Denrath

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Denrath
City of Mechernich
Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 3 ″  N , 6 ° 36 ′ 35 ″  E
Height : approx. 310 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 150  (June 30, 2017)
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 53894
Area code : 02443

Denrath is a district of Mechernich in the Euskirchen district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The street village is west of Mechernich. Through the village runs the federal highway 266 from Mechernich to Kaller district Wall Thalerhöhe .

Denrath was first mentioned in 1322 when a Rabado von Rode, at that time owner of the lost knight seat Rath, gave his free court "Dydenrode" (Denrath) to the Count of Luxembourg as a fief. This knight's seat was a submerged moated castle near Strempt .