Hitdorf

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Hitdorf
City of Leverkusen
“In silver (white) over a blue, corrugated shield base, a red five-pinned wall growing out of it a blue figure of a saint with a silver (white) halo and brown hair; in the right three golden (yellow) stones and in the left a red Bible covered with a golden (yellow) cross; accompanied by two small shields, in front in gold (yellow) over black crossed boatman and fishing hooks a blue fallen anchor; behind in silver (white) a blue armored and crowned red double-tailed soaring lion. "
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 36 ″  N , 6 ° 55 ′ 7 ″  E
Residents : 7456  (2006)
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Incorporated into: Leverkusen
Postal code : 51371
Area code : 02173
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Location of Hitdorf in Leverkusen

Hitdorf is a district of Leverkusen .

location

The image of the village is shaped by the Rhine and the St. Stephanus church . Hitdorf borders the Rhine in the southwest, the Leverkusen district of Rheindorf in the southeast and Monheim in the north . The border with Langenfeld is a little northeast of Hitdorf. Due to its location directly on the Rhine, Hitdorf is at risk of flooding, but there is a flood protection wall.

history

Hitdorf was first mentioned in 1151 as Huttorp and the Rhine port of Hitdorf was first mentioned in writing in 1252. Hitdorf has belonged to the Monheim office in the Duchy of Berg since the Middle Ages . In 1341 the place even became the seat of a regional court for the parish of Rheindorf. The Hitdorf ferry law was first recorded in 1633. During the Napoleonic era, the small Rhine village came to the Mairie Monheim in the canton of Richrath in the arrondissement of Düsseldorf in the Rhine department in the Grand Duchy of Berg . 1815 Hitdorf came with the Grand Duchy of Berg to the Kingdom of Prussia and was initially a part of the circle Opladen in the administrative district of Dusseldorf . In 1840 the Catholic parish of Hitdorf was founded. In 1857 Hitdorf received city ​​rights . Together with Rheindorf, the place formed an administrative union since 1897. On December 1, 1905, Hitdorf had 1,810 inhabitants. In 1931 the Rheindorf office was dissolved. Rheindorf was incorporated into the city of Leverkusen. Hitdorf was now initially an independent town in the Rhein-Wupper district . Finally, in 1960, the place became part of the municipality of Monheim. Hitdorf has been part of the city of Leverkusen since January 1st, 1975.

List of mayors of Hitdorf from 1857

  • 1857-1863 Winand Blank, long-standing council member of the joint community Rich Rath Reusrath
  • 1863–1870 Johann Hubert Odendahl
  • 1870–1872 Franz Carl Odendahl
  • 1872–1880 Hubert Bongartz
  • 1880–1888 Martin Rieffert
  • 1888-1893 Carl Wagner
  • 1893–1905 Peter Theißen, from 1897 also mayor of Rheindorf (from 1905 to 1931 under Dr. Franz Müller)
  • 1905–1933 Dr. Franz Müller, forced out of office by the National Socialists , “Adenauer Fraktion”, German Center Party
  • 1934-1938 Otto Förster, NSDAP was 1938 after Langenfeld added because Paul Schreiner from there to Opladen went
  • 1938–1945 Lorenz Freiburg, affiliated with the NSDAP
  • 1945-xxxx Julius Busch, NSDAP proximity was proven in retrospect
  • 1945–1946 Cyriakus Josef Goergens, long-time city councilor, already under Dr. Müller, NSDAP harmless
  • 1946–1948 Johann Klütsch
  • 1948–1952 Josef Brock
  • 1952–1956 Josef Longerich
  • 1956–1958 Josef Brock, mayor at the legendary "100 Years of City Rights Celebration 1957" from 1952 to 1959 member of the district council of the Rhein-Wupper district , Federal Cross of Merit
  • 1958–1960 Willi Broscheid

Flood protection

With the support of the state, a construction project was completed at the end of 2010 that extends over a length of 900 meters and closes the gap to the Rhine. A flood wall was built for ten million euros. The country bore a large part of the costs with a grant of six million euros.

Structure in three parts

On the stretch between Fährstrasse and Werftstrasse, a 27-meter-deep cut-off wall was installed underground. It is intended to prevent the underflow of the area. It cannot be seen from above. A massive wall one and a half meters high is placed on top of it above ground. So that it fits into the terrain, it was partially greened and clinkered.

If there is a risk of flooding, the mobile part of the structure comes into play: an aluminum wall. It can be built up to two meters high, adapted to the water level.

Population development

year population   year population   year population
1990 5778   1995 6393   1996 6436
1997 6357   1998 6345   1999 6533
2000 6719   2001 6812   2002 6880
2003 7046   2005 7292   2006 7456
2008 7524   2010 7573   2013 7654

Culture and leisure

  • Hitdorf is particularly known for the "Hitdorfer Carnival" in the surrounding towns. More and more wagons and also Hitdorf citizens take part here every year. In 2011 the carnival procession, which not so long ago began as “Schull un Veedelszoch”, was attended by around 65,000 spectators.
  • The TV Hitdorf basketball players have their home in the sports hall of the Hans Christian Andersen School. The "Hitdorf Dragons" have been playing successfully in the district league for several years.

Hitdorf owns a theater, the "Matchbox" theater, which has the smallest stage in Leverkusen. The “Caostheater” is also located in the evangelical Fliedner Church.

