Glessen

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Glessen
City of Bergheim
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 9 ″  N , 6 ° 45 ′ 3 ″  E
Height : 91 m
Residents : 5628  (June 30, 2019)
Postal code : 50129
Area code : 02238

Glessen is a village and the easternmost district of the district town of Bergheim in the Rhein-Erft district , North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

Glessen is located below the Glessener Höhe on the eastern slope of the Ville on the edge of the Rhineland Nature Park and northwest of Cologne . The Pulheimer Bach rises above the village at Gut Neuhof , here still called Glessener Bach, which used to drive two water mills in Glessen . Roads 91 and 213 meet in the village .

history

The St. Pankratius Church in Glessen

Glessen is first mentioned in 1028 when Count Palatine Ezzo donated properties to the Brauweiler Abbey . The certificate is probably a forgery, but in 1099 Glessen appears in the pension register of the abbey poorhouse. 1120 a chapel in Glessen is mentioned, which was subordinate to the mother church in today's Pulheimer district Sinthern . In 1200 it was incorporated into the Brauweiler Abbey and later raised to an independent parish in 1801 .

The parish church of St. Pankratius dates from 1865, the Glessen windmill also from the 19th century. The water tower was built between 1934 and 1935.

Reorganization

Glessen came to the city of Bergheim on January 1st, 1975 through the Cologne Act .

Attractions

education

Glessen has four kindergartens and a Catholic elementary school , the Rochusschule. The nearby Glessener Höhe is the highest point in the Rhein-Erft district at over 200 m. It is an overburden dump in the Rhenish lignite mining area .

Personalities

Pop singer Purple Schulz has lived in Glessen since the early 1990s .

The dog professional Martin Rütter has been running the “Rosenhof” riding stables in Glessen since 2014. He lives in the house on the site with his dogs.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.bergheim.de/statistik.aspx
  2. ↑ Local and Church History of St. Pankratius ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 193 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pfarrverband-bergheim-ost.de
  3. ^ 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. 300 .
  4. ↑ Dennis Vlaminck: Glessen gives him strength , in Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Rhein-Erft, from 28/29. September 2013, p. 50

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