Itter (Dusseldorf)

Itter district of the state capital Düsseldorf
Basic data
Geographic location :	51 ° 10 ′  N , 6 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′  N , 6 ° 49 ′  E
Height:	38  m above sea  level
Surface:	2.58 km²
Residents:	2,395 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	928 inhabitants per km²
Incorporation :	August 1, 1929
District:	District 9
District number:	097
Transport links
Bus route:	M 3 835 724
Night traffic:	NE 7

Itter is a district of Düsseldorf , which on the one hand was able to retain its village character and on the other hand is subject to constant change due to the development of several new building areas and the associated increased influx of families with children after the Second World War.

geography

The district is located in the south of Düsseldorf near the Rhine . Himmelgeist borders Itter in the west, Wersten in the north and Holthausen in the east. A beautiful, partially protected landscape with alluvial forests , pastures and arable land - also called Himmelgeister Rheinbogen - is immediately south of the settlement area. It invites you to do sports close to nature, hikes or excursions on natural history.

The district is named after the Itterbach , which rises in Solingen- Gräfrath and originally flowed into the Rhine in Itter. The course of the brook from Hilden is shown in a map sketch from the beginning of the 18th century . After the village of Benrath, the Itter flowed north to the moat of Haus Elbroich , then west through the village of Itter and then south of Himmelgeist into the Rhine. With the construction of the rococo castle in Benrath (1756–1768) the Itter was diverted to feed the ponds and ponds of the local castle park. Since then, only a small trickle - called Broichgraben or Holthausener Bach - has flowed into the Rhine. With the construction of a motor road - the Münchner Straße - no water at all arrives. The remaining trenches are only used for drainage in the event of flooding.

Farms and their agricultural areas originally shaped the place. In particular, the new construction of the centrally located residential estate on the streets An der Jagen border and Im Hasengraben in the 1960s, but even more the development of the even larger new building area Itter-Nord with the streets Im Besental , Sankt-Hubertus- and Pastor-Dörr-Ring since 2000 caused an influx of families with children and a stronger growth of the district.

history

Few data have survived in writing about Itter's detailed history in the Middle Ages. Itter is mentioned in writing for the first time in 1150. The pin Vilich owned lands in Itter and so has the early history of the village affected. A Romanesque village church belonging to the Kaiserswerth monastery is mentioned as early as 1326, and is documented in 1492. The parish of Itter has been independent since the 15th century. Some data are given in connection with the neighboring communities of Himmelgeist and Holthausen. In a description from 1715, the affiliation to the Monheim office with the parishes Himmelgeist, Itter and Benrath is given for the Monheim sub-office. This confirms the early independence of a community in the village. The church was enlarged in 1842 and extensively renovated in 1901.

Early data is available for two larger farms and estates in the Itter area. One is the free aristocratic Gut Kircherhof , located in the vicinity of the village church. In the 16th century this court belonged to the von Gogrewe (or Gaugreben) family; In 1544 Johann Ghogreff (around 1499–1554), the chancellor of Jülich-Kleve-Berg , is named as the owner. After this family presumably died out, Georg von Neuhoff , the owner of Haus Elbroich , bought the Kircherhof in 1604. By inheritance, the farm came into the possession of the Lords of Horst at the end of the 17th century . In 1781, Countess Maria, Anna von der Horst sold the Kircherhof as well as other lands belonging to Haus Horst . The owner became a Peter Schmitz from Heerdt. The second larger courtyard is Hof Massenburg . This farm is called Mahselburg in documents in the 15th and 16th centuries . As expressly confirmed by the chapter on Kaiserswerth in 1716, the righteous (entitled) at Massenburg were entitled to two places in the village church next to the preacher's chair.

During the French era , the municipality of Itter was allocated to the municipality of Benrath in the canton of Richrath by decree of October 13, 1807 by Duke Joachim Murat with Himmelgeist, Holthausen, Urdenbach and Wersten . Even after the French withdrew in 1813, when the Generalgouvernement Berg belonged to Prussia , this affiliation did not change for Itter. According to a decree of April 15, 1814, the (Ge) Samtgemeinde Benrath was formed. This was only temporarily expanded to include the communities of Eller and Hilden until 1842. With the reorganization according to the Rhenish rural community order in 1845, Itter was merged with Holthausen to form the rural community Itter-Holthausen and remained with other rural communities in the rural mayor's office of Benrath. In 1908 the three municipalities of Benrath, Itter-Holthausen and Urdenbach were merged into the mayor's office of Benrath to form the large municipality of Benrath (Groß-Benrath). Itter-Holthausen was since then a part of the municipality of Groß-Benrath. This changed in 1929. On July 10, 1929, the Prussian state parliament decided to reorganize the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial area. Among other things, this also affected today's south of Düsseldorf. The large community of Benrath was dissolved and all parts of the community were incorporated into Düsseldorf. Itter has thus become a district of Düsseldorf.

