Gierath (Juchen)

Gierath City of Juchen Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 45 ″ N , 6 ° 32 ′ 39 ″ E
Height :	approx. 66 m
Residents :	2553 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Postal code :	41363
Area code :	02181
Location of Gierath in North Rhine-Westphalia

Gierath is a village in the town of Jüchen in the Rhine district of Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia .

St. Martinus at Gierath

location

Gierath is east of Jüchen and north of Grevenbroich . The federal motorway 46 runs south . Villages in the vicinity are Bedburdyck , Gubberath and Stessen.

history

Gierath was part of the Duchy of Jülich-Berg . In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the area around Gierath, which was then part of the Mairie Bedburdyck in the canton of Elsen in the arrondissement of Cologne in the Département de la Roer .

In 1815 Gierath became Prussian and joined the mayor's office in Bedburdyck.

Gierath has been part of the Aachen diocese since 1930 .

Since the municipal reorganization , which came into force on January 1, 1975, Gierath has been part of Jüchen. Before that the place belonged to Bedburdyck.

Personalities

The following personalities grew up in Gierath:

Jürgen Willkomm (* 1959), soccer player
Wolfram Pyta (* 1960), historian

Individual evidence

^ 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. 295 .

literature

Jürgen Kiltz: Chronicle of the Protestant elementary school Gierath (May 27, 1872 - August 1, 1968). (= History of the community of Jüchen. Volume 16). Hundt-Druck, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-056224-2 .

Web links

Commons : Gierath (Jüchen) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] 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. 295 .