Hoven (Zuelpich)

Hoven and Floren City of Zuelpich Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 6 ″ N , 6 ° 38 ′ 37 ″ E
Height :	approx. 180 m
Residents :	1102 (December 31, 2018)
Postal code :	53909
Area code :	02252

Hoven, view to the tower of St. Margareta (2015)

Hoven, Marienborn Clinic

Passage through Floren

Hoven is a district of Zülpich in the Euskirchen district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Hoven has 1085 inhabitants. The hamlet of Floren belongs to Hoven with only a few houses and 50 inhabitants. Raimund Wallraff is the mayor for Hoven and Floren.

location

Hoven seamlessly connects to Zülpich to the southeast. Floren is about 3 kilometers to the south. Both places are in the Zülpicher Börde . The federal highway 56 , the federal highway 265 and the federal highway 477 run past Hoven . The water sports lake Zülpich is located to the southeast . The B 477 runs right through Floren. The Vlattener Bach flows along the southern edge of the hamlet.

history

In the year 880 a place called “Halmhova” is listed in the property records of the Prüm Abbey . Halmhova (= grain yard) is the first name for Hoven . Hoven was destroyed several times during the Thirty Years' War , especially in 1647 by Hessian troops.

Both places came under Jülich rule in the 14th century and remained under Jülich until 1794.

The name Floren appears as a Vlurne in 1218 . It is derived from the Roman goddess Flora . The grounds of the former Everhard von Hengebach estate in Floren can still be seen today.

Since the 19th century, Hoven and Floren formed the municipality of Hoven-Floren in the Sinzenich mayor's office in the Euskirchen district. Hoven-Floren was incorporated into Zülpich in 1922.

school

The first known school house was the present house at Nideggener Straße 114. In 1855 a new school was built near the church of St. Margareta. In 1962 a new school was built again, this time in the industrial area . In 1968 the Catholic elementary schools were dissolved.

church

In 1188 the Archbishop of Cologne donated the Hovener Marienkirche to the Cistercian Sisters of Sankt Thomas an der Kyll . With St. Margareta there were two chapel communities before 1188.

The Catholic parish of St. Margareta Hoven has been looked after by the respective pastor of St. Peter Zülpich since 1978. The parish of St. Margareta Hoven currently counts 900 Catholics with Flores.