Small oaks (Rösrath)

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Civic center in Kleineichen

Kleineichen is a district of Rösrath . Around 1,700 people live in an area of ​​2.95 km².

Civic Center

The center of the place is the community center, an old elementary school that has not been used since 1968. On April 21, 1947, a first provisional school was set up in the dance hall of an inn in Kleineichen. At that time, around 80 students studied in a room with poor heating, a broken floor and a leaky roof. On July 24, 1950, the "Kleineichen Catholic Primary School" was inaugurated. In the end, eight classes were taught in three classrooms. The school existed until June 25, 1968. Since then, all Kleineichen primary school students have been taken to Rösrath by school bus every day.

On April 18, 1986, the Bürgererverein Kleineichen eV was founded in the Gasthof Heideblick. In addition to numerous activities with regard to community life in Kleineichen, the association also takes care of the old school building. He takes care of the maintenance of the premises and operates a community center there. Public and private gatherings take place here.

There is a measuring device on the roof of the community center that logs the noise level day and night. Kleineichen is located near Cologne / Bonn Airport. The registered sound can be tracked on the Internet in a noise curve that is constantly updated. (see: web links)

The lioness

Lioness and her cub

In 1986 a stone lioness moved from her old domicile at Gasthof Heideblick to the small park between the Evangelical Kreuzkirche and the Catholic Church of the Holy Family . Over time, the stone became unsightly and brittle. Since May 4th, 2008 there is a bronze lioness in the same place. The residents see the lioness as the "symbol of small oaks".

The inscription on the board next to the lioness reads: “Lioness and her cub - symbol of courage, hard work, strength, community spirit, helpfulness and persistence of people in small oaks in the past, present and future - Bürgererverein Kleineichen e. V. "

literature

  • History Association for the Municipality of Rösrath and Surroundings eV: Kleineichen - A forest settlement is 50 years old , series of publications by the History Association for the Municipality of Rösrath and Surroundings eV, Volume 12, Rösrath 1984, ISBN 3-922413-18-8
  • Ursula Schmidt-Goertz: The “Africa Lioness” in the Bergisch green - Cast in bronze, Kleineichen's landmark returned , in: Rheinisch Bergischer Calendar 2010, Yearbook for the Bergisches Land, Bergisch Gladbach 2009, pp. 105-107, ISBN 978-3 -87314-444-6

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Coordinates: 50 ° 54 '  N , 7 ° 9'  E