Ariendorf
Ariendorf , formerly also Argendorf Castle , is a district of Bad Hönningen in the Neuwied district in Rhineland-Palatinate with around 600 inhabitants.
location
Ariendorf is located approx. 2 km north of the town center of Bad Hönningen directly on the right bank of the Rhine in the Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park . To the north of Ariendorf is the municipality of Leubsdorf (2 km) and the city of Linz am Rhein (5 km). The Ariendorfer Bach flows through the village, which until 1967 formed a political border between Leubsdorf and Bad Hönningen.
history
The name of the place is mentioned for the first time with "Arindorf" in a document dated April 25, 1217, in which the Archbishop of Trier Theoderich von Wied assigns the priest of Linz am Rhein the wine tithes "from the brook Luppistorp to the village Arinsdorp". Already in a document of the Emperor Heinrich IV. From the year 1059 a farm "Ara" or "Are" is mentioned as property of the monastery Nivelles . In neighboring Leubsdorf, the Gertrudenhof was mentioned as the property of this monastery in a document from 639.
A donation from Countess Mechthild von Sayn shows that in 1250 she assigned her possessions, to which the later Office of Linz also belonged, to the Archbishop of Cologne, Konrad von Hochstaden . Since then, the right side of the village (Unterbach) as seen from the brook belonged to Leubsdorf and thus to Kurköln , to the left of the brook the village (Oberbach) belonged to the former village of Hönningen and Kurtrier . This border between the two electorates existed until their dissolution in 1803. The archbishops of Trier , who were also electors, remained the spiritual superior for both parties. The result was that the "Oberbächer" belonged to the parish of Hönningen as before and were "Trier subjects", but the "Unterbächer" now belonged to the parish and office of Linz and became "Cologne subjects".
At times there may have been tensions because of the division of the place, but these did not emanate from the population, because the “Unterbächer” (Cologne subjects) and the “Oberbächer” (Trier subjects) were often related to one another, but from the tithe and others Claims of the mayors and pastors . The dispute ignited at the chapel built jointly by the Oberbächern and the Unterbächern in 1712 on the Trier side of the stream. The Unterbächers continued to raise their taxes to Linz and Leubsdorf, but went to the local chapel, which they also built. From the year 1785 it is reported that the tithe to be paid to the bell ringer, who was also the ground guard, was not paid by the “sub-bakers”. The community of Hönningen now demanded these taxes, which the "Unterbächer" refused because they were "Cologne subjects" and had no taxes to pay to Hönningen in Trier. The "Unterächern" were then not only denied access to the chapel, but also the bells for the dead. A complaint was made to the Koblenz court, but the court refused a decision because it had no authority in the Cologne area. Now the parish office in Hönningen no longer read masses in the chapel in Ariendorf.
Due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , the electoral principalities were dissolved in 1803, in 1815 the Rhineland came to Prussia , but the division of Ariendorf into the communities of Leubsdorf and Hönningen remained until 1967.
Incorporation
At the urging of the residents, in 1965, under the leadership of Neuwied District Administrator Oster, the two districts on the left and right of the Ariendorfer Bach were brought together. After both the Leubsdorf and Bad Hönninger municipal councils had spoken out in favor of land consolidation in 1966 and a new border line north of Ariendorf had been determined, the state government ordered the incorporation with effect from January 1, 1967. Ariendorf was politically reunited after a 715 year separation and became a district of Bad Hönningen, Leubsdorf received compensation.
Attractions
- Old chapel
The chapel in the center of the village was built in 1712 and is dedicated to St. Johann Baptist. Until 1957 it served the place as a Catholic church. After the new church, built in the 1950s, was laid down in 2009, the chapel is now the local church again. It is a single-nave barrel vault with 3/8 choir closure . A group of clay figures representing the four evangelists should be mentioned in the interior .
- Ariendorf Castle
Ariendorf Castle was built in 1845/1846 according to a design by the Cologne cathedral builder Ernst Friedrich Zwirner , probably using older components. The castle is a gothic-style structure with battlements and corner towers.
- Half-timbered houses
A number of half-timbered houses from the 17th and 18th centuries, some in a closed row, are remarkable .
- Ariendorf level tower
The "Ariendorfer Ebene " is one of the last of its kind in the lower Middle Rhine Valley. According to the lettering in the upper end stone of the stone door surround, this tower was built in 1900 and served as a writing level until 1951 to control the water level of the Rhine. Inside, a shaft leads vertically downwards about seven meters, and from this another shaft branches off horizontally to the river bed. Today it is no longer used and is gradually deteriorating.
- Ariendorf bell chair
The newly built oak bell cage houses two bells from the branch church on Bergstrasse, which was demolished in 2009 and only 50 years old. The bells were made by FW. Schilling cast in Heidelberg in 1958. First bell ringing on August 7, 1958, last ringing in the branch church on October 31, 2009. The inauguration of the new bell chair took place on October 3, 2013.
- Upper bell: Mary's bell, 200 kg; Tone-d
- Lower bell: Johannes bell 270 kg; Clay-c
swell
- District Neuwied (Hrsg.): Home yearbook of the district Neuwied , different years
Web links
- Material on Ariendorf Castle ( Memento from June 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) in the Duncker Collection of the Central and State Library Berlin (PDF; 212 kB)
Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ' N , 7 ° 18' E