Blens

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Blens
City of Heimbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 37 ″  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 49 ″  E
Height : 199 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 315  (Jul 31, 2017)
Postal code : 52396
Area code : 02446
The chapel
The red sandstone rocks opposite the location in the Rur valley

Blens is a district of the town of Heimbach in the Düren district . The place has about 300 inhabitants.

location

Blens is located in the Rur Valley in the Rureifel in the Eifel National Park . In addition to the high place protrude red sandstone rocks up, called the Jufferlei, Breideslei and Engelslei. They have not been allowed to climb since 1990.

Next to Blens are evenings (city of Nideggen) and Hausen.

history

The city of Heimbach and all its districts came from the Schleiden district to the Düren district on January 1, 1972 and merged with the city of Nideggen . On August 4, 1972, the Higher Administrative Court in Münster decided that Heimbach should become an independent municipality again.

Castle

Blens Castle was built in the 12th century by the Lords of Blens. In its present form it comes from a renovation in 1791. The two-storey manor house is surrounded by a four-winged farmyard. The paving of the courtyard with Rur pebbles, which is still preserved today, is a rarity . The castle is inhabited and is privately owned.

church

Directly next to the castle is the St. George Chapel, built of quarry stone from 1371. In 1807 the new chapel was inaugurated and consecrated to Saints George and Blasius .

traffic

Stop of the Rurtalbahn

Road 249 leads past Blens from Nideggen to Heimbach. The place has no through traffic. Local public transport is ensured by the Rurtalbahn , because Blens has had a stop on the Düren – Heimbach railway since 1903 . It was renovated in 1993 after it was taken over by the Dürener Kreisbahn (DKB).

economy

Blens has changed from a farming village to a tourist destination in recent years . There is a large campsite right on site .

Others

  • In 1985 Blens received a gold medal at the state level in the competition “ Our village has a future ”. A silver badge followed in 2012, also at state level.
  • The town center was redesigned in 1994 as part of a village renewal program .
  • The red sandstone cliffs were placed under nature protection as early as 1953 as the “bird sanctuary red sandstone cliffs near Blens” because of the nesting sites for the peregrine falcon and eagle owl .

Personalities

  • Guido M. Breuer (* 1967), German writer, spent his youth in Blens
  • Aegidius Lauterbach (born February 22, 1768 - † December 23, 1851), pastor and (re) builder of St. George's Chapel in Blens

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 306 f .

Web links

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