Günhoven

Günhoven City of Mönchengladbach Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 41 ″  N , 6 ° 23 ′ 10 ″  E
Height :	77 m
Residents :	600  (Sep 18, 2009)
Postal code :	41179
Area code :	02161
Location of Günhoven in Mönchengladbach
Tranchot map with Gunhoven east of Dahlen

Günhoven is a Honschaft (district) of the district Rheindahlen land in District West (until 22 October 2009 Rheindahlen ) in Mönchengladbach with around 600 inhabitants.

geography

Günhoven is located on the western outskirts of Mönchengladbach. Rheindahlen, the main town of the Honschaft, is about one kilometer as the crow flies to the west. Günhoven mainly consists of two streets (Voosener Straße and Stadtwaldstraße) with the latter connecting Rheindahlen with Rheydt as L 370 . The town is about one kilometer long in north-south expansion.

Neighboring communities

Rheindahlen	Voosen	Gene sleeves
Rheindahlen		Wickrath
Hilderath	Mennrath	Wickrath

Parish

The chapel “Zum hl. Nicholas ”from 1844

The central point of the place is the St. Matthias Church for the villages of Günhoven, Voosen and Genhülsen. The first groundbreaking was made on October 4, 1947, and the church was consecrated on August 31, 1952. A lead capsule was walled in, which contains a parchment of the dates of the inauguration and a picture of the Mother of God. In July 2012 the church was converted into a Church of the Holy Sepulcher. On Günhovener Straße is the chapel “Zum hl. Nicholas". This building has been a listed building since June 2, 1987.

See also : List of architectural monuments in Mönchengladbach

history

The first traces of settlement in today's Günhover area are a fragmentary hand ax that dates from around 5000 BC. BC . The first mention of the "Günhof" takes place in 1515.

societies

In addition to the St. Georg riding club, there has been a volunteer fire brigade in Günhoven since 1877 , which merged with the guard in Kothausen in 2005. An HLF 10/10 serves as the emergency vehicle .

education

A primary school has existed in Günhoven since 1843, which is located in the school building built in 1962 on Stadtwaldstrasse.

Infrastructure

Level crossing in Günhoven

In addition to the urban forest road from Rheindahlen to Rheydt ( L 370 ) leading through Günhoven , a section of the railway line from Dalheim to Rheydt ( Iron Rhine ) runs north of the village. There was a breakpoint there between 1911 and 1962 . Günhoven was connected to the water supply in 1934.

bus connections

The Günhoven bus stop of the same name in Günhoven on lines 004 , 027 (only on school days), NE4 and NE5 operated by NEW AG provides a connection to local public transport.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Andreas Gruhn: Green Günhoven . RP Digital GmbH. September 18, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
2. ^ Inge Schnettler, Gabi Peters: Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Günhoven . RP Online GmbH. January 7, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
3. ↑ Monuments in the city of Mönchengladbach - r. G 020 . Käthe and Bernd Limburg. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
4. ↑ Michael Walter: Viewpoints . History of Rheindahlen. Ed .: Future Rheindahlen e. V. self-published, Mönchengladbach 2004, 5,000 BC - Outstanding finds from Günhoven and Mennrath, S. 17 .
5. ↑ Welcome to the RC St. Georg Günhoven . Frank A. Heublein. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
6. ^ Voluntary fire brigade Mönchengladbach - Günhoven 1877 / Kothausen 1909 - strong together since 2005 . Mönchengladbach volunteer fire department. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
7. ↑ Our school . Günhoven Catholic Primary School. Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 20, 2012. 
8. ↑ The water tower in Rheindahlen . History friends RheinDahlen. January 22, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
9. ↑ Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (Ed.): Route plan Mönchengladbach / Jüchen / Korschenbroich . Gelsenkirchen April 2012 ( vrr.de [PDF; 3.2 MB ; accessed on February 2, 2014]). Line map Mönchengladbach / Jüchen / Korschenbroich ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.