Breitenbenden

Breitenbenden City of Mechernich Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 52 " N , 6 ° 40 ′ 33" E
Height :	277 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.89 km²
Residents :	641 (Jun. 30, 2017)
Population density :	339 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	53894
Area code :	02443
	Breitenbenden, aerial photo (2015)

Section of the water pipe from Breitenbenden. Acquired in 1979 by the city of Brühl and built there. It has a length of about 2.5 m

Breitenbenden is a district of Mechernich , Euskirchen district , North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

The village is located southeast of Mechernich.

There is a larger retirement home in the village .

history

The Roman Eifel aqueduct , which supplied ancient Cologne with water, passes the local area to the east and has a large number of manholes that were used to maintain the pipeline. In 1979 and 1980, during the construction of the L165, a Roman building near the Eifel aqueduct and dating from the 1st to 3rd centuries AD, presumably a sewer maintenance facility, had to be archaeologically examined and preserved.

Breitenbenden was first mentioned in 1192 as "Breydenbent"; the place name is derived from the term broad meadow .

The St. Leonhards Chapel was built between 1871 and 1876.

On July 1, 1969, Breitenbenden was incorporated into Mechernich.

Culture and sights

Attractions:

St. Leonhards Chapel
Roman Eifel aqueduct

The long-distance cycle paths lead through the village:

Eifel-Höhen-Route , which runs as a circular route around and through the Eifel National Park .
Valley route , it opens up interesting tourist places in North Rhine-Westphalia on a family-friendly route.

Stations 14 to 17 of the Römerkanal hiking trail , which runs past Breitenbenden to the east, are located near the village.

traffic

The state road 115 runs through the village , on the outskirts the federal road 477 to Mechernich and the state road 165 as a feeder to the nearby federal highway 1 with the junction Bad Münstereifel / Mechernich.

Individual evidence

↑ Breitenbenden. City of Mechernich, June 30, 2017, accessed September 25, 2017 .
^ Klaus Grewe : Atlas of the Roman water pipes to Cologne. With contributions by Werner Brinker, Günther Garbrecht, Hansgerd Hellenkemper , Heinz-Otto Lamprecht, Horst D. Schulz , Edgar Thofern. (= Rhenish excavations. Volume 26. ). Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-7927-0868-X , p. 79 ff .
^ Antonius Jürgens: Mechernich-Breitenbenden: Roman buildings. In: Heinz Günter Horn (Ed.): The Romans in North Rhine-Westphalia. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0312-1 , p. 541 ff.
↑ Hans Peter Schiffer: Churches and chapels in the deanery Mechernich. History, design, equipment. Kall 2003, p. 209 .
↑ Hans Peter Schiffer: Churches and chapels in the deanery Mechernich. History, design, equipment. Kall 2003, p. 210 .
↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 100 .
↑ Klaus Grewe and Manfred Knauff: The long leadership of the Romans . The Römerkanal hiking trail Nettersheim-Cologne. Ed .: Eifelverein e. V. 2012, ISBN 978-3-921805-81-7 , pp. 167 ff .

[1] Breitenbenden. City of Mechernich, June 30, 2017, accessed September 25, 2017 .

[2] Klaus Grewe : Atlas of the Roman water pipes to Cologne. With contributions by Werner Brinker, Günther Garbrecht, Hansgerd Hellenkemper , Heinz-Otto Lamprecht, Horst D. Schulz , Edgar Thofern. (= Rhenish excavations. Volume 26. ). Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-7927-0868-X , p. 79 ff .

[3] Antonius Jürgens: Mechernich-Breitenbenden: Roman buildings. In: Heinz Günter Horn (Ed.): The Romans in North Rhine-Westphalia. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0312-1 , p. 541 ff.

[4] Hans Peter Schiffer: Churches and chapels in the deanery Mechernich. History, design, equipment. Kall 2003, p. 209 .

[5] Hans Peter Schiffer: Churches and chapels in the deanery Mechernich. History, design, equipment. Kall 2003, p. 210 .

[6] Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 100 .

[7] Klaus Grewe and Manfred Knauff: The long leadership of the Romans . The Römerkanal hiking trail Nettersheim-Cologne. Ed .: Eifelverein e. V. 2012, ISBN 978-3-921805-81-7 , pp. 167 ff .