Ellen (Niederzier)

Ellen Niederzier municipality Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 31 ″ N , 6 ° 29 ′ 51 ″ E
Height :	122 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.18 km²
Residents :	2054 (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	286 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	52382
Area code :	02428
	Archway of the former Premonstratensian monastery

Ellen ( Dürener Platt Elle ) is a southeastern part of Niederzier in the Düren district .

geography

Ellen lies between Oberzier and Düren - Arnoldsweiler . The Ellebach flows past the village to the west, and the Hambach open-cast lignite mine is to the east . According to current planning, Germany's deepest lake will emerge there after 2090 , the volume of which would only be exceeded by Lake Constance .

history

In Ellen from 1190 to 1802 there was a convent of the Premonstratensians . Here Leonhard Goffiné worked as a chaplain. From 1794 the left bank of the Rhine and thus also Ellen was under French rule . Between 1798 and 1814 Ellen belonged to the Mairie Arnoldsweiler in the Département de la Roer . In the population list of 1799, Ellen has 285 inhabitants and 72 houses.

From 1961 to the incorporation in 1972 the postcode was "5161 Ellen (via Düren)", from 1972 to 1993 "5162 Niederzier 3", since then "52382 Niederzier".

On January 1, 1972, Ellen was incorporated into Niederzier.

Bürgewald

Ellen belongs to the so-called Bürgewald communities that owned the rights to the Bürgewald . According to the legend, this is due to the holy Arnold von Arnoldsweiler , through the legendary "Ride around the Bürgewald". The main town of the Bürgewald communities is Arnoldsweiler.

church

societies

KG Grieläächer Ellen 1956 e. V.
Sankt-Thomas-Schützenbruderschaft 1550 Ellen e. V.
May society "Funny boys" Ellen e. V. founded in 1923
Theater Association Frohsinn Ellen
Kapellenbauverein Ellen
SV Viktoria Ellen 1925 e. V.
Ellener Dorfmusik - wind group Ellen 1982 e. V.
Village forum Ellen

traffic

The next motorway junction is Merzenich / Niederzier on the A 4 . The nearest train stations are Düren on the high-speed route Cologne – Aachen , Huchem-Stammeln on the Jülich – Düren railway line and the Merzenich stop on the S 12 / S 13 (Düren- Cologne / Düren- Cologne / Bonn airport ).

Web links

Commons : Ellen - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ Sabine Graumann: Departure into the Modern Age - The French Time (1794-1814). Landschaftsverband Rheinland, March 8, 2010, accessed December 14, 2011 .
↑ Niederzier community - history. Niederzier municipality, July 2005, accessed on April 18, 2010 .
^ Kaulen, Heinz / Dürener Geschichtsverein: The population and social structure of the places of today's municipality Niederzier in the year 1799 - reproduction and evaluation of the population lists from French times. Contributions to the history of the Dürener Land, Volume 26, Dürener Geschichtsverein, Düren, 2006 (pp. 17, 20).
^ 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 .
↑ Document from 1360 to confirm the wax interest, by the Duke of Jülich.

[1] Sabine Graumann: Departure into the Modern Age - The French Time (1794-1814). Landschaftsverband Rheinland, March 8, 2010, accessed December 14, 2011 .

[2] Niederzier community - history. Niederzier municipality, July 2005, accessed on April 18, 2010 .

[3] Kaulen, Heinz / Dürener Geschichtsverein: The population and social structure of the places of today's municipality Niederzier in the year 1799 - reproduction and evaluation of the population lists from French times. Contributions to the history of the Dürener Land, Volume 26, Dürener Geschichtsverein, Düren, 2006 (pp. 17, 20).

[4] 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 .

[5] Document from 1360 to confirm the wax interest, by the Duke of Jülich.