Kirchheim (Euskirchen)

Kirchheim City of Euskirchen
Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 22 ″  N , 6 ° 50 ′ 11 ″  E
Height :	265  (240–290)  m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.61 km²
Residents :	2687  (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density :	253 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	53881
Area code :	02255
Location of Kirchheim in Euskirchen

View over the wintry Kirchheim with the Martinskirche

The Martinskirche with November full moon

Kirchheim (Euskirchen), aerial photo (2015)

Kirchheim ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a district of Euskirchen .

location

Kirchheim is the southernmost district of Euskirchen on the northern slope of the Münstereifel Forest . The Euskirchen city area extends a few kilometers to the south, but consists exclusively of forest , the Kirchheimer and Flamersheimer forest.

history

In the time of National Socialism, Joseph Emonds worked as a pastor in the Catholic parish of St. Martinus from 1938 . The clergyman was a resistance fighter against National Socialism and a Jewish helper . In the last months of the war he hid the Düsseldorf painter Mathias Barz and his Jewish wife Hilde nee Stein in the rectory .

On July 1, 1969, Kirchheim was incorporated into Euskirchen.

Attractions

Steinbachtalsperre

Kirchheim is best known for the nearby Steinbachtalsperre . It was built between 1934 and 1936 to supply the Flamersheim leather factory and the Euskirchen cloth factory with water. In 1986 the dam was supposed to be drained, but a citizens' initiative prevented this. The Steinbachtalsperre is a popular destination with the adjoining outdoor pool, the Eulenhecke forest area and the Hillerscheider Flur.

Village center

In the center of the village are the parish church of St. Martinus , the old rectory , the old cemetery, the old school and a former small monastery, whose sisters ran a kindergarten. Today it is a Caritas sheltered residence.

At the end of the 1950s, Rosa Öhlinger (called "Rosa"), the housekeeper of Dean Joseph Emonds at the time , laid a fountain between the church, kindergarten and monastery with her own hands.

Educational institutions

In Kirchheim there is a one- to two-class elementary school , which from August 2006 will offer childcare as an open all-day school until the afternoon. There are no secondary schools in Kirchheim. The Kirchheim children attend such schools in Euskirchen and Bad Münstereifel .

Around 1950 and later there was still the Kirchheim elementary school , at which Mr. Salmon and Mr. Siebels worked as teachers and Ms. Innig and Ms. Hoffman as teachers. The local dean Joseph Emonds taught Catholic religious instruction.

See also

• Jewish cemetery in Kirchheim

literature

• Hans-Dieter Arntz : Joseph Emonds helps victims of Nazi persecution. In: JUDAICA - Jews in the Voreifel. Euskirchen 1983, p. 456 ff.
• Hans-Dieter Arntz: A clergyman even saves an SS man. In: End of the war 1944/45 between the Ardennes and the Rhine. Euskirchen 1984, p. 486 ff.
• Hans-Dieter Arntz: Eifeldechant Emonds saves the Jew H. Barz. In: Persecution of Jews and Help for Refugees in the German-Belgian border area. Euskirchen 1990, p. 706 ff.
• Hans-Dieter Arntz: The painter Otto Pankok as a lifesaver in the Third Reich - A contribution to the persecution of Jews in the Eifel. In: Eifeljahrbuch 2012. Düren, pp. 71–81.
• Joseph Emonds - the savior of the Jews and pacifist from Terheeg. The Kirchheim dean Joseph Emonds is posthumously honored by Yad Vashem as “Righteous Among the Nations”. In: From the history of the Erkelenzer Land. With 12 contributions by 10 authors (= writings of the Heimatverein der Erkelenzer Lande eV No. 30). Erkelenz 2015, ISBN 978-3-9815182-8-3 , pp. 146-167.

Web links

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

• Hans-Dieter Arntz: Dean Joseph Emonds honored as Righteous Among the Nations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures for districts. City of Euskirchen, December 31, 2017, accessed on July 7, 2018 (main residences). 
2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 86 .