Haffen (Rees)

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Harbor
City of Rees
Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 14 "  N , 6 ° 27 ′ 11"  E
Height : 19 m above sea level NN
Area : 9.8 km²
Residents : 1099  (December 31, 2001)
Population density : 112 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 46459
Primaries : 02851, 02857
The local coat of arms of Haffen and more with the Saints Lambertus and Vincentius

Haffen is the smallest municipality (district) of the small town of Rees on the right bank of the Rhine in the Kleve district , North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

The municipality is largely structured agriculturally. Haffen to include the peasantry Lorkenhof, Woyerhof, Bruckshof, stopping Dahl and Averforth. The western part of the municipality is bounded by the Rhine , the northern part by the Reeser Meer, the south-eastern part by the village of Mehr . Years of sand and gravel mining resulted in large bodies of water around the municipality.

Name and story

Haffen means "to the standing water", what is meant is the water of the Rhine. The word is derived from the Low German word "Haff". In the real sense, a lagoon (see also lagoon ) denotes a brackish water area on the sea coast separated by a spit or by offshore islands .

The Hafti settlement was first mentioned in writing in 1031. At that time the settlement belonged to the parish Renen . The location of the church of Renen cannot be precisely located today. We know that it was near the Rhine and that it was destroyed by flooding. Instead of rebuilding the church, it was decided to build a church at a higher location in Hafti, in the Haffenslok corridor , and consecrated the church to the patron saint Lambertus , the bishop of Maastricht (approx. 635 - approx. 705). The Lambertus Church was first mentioned in a document in 1446 . From this time on, the name Renen no longer appears in the written sources.

The former municipality of Haffen-Mehr of the Rees district was split up on January 1, 1975 on the occasion of the North Rhine-Westphalian municipality and district reform. While an area of ​​8.32 km 2 with 2516 inhabitants (Mehrhoog) was reclassified to Hamminkeln , the city of Rees received the main part with 22.55 km 2 and 2678 inhabitants.

coat of arms

The joint coat of arms of the villages of Haffen and Mehr shows a protective shield, the upper half of which is provided with the two patron saints: Right St. Lambertus (Haffen - the Bishop of Liège / Maastricht) and left St. Vincentius (More - Saint Vincentius of Saragossa) . Both saints have raised their right hand to take an oath. The lower half shows parts of the coat of arms of the Counts of Cleves , a silver central shield on red, above a golden lily scepter star .

traffic

Haffen is connected to the trunk road network by the federal highway 8 and the K7 highway. Haffen is connected to the extensive network of cycle paths on the Lower Rhine and western Münsterland.

Buildings, monuments, sights

Sports

  • The local football club with various youth teams playing at the district level is called TuS Haffen-Mehr. It was founded in 1970 and is based at the Paradies Stadium, Galaystrasse, in Mehr.
  • Running park "Around the Reeser Meer" (barrier-free) has a starting point for athletes from Haffen and more on Wilhelmstrasse in Haffen.

Personalities

  • Heinrich Velthuysen (1771–1840), Catholic clergyman

Others

  • Mayor is Margret Derksen, Bündnis90 / Grüne (as of October 2017).

literature

  • Hermann Obbeck: "Hey know gen A för en B". The school system over the centuries in Haffen-Mehr 1634-1900 , in: Kreisverwaltung Rees (ed.): Heimatkalender Landkreis Rees 1961 , Rheinberg 1961, pp. 97-105.
  • Josef Wolf: Old wall paintings in the Haffener parish church , in: Kreisverwaltung Rees (ed.): Heimatkalender Landkreis Rees 1962 , Rheinberg 1961, pp. 67–72.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ House Averforth - braved the wars , der.westen.de, September 7th 2011
  2. ↑ Website for excursion tips on the Lower Rhine and Ruhr Area - Haus Averforth
  3. ↑ see website "Haffen am Rhein"
  4. ↑ see: Where was Rhenen at Rees ?, in: Ressa (ed.): Reeser Geschichtsfreund 7/2014
  5. ^ Website "Haffen am Rhein"
  6. ^ 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. 297 .
  7. ↑ See J. Wolf: Old wall paintings in the Haffener parish church , in: Heimatkalender Landkreis Rees 1962 , pp. 67–72.
  8. ↑ Information about the association