Hollerath

Hollerath Community Hellenthal Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 21 ″  N , 6 ° 24 ′ 13 ″  E
Height :	599 m above sea level NHN
Area :	31.8 km²
Residents :	521  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	16 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	53940
Area code :	02482
Hollerath from the "sunny side"

Hollerath is a district of the municipality of Hellenthal in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The village is naturally located on the Hollerath plateau (282.60), which belongs to the Schnee Eifel . It is located in the west of the municipality of Hellenthal and therefore directly on the border with Belgium . The Platißbach flows north of the village, the Prether Bach to the east and the Ramsbach tributary to the south . The source of the olef is located in the Zitterwald , 2.2 km southwest of Hollerath . The federal highway 265 runs through the village .

Nationally known Hollerath (formerly: health resort Hollerath) for its winter sports area and its ski lift ( ⊙ ). Skiers from the cross-country skiing department of the DJK Hollerath sports club have won regional, German and European championships and competitions. The Skiclub Bonn e. V. from 1907 maintains the "Bonner Skihütte" in Hollerath, a half-timbered house built in 1913. The Wintersport-Verein Köln eV also maintains its ski hut in Hollerath, which was built in 1948 on the foundation walls of a former police station belonging to the WSV Cologne, which was badly damaged during the war. For decades, up to 2016, the Duisburg secondary schools maintained one of their school camps in Hollerath.

Varia

A number of concrete bumps on the Siegfried Line running northwest of Hollerath were the subject of an art performance for peace in 2016 by the Cologne philosopher and artist Ralf Peters.

history

On July 1, 1969, Hollerath was incorporated into Hellenthal .

	Justification of the coat of arms: In memory of the early coal industry, the coat of arms of Hollerath consists of three black rounded hills on a golden yellow background, each with a red flame protruding from the tips.

Attractions

Parish Church of St. Bernhard

Hollerath is also the daffodils shown on the upper reaches of the olefin associated, of which parts of a foundation area under the auspices of the Loki Schmidt Foundation stand. Another attraction is the Catholic parish church . It is consecrated to St. Bernhard and was built between 1948 and 1950.

Personalities

• Hubert Wachtendonk (1928–1985), poet and healer
• Herbert Becker (born November 13, 1939 in Hollerath), Father and Steyler missionary, Chilean honorary citizen

literature

• Walter Hanf: Chronicle of Hollerath . Self-published, Hollerath 1990, DNB  995462372 .
• Walter Hanf: Emerging summer and winter tourism in the Schleiden Valley and in the highlands around Hollerath . In: In the Empire - the time of Wilhelm II in the Euskirchen district (=  history in the Euskirchen district - annual journal history association of the Euskirchen district e. V. Year 13). Euskirchen, ISBN 3-930137-91-7 .

Web links

• Website of the municipality of Hellenthal
• Hellenthal, of course

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.hellenthal.de/rathaus-politik/portrait/einwohnerzahlen/
2. ↑ http://www.hellenthal.de/bildung-kultur/vereine/sportvereine-und-verbaende/
3. ↑ http://www.rundschau-online.de/djk-ehre-maria-und-bruno-dahm-11206476
4. ↑ http://skiclub-bonn.de/
5. ↑ http://www.wsv-koeln.de/verein.php
6. ↑ http://www.wsv-koeln.de/pdf/festschrift_a5.pdf
7. ↑ https://www.ksta.de/region/euskirchen-eifel/hellenthal/fluechtlinge-die-gemeinde-hellenthal-nnahm-weiter-90-asylbewerber-auf-24510286
8. ↑ http://www.stimmfeld.de/zumewigenfrieden.html
9. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 100 .
10. ^ Projects / Foundation State West Germany / Narzissenwiesen Oleftal. Loki Schmidt Foundation, accessed September 25, 2015 .  
11. ↑ Walter Hanf: The adoration of St. Bernard of Clairvaux . Helper with paralysis and child cramps. In: Eifeljahrbuch . Eifelverein, 2001, ISSN  0424-687X , p. 67-70 .
12. ^ Bernhard Kirfel: Eisvogel. The seer, poet and healer Hubert Wachtendonk (1928–1985) . Verlag Clemens Zerling, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-88468-039-1 .
13. ^ Golden Jubilee of Father Herbert Becker. Community of the municipalities of Hellenthal / Schleiden, September 9, 2017, accessed on October 6, 2017 .  
14. ^ Father Herbert Becker SVD receives Chilean honorary citizenship. Divine Word Missionaries, November 24, 2008, accessed October 6, 2017 .