Buchheim (Cologne)

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Coat of arms of Cologne
Buchheim
Bochem
district 903 of Cologne
Location of the Buchheim district in the Cologne-Mülheim district
Coordinates 50 ° 57 '22 "  N , 7 ° 0' 47"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '22 "  N , 7 ° 0' 47"  E
surface 2,856.3 km²
Residents 12,932 (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density 4528 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation Apr 1, 1914
Postcodes 51065, 51067, 51063
prefix 0221
Borough Mulheim (9)
Transport links
Highway A3 A4
Federal road B8 B55a B506
Railway connection Cologne - Mülheim RE 1 RE 5 RB 48 S 6 S 11
Light rail lines 3 13 18th
Bus routes 150 151 152 153 159 195
Source: 2017 residents . (PDF) Cologne district information

Cologne-Buchheim ( Kölsch Bochem ) is a district on the right bank of the Rhine in Cologne in the Mülheim district .

Location and boundary line

Buchheim borders in the east on Holweide , in the south on Höhenberg , in the west on Buchforst and in the northwest and in the north on Mülheim .

The borders are in the east the Autobahn 3 , in the south the B 55 a , in the west the railway line along Germaniastraße and Ackerstraße and in the north the railway line to Bergisch Gladbach .

history

St. Mauritius Church in Buchheim

A parish church was mentioned in Buchheim as early as 1160. Other sources indicate settlement as early as the Carolingian times .

1663 was the Wasserburg Herl built. A park with the St. Johann Nepomuk chapel was created in the 18th century. Politically, Buchheim has belonged to the Porz office in the Duchy of Berg since the Middle Ages . In 1795 French troops occupied Buchheim. In 1808 Mairie Merheim was established, to which Buchheim also belonged. The Mairie Merheim was part of the canton of Mülheim in the Rhine department . Since 1815, Bucheim has belonged to the mayor's office in Merheim in the Mülheim district in the Kingdom of Prussia . On April 1, 1914, Buchheim was incorporated into Cologne.

Demographic statistics

Structure of the population of Cologne-Buchheim:

  • Proportion of under 18-year-olds: 18.1% (2015)
  • Proportion of over 64-year-olds: 16.0% (2015)
  • Proportion of foreigners: 28.9% (2015)
  • Unemployment rate: 14.6% (2014)

religion

In 1896, today's Catholic Church of St. Mauritius was built (neo-Gothic). It is the successor to the Alt St. Mauritius Chapel (today the Sonderburger Strasse cemetery chapel), and in 1961/62 the Protestant Kreuzkirche. The Christian-Islamic Society is located in the former rectory next to the St. Mauritius Church .

  • St. Theresia of the Child Jesus (Catholic church in the round building style on Bergisch Gladbacher Straße)
  • New Apostolic Church for Cologne-Mülheim
  • Herler Chapel St. Johann Nepomuk
  • Mosque of the VIKZ in the Villa Hahnenburg Ackerstraße / Bergisch Gladbacher Straße

Mills on the round

Of the numerous mills on the Strunde that used their water power, there were two mills in Buchheim, namely the Herler mill , which is still equipped with a water wheel, and the Buchheimer mill , which was demolished in 1910.

Others

In Cologne-Buchheim there are also company apartments of the cable manufacturer Felten & Guilleaume , which became known from 1991 through the Fussbroich family and were the main location in this first German documentary soap .

Worth seeing

  • Castle Herl
  • Chapel of St. Johann Nepomuk
  • Church of St. Mauritius (with "Herjottszejefinger" church tower)
  • Kreuzkirche
  • Buchheim Cross
  • Herler Mill
  • Intermediate plant Xc
  • Fort XI, Piccoloministraße, clubhouse
  • Intermediate plant XI a Herler Ring 33, club house.
  • Monuments in Buchheim

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inhabitants according to selected age groups - data source: City of Cologne - offenedaten-koeln.de
  2. ↑ Inhabitants according to selected age groups - data source: City of Cologne - offenedaten-koeln.de
  3. ↑ Inhabitants by type of migration background - data source: City of Cologne - offenedaten-koeln.de
  4. ↑ Employed and unemployed part of the city - data source: City of Cologne - offenedaten-koeln.de
  5. ↑ Frank Schulte: The Strunderbach and its mills. In: The Mayor's Office Merheim through the ages, 1st volume. Ed. Heimatverein Köln-Dellbrück eV “Ahl Kohgasser”, Cologne 1973, p. 215 ff.

Web links

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