Feet

Feet municipality Ruppichteroth Coordinates: 50 ° 48 '22 "  N , 7 ° 23' 37"  E
Height :	220–242 m above sea level NHN
Area :	97 ha
Residents :	192  (March 31, 2016)
Population density :	198 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	53809
Area code :	02247
Ruppichteroth-Fußhollen, aerial photo (2015)

Fußhollen is a district of the municipality of Ruppichteroth .

location

Fußhollen lies on the Nutscheid in about 230  m above sea level. NHN . Neighboring towns are Tanneck in Derenbachtal , Litterscheid and Winterscheider Mühle .

history

In 1712 15 households with 64 souls lived here : Henrich Zimmermann, Wittwe Knecht, Adolph Klein, Henrich Fischer, Martinus Fischer, Henrich Fischer senior, Adolph Hoscheid, Sebastian Briel, Martin Griffroth, Wilem Weber, Volmar Schmit, Wilhelm Severing, Peter Schmit, Peter Hombücher and Bertram Becker.

In 1809 the place had 92 Catholic residents.

In 1809/1810 typhus broke out in the foot dunes , which developed into a local epidemic.

The Fußhollen elementary school was built in 1891 and closed in 1969. The building is now used privately.

Events

Every year the Martinsmarkt takes place in Fußhollen with drinks and food stalls, as well as tents in which decorations and the like are sold. This also includes a Martinszug with role play and subsequent Martinsfeuer.

chapel

In 1953 a chapel building association was founded to build the Trinity Chapel. Mass was held there on Thursdays. The small bell in the chapel comes from the abandoned chapel in Bechlingen.

In 2013 a little Marian house was built next to the chapel, in which a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary is housed.

Web links

Commons : feet of the feet  - collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pension book of the church and pastorate Winterscheid, p. 199 ff.
2. ^ Karl Schröder : The civil community Ruppichteroth 1808-2006. Ruppichteroth - Schönenberg - Winterscheid. 100 years town hall in Schönenberg . Ed .: Ruppichteroth community. Franz Schmitt, Siegburg 2006, ISBN 3-87710-329-4 , p. 19 .
3. ↑ HSW, Section 370, No. 1625, Sheet 46
4. ^ Karl Schröder : The civil community Ruppichteroth 1808-2006. Ruppichteroth - Schönenberg - Winterscheid. 100 years town hall in Schönenberg . Ed .: Ruppichteroth community. Franz Schmitt, Siegburg 2006, ISBN 3-87710-329-4 , p. 90 .
5. ↑ Gabriel Busch (ed.): Chapel wreath around the Michaelsberg - 113 chapels in the old dean's office in Siegburg. Publishing house Michaelsberg Abbey, Siegburg 1985.