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Geuenich is a former district of the municipality Inden in the district of Düren , North Rhine-Westphalia . Inden had to give way to the Inden opencast mine at the beginning of the 21st century . The area could previously be archaeologically examined. The place was on the original course of the river Inde on the border with the city ​​of Eschweiler .

history

The archaeological investigations revealed Roman coin finds from the 4th century and a presumed matron shrine . It is also assumed that the oldest parts of the Geuenich church were built around 700 during the Merovingian period and were later used by the Franks . In 1170 the place was first mentioned as Geuwenich in a document, according to which the Heinsberg collegiate church had income there.

The place was the seat of a judicial district of the Duchy of Jülich and therefore had a certain importance for this area. In 1693 a pension register shows that there were several houses and two streets in Geuenich. In the 16th century the place had between 200 and 250 inhabitants.

The origin of Geuenich is probably the estate of a Romanized Celt named Gavinius or Gabinius. The place name "Geuenich" was developed from this name.

During excavations in 1881, the Protestant pastor Dremmer discovered the remains of a large Roman property about 250 m from the Geuenich parish church.

church

The church is first mentioned in 1180 when Duke Heinrich III. von Limburg gave away the patronage rights of the church of Geuenich to the Wenau monastery .

The church, consecrated to Saint Remigius , was the parish church for Altdorf , Inden and Pattern in the 14th century .

In 1678 a fire destroyed the place. For years there were only three houses near the church, namely the rectory, the sexton's house and a courtyard, but they fell into disrepair. The church and houses were then demolished. In 1804 the ancient parish of Geuenich was dissolved.

Church building

There is an exact description of the church . Accordingly, it was built in the Gothic style. The choir had six very slender windows, to the south a side wall , perhaps from a later period, was added to the north to the sacristy . A large coffin was walled in in the space. The high tower on the west side, with a low roof structure, was made of solid, uncut broken stone .

See also

literature

  • Homeland papers. Supplement to the Dürener Zeitung, 4th year 1927.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Pick : Pattern and its relationship to the former parish church in Geuenich . In: Journal of the Aachen History Association . tape  6 . Aachen 1884, p. 109–132 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive [accessed February 3, 2016]).

Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 33 ″  N , 6 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E