Geich (Langerwehe)

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Municipality Langerwehe
Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 4 "  N , 6 ° 23 ′ 57"  E
Height : 126 m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.38 km² (with Obergeich)
Residents : 215  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 90 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 52379
Area code : 02423
The Nicholas Chapel
The Nicholas Chapel

Geich is a north-eastern part of the municipality of Langerwehe in the Düren district and is located north of the B 264 on Landesstraße 13 (L 13) between D'horn and Echtz . Geich consists of the following streets: Wasserfeld, Eichenweg, Herrengarten and Echtzer Straße.

history

The origin of the place is not known, a rough chronological classification can be made based on the name.

The name Geich could be traced back to the Roman place name Gaiacum . This in turn can be derived from the personal name Gaius or it is derived from caium , which means something like enclosure. To the southeast of the place you can find the remains of a probably Roman building in the field and the reuse of Roman building materials in the construction of the chapel speaks for a Roman settlement.

In the southeast corner of the Nikolauskapelle a Roman matron stone was built, which shows a bearded naked man, probably Hercules, son of the god father Zeus.

In the Middle Ages , the Heerstraße Aachen-Frankfurt (also known as the Coronation Road) ran directly through Geich. Today's Echtzer Straße and the Herrengarten run along the old route of this originally 252 km long road. Travelers on this road were u. a. in the 9th century Einhard (biographer Charlemagne) and the East Franconian King Ludwig the German . In 1066 King Heinrich IV traveled via this road from Worms to Aachen. King Phillip of Swabia traveled to Aachen for his coronation in 1205; just like Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa, who was crowned on March 9, 1152 in Aachen. It was also he who gave the realz court and the surrounding land to the royal ministerial Werner from Kerpen as a fief in the 12th century . This ministerial built his manor on a clearing in what is now Merode and thus founded the Merode dominion, to which Geich belongs.

From the 13th century onwards, countless pilgrims went to the shrine to Aachen through Geich. This is where the inn and hospital come into play, which were in the immediate vicinity of the chapel.

From 1816 to 1972 Konzendorf , Geich, Obergeich , Schlich , D'horn, Merode and Echtz belonged to the Echtz office. On January 1, 1972, the Echtz Office was dissolved due to the Aachen Act : the community of Echtz-Konzendorf was incorporated into the district town of Düren . The communities Geich-Obergeich and D'horn were incorporated into Langerwehe.

The Geicher Bach flows through the place. It was completely piped up until the 1960s. Originally it flowed in the open stream through Geich and flowed through a pond in the center of the village, the so-called "duck pool". This is where the village's domestic and farm animals met to drink and bathe. As a result, and because it was used as a sewer, the stream stank considerably, especially at low water levels. The pond was filled in after the concrete stream bed was completed and a village square with a war memorial, seating, trees and lawn was created.

Buildings

Well known is the Nikolaus Chapel , which is one of the oldest historical monuments in the Düren district. It dates from the 12th to 13th centuries. In the small tower of the chapel there are two valuable bells from the Middle Ages, the Marienglocke from 1433 and a smaller bell from the 15th century. Both probably come from a Cologne bell founder. In later times there was a hospital or inn next to the chapel . It offered the travelers who were traveling on the Aachen-Frankfurter Heerstraße , which immediately passed by , a place to stay and eat. The chapel is mentioned in a document in connection with the Schwarzenbroich monastery , which was founded in 1340 by Werner von Merode.

At the beginning of the 19th century, a monastery of the Fathers of the Holy Spirit was set up in Geich itself, which took care of the inn chapel and the hospital. After the destruction in the war, only parts of the monastery cellar remained, on which new houses were built (today Echtzer Straße 6–8).

The old school in Geich was built on March 9, 1892 after receiving approval from the royal district administrator. The planning was carried out by the engineer August Breuer, Rölsdorf. Jacob Kuckertz, Langerwehe, was commissioned as the building contractor for the turnkey construction. The company Peter Josef Schöller, Langerwehe, installed a "circulation furnace with jacket and tubes". On Monday, April 18, 1893, lessons began under the teacher Wilhelm Bardohl. He taught 54 children born between 1879 and 1887 in one class. He was followed by the teachers Franz Schmitz, Karl Giebfried and Heinrich Hoffmann. During the Second World War , the school was closed from September 1944 to autumn 1947. After the restart, two classes were taught alternately at times. The last teacher was Heinrich Kasmann when the school finally closed in the summer of 1968. His daughter Maria Kasmann bought the school and converted it into a house with a park-like garden. Since 2003 the house has been owned by the Heinzen-Berg family, who are aiming for a complete renovation and restoration in the long term.

traffic

The next train stations on the Cologne – Aachen high-speed line are Langerwehe and Düren . The AVV bus line 237 connects Geich with Echtz, Obergeich, D'horn, Merode, Pier, Jüngersdorf and Langerwehe-Mitte. The L 13 leads directly through Geich and represents a motorway feeder to the A 4 via the Düren motorway junction.

societies

  • Men's choir "Liederkranz" Geich eV, founded in 1889
  • Volunteer fire brigade, Geich-Obergeich fire fighting group, founded in the 1920s
  • Maigesellschaft Geich, founded in 1995
  • Chapel building association, re-established after the war to rebuild the chapel
  • Geich village community

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population figures on December 31, 2019
  2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 306 .