Uckerath

Uckerath City of Hennef (Sieg) Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 55 ″  N , 7 ° 22 ′ 5 ″  E
Height :	227 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	3284  (Jan 2020)
Incorporation :	1st August 1969
Postal code :	53773
Area code :	02248
Location of Uckerath in North Rhine-Westphalia
Uckerath from a south-westerly point of view

Catholic Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist

The church in Uckerath was built in 1892

Uckerath is a district of the city of Hennef (Sieg) on the Leuscheid at the beginning of the Westerwald . The districts of Lichtenberg , Daubenschlade , Hollenbusch , Buchholz and Bierth belong to Uckerath .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1131. Pope Innocent II confirms the right to eclessiam Okenrode cum tota decima (Uckerath Church with the whole tithe) to the Cassius pen . The ending red comes from the term clearing, which is typical for a town founded at the beginning of the second millennium.

1555 existed in the Church's Uckerath the Honnschaften Uckerath, Bülgenauel and greed Scheid , Adscheid , wave crest and Lichtenberg . 1,570 were in the church books of the church game Uckerode but still in the Honnschaften divided Uckerode, wave crest, Lichtenberg, Süchterscheid, Bülgenauel, Adscheid and Scheid.

Frankfurter or Hohe Strasse , today's B 8, was important for the settlement . Uckerath was the Bergische customs office and Thurn and Taxis post office . In the years 1794 to 1796, French and imperial troops repeatedly lay in the church and in the surrounding villages. In 1796 there was the battle of Uckerath , which ended with a victory for the imperial family.

The Honschaft Uckerath 1742 had 392 inhabitants in 68 families, 1791 there were 423 inhabitants in 80 families. In addition to Uckerath itself, the hamlets Meisenbach , Sommershof , Wasserheß and Harth belonged to the honors . In 1807, 463 inhabitants and 1,374 acres were determined for the Honschaft .

In 1816 Uckerath became the capital of the Uckerath district . In 1820 the Siegburg and Uckerath districts were formed into the Siegkreis and the district seat was moved to Siegburg .

On February 25, 1923, Uckerath was occupied by French troops.

Uckerath community

The community of Uckerath belonged to the mayor's office of Uckerath . It had 4,099 hectares , of which 1941 hectares were arable, 340 hectares were meadows and 1,397 hectares were forest.

The community of Uckerath had 3272 inhabitants in 1885 (1634 men and 1634 women). Of these, 3,249 were Catholic with their own parish. Eleven residents were Protestant and belonged to the church in Eitorf , there were also twelve Jews. The further population development of the community of Uckerath: In 1925 3,267 inhabitants were registered, in 1933 3,292 and 1939 3,252 people were registered.

In 1885 the community had 68 places with 740 houses (including uninhabited) with 714 households. In addition to Uckerath, these were Adscheid , Ahrenbach , Altglück , Beiert , Bierth , Broich , Buchholz , Bülgenauel , Büllesbach , Büllesfeld , Burghof , Busch, Dahlhausen , Darscheid , Daubenschlade, Dennenberg, Depensiefen , Derenbach , Doppelsgarten, Eichholz , Eulenberg , Fernegihardterscheid , Hahnenhardterscheid , Halmshanf , hammer, hemp , hemp mill , Heckelberg , Heath, Hermes mill , Hollenbach Busch, Hove , Hüchel , Hülscheid , dog Eich, Issertshof , Kau , Knipp yaw Scheid , Köschbusch , Kraheck , cake Bach , Künzenhohn , Lescheid , Lichtenberg , Löbach , Lückert , Meis Bach , Meis hemp , Mittelscheid , Niederscheid , Oberscheid , Ravenstein , Röttgen , Rütsch , Schächer , Scheuren , Scheussmühle , Schleheck , Sommershof , Stotterheck , Süchterscheid , Theishohn , Überholz, Wasserheß , Wellesberg , Wiersberg and Zumhof .

In 1890 only 3010 inhabitants were registered due to the well-paid jobs in urban factories. In addition, 188 people immigrated to North America between 1859 and 1885. The census on June 16, 1925 found 3,268 people in 716 households.

On August 1, 1969, the previously independent community of Uckerath was incorporated into the newly formed community of Hennef (Sieg) . The old church tower, branches with acorns and three hills are depicted on the old Uckerath coat of arms.

Population development

year	Residents
1816	2,668
1843	3,595
1871	3,502
1905	3.127
1961	4,317

Parish directors of the parish

1946–1955 Pantaleon Schmitz

1955–1969 Wilhelm Giersiefen

traffic

Uckerath is crossed by the B8 , which soon changes into the A 560 towards Bonn. Due to the high through traffic, a bypass has been under discussion for decades.

