Bitches

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Bitches
Eitorf municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 37 ″  N , 7 ° 28 ′ 57 ″  E
Height : 100-120 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 994  (2014)
Postal code : 53783
Area code : 02243
The Zolper Cross in Bitze-Sterzenbach
The Zolper Cross in Bitze-Sterzenbach

Bitze is a part of the municipality of Eitorf in the North Rhine-Westphalian Rhein-Sieg district . The place name means "fruit meadow" in dialect .

history

The former districts of Sterzenbach and Forst belong to Bitze . Forst was the place of origin, which, like its antipode, Forstmehren at the royal forest of Leuscheid, functioned as a border town. According to tradition, a castle, or at least a fortified house, used to stand here, from which the transition to the Sayn domain was monitored. A corresponding foundation had previously been discovered, a street name “ Zur alten Burg” reminds of tradition. The district has long ceased to be the south-easternmost settlement in the municipality, but the Rodder district , which refers to clearing in the forest.

Residents

In 1885 Bitze ​​had 16 residential buildings and 84 residents, Forst 17 residential buildings with 87 residents and Sterzenbach 24 residential buildings and 115 residents.

Regular events

  • At Easter, the Heimatverein Bitze-Sterzenbach e. V. on the club's own premises On the Waldbühne a “warm-up party”, where especially younger guests are to be welcomed.
  • The traditional "Forest Festival" is celebrated on the last weekend in June.
  • St. Martin is a Martinszug with final big Martinsfeuer organized.

Others

In Bitze ​​there is the “Bitzer Smurfs” kindergarten and the Bitze-Sterzenbach e. V. Angelo Kelly lived in Bitze ​​for a few years.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Municipality of Eitorf, accessed on February 21, 2014 ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eitorf.de
  2. ^ Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia . Volume XII. Rhineland Province. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1888, p. 115 ( online [PDF; 1.5 MB ; accessed on December 17, 2015]).
  3. ↑ Waldfest Bitze. Culture and local history association Bitze-Sterzenbach e. V., accessed December 17, 2015 .