Derichsweiler (Düren)

Derichsweiler City of Düren
Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ′ 53 "  N , 6 ° 25 ′ 44"  E
Height :	132  (127-141)  m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.47 km²
Residents :	2701  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	494 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	52355
Area code :	02421
Location of Derichsweiler in Düren

Derichsweiler ( Dürener Platt Derichswiele ) is a district of Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

location

In the northern part, the Aachen - Düren railway touches the town, but without a traffic stop. In addition, the B 264 runs north of the district.

Lakes

The Düren bathing lake is located directly behind the main road . To the west of it is the Echtzer See . Both lakes can be reached on foot from Derichsweiler.

history

St. Martin Derichsweiler

Roman brick finds in the southeast of the place indicate that a Roman landowner already owned a homestead here. A cult site probably belonged to this courtyard in the immediate vicinity, as suggested by two votive stones of the Matronae Turstuahenae that were exposed in the north wall and in the tower of the old church of St. Martin in 1951 and 1952 . After the end of Roman power, in AD 476, Germanic tribes invaded the region and took over the local homestead. -Weiler is derived from the Latin "villa" or "villare" (farmstead, hamlet). After its new owner Theoderich, the place was now called "Theoderichsvillare", which over the centuries developed into the current name Derichsweiler.

A small tombstone on the south side of Alt St. Martin shows that the first Christian church stood there under Franconian rule between 500 and 700 AD.

During the Carolingian rule Derichsweiler was one of the 43 royal courts that had to maintain the imperial palace in Aachen.

After the fall of the Carolingian rule, the Derichsweiler royal estate fell to the Marienstift Aachen and in 1287 was made subject to the patronage rights of the St. Gereon monastery in Cologne. At this time Derichsweiler became its own parish with a vicarie in the dean's office in Jülich . In territorial terms, it was under the control of the Duke of Jülich until the male line of the Dukes of Jülich went extinct in 1609.

The period from 1550 until the French period end of the 18th century brought Derichsweiler population except for brief interruptions repeatedly War, arson , looting and famine in almost regular sequence. The plague was rampant several times .

Management Officially belonged Derichsweiler until the invasion of the French Office for Düren and had its own jurisdiction (Dingstuhl) under the main dish Düren. During the French occupation formed Derichsweiler together with Maria Weiler , Hoven and note the Mairie noted a total of 10 in the canton of Düren. The Mairie Merken had 1,358 inhabitants in 1804.

Derichsweiler was under canonical law under the Archdiocese of Cologne, then joined the Diocese of Aachen, which was newly established by the French administration in 1802, until it was dissolved after the end of the French era in 1821. From then on the parish temporarily belonged again to the Archdiocese of Cologne. During this time of increasing industrialization, also in the Düren area, the new parish church St. Martinus was built next to the building of Alt St. Martin, which was still undamaged at the time. In 1930 the place was reassigned to the re-formed diocese of Aachen, to which it still belongs today.

In 1815 the Peace of Vienna brought about some structural changes. The Mairie Merken remained, however, analogous to the most modern administrative structure à l'époque, the mayor's office in the Düren district. The abolition of the St. Gereon Monastery in Cologne and, as a result of the sale of its extensive property here to now free farmers, is one of the very far-reaching changes of this epoch, which were basically retained after the French era and further developed in civil law.

The First World War claimed the lives of 58 Derichsweilers, in the Second World War 134 community citizens were killed. During the Second World War, Derichsweiler experienced a black day in its history. On August 15, 1940, Derichsweiler was hit by Allied bombers. The old parish church of St. Martin zu Derichsweiler was the first church in the German Empire to fall victim to the fire bomb hit during World War II. A good two decades before the start of the Second World War, however, the parish church of St. Martinus had been rebuilt in a place adjacent to the old church. The old church, which burned out into ruins in the summer of 1940, stood empty for many decades before it began to be expanded into a meeting place in the 1990s.

The clearing up and rebuilding phase after the Second World War lasted more than 10 years and so the roughest traces of the war in Derichsweiler were only removed at the end of the 1950s.

Derichsweiler was incorporated into the city of Düren on January 1, 1972 as part of the municipal regional reform, together with other municipalities, and thus belongs to the administrative district of Cologne. An uninhabited area was reclassified to the municipality of Langerwehe.

politics

As in all other parts of the city of Düren, a 15-member district committee has been set up to represent political parties.

