Dhünn (Wermelskirchen)

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Dhünn
Coat of arms of Dhünn
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 36 ″  N , 7 ° 15 ′ 21 ″  E
Height : 220 m
Area : 16.48 km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 42929
Area code : 02196
View of Dhünn from the district of Hülsen. In the middle you can see the tower of the Protestant church.
View of Dhünn from the district of Hülsen. In the middle you can see the tower of the Protestant church.

Along with Dabringhausen, Dhünn is the second largest district and district of Wermelskirchen in the northeast of the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis on the border with the Oberbergischer Kreis . The entire district of Dhünn has an area of ​​approx. 16.84 km². The village of Dhünn is a good five kilometers southeast of the center of Wermelskirchen. It takes its name from the Kleine Dhünn river , which flows into the Great Dhünntalsperre .

geography

neighborhood

The immediate neighboring villages, which also belong to the Wermelskirchen district of Dhünn, are: Neuenweg, Osminghausen, Oberpilghausen, Halzenberg, Hülsen, Heidchen, Dhünn-Neuenhaus, Bergstadt and Staelsmühle. Dhünn borders on the cities / communities Hückeswagen and Kürten.

history

Church in Dhünn 2016 - front view with tower
Nave Evangelical Church Dhünn - View of the altar area with organ

Dhünn community

In the early modern period, the parish of Dhünn was also an honor in the Bergisch Amt Bornefeld-Hückeswagen . As a result of the extensive local reorganization in the French satellite state of the Grand Duchy of Berg , the parish was transferred to a local authority at the beginning of the 19th century , which was retained even after Prussia took over the former Grand Duchy . From 1816 the parish of Dhünn was one of three special household communities within the mayor's office of Dabringhausen in the Lennep district .

In 1815/16 a total of 1,561 inhabitants lived in the parish and special household municipality of Dhünn. According to the statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district , Dhünn had a population of 1,857 in 1832, divided into 23 Catholic and 1,834 Protestant parishioners. The parish's residential areas comprised a church, two public buildings, 255 residential houses, five factories and mills and 219 agricultural buildings.

In 1873 the neighboring Niederwermelskirchen was spun off from the mayor's office in Dabringhausen and merged with other honors to form Wermelskirchen. Partial areas of Niederwermelskirchen were split off and incorporated into Dhünn.

The community encyclopedia for the province of Rhineland from 1888 gives a population of 2,280 for Dhünn (2,146 Protestant, 79 Catholic, 54 other Christian and one Jewish faith), who lived in 52 places with a total of 381 houses and 473 households. The area of ​​the mayor's office (1,678 hectares ) was divided into 657 hectares of arable land, 170 hectares of meadows and 757 hectares of forest.

In 1927 the mayor's office in Dabringhausen was transformed into the Dabringhausen office, municipalities belonging to the office were still Dhünn and Dabringhausen. The office was dissolved again in 1938 and Dhünn came to the newly established Wermelskirchen office as an official municipality.

The municipality, which had been independent for a long time, lost its independence on January 1, 1975 and was combined with Dabringhausen and the previous city of Wermelskirchen to form the new city of Wermelskirchen (see Section 21, Paragraph 1 of the Cologne Act ).

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Dhünn
 Blazon : “In blue between two golden (yellow) wavy strips a golden (yellow) wavy pole, topped with a silver (white) trout with natural-colored fins; in the silver (white) upper corner under a blue-framed triangular shed with a silver (white) spindle a natural-colored "D" on the thread. "
Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms designed in 1952 and approved by the Interior Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1954 reminds of the eponymous river Dhünn with its tributaries through the wave piles / ridges. The trout stands for the abundance of fish and the weaving shed for the former cloth industry in the municipality. The "D" stands for the place name.

Infrastructure

The place is a complete basic supply center with points of attraction radiating beyond the local area. Elementary school, a small multi-purpose or sports hall, soccer field and tennis courts, a village shop for everyday needs with a small post office, a butcher, a bakery and restaurants and other shops are available, such as B. also a Scandinavian furniture store that is also active in online sales.

traffic

Streets

The connecting roads from and to Dhünn are:

  • K 14 to Dabringhausen (via Sonne, Kreckersweg, Stumpf) or to Wermelskirchen via (Sonne, Finkenholl, Hope)
  • L 409 to Wermelskirchen (via habenilles, Eipringhausen) and
  • L 409 to Kürten, to the B 506 Wipperfürth, or Cologne (via Halzenberg)
  • L 68 to Hückeswagen, Wipperfürth (via Dhünn-Neuenhaus, Straßweg, Dreibäum)
  • L 101 to Hückeswagen, Wipperfürth (via haben nothing)
  • L 101 to Dabringhausen, Altenberg, Cologne

Bus connection

There is a regular bus connection with RVK line 261 to Wermelskirchen to the bus station, from where a number of other connections and a taxi bus connection with line 262 to Dabringhausen can be used.

hike

The beautiful landscape can be explored in stages of different lengths from two central hiking trails. "Have nothing" car park on the L101 between Have nothing and sun. 3 circular hiking trails start and end here. "Staelsmühle" hiking car park at the sports field. There are also three circular routes that can be entered here. In addition, there are countless hiking opportunities through meadows and forests in the region and to and along the Dhünntalsperre .

societies

Many clubs animate the place, such as B. a very active and successful DLRG base of the DLRG local group Wermelskirchen, a young and steadily growing carnival club (Dhünnsche Jecken), motorsport club, choir, riding and driving club, hiking group, sports club SSV Dhünn, CVJM, VVV etc.

church

The local church with its nave is very nice to look at today. Typical of the Protestant churches in this region is the color and stylistic design in plain white, gray, blue and a little gold, as well as straight lines and ornaments, and also floral elements. There is seldom a representation of people. The reason for this is that the Bergisches Land belongs to the Reformed Protestant direction. In contrast to the Lutheran Protestant direction, the principle from the Ten Commandments applies here: "You should not make your own image of God." and basically the desire to be simple. In the past, the tower was used as a defense tower to protect the farmers. The old cemetery was where the nave is now. You can still see two tombstones to the left of the entrance.

Events

Recurring, popular and well-attended events include a. On the penultimate weekend in August, the multi-day village fair with many activities, the carnival session party of the Dhünnschen Jecken, the YMCA Midsummer Night Run, international hiking days, "old people" trips, Christmas market etc.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Statistics and Topography of the Administrative District of Düsseldorf , 1836.
  2. ↑ Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Prussia) (Ed.): Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume XII), Berlin 1888.
  3. ^ 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. 298 .
  4. ^ Ribbon weaving piece, Dhünn coat of arms
  5. ^ Landesarchiv NRW, Dept. Rhineland - municipal heraldry and coat of arms central file