Ersdorf

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Ersdorf
City of Meckenheim
Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 41 ″  N , 7 ° 0 ′ 21 ″  E
Height : 214 m
Area : 6.13 km²
Residents : 901  (December 31, 2008)
Population density : 147 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st August 1969
Postal code : 53340
Area code : 02225
Half-timbered house on Rheinbacher Strasse / Pater-Müller-Strasse

Ersdorf is a district of Meckenheim ( Rhein-Sieg-Kreis ) in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia , 20 km southwest of Bonn .

Ersdorf, aerial photo (2015)

location

The Haufendorf is located in the Voreifel on the edge of the Ahr Mountains near the state border with Rhineland-Palatinate and borders directly on Altendorf , with which there are many similarities, so that Ersdorf and Altendorf are also known as "Al -ersch" in the vernacular . The Ersdorfer Feldflur lies in the wide valley of the Swist and is characterized by the predominant fruit growing , the western hill towards the Ahr Mountains is wooded.

Neighboring towns are Meckenheim (3 km, NNE), Gelsdorf ( Grafschaft municipality , 3 km, SE), Hilberath (town of Rheinbach , 5 km, SSW) and Wormersdorf (town of Rheinbach, 2 km, NW). Ersdorf is on the state road  471, to which the BAB 61 Cologne - Ludwigshafen runs parallel about 300 m past the place . The next driveways are Rheinbach in the north and Grafschaft in the south on the BAB 565 Bonn - Altenahr directly at the Meckenheim interchange. The L 261 runs from Ersdorf to Meckenheim.

There are regular bus connections to Meckenheim , Rheinbach and Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler . The nearest train station is Meckenheim (Bz Köln) on the Voreifelbahn line ( Bonn - Euskirchen - Bad Münstereifel ).

History of Altendorf and Ersdorf

Altendorf and Ersdorf emerged around the 9th century. Originally an imperial estate , the villages came into the possession of the Tomberg Count Palatine in the 9th and early 10th centuries , from whom they came to the Duke of Jülich via the Counts of Neuenahr in 1545 . The Aachen-Frankfurter Heerstraße passed the places in the location of today's motorway. Until 1838 Altendorf and Ersdorf formed a Dingstuhl in the ducal office of Neuenahr and from the beginning also a common parish. Probably since the 11th century there was a parish church in Ersdorf which was consecrated to the Apostle James the Elder .

Altendorf and Ersdorf belonged to the Mairie d'Adendorf in the 19th century and later to the Meckenheim office .

The cemetery on the village boundary: left Ahrstraße (Altendorf), right Rheinbacher Straße (Ersdorf)

There used to be rivalry between the immediately neighboring villages. Both had their own facilities (fire brigade, school, carnival club, mayor). The church and the common cemetery were always in Ersdorf. Due to lack of space, the cemetery was moved to the open field between the villages in 1834, and it was probably the case that the Altendorfers buried their dead on the grave field south of the main road and the Ersdorfer theirs on the north.

These contradictions have now been overcome and new citizens no longer know them at all. The people of Altendorf and Ersdorfer have common facilities and institutions, and of course we work hand in hand in all areas of civic engagement. An important fact was the amalgamation of the two schools, initially in 1955 to form a school association and since 1960 in a newly built school building next to the cemetery. In December 2000, a joint local committee of the associations was set up to coordinate and liven up village life.

On August 1, 1969, Altendorf and Ersdorf were incorporated into the community of Meckenheim.

In the course of the development of Bonn as the federal capital and seat of numerous institutions, the number of inhabitants has increased sharply since the 1970s, from around 1,100 inhabitants in 1950 (almost 100% Catholic) to 2,146 in 2007; the proportion of Catholics is now around 60%. The formerly open field between Altendorf and Ersdorf has now been built on, so that a uniform, continuous location has emerged with a school, kindergarten, multi-purpose hall and cemetery in the center.

Population development

Altendorf Ersdorf All in all
1676 400 (communicants)
1732 460 (communicants)
1767 587
1812 470 441 911
1861 614 482 1096
1890 475 418 893
1910 490 358 848
1925 497 388 885
1939 452 353 805
1946 592 496 1088
Altendorf Ersdorf All in all
1959 568 425 993
1961 549 447 996
1975 656 672 1328
1980 729 729 1458
1997 1159 950 2109
2003 1228 961 2189
2008 1232 901 2133
2012 1254 907 2161
2016 1231 881 2112
2018 1224 887 2111

On December 31, 2008, Ersdorf and Altendorf had 1,084 inhabitants (= 50.8%; Altendorf 626, Ersdorf 458) and 1,049 inhabitants (= 49.2%; Altendorf 606, Ersdorf 443). In 2080 there were Germans and 53 foreigners.

