Katzvey

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Katzvey
City of Mechernich
Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 7 ″  N , 6 ° 40 ′ 57 ″  E
Height : approx. 250 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 307
Postal code : 53894
Area code : 02256
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Katzvey is a district of Mechernich in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Euskirchen .

location

The village is located in the east of Mechernich in the valley of the Veybach . Immediately adjacent to the west is the Rhineland Wildlife Park .

history

Remains of the Roman aqueduct that led from the Eifel to Cologne can still be seen in Katzvey . In the late Middle Ages there was a castle in the village .

traffic

The village is on the road 61 between Satzvey and Mechernich. The Eifel line , a non- electrified main railway line, runs through the village .

Culture and sights

  • In the Mechernich forest northeast of Katzvey are the Katzensteine , a striking rock formation made of red sandstone natural rocks. In Roman times the rocks were used as a quarry . ( Location → )
  • Haus Hombusch is located in the south of the village ( location → ). The building was built as a vacation home by the Cologne banker Karl Theodor Deichmann , co-owner of the Deichmann & Co. bank. In order to supply the house with its own electricity and water, the client had a pump house with an unusual water and electricity supply system built on the site of a former stamping mill for lead extraction in the valley ( location → ). The entire system is still in its original state today. It is a technical monument that documents the start of electrification in the Eifel as a small power station.
  • The hidden mouth of the Burgfeyer tunnel is not far from here. The tunnel was started in 1807 and extends to the village of Dottel, 7.45 km away . The tunnel still drains the Mechernich lead mountain today.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tourist Information Mechernich e. V .: The Feytal water route , a fold-out brochure for cyclists