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City of Goch
Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′ 27 ″ N , 6 ° 4 ′ 16 ″ E
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| Height : | 15 m |
| Area : | 19.67 km² |
| Residents : | 2129 (Jun. 30, 2015) |
| Population density : | 108 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st July 1969 |
| Postal code : | 47574 |
| Area code : | 02827 |
Kessel is a district of the city of Goch in the Kleve district , North Rhine-Westphalia . The village has 2,129 inhabitants. In the competition Our village has a future in 2006 the place won a gold medal along with seven other villages from North Rhine-Westphalia.
location
Like Goch, Kessel is also located on the Niers . In addition to the actual place, the parts Nergena and Grunewald belong to it. The western border of the place is also the border with the Netherlands with the villages Ottersum and Gennep . In the northwest, the Reichswald borders the place.
history
The history of the settlement in the area of today's Kessel goes back to the prehistory and early history. In the second half of the 19th century, as evidenced by current finds, large areas of forest were cleared. At the end of the 19th century, numerous fragments of urns were found near the Viller Mühle , along with the remains of a Germanic sacrificial and burial site.
Towards the end of the 4th century, when the Romans left the Lower Rhine and the Franks had seized this area, many new settlements emerged, some of which formed marrow cooperatives (such as Asperden , Kessel, Hassum and Hommersum ). Farms and fields were the private property of the free farmers, but the forest and uncultivated heather were the property of the community . Only members of a mark cooperative had certain rights. According to the number of their shares, the residents were allowed to cut wood, peel the bark of oaks, collect beechnuts for the pig fattening or even drive their cattle to pasture.
Kessel claims for itself, the birthplace of Emperor Otto III. (980-1002) to be. Whether the term “in silva, quae Ketil vocatur” actually refers to Kessel or simply to the Klever Reichswald (“Ketelwald”) is a matter of dispute.
The Graefenthal Cistercian Abbey , founded in 1248 by Count Otto II von Geldern , took over more and more farms, and the associated market cooperative shares also passed into their ownership. The largest and probably oldest farm, Gut Overbruch, also became the property of the abbey. The village arose on the property of this farm and it is believed that the estate goes back to the old royal court of Ketele. The name Overbruch is said to have been given by the abbey because of its location near the Niers.
Together with Asperden , Hassum and Hommersum, Kessel had its own jurisdiction since 1321. From this Kessel left in 1647, then a glory , and was subordinated to the bailiff von Goch and Gennep, Baron von Neukirchen Nievenheim. This had his official seat at House Driesberg . Haus Driesberg is a water castle from the 14th century. Nowadays only the remains of the moat can be seen and two towers of the old outer bailey from the 17th century are present.
In the various wars, Kessel often suffered sieges. 1701 to 1713 and 1756 to 1763 Kessel was repeatedly occupied by foreign troops. With the entry of the French Revolutionary Army to the Lower Rhine, the whole country came under French administration. Ottersum was the administrative seat of the municipalities Nergena , Grunewald , Ottersum and Grafwegen . When the troops withdrew in 1816 and the borders were redefined, Ottersum came to Holland and the other municipalities were united under the Asperden office to form an independent mayor's office. According to a census in 1816, the municipality of Kessel, which is free of charge, has 1053 inhabitants and extends from Grafwegen to Asperberg.
In 1936 the community of Kessel was incorporated into the Asperden district and large parts of the Reichswald and the Grafwegen district were incorporated into the community of Kranenburg . At the same time, the Asperden administration was dissolved and now administered by the city of Goch.
In the nearby Reichswald and in the vicinity of today's Kessel, the so-called battle in the Reichswald took place in February 1945 of the Second World War . After this battle, the Allies were able to build a bridgehead over the Rhine near Wesel and thus take the Ruhr area.
On June 28, 1946, the Asperden administration, consisting of the municipalities of Kessel, Asperden, Hassum and Hommersum, became independent again from Goch with the approval of the military government. The settlement community of Nierswalde, which arose on the Reichswald area of the office, was incorporated into the Asperden office by government decree in 1953. The final end for the Asperden office came with the reorganization law of March 11, 1969. It was dissolved and the independent communities, including Kessel, have been districts of the city of Goch since July 1, 1969.
Attractions
St. Stephen
The church
The parish church of St. Stephanus has its origins in a chapel that stood on the Reichshof "toe Overbrueck". It was first mentioned in 1255 when the patronage of the church at that time was transferred to Graefenthal.