Religious affiliation: Catholic 1288 (= 60.4%; Altendorf 735, Ersdorf 553), Protestant 349 (= 16.3%; Altendorf 214, Ersdorf 135), other or none 496 (= 23.3%; Altendorf 283, Ersdorf 213 ).

Age distribution: 0–17 years 428 (= 20.1%; Altendorf 256, Ersdorf 172), 18–29 years 271 (= 12.7%; Altendorf 146, Ersdorf 125), 30–59 years 999 (46.8% , Altendorf 590, Ersdorf 409), 60–120 years 453 (= 20.4%, Altendorf 240, Ersdorf 195).

politics

Ferdinand Koll (CDU) is the mayor and representative from Ersdorf in the city council of Meckenheim .

economy

All farms only grow fruit . In the 1970s, in the course of the development of Bonn as a federal city and seat of numerous institutions, large building areas were designated in Ersdorf and Altendorf. Many employees from Bonn ministries and other offices moved in, so that the social structure changed from a farming village to a rural place of residence.

Institutions and associations

View from the forest path to the church
  • Public life
    • Volunteer fire brigade , Altendorf-Ersdorf fire fighting group
    • Raiffeisenbank Rheinbach-Voreifel eG, Altendorf / Ersdorf branch
    • Local committee Altendorf-Ersdorf 2000 e. V.
    • Specialist group fruit growing Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, local group Ersdorf
  • Parishes
    • Ersdorf belongs to the Evangelical Church Community of Meckenheim.
    • Catholic parish of St. Jakobus der Elder Ersdorf / Altendorf in the pastoral care area of ​​Meckenheim with the parish church in Ersdorf
  • music
    • Harmonica friends
    • Men's choir Eintracht 1878 Ersdorf-Altendorf e. V.
    • Parish choir St. Jakobus
  • Sports
    • SC (sports club) Altendorf / Ersdorf 1921 e. V.
    • Gymnastics Club Altendorf-Ersdorf

Historical wayside shrines

Old grave crosses on the church square

In the localities of Altendorf and Ersdorf there are seven stone stations of the cross or “ Seven Footfalls ”, built between 1722 and 1731, 1924 and 2007, partly renewed in terracotta or bronze. On the church forecourt and the cemetery there are twelve and ten stone grave crosses , respectively , made between 1665 and 1769, which have been preserved from the former cemetery at the church.

In the field corridor there is a wooden pilgrimage cross from 1981 ("Langenfelder Kreuz" on the road to Gelsdorf, in the place of an older cross) and two stone votive crosses: the "Stone Cross" from 1746 (renovated in 2000 after vandalism, in the extension of the Unterdorfstrasse) and the "Viethenkreuz" from 1814 (on the western boundary of Altendorf and Ersdorf).

Personalities

  • Wilhelm Busch (* 1867 in Ersdorf, † 1923), center member of the Berlin Reichstag , State Secretary, honorary citizen of the city of Rheinbach in 1922
  • Father Andreas Müller (* 1900 in Ersdorf, † March 17, 1943), Steyler missionary , murdered as a missionary in New Guinea
  • Peter Koll (* 1911 in Ersdorf, † 1991 in Ersdorf), Mayor of Ersdorf from 1956 to 1969, mayor from 1969 to 1984, honorary citizen of the city of Meckenheim in 1981

literature

  • Ulrich von Hehl : From the history of the parish St. Jakobus in Ersdorf-Altendorf. In: Catholic parish of St. Jakobus d. Ä., Ersdorf-Altendorf (Hrsg.): 100 years of St. Jakobus d. Ä. 1877–1977, Meckenheim-Ersdorf-Altendorf. Festschrift for the centenary June 12-19, 1977. o. J. (1977), pp. 5-8.
  • Ottmar Prothmann: Chronicle of Altendorf and Ersdorf , ed. from the local committee Altendorf-Ersdorf, Meckenheim 2005, ISBN 3-00-017109-6 .

Web links

Commons : Ersdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 83 .
  2. July 11, 2016; Source: meckenheim.de, city portrait
  3. June 30, 2018; Source: meckenheim.de, city portrait
  4. Information: City of Meckenheim, February 2009
  5. Mayor on meckenheim.de. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on June 8, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / session.meckenheim.de  
  6. 2003: 12 companies, 5 of them as part-time jobs; Ottmar Prothmann: Chronicle of Altendorf and Ersdorf . Edited by the Altendorf-Ersdorf local committee, Meckenheim 2005, ISBN 3-00-017109-6 . , P. 850.
  7. ^ Ottmar Prothmann: Chronicle of Altendorf and Ersdorf . Edited by the Altendorf-Ersdorf local committee, Meckenheim 2005, ISBN 3-00-017109-6 . , P. 29f.