Dalheim-Rödgen

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Dalheim-Rödgen
City of Wegberg
Coat of arms of Dalheim-Rödgen
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 10 ′ 55 ″  E
Height : 65–85 m above sea level NN
Residents : 1955  (Jun 30, 2012)
Postal code : 41844
Area code : 02436
Dalheimer Mill
Porter's house at the Rakyweiher
The Dalheim train station
Monastery courtyard in Dalheim
Forsthaus at the Rakyweiher
Motte Aldeberg in Dalheim

Dalheim-Rödgen is a district of the Mittelstadt Wegberg in the district of Heinsberg in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

location

The village consists of the parts Dalheim and Rödgen and is located directly on the German-Dutch border . There are large forest areas around Dalheim-Rödgen. In the north lies the Meinweg forest, in the south the Dalheimer Busch and the Effelder forest . The place is located in the Maas-Schwalm-Nette nature park . Walking can be in the Netherlands, the National Park De Meinweg and the former College of St. Louis reached.

Dalheim and Rödgen are separated by the Helpensteiner Bach and a railway line, the former village lies north, the latter south. To the west of Rödgen are some ponds ; here the brook was dammed. Beyond this is a moth , a high medieval knight's seat as a cultural monument (see Arsbeck section: History ).

The Dalheimer Mühle and the Dalheimer Klosterhof are located west of Rödgen on the southern side of the Helpensteiner Bach, each as a single settlement in the middle of the Dalheimer Busch. The water mill is located on a mill pond right on the border with the Netherlands.

In the east there are Büch and Arsbeck , in the south Wildenrath and the former housing estate of the British Army there .

Waters

  • Helpensteiner Bach
  • Raky pond
  • Pond at the Dalheimer mill

Neighboring places

Oberkrüchten Merbeck
Vlodrop Neighboring communities Book
Wildenrath Arsbeck

history

Dalheim and Rödgen were initially in the Arsbeck rulership , with this they came to Wassenberg and the Duchy of Jülich , where they were part of the Wassenberg office.

In October and November 1944 a defensive line was built nearby (see Maas-Rur position ). This was evacuated by the Wehrmacht at the end of February 1945 without a shot - the German soldiers quickly withdrew because they feared they would be surrounded.

Place names

Dalheim was first mentioned in a document in 1200 and Rode in 1312. Rödgen was called Raetgen in 1481 and Roetgen in 1562 . It is the diminutive of Rath, meaning small clearing . The place name Dalheim refers to the valley of the Helpensteiner Bach and belongs to the group of -heim -names.

Dalheim

A document (dated 1231) mentions a water mill in the valley through which the Helpenstein stream flows. Around 1258 aristocratic Cistercian women relocated their monastery from Ophoven (today in Wassenberg) to this secluded Rivendell (Bruch = former swamp area ) , called it 'Conventus Vallis Coelis' (Himmelstal) and reclaimed some forest plots all around. The monastery was also called DALHEIM ("home in the valley" - "vulgo Dalheym") and owned extensive property in the near and far.

In 1802, in the course of secularization, the French civil administration of the Rur department ordered the dissolution of all monastic institutions that only served an "end in themselves", including the aristocratic Cistercian monastery in Dalheim , whose canons returned to their families. The sometimes remarkable equipment of the monastery ended up in churches and private property in the vicinity; For example, three bells of the monastery church, a wall paneling, an Antwerp carved altar, a Bernardus statue, a baroque pulpit, floor tiles and an oil portrait of an abbess have been preserved. A medieval crucifix , the "Dalheimerkreuz", considered to be miraculous , was given to Christoffelkathedraal in Roermond - with the stipulation that it would be returned when the monastery was resurrected. The main buildings of the monastery were sold "for demolition" (i.e. as building material) and demolished except for the gatehouse barn and servants' house. When the border station was set up on the “ Eiserner Rhein ” long-distance line , the route of which was laid around 300 meters north through the forest in 1879, it and the town around the station, which was growing with rail traffic, were given the name Dalheim.

Rödgen

Until the 19th century, the residents of the village were entitled to use the Meinweg (today De Meinweg National Park ), a cooperative forest and heather area (" Allmende "). The village of Rödgen, already mentioned in the Middle Ages ("small clearing" - old names: In gen Raetgen, Raytgen) was located roughly at today's roundabout and, together with Arsbeck, formed the splendor of Arsbeck-Rödgen until 1561; the mansion was originally on the motte "Alde Berg". The " Rödgener Mühle " at today's ponds ("Raky-Weihern") was in operation from 1820 to 1899. At these artificial ponds notable remains are of a castle-like villa complex in the romanticized style, the drilling engineer and entrepreneur Anton Raky (1868-1943) in 1904 to build there was (main building 1972 Burst) The creation of a situated on the outskirts since 1961 " Children's Village " is in its origins can be traced back to the founding of the St. Joseph Monastery with a children's home of the Dominican Sisters of Bethanien.

religion

At today's roundabout, in front of the corner of the Lisges house, there was originally a chapel consecrated in 1675 ; the community belonged to the parish of Arsbeck. As the forerunner of today's St. Rochus Church , a chapel with a ridge was built in the upper part of the village, and in 1920 Rödgen finally became an independent parish. After the Second World War , with the influx of numerous Protestant refugees from eastern Germany, a Protestant church was built on the edge of the village, between the new development areas of Wildenrath and Dalheim-Rödgens; This community is administered by the Protestant Church of Wassenberg.