Second church

The second church was also dedicated to St. John the Baptist.

The church mentioned in 1131 was replaced by a new building in 1160. In 1898 the three-aisled main building of this second church was demolished, the tower of the old church was preserved. The basement was provided with windows and converted into a funeral chapel. In 1955 it was prepared as a memorial chapel for the dead in World War II . On October 5th, 1968 the landmark of Uckerath collapsed. Remnants of the wall were included in a new cemetery chapel .

New Church

The new church, a three-aisled, neo-Romanesque basilica with a transept and built-in west tower, was consecrated on October 30, 1892. The building plans were submitted by the Cologne architect August Carl Lange as early as 1878 to 1882 and were only implemented after his death. The approaching front in World War II caused severe damage to the church. On March 11, 1945, several shells hit the nave, and on March 19, the upper part of the tower was destroyed. Further impacts hit the left aisle on March 23. A fire destroyed the roof structure and the organ stage. Soon the service was held in the ruins again. In 1946 the ship was given a roof and by 1952 the final repair took place. The tower was partially demolished and given a new helmet. In 1959 the church also received two new bells, in 1978 a church tower clock and a third bell from the bell foundry Mark in Brockscheid.

Evangelical parish

Stephanuskirche

Pastor Krupp

The Reformation in Uckerath can be traced back to a pastor Krupp. He preached many years after the Catholic faith since 1573, but then switched (with his congregation) to the Reformed faith. Shortly afterwards he married his housekeeper. The monks from the monastery Bödingen brought about a counter-reformation and moved Pastor Krupp and thus his community back to the Catholic faith. After the death of Pastor Krupp (around 1617), the monks from Bödingen took over the church in Uckerath in order to establish the Catholic faith.

Uckerath pulpit murder

This was not only the case in Uckerath. Notes like 1623 the churches Uckerath and Blankenberg were taken back remind of a war-like situation. The Uckerathers still recount an example of this today, the so-called "Uckerath pulpit murder". Since the Bödinger monk was late for the service, a Protestant traveling preacher from Altenkirchen climbed the pulpit and began to preach the new gospel. When the monk arrived, he dragged the other speaker with his helpers from the pulpit and killed him with an ax in front of the church. After that there were hardly any Protestants in Uckerath.

post war period

Due to immigration and war refugees, their number increased again. After Uckerath had been part of the Protestant community of Eitorf for a long time , its own Protestant church was consecrated in 1954.

Jewish community

In 1828 eight Jews were counted in the mayor's office in Uckerath. Nevertheless, Uckerath became a special synagogue community in 1864 and is also responsible for looking after the Jewish citizens in Eitorf until they were able to establish their own community. In 1887 the Uckerath synagogue community was merged with the Geistingen community.

societies

• The Bürgergemeinschaft Uckerath e. V. takes care of the design and maintenance of various facilities and playgrounds in the area. In addition, it organizes an arts and crafts market once a year as well as the local St. Martin's train.
• The SC Uckerath plays soccer in the district league. The tennis department participates with several teams in the competitions of the Middle Rhine Tennis Association.
• The Westerwaldsterne were the German champions twelve times in the mixed carnival guard dances and the carnival dance couples.

Web links

Commons : Uckerath  - Collection of Images

• Uckerath.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hennef: Housing directory , residents ' registration office of the city of Hennef
2. ↑ W. Harleß: The inquiry about the court constitution in the Duchy of Berg from 1555. In: Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein 20. 1884, p. 131.
3. ↑ Helmut Fischer and Johannes Buchholz: Uckerath 1131–1981, Parish Council of the Parish of St. John the Baptist Uckarth.
4. ↑ Oberkreisdirektor Paul Kieras (Ed.): The Rhein-Sieg-Kreis. Stuttgart 1983, p. 272.
5. ^ H. Goldschmidt: Official statistics on the Lower Rhine in the 18th century. In: Yearbooks for Economics and Statistics 103. III. Episode 53, 1917.
6. ^ Church rent book of the parish church in Uckerath, HStA Düsseldorf Maps III: No. 12/14.
7. ^ ^{A b} Johanes Buchholz: Village life in the parish of Uckarth. In: Helmut Fischer / Johannes Buchholz: Uckerath 1131–1981. 1981.
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia from 1885
9. ^ B. Schneider: The population movement in the last century. In: Heimatblätter des Siegkreis 4. 1928.
10. ^ J. Walterscheid: Emigrants from the Siegkreis. Bonn 1939, pp. 87-95.
11. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 84 .
12. ↑ Census results from 1816 to 1970 of the cities and municipalities . Contributions to the statistics of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Vol. 17 / Siegburg 1980, pp. 46–47.