Chapels on the Fleuth

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Chapels on the Fleuth
City of Geldern
Coat of arms of chapels on the Fleuth
Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 16 ″  N , 6 ° 21 ′ 46 ″  E
Height : 27 m above sea level NN
Area : 23.87 km²
Residents : 2620  (Feb 29, 2020)
Population density : 110 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 47608
Area code : 02838
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Location of chapels on the Fleuth in the city of Geldern
Parish church
Parish church

The village of Kapellen an der Fleuth is located on the Lower Rhine in the northwest of North Rhine-Westphalia and is a district of Geldern and has 2,620 inhabitants. (As of February 29, 2020)

geography

Kapellen an der Fleuth is located on the left bank of the Rhine in the Lower Rhine lowlands. The Issumer Fleuth , a tributary of the Niers , flows through it .

Neighboring places are Sonsbeck in the north, Kevelaer in the west, Alps in the east and Issum and Geldern in the south.

history

The town of Capelle was first mentioned in a document in 1250. The eponymous chapel was built on the Roman road from Xanten to Straelen . The parish church of St. Georg is mentioned in 1305 in the Xanten tithe register. On March 3, 1336, the knight Luef von Beerenbroeck sold the jurisdiction and the church patronage chapels on the Fleuth to Rainald II von Geldern . He had already become a liege lord over the village of Kapellen an der Fleuth in 1326.

Kapellen on the Fleuth was ravaged by fires several times. On November 11, 1690, the church burned down completely. On July 14, 1792, 27 houses and 16 barns were destroyed by fire. The rectory was also affected and the church was saved. On the eve of White Sunday 1810, 32 houses and 16 barns burned down. In 1908 the volunteer fire brigade was founded because a fire on the Beerenbrouck family farm could not be extinguished due to the lack of helpers despite the horse cart with a hand sprayer.

From 1798 to 1814 Kapellen an der Fleuth was under French rule until the entire Lower Rhine was added to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Then came on April 23, 1816 in the course of the Prussian administrative organization Kapellen an der Fleuth to the district of Geldern as one of over 40 districts of the province of Jülich-Kleve-Berg , the later Rhine province .

During the National Socialist era, the historical name of Capellen was changed to Kapellen.

On July 1, 1969, Kapellen an der Fleuth was incorporated into the city of Geldern with the first municipal reorganization program and has been part of the Kleve district since January 1, 1975 . By resolution of the main committee of the city of Geldern in January 2020, the place was renamed from Kapellen to Kapellen an der Fleuth.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the former municipality of Kapellen

Blazon : In blue a silver (white) anchor cross, which shows a silver (white) chapel with red roofs and a red cross on the right arm of the crossbeam and under the left crossbeam a golden (yellow) red-armored double-tailed lion.

Meaning: The anchor cross stands for St. Georg, the patron saint of the place. The chapel (chapels) reflects the name of the place and the Geldrian lion symbolizes belonging to Geldern.

Attractions

Hague Castle

Hague Castle

The moated castle is a late medieval complex from the 15th century. The first mention of it dates from 1337, when it is owned by a Konrad van Issem as a fief of the Count of Kleve as "boff in ghen Haege by Gelre". According to the contract of December 29, 1618, it became the property of Adriaan von und zu Hoensbroech . Since then, the castle has been owned by the twelfth generation of the family. The main building from 1664 was completely destroyed in 1945. The two outer castles arranged one behind the other have been preserved. The front of the two-storey inner bailey from 1688 with an approximately square floor plan and medieval core is flanked by two large round towers with six-sided Gothic pointed helmets. A square tower gate with a Gothic bent helmet originally formed the entrance to the castle.

Parish Church of St. George

The parish church is a three-aisled Gothic pseudo-basilica from the first half of the 15th century. The oldest exhibit is a group of figures of St. Anna from the beginning of the 16th century. The pulpit from 1714 and the high altar from 1888 are also worth seeing.

House Beerenbrouck

The Beerenbrouck farm was mentioned as early as 1331. In its current form, it is a two-story mansion that was built around 1800. The house was partially destroyed by fire in 1908, and the fire completely destroyed the attached farm. The house was added to the list of monuments on October 15, 1986 under the number A 24.

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  1. ^ Population of the city of Geldern. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 30, 2013 ; Retrieved March 20, 2013 . 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@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geldern.de
  2. ↑ a b c The senior district director of the district of Geldern (ed.): Home book of the district of Geldern . 1st edition. Butzon & Berker, Kevelaer 1964
  3. ↑ Voluntary fire brigade chapels: http://www.feuerwehr-kapellen.de . July 1, 2006
  4. ^ Wilhelm Wüsten: History of Capellen and Aengenesch
  5. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 78 .
  6. ↑ https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/geldern/geldern-ortschaft-heisst-jetzt-kapellen-an-der-fleuth_aid-48229347
  7. ↑ Website Freiwillige Feuerwehr Kapellen ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.feuerwehr-kapellen.de
  8. ↑ E. Dössler, FW Oedinger: The Lehnregister des Duchy of Kleve (The Main State Archive Düsseldorf and its holdings 8), Siegburg 1974.
  9. ^ Stefan Frankewitz: The monuments of the city of Geldern . Commission publishing house Boss-Druck und Medien, Kleve 2001, ISBN 3-933969-12-3 , p. 189 .
  10. ^ Karl-Heinz Hohmann: Architectural and art monuments in the Kleve district . 1st edition. Neuss 1995
  11. ^ Stefan Frankewitz: The monuments of the city of Geldern . Commission publishing house Boss-Druck und Medien, Kleve 2001, ISBN 3-933969-12-3 , p. 202 .

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