Infrastructure

  • Catholic youth home
  • Kindergarten Kastanienbaum
  • Free Waldorf School
  • Forest sports field
  • St. Josef Children's Village

Attractions

  • The moth "Der Alde Berg", castle hill with outer bailey, is located on a separated terrain spur that leads into the wetland of the so-called. Rakyseen protrudes. Finds show that the castle was used by a knight between the years 1200 and 1400. Guided tours are possible.
  • The “Rakyschlösschen”, idyllic “postcard motif” on the edge of an equally idyllic natural area. Formerly the gatehouse of a legendary, romanticizing villa complex from 1904, the main building of which was demolished in 1972. Other remains are a castle tower-like, now closed observation tower, the "wine cellar" in the form of a castle ruin and the former gardener's house, now a residential building.
  • The Dalheimer Mühle is located directly on the Dutch border and originally belonged to the medieval monastery, oldest part from 1775. After a fire, the popular mill was rebuilt as an excursion restaurant.
  • Dalheimer Klosterhof with the gate construction from the late phase (1732) of the former, medieval Cistercian nunnery Dalheim
  • Archaeological remains of the Siegfried Line , in Dalheim's area, there were around 20 concrete bunkers in addition to some armored trenches and roadblocks that are still recognizable today, but they were not involved in combat operations. The bunkers were blown up after the war and are now mostly built over or filled in.
  • Emigration Hall from 1911, formerly a waiting room and lodging for up to 100 emigrants from America every day.
  • Catholic branch church St. Rochus
  • Water tower, Anton-Raky-Straße 18 as monument no.3
  • Residential building with pavilion, Anton-Raky-Straße 19 as monument no.4
  • Eiskeller, Anton-Raky-Straße as monument no.5
  • Homestead Dalheimer Klosterhof, Mühlenstraße as monument no.33
  • Dalheimer Mühle, Mühlenstraße as monument no.34
  • Forsthaus, Anton-Raky-Straße 25 as memorial no.35
  • Half-timbered house, Rödgener Straße 17 as monument no.36
  • Residential house, Rödgener Straße 72 as monument no.37
  • Residential building, Rödgener Straße 74 as monument no.38
  • Residential building, Rödgener Straße 19 as monument No. 156
  • Westwall bunker, Rödgener Straße 78–82 as monument no. 159

societies

  • Dalheim-Rödgen village community
  • Schützenbruderschaft St. Rochus e. V.
  • Tambour Corps Dalheim-Harbeck e. V.
  • Carnival Association Maiblömkes
  • Church choir St. Rochus
  • Scout tribe St. Rochus Dalheim
  • Karate Gojo Musashi e. V.
  • Beekeeping Association 1986
  • Seniors Club Dalheim
  • Badminton / table tennis club Blauweis
  • Wegberg volunteer fire brigade , Arsbeck fire fighting group also responsible for the Dalheim-Rödgen districts

Transport links

The Dalheim station is on the railroad track Iron Rhine and each hour of the (34 RB) Schwalm nice train according Mönchengladbach operated.

  • Connection to the B 221
  • Hourly bus connection to Wegberg and Wassenberg / Heinsberg (AVV - Aachener Verkehrsverbund ; Line 413)

Sons and daughters of Dalheim-Rödgen

literature

  • "Franz Mayer, History of the Parishes Arsbeck and Dalheim-Rödgen, 1934" (private print).
  • Local calendar of the Heinsberg district, various, especially 1985, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
  • Dalheim for Roermond, attempt by a cultural guide. (German) in: De luis in de pels. ISBN 978-90-812749-1-3 published by Stichting Ruimte, Roermond 2008.
  • Barthels, Barthels, Möller: The Iron Rhine. Barthels 2005.
  • Michael Schulz: Dalheim hiking map with a detailed description of the sights. Ed .: Dalheimer Mühle 2009, 2nd edition 2014
  • Michael Schulz (Ed.): The Dalheim Calendar: Dalheim's story told in atmospheric pictures: Dalheim 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018
  • "Motte AldeBerg - a castle in the 13th century" Illustrative representation with many explanations, Ed. Schulz, Dalheim 2013
  • Wegberg cultural guide. Pp. 105-117.

Web links

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