Kückhoven

Kückhoven City of Erkelenz
	Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 44 " N , 6 ° 20 ′ 53" E
Height :	89 m
Area :	7.2 km²
Residents :	2357 (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	327 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	41812
Area code :	02431
Location of Kückhoven in North Rhine-Westphalia

Kückhoven, Catholic Church

Kückhoven is an incorporated district of Erkelenz in the Heinsberg district in North Rhine-Westphalia and is located in the Jülich-Zülpicher Börde . The residents of the neighboring towns gave the Kückhovener the local name "De Japstöck".

geography

location

Kückhoven borders in the north on Wockerath , in the northeast on Berverath , in the east on Holzweiler , in the south on Katzem and in the west on Neu-Immerath and Bellinghoven .

The village is around three kilometers southeast of Erkelenz. A bypass road leads around the village in the east, past Holzweiler and Immerath to the municipality of Titz . The road to Katzem leads through the village .

Garzweiler opencast lignite mine

Since 2006/07 the resettlement place Neu-Immerath has been built southwest of Kückhoven. The village of Immerath is being displaced from its old location by the Garzweiler open- cast lignite mine . As early as 2005, some families from Pesch moved to Kückhoven.

Originally, Kückhoven was also supposed to be excavated, but due to the resistance of the population, the planned mining area of the opencast mine was reduced. In the future, Kückhoven will initially be located directly on the opencast mine and later on a lake, as the remaining hole will be filled with water after the end of the brown coal mining .

history

Neolithic remains of a well

Around 5100 BC In the area of today's gravel pit next to Lahey Park , people of the linear ceramic culture settled . In 1990 a wooden well was discovered in the Neolithic settlement. This represents one of the oldest preserved wooden structures in the world. Parts of the fountain are exhibited in a climatic chamber in the LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn .

The ending of the place name in -inghoven indicates that Kückhoven was founded at the time of the late Merovingians or early Carolingians . Kückhoven was first mentioned in a document in 1309 as Kudichoven . In the Middle Ages and in the early modern period , Kückhoven was part of the "Glory of Erkelenz".

From 1794, the rural community of Kückhoven formed a joint community with the town of Erkelenz . In 1851 Kückhoven was released from this joint municipality and now formed an independent municipality, the area of which was 718 hectares 73 ares.

On February 26, 1945, Kückhoven was captured by American soldiers of the 102nd Infantry Division of the 9th US Army in the course of Operation Grenade .

On January 1, 1972, the municipality of Kückhoven was dissolved in the course of municipal reform and the city of Erkelenz was added.

Reconstruction of the Neolithic settlement in Lahey Park

archeology

Archaeological finds around Kückhoven substantiate large parts of the documentary and literary evidence. The following original find from Kückhoven is considered to be of local historical value:

(Silver) Denarius COLOGNE. Otto I. , 936-973. This denarius is part of the first documentary mention of Erkelenz in the year 966 AD.

These small finds testify to trade and economy:

a coin weight; probably 18th century for weighing Reichsthalers ,
the lid of a bowl weight with the stamped date: 1747.

Furthermore, there are coins and weights from several centuries as originals.

Population development

Development of the population of Kückhoven

year	Ew.
1885	1286
1925	1329
1933	1320
1939	1402
1961	1493
1970	1555

year	Ew.
2007	2269
2008	2238
2009	2245
2010	2218

politics

coat of arms


	Founding of the coat of arms: The municipality of Kückhoven has had a coat of arms since 1935, but this is no longer required due to the incorporation into Erkelenz.

religion

The majority of the village is Catholic . In 1340 the place was raised to a parish, until then Kückhoven had belonged to the parish of Erkelenz. The church is dedicated to St. Servatius . The church building is a baroque cross-shaped hall church and has a baroque altar. The choir stalls probably come from the Hohenbusch monastery . The west tower is late Gothic and dates from 1460.

On January 1st, 2010 the parish was merged with ten other parishes to form the parish of St. Maria and Elisabeth Erkelenz.