Attractions

St. Stephanus Church, seen from the left bank of the Rhine
  • Catholic Church of St. Stephen
  • Hitdorfer See
  • Shame
  • The crane café

Economy and Infrastructure

Industry

In 1765 the first tobacco company in Hitdorf was founded by Johann Peter Dorff. The Dorff house of the company founder, known in Hitdorf, which was built in 1791, is now a listed building and can be viewed from the outside on Langenfelder Strasse. In 1816 the company was taken over by the son from his first marriage, Jakob Dorff. Later, the son Wilhelm Dorff I inherited after the death of his father in 1849, under which the company experienced its peak. In 1915, after the childless death of Wilhelm Dorff II in 1910, the widow who stayed behind sold the factory to the manufacturer Lorenz Cremer.

The second Hitdorf tobacco and cigar factory "Tobacco & Cigar Fabrication Caspers - Neess" was founded in 1796 by the Caspers brothers. The property of the Caspers and Neess families, built in 1666, is still standing today and currently houses a bed and breakfast hotel and a gallery with contemporary art.

The brewery followed in 1833 and the match factory in 1843. All three businesses no longer exist locally. The European headquarters of the automobile manufacturer Mazda is located in Hitdorf . A central warehouse of the Rossmann company is on the site of the former Bayer nursery. The most important local employers are Chempark Leverkusen and the city administration.

In disagreement with the city, Rossmann gave up the logistics center he opened five years ago because of a dispute over the storage of water-polluting substances. The legal processing of the dispute is still ongoing. The city has appealed against a first ruling by the Cologne regional court, in which claims for damages by the drugstore (11.7 million euros) were partially justified. According to Korth, the items that are to be housed in Hitdorf in the future are not critical with regard to the water protection area around the building: Essentially, electrical appliances and telecommunications items are to be stored there. The number of trucks arriving and departing daily will also decrease compared to the use by Rossmann. According to the ITC, a total of 70 people could be employed in Hitdorf.

According to Korth, his company has signed a so-called purchase agreement with Rossmann, in other words: Both sides agree that the property with a view of the Rhine should change hands. However, this means that ITC could withdraw from the agreement if the plan should not be approved by the location in Leverkusen. Already weeks ago the fear was expressed behind closed doors that in this case another multi-million dollar lawsuit could come to the city. But at the moment it doesn't look like it - after all, those involved are optimistic that the future of the logistics center will now be secured in the long term.

traffic

The Leverkusen-Rheindorf junction of the A59 motorway is south of Hitdorf . There is a Rhine ferry that runs between Cologne-Langel and Hitdorf. This is particularly popular with traffic jams on the A1 motorway bridge between Wiesdorf and Cologne-Merkenich.

Public facilities

  • Hans Christian Andersen Primary School (named after the fairytale poet)
  • St. Stephanus Primary School (named after the Catholic Church in Hitdorf)
  • Volunteer fire brigade, Hitdorf fire engine
  • Stadthalle (administration by the umbrella organization Hitdorfer Vereine)
  • Local history museum Am Werth

Film work

In autumn 2011, many scenes from the 2012 movie, French fries , were shown on several days . a. with Smudo and Thekla Carola Wied , shot on the banks of the Rhine in Hitdorf near the Kran-Café. In a large fire scene, fire engine 18 from the Hitdorf fire brigade was also deployed here.

photos

  • Catholic St. Stephen Church

  • port

  • port

  • Crane café

  • Ferry between Leverkusen-Hitdorf and Cologne-Merkenich (Langel)

Personalities

  • Paul Guthnick (1879–1947), astronomer
  • Heinrich Kautz (1892–1978), religious educator and writer
  • Wilfried Schmickler (* 1954), cabaret artist
  • Tony Eulenberg (Anton Peter Eulenberg, born November 25, 1946, † October 2, 2013), advertising specialist, shot commercials with Wim Wenders
  • Fritz Kissels, born October 5, 1951, artistic photographer, educator, exhibitions in Cologne and Leverkusen, photo books

swell

  1. ^ 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. 291 .
  2. ^ Johann Hubert Odendahl In: hitdorf-lev.de , accessed on October 22, 2017.
  3. ↑ Horst Waldner : From rubble to freedom: end of war and new beginning; Monheim, Hitdorf, Baumberg, 1945-1949 Jean König, Monheim am Rhein , ISBN 978-3-9800279-5-3 .
  4. ↑ Bernd Imgrund , Nina Osmers : 111 places in the Cologne area that you have to see , Verlag Emons, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-89705-777-7 , place 65
  5. ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger: Fight against a large “curry chain”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ksta.de  
  6. ↑ Photos of the Hitdorf fire brigade from the shooting  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.feuerwehr-hitdorf.de  
  7. ^ Obituary notice in the Rheinische Post from October 8, 2013
  8. ↑ Information and press articles on Tony Eulenberg

literature

  • Fritz Hinrichs: HITDORF chronicle of a Bergisch port , printing: Dr. Friedrich Middelhauve GmbH, Opladen, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the city on October 26, 1957, with an introduction from Mayor Josef Brock and District Director Hugo Goebel.
  • Leverkusener Informations 2005, publisher: City of Leverkusen, Leverkusen 2005

Web links

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