Blumenthal (Hellenthal)

Blumenthal Community Hellenthal Coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 47 "  N , 6 ° 27 ′ 37"  E
Height :	approx. 390 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	449  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Postal code :	53940
Area code :	02482
Location of Blumenthal in North Rhine-Westphalia

Blumenthal is a district of the municipality of Hellenthal in the Euskirchen district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The district is located on the federal highway 265 on the Reifferscheider Bach . This flows into the place in the Olef . With the reactivation in autumn 2010, the Oleftalbahn runs through the village every Sunday on its way from Kall to Hellenthal to the stop in Blumenthal.

history

Blumenthal was first mentioned in a document in 1282. The village street used to separate the place in two parts, the district and the inhabitants on one side belonged to the Schleiden dominion , the other to the Reifferscheid dominion .

A central water supply for Blumenthal has existed since 1897. The synagogue , inaugurated in 1904, was destroyed in the 1938 Reichspogromnacht . In 1906 the place received electricity supply and in 1979 gas supply.

See also : Jewish cemetery

Industry

Public bus to Schnorrenberg in Blumenthal Reifferscheider Str.

The center of the place was the ironworks on Schleidener area, which was first mentioned in 1438. Branches of the most important Reidemeister families, the Peuchen, Poensgen and Schoeller, were already located in Blumenthal in the 16th century . Peter Jacob Poensgen (1790–1866), who witnessed the decline of the iron industry, was the wealthiest smelter in the area. In Blumenthal he founded the rolling mill (1845) and the fine wire drawing shop (1848). In 1875 the last blast furnace was blown off.

church

The parish church of St. Brigida was built in the 16th century .

Personalities

• Eugen Virmond (1844–1906), local historian, writer and postal administrator
• Mimi Poensgen (1878–1958), opera singer and vocal teacher
• Ludwig Keimer (1892–1957), Egyptologist

Web links

• Homepage of Hellenthal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.hellenthal.de/rathaus-politik/portrait/einwohnerzahlen/
2. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the Historical Atlas of the Rhine Province, The map of 1789 (2nd volume), Bonn 1898. P. 507