Culture and sights

St. Hubertus

church

The construction of the Romanesque basilica St. Hubertus began around 1100. Since its expansion in 1865, it has roughly the same size and exterior architecture as it is today. The Itter cemetery was built around 1800.

regional customs

The oldest tradition in Itter is the costume of God . It took place for the first time in 1623. Since 2013 it has been carried out together with the neighboring parish of St. Nikolaus in Himmelgeist . The St. Hubertus-Schützenbruderschaft e. V. Itter celebrates its shooting festival at the beginning of August each year. The latest part of the tradition is the carnival parade, which takes place every Saturday immediately before Shrove Monday .

Sports

A riding facility with riding arena , riding arena , stables and paddocks enables equestrian sports and also the accommodation of horses owned by urban residents

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The adjacent motor road Münchener Straße is important for private transport . You can quickly reach the city center, Benrath and the A 46 and A 59 motorways .

The public transport connection is made by Rheinbahn bus lines. Line 835 crosses the district from east to west as well as the neighboring Himmelgeist and connects Itter directly with Reisholz , Holthausen, Bilk , Ober- and Niederkassel and the Heinrich Heine University . Since August 29, 2018, the most important stops at the university and in the above-mentioned districts can be reached a little faster with the M3 Metrobus line, which serves the Itter cemetery but takes Nünchener Strasse instead of Himmelgeist. Line 724 complements the offer, as some journeys on this line start or end on the eastern edge of the district (streets Am Trippelsberg and Am Farnacker ). During night traffic before Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, the buses of the night express line NE 7 stop in Itter.

Day care centers and schools

Itter does not have its own daycare centers or schools . With and there are two facilities of the family center of the pastoral care unit Düsseldorfer Rheinbogen in Himmelgeist . The closest schools are

• the St. Apollinaris primary school with locations in Holthausen and Himmelgeist and
• the municipal Catholic secondary school Itterstraße in Holthausen

There is a good public transport connection to the high schools in Niederkassel (direct connection), Benrath and the city center.

fire Department

The Himmelgeist / Itter volunteer fire brigade, headquartered in Itter, has been in existence since 1908 and has 29 active members - including 16 young firefighters - and owns four emergency vehicles and one boat. The unit, which was integrated into the Düsseldorf fire brigade as the Himmelgeist fire fighting group, was involved in 89 missions in 2017.

Agriculture

Agricultural products are primarily only traded in a farm shop and are produced less locally.

Both surprising by now well known among wine connoisseurs on the district borders the past few years carried out vineyards . The so-called Itter-Zwicker is a fine example of a Lower Rhine wine. It is obtained in the Huver Jücht vineyard from 87 vines from Bolten & Bolten so far . The Itter-Zwicker is a semi-dry rosé wine that, after a year of bottle aging, tends to be more dry and consists of the varieties Riesling , Kerner and Pinot Noir. The vines that were planted in 1988 have flourished so far, which shows that viticulture is in principle possible on the Lower Rhine. However, the Riesling flavor has not only found friends so far, which has so far prevented large-scale expansion.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Office for statistics and elections of the state capital Düsseldorf: Statistics for the district 097 - Itter
2. ↑ In: Map sketch by Erich Philipp Ploennies 1715; Volume 15 ; Benrath historical, series of publications of the archive of the home community Groß-Benrath; P. 13.
3. ↑ ^{a b} In: Website of the district - Itter
4. ↑ Meinegemein.de
5. ↑ In: Volume 5 ; Benrath historical, series of publications of the archive of the home community Groß-Benrath; P. 48.
6. ↑ In: Volume 15 ; Benrath historical, series of publications of the archive of the home community Groß-Benrath; P. 17.
7. ↑ In: Volume 5 ; Benrath historical, series of publications of the archive of the home community Groß-Benrath; P. 49.
8. ↑ In: Issue 9 ; Benrath historical, series of publications of the archive of the home community Groß-Benrath; P. 45.
9. ↑ In: Issue 9 ; Benrath historical, series of publications of the archive of the home community Groß-Benrath; P. 46.
10. ↑ In: Issue 9 ; Benrath historical, series of publications of the archive of the home community Groß-Benrath; P. 47.
11. ↑ In: Volume 15 ; Benrath historical, series of publications of the archive of the home community Groß-Benrath; P. 25.
12. ↑ In: Volume 15 ; Benrath historical, series of publications of the archive of the home community Groß-Benrath; P. 28.
13. ^ Official journal for the administrative district of Düsseldorf 1908, p. 208
14. ↑ In: Volume 15 ; Benrath historical, series of publications of the archive of the home community Groß-Benrath; Pp. 32-33.
15. ↑ In: Volume 15 ; Benrath historical, series of publications of the archive of the home community Groß-Benrath; P. 70.
16. ↑ Kath. Kirchengemeinde St. Hubertus, Düsseldorf-Itter: St. Hubertus Düsseldorf-Itter, page 3. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 7, 2015 ; accessed on January 6, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
17. ↑ Old tradition on new paths. Retrieved January 9, 2018 . 
18. ↑ http://www.meinegemein.de/Kindestagesstaette-St-Nikolau.171.0.html
19. ↑ http://www.meinegemein.de/Katholisches-Kinderhaus-Itter.371.0.html

Web links

Commons : Düsseldorf-Itter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Office for Statistics and Elections of the State Capital Düsseldorf : Statistics for the district 097 - Itter
• Website of the district - Itter