In 1255 Count Otto II von Geldern transferred the patronage of the "ecclesia in Kessele", the newly founded Graefenthal Monastery. In documents from the years 1332 and 1380 the church is still referred to as a chapel , but in 1401 it is already referred to as a parish church.
The mother church of Kessel was probably Hommersum. This is supported by the fact that the parish patron of Hommersum is the Apostle Peter , Kessel, as a subsidiary church, has the parish patron St. Stephanus a deacon, like Asperden (St. Vincentius ) and Uedem (St. Laurentius ).
In addition to the choice of the patron saint St. Stephen, the use of an altar stone consecrated to the Roman gods Juno , Minerva and Hercules also indicates. It was found in the high altar in 1880 when the former late Gothic choir was demolished and is now in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn .
After the old church was demolished, a church in neo-Gothic style was built in its place . Its wall and ceiling paintings as well as the Romanesque baptismal font from the 13th century are interesting . So today's church is the third building at this point.
Peal
The chime of St. Stephen consists of three bells, two of which are very old:
- The oldest is the St. Stephanus bell, it dates from 1414. The bell weighs 560 kg and strikes the tone b. It bears the inscription, translated from Dutch: St. Stephen is my name, my bells should please God.
- The second oldest bell is the Marienglocke, or Mother of God bell, from 1496. It weighs 700 kg and produces the tone g .
- The third bell, Heinrich, was confiscated during World War II and melted down for the construction of military equipment. The new Holy Spirit bell with a weight of 1400 kg was not replaced until 1977. This makes it the heaviest bell and could only be brought into place with an excavator, a winch and the strength of four men.
The Saint
Stephen was among the first seven deacons , the early Christian community of Jerusalem , who were consecrated by the apostles . They were responsible for the social affairs of the congregations as well as for the proclamation of the faith. Their particular role is shown in Acts (6: 1–7). Stephen is considered an important preacher. His sermons met with criticism from the Hellenistic Jews of Jerusalem and brought him before the Sanhedrin (Acts 6: 8–15). During his defense speech, his head is said to have shone and the high council covered its ears. In the speech he made his confession to Moses and the prophets and raised the universal claim of Christianity even before Paul (Acts 7, 2–53).
The verdict on Stephen was blasphemy, and tradition says that he was stoned to death at the Damascus Gate. He is said to have forgiven his adversaries while kneeling in prayer. Saul of Tarsus, who later became Paul of Tarsus (Acts 8, 1–3), is said to have advocated the execution and attended it. With the stoning of Stephen, the first persecution of Christians began in Jerusalem.
House Driesberg
According to tradition, it goes back to the Roman general Drusus, from which the original name Drusiburgum is most likely derived . What is certain, however, is that this place is one of the oldest settlement areas in Kessel.
development
The village has been called Asparagus Village since the 1960s. Since that time it has built a good reputation among asparagus lovers. There are various asparagus farmers with farm shops and the restaurants in the village offer local asparagus on their menu. In the 1970s, a new building area linked the districts of Kessel, Nergena and Grunewald. In the 1980s, construction was carried out particularly along the Klosterweg, Thomas-More-Weg, Hovscheweg and Mariental. Since 2000, a building area between the previous place and the newly built swimming pool “GochNess” has been developed, and the place name sign and thus the town limit has also been relocated. In 2007 the remaining open space is to be built on, increasingly with holiday homes.
tourism
Sand and gravel were dredged here as early as the 1970s. Most of the pits are now exhausted and a renaturation plan has been drawn up. In addition to the Reichswald, these belong to the local recreation areas. There is a network of hiking trails between the Niers and the former gravel pits, which are used by joggers and Nordic walkers, but also by bird lovers. The Lower Rhine is a transit area for gray geese and cranes, but other bird species also stop here on their way to their winter quarters. The construction of holiday homes (see section Development) creates an attractive alternative to staying in a hotel.
activities
There are several sports and leisure clubs in Kessel. The largest club is the Kessel game association, which operates soccer, basketball and badminton. In Kessel there is also the leisure pool Goch Ness with an indoor pool, a sauna and a quarry pond , which is open from June to September every year. There is also a mini golf course on the grounds of the "Haus am See".
Web links
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- ^ Village with a Future ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), WDR from August 26, 2006
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 79 .
