Lützerath

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Lützerath
City of Erkelenz
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 32 "  N , 6 ° 25 ′ 37"  E
Height : approx. 95 m
Residents : 17  (Jun 30, 2020)
Postal code : 41812
Area code : 02164
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Location of Lützerath in the mining area of ​​the Garzweiler opencast mine
Lützerath (spherical panorama 2017)
Entrance from the country road

Lützerath is a small town ( hamlet ) in North Rhine-Westphalia. Like its neighboring municipality of Immerath to the west, Lützerath is razed to the ground in order to give way to the Garzweiler opencast mine , which claims the area from the east. The relocation began in 2006 and is expected to be completed in 2018. As for Immerath, the resettlement destination is the new village of Immerath (new) further west .

Geographical location

In the north, Alt-Borschemich and Keyenberg border on Lützerath, in the east, Alt-Spenrath , in the south, Alt-Immerath and in the south-west, Holzweiler . The hamlet is located between Düsseldorf and Aachen and can be reached by car from both cities in under half an hour.

history

The Neuwerker or Paulshof belonged in 1135 to the Abbey of Benedictine nuns in Neuwerk .

The Wachtmeisterhof was from 1265 to 1802 in the possession of the monastery of Cistercian nuns in Duissern in Duisburg.

The Junkershof initially belonged to the noblemen of Wevelinghoven , but they died out at the end of the 14th century and their rule came to the Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg . The farm was owned by the counts until 1797.

On February 27, 1945, American soldiers from the 116th Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division took the village during Operation Grenade .

For centuries Lützerath belonged to the parish and parish of Immerath. His postcode was 5141 until 1993, then 41812.

The place name

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1168 as Lutzelenrode . The current name has been handed down from 1651. The place name contains the Old High German personal name Lutzelin, derived from Luzo (Ludwig). The name means clearing of the Luzelin and , like Immerath, belongs to the group of clearing names.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Update of the population on June 30, 2020 (PDF). In: Website of the city of Erkelenz. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
  2. ^ GOV :: Lützerath. Retrieved November 3, 2017 .