Froitzheim

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Froitzheim
Vettweiß municipality
Coat of arms of the former community of Froitzheim
Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 44 ″  N , 6 ° 34 ′ 22 ″  E
Height : 190 m above sea level NHN
Area : 13.8 km²
Residents : 775  (Jun 30, 2020)
Population density : 56 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 52391
Area code : 02424
Froitzheim, aerial photo (2015)
Froitzheim, aerial photo (2015)

Froitzheim ([ ˈfʁoːtsˌhaɪ̯m ], with Dehnungs -i ), together with the Frangenheim residential area, is part of the municipality of Vettweiß in the Düren district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The church
Froitzheim Church, aerial photo (2015)

history

The place name

The village name is due to the modification of the Frankish lord name Frovirad emerged; the place name Frangenheim originated from the Franconian man's name Franco .

Settlement, first mention

Around 750 BC The first settlement by urn field people took place. A Roman aqueduct and other ancient devices were found around Froitzheim . Near the village there is a villa rustica , which also includes three archaeologically explored small fasteners ( Burgi belong).

The first mention of Froitzheim in a controversial document of the German King Arnulf of Carinthia can be proven in the year 889. The first church building existed in Froitzheim as early as the 9th century .

Baron Schenk von Nideggen built a moated castle in Froitzheim , which burned down in 1487.

The dice tower

In 1984 a dice tower was found in Froitzheim . It is the only bronze specimen that has ever been found. To prevent cheating in the game of dice , it was built by the Romans at that time (around 368 AD) for the backgammon game, which is similar to today. It is now in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn .

Reorganizations

From 1798 to 1814 Froitzheim was the main town ( chef-lieu ) of a French canton of 30 municipalities and was assigned to the Département de la Roer .

Froitzheim and Frangenheim had been two municipalities in the Froitzheim mayor's office in the Düren district since the 19th century , which also included the municipalities of Ginnick , Kettenheim and Vettweiß . In 1910 Froitzheim had 376 and Frangenheim 64 inhabitants.

On October 1, 1932, Frangenheim was incorporated into Froitzheim and the municipalities of Drove , Froitzheim, Füssenich, Jakobwüllesheim , Kelz , Sievernich and Vettweiß were merged with several other municipalities to form the Amt Vettweiß.

On July 1, 1969, three communities emerged from the 13 Vettweißer communities, namely Vettweiß, Müddersheim and Füssenich. Vettweiß and Müddersheim became the municipality of Vettweiß in its current form on January 1, 1972 in accordance with the Aachen Law .

coat of arms

In gold, behind a black shield with a gold lion, the bust of a red-clad Bishop St. Martin, raising his right hand, with a silver staff and gold-embroidered miter . The golden lion comes from the coat of arms of the former Duchy of Jülich .

Clubs, associations

In the village there is the fire fighting group Froitzheim of the Vettweiß volunteer fire brigade with youth fire brigade , the local farmers, the sports clubs " Spielvereinigung Froitzheim / Ginnick" and "Sportgemeinschaft Voreifel", the church choir , the "IG Froitzheim Carnival , the St. Sebastianus Schützenbruderschaft , the interest group local clubs Froitzheim and in Frangenheim the village community.

Others

In Froitzheim there is a day care center run by the workers' welfare organization .

The community hall is administered by the community of interests of the local associations.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population figures accessed on July 15, 2020
  2. ↑ August Christian Borheck : Archive for the history, description of the earth, statistics and antiquities of the German Lower Rhineland , Volume 1, Comptoir für Litteratur, 1800 p. 143 ( Google Books )
  3. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Rhineland (PDF; 1.3 MB), Berlin: Verlag des Königlichen Statistischen Bureaus, 1888, page 206 ff
  4. ↑ Municipal directory 1910
  5. ↑ Address book district Düren 1954, chap. Office Vettweiß
  6. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970.
  7. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 98 .