Kasselberg
Kasselberg is a small town in the Cologne-Merkenich district .
location
Kasselberg borders the Rhine in the east . The Rhine is about 50 meters from the main street and the houses. To the east, on the other bank of the Rhine, there used to be the mouth of the Wupper , this was relocated to the north and is now directly opposite Rheinkassel . Cologne-Merkenich and the A1 motorway with the Leverkusen motorway bridge are located south of Kasselberg. To the west of Kasselberg runs along the adjacent Feldkassel industrial area, along the Alte Römerstrasse , which was once built by the Romans and ran from Cologne via Neuss to Xanten . The town of Rheinkassel is located northwest of Kasselberg.
history
Like the name Rheinkassel, the name Kasselberg can be derived from the Latin castellum . Whether the origin of the place goes back that far seems rather questionable. At least the place existed in the early modern times and its inhabitants lived mainly from fishing and agriculture. After the occupation of the Rhineland by the French troops in 1794, Kasselberg came to the Mairie Worringen in the canton of Dormagen in the Arrondissement de Cologne in the Département de la Roer . In 1815 Kasselberg came to the Kingdom of Prussia . Since 1816 it belonged to the mayor's office in Worringen in the Cologne district . Kasselberg has been part of the city of Cologne since April 1, 1922. A Rhine fisherman was still living in the village of Kasselberg in 1925. A ferry to Rheindorf was operated in Kasselberg until the 1930s . On July 15, 1954, Kasselberg became part of the Fühlingen district and since October 7, 1963, the place has belonged to the Merkenich district. Kasselberg has been part of the Chorweiler district since January 1, 1975. In its history, the place was hit several times by severe floods.
Development
- Kasselberg has eleven houses, a restaurant and two farms.
Population development
- December 31, 2000: 50 inhabitants
- December 31, 2006: 37 inhabitants
Specialty
At a water level of 8.30 meters, Kasselberg is enclosed by the flood and becomes an island. The district can then only be reached by boat or wading vehicle.
literature
- Greven's address book, 1925. Cologne 1925.
- Toni Jägers: Cologne-Worringen in history and stories, Dormagen 1985.
- Everhard Kleinertz: Mayor's Office Worringen files and protocols messages from the city archive of Cologne, issue 75, Cologne 1994.
Web links
- Kasselberg and the flood ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ N , 6 ° 57 ′ E