Geich-Obergeich

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Geich-Obergeich
Municipality Langerwehe
Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 23 ′ 43 ″  E
Area : 2.38 km²
Residents : 563  (May 13, 2019)
Population density : 237 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 52379
Area code : 02423
Geich-Obergeich (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Geich-Obergeich

Location of Geich-Obergeich in North Rhine-Westphalia

Until 1972, Geich-Obergeich was a municipality in the old district of Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia . Today Geich-Obergeich is a district of the municipality of Langerwehe in the district of Düren .

The Nikolauskapelle in Geich

geography

Geich-Obergeich consists of the two neighboring places Geich and Obergeich , which are in the east of the municipality of Langerwehe. Today, both places each form a village in the municipality of Langerwehe. The former municipality of Schlich-D'horn had an area of ​​2.38 km².

history

Since the 19th century was the mayor Echtz (1928 Office Echtz ) in Düren the community Geich at Echtz that after the Second World War in Geich-Oberg calibration has been renamed. On January 1, 1972, Geich-Obergeich was incorporated into Langerwehe by the Aachen Act .

Population development

year Residents source
1871 340
1885 342
1910 408
1925 364
1939 424
1946 337
2015 563

Architectural monuments

The Nikolauskapelle in Geich is a listed building .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Website of the municipality of Langerwehe: Population figures for the districts
  2. Main statutes of the municipality of Langerwehe
  3. a b Community dictionary of the Rhine Province 1930
  4. ^ A b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. dueren.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  5. Community names 1971
  6. 1871 census
  7. Community encyclopedia for the Rhine Province 1885
  8. Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on February 2, 2017 .
  9. 1946 census