Wood (Juchen)

Old wood municipality Jüchen Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 27 ″ N , 6 ° 28 ′ 1 ″ E
Height :	approx. 90 m
Residents :	0 (2011)
Postal code :	41363
Area code :	02164
	Location of the former village of Holz in the Rhenish lignite district

Holtz and neighboring towns on the Tranchot map around 1806

The Alt-Holz water tower was blown up on January 22, 2011

Wood was part of the former municipality of Jüchen . It had to give way to the Garzweiler opencast mine . The residents were relocated to Neu-Holz .

geography

Planned mining area Garzweiler II

Main street in the old village in the late evening (2007)

Main street and former location of the chapel (right) in 2010

The towns of Hochneukirch (north), Alt-Otzenrath (south) and Borschemich (west) bordered Alt-Holz . A currently missing section of the A 44 ran east of the former town until 2005 .

history

The place name goes back to a farm from the 15th century, whose owner was called "Wynandt" and after which the village was sometimes called Weinandts- or Winanddtsholz in different spellings.

Chapel (2006)

In 1665, the Cologne citizen Goddert Fassbender donated a "Loreta Chapel" in his birthplace of Holz, which was built in Cologne's Kupfergasse based on the model of the BV Maria Lauretana chapel in Cologne. He also combined a benefit . In 1820 the dilapidated chapel was replaced by a simple new building with two pointed arched windows on each side.

In the 18th century the village had a school building, but had to send the children to school in Hochneukirch at times. Around 1860 a new school building with a teacher's apartment was built. The two-class Catholic elementary school was converted into a primary school in 1969.

In the course of the 19th century, the population increased from 326 (1799) to 560 (1905) in 92 houses. In August 1909, the municipality of Hochneukirch on the road to Otzenrath put a newly built waterworks with a pumping station and a 48-meter-high water tower with a steel elevated tank into operation.

In 2010 a grave field from around 5300-4900 BC was discovered near Alt-Holz.

On January 22, 2011, the last part of the old wood was demolished when the water tower was blown up.

In the meantime, lignite mining has started in the former local area.

religion

As in Otzenrath , the Reformed denomination was able to assert itself in Holz. In 1708 11 of 36 households were assigned to the Reformed and 25 to the Catholic faith. The Catholics of the village belong to the parish of St. Pantaleon in Hochneukirch and the Protestants to the Protestant parish of Jüchen.

Population development

In the course of industrialization at the end of the 19th century, an increase in the population was also registered in wood:

year	population
1767	257
1799	326
1832	474
1871	489
1895	505
1905	560
1961	528
1970	512
2007	27
2010	3
2011	0

Buildings

The old location was dominated by a 48 m high water tower on the former road to Otzenrath, visible from afar .
In the center of the village square of the old town there was a small chapel.

uninhabited main street
Bakery, March 20, 2008.
bricked-up house
demolished house
former gardens.
The demolition continues.
Village square with chapel
In the foreground already demolished house, water tower in the background
Formerly a widely visible landmark of the old village: the water tower
After the demolition, the top of the water tower was destroyed, despite all hopes.

traffic

The closest train station to Alt-Holz was in Jüchen-Hochneukirch. Holz could be reached by car via the A 61 with the Wanlo and Güdderath junctions and the A 44 with the Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen and Otzenrath junctions. The Holz Autobahn triangle is not expected to be renamed, it will continue to be a reminder of the town.

literature

Christian Kandzorra: Wood - the move of a village in the lignite mining area of the Lower Rhine. Documentation of resettlement in the Garzweiler II area. Hundt, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-040522-8 ( Jüchen: high school student writes book about resettlement in old wood ).
Jürgen Kiltz: Hochneukirch, Holz, Otzenrath and Spenrath on postcards. (= History of the community of Jüchen. Volume 14). Hundt Druck, Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-049507-6 .

Web links

Commons : Holz (Jüchen) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Information page "Wood" on garzweiler.com

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Karl L. Mackes: Erkelenzer Börde and Niersquellgebiet. Mönchengladbach 1985, p. 118.
^ Karl L. Mackes: Erkelenzer Börde and Niersquellgebiet. Mönchengladbach 1985, p. 377 ff.
^ Karl L. Mackes: Erkelenzer Börde and Niersquellgebiet. Mönchengladbach 1985, p. 435.
↑ Peter Saatz: The story of Otzenrath and Spenrath. Juchen 2008, p. 119.
↑ Grave field discovered in the Garzweiler opencast mine. In: Rheinische Post. August 25, 2010.
^ Population numbers according to: Karl L. Mackes: Erkelenzer Börde and Niersquellgebiet. Mönchengladbach 1985, p. 118.

[mackes118-1] A ^b Karl L. Mackes: Erkelenzer Börde and Niersquellgebiet. Mönchengladbach 1985, p. 118.

[2] Karl L. Mackes: Erkelenzer Börde and Niersquellgebiet. Mönchengladbach 1985, p. 377 ff.

[3] Karl L. Mackes: Erkelenzer Börde and Niersquellgebiet. Mönchengladbach 1985, p. 435.

[4] Peter Saatz: The story of Otzenrath and Spenrath. Juchen 2008, p. 119.

[5] Grave field discovered in the Garzweiler opencast mine. In: Rheinische Post. August 25, 2010.

[6] Population numbers according to: Karl L. Mackes: Erkelenzer Börde and Niersquellgebiet. Mönchengladbach 1985, p. 118.