children's playground, football golf and other offers as well as viewpoints of the opencast mine.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Population of Elsdorf 2019. City of Elsdorf, accessed on October 8, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b Population figures in Elsdorf 2018/2019. City of Elsdorf, May 7, 2019, accessed on August 12, 2019 (German).
↑ Document from 1360 to confirm the wax interest, by the Duke of Jülich.
↑ Start page - www.eventforum-terranova.de. In: Eventforum Terra Nova. April 1, 2016, accessed May 18, 2016 .

[1] Population of Elsdorf 2019. City of Elsdorf, accessed on October 8, 2018 .

[:0-2] Population figures in Elsdorf 2018/2019. City of Elsdorf, May 7, 2019, accessed on August 12, 2019 (German).

[3] Document from 1360 to confirm the wax interest, by the Duke of Jülich.

[4] Start page - www.eventforum-terranova.de. In: Eventforum Terra Nova. April 1, 2016, accessed May 18, 2016 .