Meschenich

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Coat of arms of Cologne
Meschenich
district 213 of Cologne
Location of the Meschenich district in district 2
Coordinates 50 ° 51 '41 "  N , 6 ° 55' 50"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '41 "  N , 6 ° 55' 50"  E
surface 4.718 km²
Residents 7934 (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density 1682 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation Jan. 1, 1975
Post Code 50997
prefix 02232
Borough Rodenkirchen (2)
Transport links
Highway A553
Federal road B51
Bus routes 132 135 192 935
Source: 2017 residents . (PDF) Cologne district information
Parish Church of St. Blaise
High-rise buildings "on the Kölnberg" in Meschenich

Meschenich is a district on the extreme southern edge of the city of Cologne and belongs to the Rodenkirchen district within it .

location

Meschenich borders in the north on the Cologne district of Rondorf and its settlement Höningen , in the east on the Cologne district of Immendorf , in the south on the cities of Brühl and Wesseling and in the west on the city of Hürth .

history

The first signs of settlement are from the Roman period. The first documentary mention of the place as Meschingen comes from 1166.

The Romanesque church of the place was mentioned in the Liber valoris in 1274. Since the Middle Ages, large areas of Meschenich have belonged to various Cologne churches and monasteries, such as the St. Mauritius Monastery , the St. Maria Abbey in the Capitol , the St. Severin Monastery and the Benden monastery in Brühl.

Meschenich was settled along Heeresstrasse, which for a long time gave it the character of a typical street village. In the middle of the 17th century there were only 15 other houses besides the farms and the church. It is worth mentioning the Trenkebergstrasse cemetery with its stone crosses, the war memorial and numerous elements, some of which are listed.

Until the beginning of the 19th century, it belonged to the then independent community of Rodenkirchen . In 1975 Meschenich was incorporated into the city of Cologne.

The center of the village is still the church of St. Blaise . In 1973 the large housing estate on the Kölnberg in the north of Meschenich was built, which represents a counterpoint to the previous development and construction of the rural location. The "Kölnberg" today forms a number of houses with up to 26 floors and a total of over 1300 residential units.

Demographic statistics

Structure of the population of Cologne-Meschenich:

  • Share of under 18s: 21.2% (2014)
  • Proportion of over 64-year-olds: 13.0% (2014)
  • Proportion of foreigners: 40.4% (2015)
  • Unemployment rate: 14.8% (2014)

traffic

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Panoramic picture of Meschenich from the east, with Knapsack in the background (2017)

The A 553 motorway ends at Meschenich. An originally planned extension to the A4 was discarded. Therefore, the B 51 , which runs right through Meschenich, and the Brühler Tangente L 150 / Kerkrader Straße (cross connection from the end of the A 553 to the A 555 ) carry the traffic load of the traffic flowing from the A 553 to Cologne or the A 4. Due to the associated burden for the residents, the construction of a bypass road is planned (construction law has been in place since April 2018; the groundbreaking will take place on January 24, 2020); In addition, the B51 is to be relocated and expanded and thus the federal motorway 553 is to be better connected to the Cologne motorway ring via the Cologne- Eifeltor motorway junction .

There are also four bus routes that connect Meschenich with local public transport . Cologne city center can be reached with line 132 via Rondorf , Marienburg and Südstadt or, more quickly, with line 192 and change to regional transport at Hürth-Kalscheuren station . There are also connections to Rodenkirchen with line 135 and to Brühl and Hürth with line 935.

In addition, in a fourth stage of expansion of the north-south light rail system, it is planned to extend light rail line 5 via Rondorf to Meschenich.

societies

  • 1. Meschenicher Hunnenhorde (Carnival Society)
  • SC 1923 Meschenich eV
  • JGV Sankt Josef Meschenich (traditional bachelor club)
  • KC Tolle Meute (Carnival Society)
  • KG Meschenicher Buure Gelb-Grün 2010 eV (Carnival Society)
  • MGV Meschenich 1894 eV (men's choir)
  • Citizen and Association Community Meschenich eV
  • Active for Meschenich eV

See also

literature

  • Paul Clemen: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz, Der Landkreis Köln , Düsseldorf 1897, Reprint Düsseldorf 1983, ISBN 3-590-32118-0 , p. 163f

Web links

Commons : Köln-Meschenich  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Planning approval documents of the city of Cologne for the planning approval procedure for the new building B51n - Meschenich bypass ", LSG L18, EZ 3, District 2
  6. ↑ Connection relieves the pressure on residential development in Meschenich: building permit for bypass in Kölnische Rundschau from April 28, 2018
  7. ↑ New streets in Meschenich: Last kilometer to the Eifeltor. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. Retrieved March 22, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Information from the State Office for Road Construction NRW on the subject: B51n: Continuation of the Cologne-Meschenich bypass to the A4 junction Cologne-Eifeltor (accessed September 29, 2016)
  9. ↑ Application to the Rodenkirchen District Representation for the routing of the north-south light rail. Retrieved March 22, 2016 .
  10. ↑ 65 million - expansion of the tram to Meschenich can hope for funding in the Kölnische Rundschau on April 5, 2018
  11. ↑ Report from the newspaper Kölner Stadtanzeiger from September 16, 2018: Until Rondorf and Meschenich - local politicians are discussing the extension of line 5 .
  12. ↑ Home. Retrieved March 26, 2020 .