Eudenbach

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Eudenbach
City of Koenigswinter
Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 16 ″  N , 7 ° 20 ′ 13 ″  E
Height : 244  (210-260)  m
Residents : 2115  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Postal code : 53639
Area code : 02244
Eudenbach (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Eudenbach

Location of Eudenbach in North Rhine-Westphalia
Eudenbach, aerial photo (2016)
Eudenbach, aerial photo (2016)
Grave of Peter Staffel in Eudenbach with the original bronze plaque - today replaced by a new plaque

Eudenbach is a district of Königswinter in the North Rhine-Westphalian Rhein-Sieg district , which is part of Oberhau . It is located on the eastern side of the Siebengebirge, facing away from the Rhine, on the edge of the Niederwesterwald . The district and the surrounding areas have 2,115 inhabitants, the district of Eudenbach itself has 1006 (as of December 31, 2019).

In addition to Eudenbach, the district includes Eudenberg, Faulenbitze, Gratzfeld , Hühnerberg, Kappesbungert, Cookingbach, Komp, Kotthausen, Quirrenbach , Rostingen , Sassenberg, Schnepperoth, Schwirzpohl and Willmeroth .

The next larger neighboring town in the south is Wülscheid , a district of the Bad Honnef district of Aegidienberg . To the west are the basalt quarries Hühnerberg and Eudenberg / Tongrube Eudenbach . Eudenbach belonged from 1846 to 1969 to the municipality of Oberpleis in the Siegkreis .

The Eudenbach glider airfield is located southeast of the village on Landesstraße 330 in the Siegburg state forest , the northwestern part of which is occupied by a Bundeswehr material warehouse. It goes back to the military (air) port of Eudenbach , which was built from the mid-1930s together with some accommodation and ammunition stores on or on the Mußer Heide (also Musser Heide ). In addition to the Eudenbach camp, this also included the Musser Heide ammunition store, which was built in 1940 in the Schwirzpohl forest near Gratzfeld.

The place has a Catholic primary school, a kindergarten (sponsor Fröbel-Gruppe ), a campsite, a sports and multi-purpose hall and a sports field. There is a war cemetery in Eudenbach . Like many other towns in the Siebengebirge, Eudenbach was involved in the separatist struggles of the Rhenish Republic in November 1923.

The next motorway junction is Bad Honnef / Linz on the A3 .

Attractions

St. Mary of the Assumption

As a monument from the Rheinische Conservation Office recorded are:

  • the Catholic parish church of St. Mariä Himmelfahrt, built in 1912 instead of a provisional wooden structure from 1872, three-aisled plastered building in neo-Romanesque style
  • the cemetery, laid out at the beginning of the 20th century, almost completely surrounded by a hedge, with a neo-Gothic high cross from 1903
  • a wayside cross with inscription, erected in 1904, made of sandstone , cross shape: link cross
  • a wayside cross with inscription, erected around 1900, made of sandstone, cross shape: link cross
  • a wayside cross with inscription, erected in 1922, made of sandstone, cross shape: link cross
  • the former forester's house Eudenbach of the royal forest Siebengebirge, built around 1890, with farm buildings, brick buildings
  • a villa-like house, built around 1900, from a former courtyard, two-storey brick building, decorative forms of historicism

literature

Web links

Commons : Eudenbach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b without secondary residences ; Population statistics of the city of Königswinter (PDF)