Einruhr
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Einruhr
community Simmerath
Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 2 ″ N , 6 ° 22 ′ 49 ″ E
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| Height : | 280 m above sea level NHN | |
| Residents : | 595 (December 31, 2011) | |
| Postal code : | 52152 | |
| Area code : | 02485 | |
Location of Einruhr in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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 Einruhr with Obersee
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Einruhr is a village and part of the municipality Simmerath in the urban region of Aachen ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) in the Eifel . The districts of Erkensruhr , Hirschrott , Jägersweiler, Pleushütte and the former district of Leykaul (Erkensruhr) belong to Einruhr .
geography
Einruhr is located in the northern Eifel below the Dreiborn plateau on the edge of the Eifel National Park . Here the Erkensruhr, coming from the south-southeast, flows into the southern arm of the Obersee , which is the main dam of the Rur dam and is traversed by the Rur . Aachen is about 40 km northwest, Cologne about 65 km northeast.
history
A historical Roman road ends in Einruhr, which ran from the High Fens via Monschau- Konzen , Simmerath and Kesternich . Archaeological finds from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD show a Roman settlement in the area; however, there are no written sources.
It cannot be determined whether people still lived here in the Franconian and early medieval times, when the Counts of Monschau ( Montjoie ) controlled the area.
It was not until 1470, when the Pleushütte ironworks was founded on the banks of the Rur , that a settlement of the same name appeared, which housed the factory workers and their families. Pig iron was extracted here from turf iron stone. At the time the factory was founded, the Monschauer Land belonged to the Duchy of Jülich , and Pleushütte shares its history.
On the Ferraris map (1770-1777) the settlement was as Niclas Bruck referred
During the Second World War , the place was spared because it was not located directly on the Siegfried Line.
In the course of the second expansion stage of the Rurtalsperre (1955–1959), the history of Pleushütte ends in 1957. The residents were relocated, houses removed and the area flooded. The ironworks had closed long before the turn of the century. In 1958 the previous Rursee is dammed again for the first time after the expansion. Rurhöhe in Einruhr 1958: 281.00 m above sea level. Approx. 7 m higher than 1938 at 274.00 m above sea level. The Obersee now extends beyond Einruhr and Pleushütte.
Independent of the industrial location of Pleushütte, a farming settlement called Einruhr was built north of the stone Rur bridge by the 17th century at the latest. The Eifelverein founded in 1888 established an independent local group here in 1926, which organized theater, music, carnival, fair and other village activities. After the demise of Pleushütte, tourism became the new livelihood of Einruhr. A network of hiking trails of around 85 km in length was laid out and mapped; Accommodation and catering establishments emerged.
Through the law of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the reorganization of the communities and districts of the reorganization area Aachen (the so-called Aachen Law ) of December 14, 1971, Einruhr was spun off from the non-official community of Dreiborn and added to the community of Simmerath on January 1, 1972 .
Since January 1, 2004, Einruhr has been on the edge of the Eifel National Park.
Culture and sights
Buildings
- An Winkelhof in half-timbered Römerstrasse 3 has a lintel dating from 1634. However, the complex underwent major changes in later centuries. The door frame does not come from this house; the place where the lintel is installed used to be the barn and a barn door at exactly this point. The lower monument protection authority assumes that the house dates from this time. The barn was converted because a restaurant was set up there.
- Another well-preserved courtyard in a similar construction typical of the northern Eifel of the 17th century is located in Rurstrasse.
- The Heilsteinbrunnen, a spring bubbling from a depth of 43 m, was discovered in 1826. It is obvious from coin finds, however, critically, it has not been proven that the Romans already used the water. The sour spring water (also called sure Pötz by the locals ) was only made accessible to the public again on June 1, 2003 through a fountain in the inner courtyard of the former town hall (today Heilstein-Haus ; tourist information office). The actual healing stone spring is located on the Sauerbach below the Dreiborn plateau ; it was located within the Vogelsang military training area and has only been accessible again since January 1, 2006.
- The stone bridge over the Rur was already praised by the Prussian Crown Prince and later King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. When he visited the Monschau region in 1839. He praised the location of Einruhr as "unique of its kind".
- The neo-Romanesque parish church of St. Nicholas dates from the 19th century; Einruhr, which previously belonged to Wollseifen under canon law , has been an independent parish since 1864 .
- The open-air swimming pool at Obersee was redesigned in 2007 to become a natural adventure pool. The citizens of Einruhr did more than 4,000 hours of voluntary work in 2 years and thus made a decisive contribution to the realization of the project. On June 16 and 17, 2007, the newly designed Einruhr nature adventure pool was inaugurated. It now works without chlorine and without chemicals; the used bathing water is cleaned purely microbiologically in a reed regeneration pond specially created for this purpose. With this concept, the bathroom fits into the backdrop of the Eifel National Park, which is directly adjacent to Einruhr, and also corresponds to a steadily growing ecological awareness.
tourism
Since 1959, Einruhr has been a popular family holiday destination thanks to its privileged location on the Obersee (drinking water reservoir of the Rurtalsperre network ). It serves as a local recreation area for weekend visitors from Aachen, Cologne and Bonn as well as a vacation spot, outside the Rhineland , for Germans, Dutch and Belgians. A wide range of hotels, guest houses, holiday apartments and restaurants is available to guests. The main target group are hikers, cyclists, anglers and bikers.
