Harperscheid

Harperscheid City of Schleiden Coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 8 ″  N , 6 ° 24 ′ 30 ″  E
Height :	554 m
Residents :	425  (Oct 31, 2015)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	53937
Area code :	02485
Location of Harperscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia

Harperscheid is a district in the southwest of Schleiden in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Euskirchen . A little over 420 people live in Harperscheid. The place has a kindergarten, a youth home, a fire fighting group and two churches: a Protestant and a Catholic, St. Donatus Church . In addition to handicraft businesses and shops for daily needs, there is a sawmill in the east of the village . Camping Schafbachmühle is located north of the village . Harperscheid is in close proximity to the Eifel National Park .

history

On October 19, 1322, Harperscheid was first mentioned together with Bronsfeld and Schöneseiffen .

Due to Section 9 of the Aachen Law , the previously independent municipality of Harperscheid was incorporated into the new town of Schleiden on January 1, 1972.

timeline

The resident of Harperscheid, born in 1906, Karl Collas, compiled a chronicle of Harperscheid and Schöneseiffen in the 1970s, in which he outlined the history of the two high-altitude locations. The records summarized in the chronicle go back to around the year 1200 and show the sometimes difficult circumstances of the inhabitants of Schleiden County, which were due to the constantly changing princes.

Extracts:

"Dietrich VI. (1560-1593) forced his subjects to become Protestant. "- From 1593:" Count Phillip von der Mark [...] vowed [...] to let everyone practice his religion undisturbed. "-" Under his son and successor, Count Ernst (1612 - 1654) began the Counter Reformation. Here the Reformed people living in the towns above Schleiden were intercepted in Schleiden when they wanted to carry children to Gemünd to be baptized and they were forcibly taken to the Catholic Church, where the children were then baptized as Catholics ", Also called" Gösenpfade ", to avoid this problem. The route then often led via the villages of Harperscheid, Schöneseiffen, Berescheid and Herhahn to Gemünd. The Harperscheid experienced further unequal treatment when in 1781 the evangelical Schleidenern were allowed to bury their dead according to the evangelical rite, while it remained forbidden in Harperscheid.

Churches through the ages:

Until 1214 there was no church house in Schleiden, services were held in Steinfeld monastery or in Walberhof. The Steinfeld Premonstratensian Monastery had exclusive pastoral care. From 1214 a small chapel in the castle of the incumbent Lord von Schleiden, Konrad III., Could be used. This was used very heavily by the population. A new chapel was built in the castle of Friedrich I's successor by 1230. The consecration took place in the year of completion. By 1317 another four churches were built in the high places of Blumenthal, Harperscheid, Hellenthal and Schleiden. In the following centuries there were some disputes regarding the rights of church revenues and the allocation of sovereign tasks, so that corresponding contracts were concluded in the 16th century. In 1536 the chapel in Harperscheid was replaced with a new one. In 1870 this Catholic church received an organ and a stage. The year 1839 now also brings a church for the evangelical residents of the village. The bell of the Catholic Church was supposed to be handed in for the manufacture of weapons during the First World War. Josef Collas, who was commissioned with the dismantling at the time, left it in its place, so that the bell did not fall victim to the arms manufacturers until World War II. It was not until 1952 that the church received a different bell. The Protestant church was so destroyed in World War II that the services could no longer take place there and one had to move to the Catholic church. The reconstruction could be done with great effort thanks to the commitment and resources of the members of the evangelical community.

Origin of the village name:

According to old documents, the name of the place is initially listed as "Hartmannsroth". Later the name changed to "Harperrath". The name given first indicates that the place was created by clearing and that the first settler was called Hartmann. The name changes finally resulted from conversions in the vernacular. When later other localities such as Berescheid and Ettelscheid emerged in the vicinity, the name was changed to "Harperscheid" as a sign that Harperrath was the border or separation place of the Schleiden rulership.

The chronicle contains further interesting details on the above. Topics and also details on the circumstances that the inhabitants of Harperscheid had to endure under their princes. The formalities of the "compulsory service" are also explained in detail, which were only ended with the conquest and occupation by the French. This time is also briefly discussed.

geography

Dreiborn plateau

Harperscheid is located in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Rureifel , west of Schleiden , not far from the border with Belgium on the Dreiborn plateau above the Olef Valley.

Nature and recreation

The altitude is interesting for tourists with a wide view over the valley of the Olef, the nearby Eifel National Park, the Dreiborn plateau. The proximity to the Oleftalsperre and the Hellenthal game reserve, the large number of marked hiking trails.

traffic

The B 258 runs through Harperscheid . The next motorway junctions are Nettersheim on the A 1 and Aachen-Lichtenbusch on the A 44 .

Web links

Commons : Harperscheid  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population statistics of the city of Schleiden ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 20 kB)
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. 309 .
3. ^ Ewald Gläßer: The natural space units on sheet 122/123 Cologne Aachen . In: Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landeskunde und Raumordnung (Ed.): Geographische Landesaufnahme 1: 200000 Natural Spatial Structure Germany . Self-published, Bad Godesberg 1978 ( online, PDF [accessed on February 16, 2016] high Venn, German share, map of geographic land survey, natural spatial structure, see here parts 283.0 and 283.1).