After the last local elections in 2014, the distribution of seats was:

• CDU 7 seats
• SPD 5 seats
• Green 1 seat
• The left 1 seat
• AfD 1 seat
• FDP 1 seat (advisory only)

In September 2014, the district committee elected Roland Kulig (CDU) as chairman and Henner Schmidt (SPD) as his deputy for the second time in a row.

Description of coat of arms

From the end of the 15th century, Derichsweiler had a coat of arms that showed a lion and a star between the lion's tail and the border of the coat of arms.

The coat of arms mentioned above was created in the second half of the 16th century. The coat of arms consists of two parts. The upper part of the coat of arms again shows the lion on a yellow background and the lower part shows a yellow thistle with two other flowers, one on the left and one on the right, on a black background. The origin of the flowers is unknown.

Since Derichsweiler has belonged to the city of Düren since 1972, the coat of arms of the city of Düren also applies to Derichsweiler. However, the coat of arms given above is still considered by the population to be the coat of arms of the place, although officially it never was.

Infrastructure

In town

The district has a primary school and a kindergarten .

The old church of Derichsweiler was the first church in the German Reich to be destroyed by an incendiary bomb during World War II.

In 1910 today's parish church of St. Martin was built. The ruins of the old church stood empty before they began to be converted into a meeting place in the 1990s.

The expansion of the “old church” has now been completed. In addition to the interior design of the old church as a meeting place, the forecourt has been redesigned. With the active help of the local associations, a completely redesigned environment was created between the parish hall and the old church. The old church is used by private individuals, associations and the parish (parish festival).

The committee for the award of the Rheinschen Preis für Denkmalpflege 2010 honored the way the parish of St. Martin dealt with the old church in the form of recognition.

Architectural monuments, sights

• House at Dampfmühlenstrasse 101
• Urbanus Chapel
• Courtyard (today residential building) Agathastraße 92
• Junction at Dampfmühlenstraße
• Courtyard area Agathastraße 40
• Derichsweiler church ruins
• Matronae Turstuahenae

traffic

The AVV bus routes 213, 239 and 296 connect Derichsweiler with Langerwehe, Mariaweiler, Gürzenich and Düren-Mitte. The next train stations are "Düren" and "Langerwehe" on the DB - main line Cologne - Aachen .

The discussed expansion of the high-speed line Cologne – Aachen between Langerwehe and Düren on three tracks could also bring a stop on the Euregiobahn in Derichsweiler. During its time as the opposition in the Düren city council, the SPD in particular made repeated demands for a Park & ​​Ride car park near the stop in order to improve the parking situation in Düren city center. In 2014, the Cologne district government decided to propose a stop in Derichsweiler for the federal transport route plan. In the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 but no breakpoint has been noted in Derichsweiler.

The “Düren” motorway exit on the A4 is around 4 km away.

Clubs, associations

• FC Borussia Derichsweiler 03 eV
• St. Martinus Schützenbruderschaft Derichsweiler 1624 eV
• Carnival Society "Blue White Stars"
• May society Derichsweiler eV
• Tambourcorps Germania Derichsweiler 2007 eV
• Gymnastics Club Derichsweiler 1885 eV
• Derichsweiler fire fighting group of the Düren volunteer fire department
• Rabbit Breeding Association R 215 Derichsweiler

personality

• Philipp Krug (1864–1925), politician at the center and educator

Trivia

Of the surrounding places, the district is called " Hubertshausen ".

Web links

Commons : Düren-Derichsweiler  - Collection of images

• District film on the website of the city of Düren

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.dueren.de/kultur-tourismus/stadtportraet/zahlen__fotos?sr=7584
2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 306 .
3. ↑ Derichsweiler district committee. In: sessionnet.krz.de. Retrieved May 25, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Euregiobahn comes to Derichsweiler on aachener-zeitung.de , March 31, 2009, accessed on August 8, 2013.
5. ↑ Nietan contacts the Federal Minister of Transport at spd -kreis-düren.de , accessed on August 8, 2013.
6. ↑ City talk traffic ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 56 kB) at spd-stadt-düren.de , accessed on August 8, 2013.  
7. ^ District government Cologne: Submission for the 19th session of the regional council on June 27, 2014 ( Memento of December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). PDF, accessed on May 25, 2016.
8. ↑ Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure: Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Version March 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.