Kalterherberg

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Kalterherberg
City of Monschau
Coat of arms of Kalterherberg
Coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 16 ″  N , 6 ° 13 ′ 13 ″  E
Height : 560 m above sea level NHN
Area : 18.73 km²
Residents : 2432  (Dec. 31, 2006)
Population density : 130 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 52156
Area code : 02472
Eifel Cathedral

Kalterherberg is a south-western part of Monschau in the city ​​region of Aachen and until December 31, 1971 belonged as an independent municipality to the then dissolved district of Monschau , which in turn belonged to the also dissolved administrative district of Aachen (see Aachen Law ).

The name characterizes the place. Located directly on the High Fens , this high-lying border town with Belgium is the first to experience wind and weather in typical westerly weather conditions. Beech windbreaks as high as the house provide a remedy; Kalterherberg is a typical example of the Monschau Heckenland .

geography

Kalterherberg is located on the Belgian border, 4 km southwest of Monschau. The Belgian military training area Elsenborn is located south of the village .

climate

Precipitation diagram
The annual precipitation is 1386 mm and is thus in the upper third of the values ​​recorded by the measuring points of the German Weather Service . Over 96% indicate lower values. The driest month is September; it rains most in December. In the wettest month there is around 1.9 times more rain than in the driest month. The seasonal fluctuations in precipitation are in the upper third. In over 92% of all places, the monthly precipitation fluctuates less.

history

The oldest document in which Kalterherberg is mentioned is dated May 1, 1334. In this year Johannes Payzsche and his wife Alleidis sold an annual cash pension to the Reichenstein monastery in “Kaldeherberich” and used their goods in Kalterherberg as a pledge. The lay judges and the forester von Konzen confirmed this trade. In the Aachen city bill of 1385, Kalterherberg is also mentioned in connection with a "Thiis van der Kalden Herbergen". In another document from 1391 the name "Kalde Herberge" appears. Around 1550 there was a chapel dedicated to St. Lambertus . The so-called Eifeldom , the Catholic parish church of St. Lambertus, was built between 1897 and 1903 and was extensively renovated between 1954 and 1957.

The language and state border originally ran roughly in the Rur Valley. After the end of Napoleon's reign , u. a. the Rhineland, ceded to the French since the First Coalition War (see Peace of Lunéville ) in the Congress of Vienna to Prussia. At this time from 1815 Küchelscheid-Leykaul also belonged to the Rhine Province , but was given to Belgium by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 after the First World War . In the Second World War , it was again part of the German Reich for a few years, but was liberated again by Western Allied troops in autumn 1944, with the population being evacuated to Belgium by US troops. On April 1, 1949, the western parts of the village of Leykaul, which formerly belonged to Kalterherberg, as well as several farms were temporarily converted to Belgium . These areas were returned to Germany on August 28, 1958 on the basis of a German-Belgian border treaty concluded on September 24, 1956 ( Federal Law Gazette 1958 II p. 262 ). The western part of Leykaul remained permanently with Belgium and, like Küchelscheid , today belongs to the German-speaking community within the municipality of Bütgenbach .

On January 1, 1972, Kalterherberg was incorporated into the city of Monschau by the Aachen law .

On May 13, 2002, Kalterherberg was passed through during the second stage of the Giro d'Italia .

Sightseeing and tourism

Former Kalterherberg train station on the Vennbahn line , expanded into the Vennbahnradweg Aachen-Ulfingen since 2012

For information on monuments in Kalterherberg, see the list of monuments in Monschau .

  • The old houses of the village show the typical house shapes of the Venndörfer: the stone house with a chimney and entrance in the gable with a chimney and entrance in the gable, the Franconian shape with an entrance on the long side and in the middle of the house, as well as a long house developed from peat storage halls .
  • The two- tower St. Lambertus Church , built in 1901, is one of the Eifel domes .
  • The village has a hotel, restaurant, cafe, holiday homes and apartments for travelers and tourists.
  • The Eifel-Höhen-Route cycle path , which runs around the Eifel National Park , leads through the village .
  • The Vennbahnradweg Aachen-Ulfingen (Luxembourg) and the Rurufer-Radweg touch the place at the former train station .
  • In the valley of the Rur there are various overnight stays and a campsite.
  • The Perlenbachtal in the Perlenbach-Fuhrtsbachtal nature reserve is known for its rock formations and the daffodil blooms in spring.

Transport links

Kalterherberg was formerly connected to the Aachen - St.Vith (Vennbahn) railway. The former train station is on the territory of the Belgian municipality of Bütgenbach.

Today the place is served by two bus routes:

line course
85 Imgenbroich bus station - / Monschau parking garage - Mützenich  - Reichenstein  - Kalterherberg church  - Kalterherberg Oberdorf
385 Eupen  Bushof (B) - Ternell Nature Center  (B) - Mützenich  - Monschau  - Kalterherberg Church  - Kalterherberg  Bf

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Fasel: Cold chamber in the Eifel . March 18, 2006 ( welt.de [accessed June 18, 2019]).
  2. ↑ see e.g. B. 'The Siegfried Line Campaign', Chapter 4: VII Corps Penetrates the Line , p. 84
  3. ↑ Pictures of the evacuation (from minute 25:18)
  4. ↑ butgenbach.be
  5. ↑ see also Daniel-Erasmus Khan (2004): The German State Borders: Legal-Historical Basics and Open Legal Issues , p. 471 ( online ).
  6. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory 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. 309 .
  7. ↑ 385: Eupen - Mützenich - Monschau - Kalterherberg. In: AVV line timetables. RVE / TEC , June 4, 2015, accessed February 3, 2016 .