Blankenheimerdorf

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Blankenheimerdorf
Municipality Blankenheim
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 23 "  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 33"  E
Height : 541 m
Area : 18.36 km²
Residents : 1046
Population density : 57 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 53945
Area code : 02449
Blankenheimerdorf (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Blankenheimerdorf

Location of Blankenheimerdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia

Blankenheimerdorf is a district of the municipality Blankenheim (Ahr) in the district of Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The village lies on a ridge that forms the watershed between the Ahr and Urft . Blankenheim-Wald lies west of Blankenheimerdorf . The federal highway 51 runs between the two places . District roads 69 and 70 meet in the village . Passenger traffic on the Ahrdorf – Blankenheim line ended in 1958 and was dismantled by 1980.

Blankenheimerdorf, aerial photo (2016)

history

A Roman road led directly through today's Blankenheimerdorf district. Roman masonry was found in the place. At the time of the Franks , Blankenheimerdorf was the royal court . Here already has Charlemagne hunted.

Before the castle was built on the hilltop above the source of the Ahr, today's place was called Blankenheim . After its completion, a new place called itself "Blankenheim" was formed below the castle, while the old "Blankenheim" was given the addition "- (er) dorf".

On July 1, 1969, Blankenheimerdorf was incorporated into Blankenheim.

church

The oldest parts of the cath. Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul date from 1684.

Bike paths

The long-distance cycle paths lead through the village:

literature

  • Peter Baales: History and stories about Blankenheimerdorf and von der Oberahr. Blankenheimerdorf 2004.
  • Peter Baales; 60 years ago and more - local history in a dark time, Blankenheimerdorf, 2005
  • Peter Baales: Dorff Blanckenheim , old and new from our home history, Blankenheimerdorf, 2007

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blankenheimerdorf on Blankenheim.de ( Memento from August 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 99 .

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