Infrastructure

The “Pro8” nursing home for people with dementia is privately run. It is architecturally built in the shape of a figure eight to accommodate the urge to move around demented residents through circular paths. The facility, founded in 2003, was awarded the innovation prize of the Aachen region in 2007 due to its special concept .

Catholic kindergarten Kückhoven

Municipal kindergarten Kückhoven

Community elementary school Kückhoven

Erkelenz volunteer fire brigade , Kückhoven-Immerath fire fighting group

Sports

sports ground
gym
Kückhoven model airfield
Kückhoven ultralight airfield
Off-Road Club Kückhoven

Culture and sights

monument

Bronze sculpture De Japstöck
The wooden fountain from the Neolithic Age is exhibited in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn .

park

Lahey Park

Regular events

Japstockerwachen ( Hoppeditzerwachen ) around 11.11. as a prelude to the carnival session

Carnival sessions

Carnival parade on Tulip Sunday
May celebration (dance in May) on April 30th
Fair / shooting festival
Popular cycling
The leather school for children

societies

Sports

Hundesportverein Kückhoven eV
Shooting club Kückhoven eV
Table tennis club 1970 Kückhoven eV
TuS "Germania" eV 1912 Kückhoven
STC Kückhoven 90
ORC-Kückhoven (Off-Road Club)

Protect

Hussar procession "Alles Klar" 1967 Kückhoven
Landsknechte 1984
Red Hussar Kückhoven 1974
Black Hussars Kückhoven 1973
Schwatte Männ "Holzweilerend"
St. Sebastianus Schützenbruderschaft 1664 Kückhoven eV
Navy train Blaue Jungs Kückhoven 1982

Flora and fauna

Carrier pigeon club 02576 "Homecoming" Kückhoven
Horticulture and Beautification Association Kückhoven eV
Rabbit Breeder Association R8 Kückhoven eV VR698

Others

Böllerclub 1864 Kückhoven-West
Village community Kückhoven eV
Kückhovener Carnival Society "De Japstöck" 1949 eV member of the Association of German Carnival
Drummers and Pfeifercorps Kückhoven eV
Association of friends, sponsors and patrons of the Kath. Elementary School Erkelenz-Kückhoven eV
VdK local association Kückhoven
Fire Brigade Association Kückhoven
Bit Kückhoven brothers

Personalities

Josef Hilgers (born September 9, 1858 in Kückhoven; † January 25, 1918 in the Bonifatiushaus near Emmerich) Jesuit and writer
Leonhard Küppers (born April 26, 1903 in Kückhoven, † June 2, 1985) priest, art historian and writer

literature

P. Albert: Historical Heimatfest! Re-erection of the coat of arms of the Kückhoven rulership and consecration of the flag of the “Germania” gymnastics club , 1927
Jürgen Weiner: An archaeological find of the century in the district of Heinsberg , In: Heimatkalender des Kreises Heinsberg, year 1996, p. 29 ff.
Materials for the preservation of monuments in the Rhineland, issue 11, Fountain of the Neolithic Age International Symposium in Erkelenz October 27-29 , 1997 , Rheinland-Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-7927-1746-8 .

Jutta Lehmann, Nicole Kegler-Graiewski, Carsten Mischka and Doris Mischka: The flat ceramic settlement area of Erkelenz-Kückhoven, district of Heinsberg. I. Archeology , Rheinische Ausgrabungen Vol. 54, Verlag Philipp von Zabern 2004, ISBN 3-8053-3373-0 .

Web links

Commons : Kückhoven - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Update of the population on December 31, 2016 (PDF). (No longer available online.) In: Website of the city of Erkelenz. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017 ; Retrieved January 25, 2017 . 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.

↑ ^a ^b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 307 .

↑ Kückhoven.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Landkreis Erkelenz. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[1] Update of the population on December 31, 2016 (PDF). (No longer available online.) In: Website of the city of Erkelenz. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017 ; Retrieved January 25, 2017 . 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. @1@ 2

[Gemeindeverzeichnis1970bis1982-2] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 307 .