Boich

Boich community Kreuzau Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 50 ″ N , 6 ° 29 ′ 53 ″ E
Height :	227 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.88 km² (with Leversbach)
Residents :	613 (Jul 31, 2018)
Population density :	89 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	52372
Area code :	02427
	Half-timbered house in Boich

Boich (spoken: Booch ) is a district of the municipality Kreuzau in the district of Düren , North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

Boich is located on the north edge of the Eifel in the Rureifel in the North Eifel Nature Park . Neighboring towns are Nideggen , Drove and Leversbach . Boich has a good view of the Düren region and the Zülpicher Börde .

history

Boich is an ancient settlement area. Archaeological finds suggest a Celto-Roman settlement. The oldest finds in the Boich region date from the end of the Paleolithic Age (Upper Palaeolithic). Countless finds from the Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic) point to some campsites and also document regular forays through the area. There is no evidence of settlement in the early Neolithic. However, isolated finds suggest that the area was used for hunting, herding and logging. The first indications of permanent settlement can only be found for the Middle Neolithic (Middle Neolithic), as well as for the Early to End Neolithic, and certainly the later Bronze Age and the Iron Age. There is also no lack of settlement remains from the Roman Empire. An early medieval settlement can be proven on the basis of Franconian graves discovered during road construction in 1965, among which part of a matron memorial was found. In the early Middle Ages, it is assumed that what is now known as "Boich" was founded.

Reorganization

Boich and Leversbach used to belong to the Drove estate. After the Drove office was dissolved in 1932, the place came under the Kreuzau office.

On July 1, 1969, the municipality Boich-Leversbach was incorporated into the municipality of Kreuzau with six other places.

As a result of the reorganization of the Aachen area ( Aachen law ), the municipalities of Obermaubach-Schlagstein and Untermaubach, the district of Langenbroich from the municipality of Hürtgenwald and the districts of Schneidhausen and Welk from the municipality of Lendersdorf were incorporated into the municipality of Kreuzau with effect from January 1, 1972 - the Niederau community came to Düren. Today's municipality of Kreuzau consists of the districts Bogheim, Boich, Drove, Kreuzau, Leversbach, Obermaubach with Schlagstein, Stockheim, Thum, Üdingen, Untermaubach with Bilstein and Winden with Bergheim and Langenbroich.

church

St. Gereon

The parish church of Boich is dedicated to St. Gereon .

A chapel was built for the first time in 1754, which was replaced by a larger church in 1905 . In 1953 Boich became an independent parish .

traffic

Road 249 runs along the village from Kreuzau to Nideggen. Buses of the Dürener Kreisbahn take line 210 through the town.

education

In Boich there was the Gereon School until August 1, 2015, a special school for children with learning and language disabilities.

Association

In addition to the citizens' association, there is also a fire fighting group from the Kreuzau volunteer fire brigade , a sports club , a drum corps and an association of all local clubs .

Others

A 9.5 km long “landscape discovery path” leads from Üdingen to Boich.
The crime writer Guido M. Breuer lives in Boich .

literature

Boich . In: The Dürener Land . Düren 1971, p. 166 (picture atlas of the Kreissparkasse Düren).

Web links

The landscape discovery trail (PDF file; 1.09 MB)

Commons : Category: Boich (Kreuzau) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.kreuzau.de/ug/zadafa/index5.php
↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 98 .
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory 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. 307 .

[1] ttp://www.kreuzau.de/ug/zadafa/index5.php

[2] Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 98 .

[3] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory 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. 307 .