Hambach (Niederzier)

Hambach Niederzier municipality Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E
Height :	95 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.4 km²
Residents :	1326 (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	128 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	52382
Area code :	02428
Location of Hambach in North Rhine-Westphalia

Hambach is a north-western district of Niederzier in the Düren district . Hambach Castle and Obbendorf Castle are worth seeing . The Hambach Forest and the Hambach opencast mine are named after the place.

location

Hambach is located in the Jülich-Zülpicher Börde in the lowlands of the Ellebach , which flows past the western edge of the village. The district roads 2 and 22 run through the village. The Selgenbusch (western part of the Hambach Forest), in which the Jülich research center is located, extends northwest of the village , and the Sophienhöhe rises to the north , where the Große Forst extended to the outcrop of the opencast mine (Eastern part of the Hambach Forest). The Hambach opencast mine is to the east of the village. Neighboring towns are Niederzier in the south, Daubenrath , Krauthausen and Selgersdorf in the west and Stetternich in the north-west .

history

Until the end of the 18th century, the villages of today's Niederzier municipality belonged to the Duchy of Jülich under Palatinate-Bavarian sovereignty , with Ellen, Hambach, Huchem, Krauthausen, Niederzier, Selhausen and Stammeln belonging to the Hambach Dingstuhl , which in turn was subordinate to the Nörvenich office . At that time, Oberzier belonged to the Hambach winery in the Düren district . From 1798 to 1814 Hambach was the seat of a Mairie in the Département de la Roer . In the population list of the year 1799 591 inhabitants and a stock of 125 houses are shown for Hambach.

From 1961 until the incorporation was the zip code "5171 Hambach (via Jülich)", from 1972 to 1993 "5162 Niederzier", since then "52382 Niederzier".

On January 1st, 1972 Hambach was incorporated into Niederzier. A small uninhabited part of the community came to Jülich .

traffic

The next junction is "Düren" on the A 4 ; the next train stations are "Düren" on the Cologne - Aachen line and "Krauthausen" on the Jülich - Düren line . Hambach is connected to the 238 bus in the direction of Düren and Jülich.

church

Personalities

Katrin Heß (* 1985), actress, lives in Hambach

societies

St. Sebastianus Schützenbruderschaft Hambach 1607 e. V.
Hambacher Spielverein 1919 e. V.
Maiclub Hambach 1974 e. V.
Music Corps Hambach e. V.
DJK "Löwe" Hambach 1958 e. V.
TC Hambach 1985 e. V.
Table tennis club Hambach 1983 e. V.
Ring of German Mining Engineers (RDB) district group Hambach / Mitte
KG Böschremmele 1997 e. V.

gallery

Web links

Commons : Hambach - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Kaulen, Heinz / Dürener Geschichtsverein: The population and social structure of the places of today's municipality Niederzier in the year 1799 - reproduction and evaluation of the population lists from French times. Contributions to the history of the Dürener Land, Volume 26, Dürener Geschichtsverein, Düren, 2006 (pp. 17, 20).
^ 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. 306 .

[1] Kaulen, Heinz / Dürener Geschichtsverein: The population and social structure of the places of today's municipality Niederzier in the year 1799 - reproduction and evaluation of the population lists from French times. Contributions to the history of the Dürener Land, Volume 26, Dürener Geschichtsverein, Düren, 2006 (pp. 17, 20).

[2] 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. 306 .