Buchheim (Cologne)
Buchheim Bochem district 903 of Cologne |
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Coordinates | 50 ° 57 '22 " N , 7 ° 0' 47" E |
surface | 2,856.3 km² |
Residents | 12,932 (Dec. 31, 2017) |
Population density | 4528 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation | Apr 1, 1914 |
Postcodes | 51065, 51067, 51063 |
prefix | 0221 |
Borough | Mulheim (9) |
Transport links | |
Highway | |
Federal road | |
Railway connection | Cologne - Mülheim RE 1 RE 5 RB 48 S 6 S 11 |
Light rail lines | 3 13 18th |
Bus routes | 150 151 152 153 159 195 |
Source: 2017 residents . (PDF) Cologne district information |
Cologne-Buchheim ( Kölsch Bochem ) is a district on the right bank of the Rhine in Cologne in the Mülheim district .
Location and boundary line
Buchheim borders in the east on Holweide , in the south on Höhenberg , in the west on Buchforst and in the northwest and in the north on Mülheim .
The borders are in the east the Autobahn 3 , in the south the B 55 a , in the west the railway line along Germaniastraße and Ackerstraße and in the north the railway line to Bergisch Gladbach .
history
A parish church was mentioned in Buchheim as early as 1160. Other sources indicate settlement as early as the Carolingian times .
1663 was the Wasserburg Herl built. A park with the St. Johann Nepomuk chapel was created in the 18th century. Politically, Buchheim has belonged to the Porz office in the Duchy of Berg since the Middle Ages . In 1795 French troops occupied Buchheim. In 1808 Mairie Merheim was established, to which Buchheim also belonged. The Mairie Merheim was part of the canton of Mülheim in the Rhine department . Since 1815, Bucheim has belonged to the mayor's office in Merheim in the Mülheim district in the Kingdom of Prussia . On April 1, 1914, Buchheim was incorporated into Cologne.
Demographic statistics
Structure of the population of Cologne-Buchheim:
- Proportion of under 18-year-olds: 18.1% (2015)
- Proportion of over 64-year-olds: 16.0% (2015)
- Proportion of foreigners: 28.9% (2015)
- Unemployment rate: 14.6% (2014)
religion
In 1896, today's Catholic Church of St. Mauritius was built (neo-Gothic). It is the successor to the Alt St. Mauritius Chapel (today the Sonderburger Strasse cemetery chapel), and in 1961/62 the Protestant Kreuzkirche. The Christian-Islamic Society is located in the former rectory next to the St. Mauritius Church .
- St. Theresia of the Child Jesus (Catholic church in the round building style on Bergisch Gladbacher Straße)
- New Apostolic Church for Cologne-Mülheim
- Herler Chapel St. Johann Nepomuk
- Mosque of the VIKZ in the Villa Hahnenburg Ackerstraße / Bergisch Gladbacher Straße
Mills on the round
Of the numerous mills on the Strunde that used their water power, there were two mills in Buchheim, namely the Herler mill , which is still equipped with a water wheel, and the Buchheimer mill , which was demolished in 1910.
Others
In Cologne-Buchheim there are also company apartments of the cable manufacturer Felten & Guilleaume , which became known from 1991 through the Fussbroich family and were the main location in this first German documentary soap .
Worth seeing
- Castle Herl
- Chapel of St. Johann Nepomuk
- Church of St. Mauritius (with "Herjottszejefinger" church tower)
- Kreuzkirche
- Buchheim Cross
- Herler Mill
- Intermediate plant Xc
- Fort XI, Piccoloministraße, clubhouse
- Intermediate plant XI a Herler Ring 33, club house.
- Monuments in Buchheim
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inhabitants according to selected age groups - data source: City of Cologne - offenedaten-koeln.de
- ↑ Inhabitants according to selected age groups - data source: City of Cologne - offenedaten-koeln.de
- ↑ Inhabitants by type of migration background - data source: City of Cologne - offenedaten-koeln.de
- ↑ Employed and unemployed part of the city - data source: City of Cologne - offenedaten-koeln.de
- ↑ Frank Schulte: The Strunderbach and its mills. In: The Mayor's Office Merheim through the ages, 1st volume. Ed. Heimatverein Köln-Dellbrück eV “Ahl Kohgasser”, Cologne 1973, p. 215 ff.