Until December 31, 2005, the holiday guests' radius of action was restricted by the adjacent military training area ; the nearby Urfttalsperre was only accessible on weekends and on public holidays, the Dreiborn plateau and the former Vogelsang Ordensburg were not accessible at all.
On January 1, 2006, new perspectives opened up for the Eifel National Park. The military training area has been given up, the network of hiking trails has been expanded to include areas that have been made accessible again; In addition, Einruhr has been the destination of stage 3 on the Eifelsteig since 2009 .
Bathing in the Obersee was strictly forbidden until 2007. Since 2007, however, the "Naturerlebnisbad Einruhr", an outdoor pool, has been created directly in the Obersee. This outdoor swimming pool is the only permitted bathing area in the Obersee.
The cycle paths lead past the village:
- Eifel-Höhen-Route , which leads as a circuit around the Eifel National Park ;
- RurUfer cycle path , which connects the highest point of the High Fens with the confluence of the Rur and the Meuse .
There are also refreshment stops in the surrounding area in Rurberg, Vogelsang, Morsbach, Dreiborn and Herhahn. Various AVV and VRS bus routes connect the villages.
traffic
Einruhr is on federal highway 266
Einruhr is served by the following bus lines in public transport:
| line | course |
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| 63 | Simmerath - Einruhr - Vogelsang (- Schleiden ) |
| 68 | (Lammersdorf -) Simmerath Bushof - Strauch - Steckenborn - Woffelsbach - Rurberg (- Einruhr) |
| 83 | Simmerath Bushof - Huppenbroich - Eicherscheid - Hammer - Dedenborn - Einruhr - Erkensruhr |
From / to Einruhr the passenger ships Eifel , St.Nikolaus and Seensucht of the Rursee shipping operate . The ships are equipped with battery-operated electric motors and operate according to the timetable between Einruhr, Rurberg ( Paulushofdamm ) and the Urft dam from the beginning of May to the end of October .
Surroundings
- Hiking and bicycle paths as well as boat connections to the Rurtalsperre (Paulushofdamm) and the Urfttalsperre
- Accessible since January 1, 2006: the Dreiborn plateau as part of the Eifel National Park, the so-called NS Ordensburg Vogelsang and the village of Wollseifen, which was forcibly evacuated after the Second World War and destroyed by the subsequent military use .
- The Schöne Aussicht is a historical vantage point high above the southern end of the Obersee between Einruhr and Dedenborn . District Administrator Bernhard Paul Friedrich Hugo von Scheibler , who accompanied Friedrich Wilhelm IV. On his visit to the Monschauer Land, erected a stone cross there in 1887, which has since been renewed several times. Only the base, which bears the district administrator's family coat of arms, is still the original.
- Erkensruhr , 4 km upstream in the valley of the Erkensruhr (tributary of the Rur), an extensive scattered settlement with a wellness hotel and dining facilities. A historic stagecoach drives here and south to the height of Dedenborn in summer.
- Monschau is about 20 km to the west, from there you can cross the Belgian border into the High Fens .
literature
- Rursee Schwammenauel. With the places Rurberg, Einruhr, Woffelsbach, Schmidt. History, geography, geology, economy, dams in the North Eifel. Hikes around the Rursee . Düren: Eifelverein, main office, 1966, 45 p. (The beautiful Eifel).
- Maria Pfeifer u. a .: Eifel National Park . Topic Tours, 1st edition Cologne 2004, Bachem-Verlag.
- Raimund Schumacher: 60 years of the Eifel association group Einruhr / Erkensruhr, attempt to look back . in: 60 Years of the Eifelverein 1925–1985, ed. from the Eifelverein.
- Ders .: historical review and confident foresight . ibid.
- Emil Cremer, the last mill owner from Einruhr (until 1957) wrote an unpublished manuscript about the history of Einruhr, which is kept by the local group.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures in the community of Simmerath (main residence) at www.simmerath.de
- ↑ Locations and districts (accessed on September 3, 2014)
- ^ Einruhr on Ferrari's map around 1770, see no.248
- ^ 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. 309 .
- ↑ Rurseeschifffahrt as of 2014
Dedenborn | Eicherscheid | Einruhr | Erkensruhr | Hammer | Deer scrap | Huppenbroich | Kesternich | Lammersdorf | Paustenbach | Rollesbroich | Rurberg | Simmerath | Steckenborn | Shrub | Witzerath | Woffelsbach