Duckweiler

Duckweiler is a desert between the Alsdorf districts of Hoengen and Bettendorf in the Aachen city region . The field name “Am Duckweiler path” north of Hoengen as well as the “Duckweilerstraße” in Bettendorf, which leads south-east , still remind of this former village . Bricks and roof tiles were discovered in the field along the Duckweiler path.

The name joins the many place names in the area ending in -weiler (Oidtweiler, Baesweiler, Neuweiler, Langweiler, Kinzweiler, Eschweiler and Weisweiler) and indicates a homestead that already existed in Roman times . Duckweiler is also along the old Roman road Eschweiler - Kinzweiler - Duckweiler - Oidtweiler - Baesweiler . An old form of the name is "Doitweiler".

The oldest part of the village was the Duckweiler Hof, located at the south end, for which three owners are documented in 1517. By 1598 at the latest, the farm will become the property of the Lords of Vlatten, who lease it to a Duckweiler family as an inheritance . The abbot Casparus Jan Duckweiler (1637–1650), who was a cousin of Johann von Werth and died on August 31, 1661, comes from this family . In 1680 the Duckweiler disappeared from the Hoengen registers and reappeared in the 18th century in Kinzweiler, 4 km away .

Duckweiler was destroyed by a fire around 1680 and was not rebuilt. The exact cause is not known, although acts of war or an accident are the primary possible causes. The Duckweiler Chapel of the Three Mauritanian Martyrs was also burned, and their reliquary was brought to the Hoengen parish church, where it is venerated every October to this day. The Tranchot von Müffling card , sheet 77 ( Aldenhoven ) from 1805, still contains the name “Duckweiler Kirch” on the road between Hoengen and Bettendorf.