Grottoes
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Grottoes
City of Bedburg
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 49 ″ N , 6 ° 29 ′ 14 ″ E
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| Height : | 89 (87-90) m above sea level NHN |
| Residents : | 390 (Oct 31, 2015) |
| Postal code : | 50181 |
| Area code : | 02463 |
Grottenherten is a district of Bedburg in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis , North Rhine-Westphalia . Local mayor for Grottenherten and Kirchherten is Dieter Koehl ( CDU ).
location
Grottenherten lies west of Bedburg. The buildings of Kirchherten and Grottenherten merge into one another. State road 258 runs south of the village .
history
In 893, property in Hertene was already shown at the Prüm Abbey . The Fronhof with the St. Margeretha Chapel already existed when Gerhard von Jülich acquired the estate in the 14th century . It has been proven that there was an agricultural property there as early as the 11th century.
On February 27, 1945, the time of National Socialism and the Second World War ended in Grottenherten . US troops advancing from the Rur to the Rhine (see Operation Grenade ) took grottoes under constant fire on the night of February 25-26, 1945. In the early morning of February 27, about a third of the place fell. Pütz and Königshoven were also captured after heavy artillery fire and chain bombs were dropped . The reason for the attacks was that in February 1945 the 11th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht had large parts of their equipment in position near Grottenherten.
Attractions
- The nearby cap windmill or Dutch windmill dates back to 1831. It is located on a walled hill, through the basement of which you can drive with carts, a drive-through Dutchman . The wing on the from bricks built windmill were renewed 1,981th In the Rhein-Erft district there are only two of these types of mill that can still be operated. Grain was still ground up until 1964, and now occasionally feed grain. A mill association and regional sponsors take care of the maintenance. The mill presents itself in a special way every year on the German Mill Day .
- The St. Magaretha Chapel is traced back to Emperor Karl in legends . The building belonging to the Fronhof was first mentioned in a document in 1470. The small hall church was probably built in the 11th or 12th century, the late Gothic choir in the 15th century.
literature
- Annaliese Ohm, Albert Verbeek: Die Denkmäler des Rheinlandes, Kreis Bergheim, Bd. 3 Düsseldorf 1971, ISBN 3-508-00186-5 , pages 65f as well as fig. 278 u. 279
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://bedburg.active-city.net/city_info/webaccessibility/index.cfm?region_id=336&waid=119&item_id=852073&link_id=213824133&fsize=1&contrast=0
- ↑ Mayor of the city of Bedburg ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2014 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.
- ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger February 22, 2005: The goal was the Erft. Most German Tiger tanks drove towards Königshoven , Pütz and Hohenholz (Bedburg) on February 25 . Further units withdrew to the east through Niederaussem on Fliesteden and Esch near Cologne .
- ↑ http://www.windmuehle-grottenherten.de/
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2011 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.
Bedburg | Blerichen | Broich | Kaster | Kirchherten with Grottenherten | Kirchtroisdorf with Kleintroisdorf | Kirdorf | Königshoven | Lipp with Millendorf | Pütz | Rath with Garsdorf