Koblenz-Güls

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Koblenz-Güls
City of Koblenz
Coat of arms of the district of Güls
Coordinates : 50 ° 21 '  N , 7 ° 33'  E
Height : 82  (73-174)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.25 km²
Residents : 6164  (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 747 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : November 7, 1970
Incorporated into: Independent city of Koblenz
Postal code : 56072
Area code : 0261
Altstadt Arenberg Arzheim Asterstein Bubenheim Ehrenbreitstein Goldgrube Güls Horchheim Horchheimer Höhe Immendorf Karthause Kesselheim Lay Lützel Metternich Moselweiß Neuendorf Niederberg Oberwerth Pfaffendorf Pfaffendorfer Höhe Rauental Rübenach Stolzenfels Südliche Vorstadt Wallersheim Koblenzmap
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Location of the Güls district
View from the north of Güls and the Moselle
View from the north of Güls and the Moselle

Koblenz-Güls is a district of Koblenz . The place mentioned for the first time in 775 lies on the Moselle and was incorporated in 1970 . The neighboring village of Bisholder has belonged to Güls since 1938 . Today it is a purely residential area a little further away from the actual urban area of ​​Koblenz.

history

The first settlement in the river basin of today's Gül was of Celtic origin and was probably called "Golu" or "Golo". With the advance of the Romans , the Celts living west of the Rhine came under Roman rule. The remains of a Roman aqueduct were found at the Mühlbach in 1965 , which suggest that there was a Roman settlement here.

Around 450 the Franks ousted the Romans and the area belonged to the Franconian Empire from then on . A brisk construction activity began, because since the introduction of Christianity (around 370) the nobility and the privileged have settled here. The population of the place lived from agriculture , cattle breeding and fishing . Viticulture , which was probably introduced by the Romans, was intensified by the Franks. Two Merovingian burial places could be proven.

Güls was first mentioned in a document in 775 in a donation from Charlemagne to the Hersfeld monastery under the name "Gulse". In 928 it is called "Gulisa" and 1064 Gulesa belongs to a donation by the Cologne Archbishop Anno of Cologne to Siegburg Abbey .

The parish of Güls was first mentioned in 1126, when it was transferred to the Servatiusstift in Maastricht . This connection certainly led to Saint Servatius becoming the patron saint of the parish of Güls. In the Middle Ages, Güls had a fortification, the street exits could be blocked by gates. The Cistercian abbey Kamp on the Lower Rhine was one of the oldest spiritual vineyard owners in Güls .

The abbey sold the Güls property to the Augustinian monastery in Ehrenbreitstein in 1501 . After the monastery was dissolved, this property was donated to the Koblenz Jesuit College in 1592 by the Archbishop of Trier .

In 1787 Güls had 640 inhabitants. With the French occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 and later under Napoleon , the social, economic and political order changed. The privileges of the nobility and the clergy were abolished, and titles, coats of arms and titles were revoked. Pay all citizens had to tax the church tithe accounted for, there was no forced labor more. With the secularization , extensive church and manor property was sold.

After Güls belonged to the ministry of mountain maintenance in the Electorate of Trier , it was assigned to the mayor's office of Winningen in the Koblenz district when Prussia took over in 1815 . At the beginning of the Prussian era, 889 people lived in Güls. The number almost doubled to 1620 inhabitants by 1864.

With construction of the Mosel route of the Moselle 1878 between Gul and crossing Moselweiß the Gülser railway bridge built. In 1912 Güls had 2,412 inhabitants and was at times the largest cherry transshipment point in Germany. The First World War and the subsequent inflation brought unemployment and poverty. A severe storm with a subsequent flash flood claimed five lives on May 16, 1932. A house was completely torn away by the masses of water, many buildings were damaged and threatened to collapse.

Since April 1, 1938, Bisholder has belonged to the municipality of Güls with a little more than 100 inhabitants. In various donations from the early Middle Ages, the estates are named under different names. The place Bisholder did not belong to the Electorate of Trier , but to the Luxembourgish county of Chiny . From 1555 to 1713 the Duchy of Luxembourg belonged to the Spanish crown . Thus, Bisholder was a Habsburg enclave and is therefore still popularly called "Little Spain" even today, although there never was a Spanish civilian population.

The Moseluferstraße (today B 416 ) was built in 1936. During the Second World War , Güls was bombed for the first time on November 21, 1944. The most momentous air raid took place on December 22, 1944. The bombardment lasted about 25 minutes, 95 people lost their lives in the process, the plan street was a huge heap of rubble. After the Second World War, Güls, which had developed from a purely farming village to a craft village, experienced a disproportionate increase in population. With the influx of people from the eastern regions , not only did the original town get more citizens, but also the small evangelical community more members.

On November 7, 1970 Güls was incorporated into the city of Koblenz. Güls had ferry rights since the 14th century . In March 1990 the ferry service was stopped because the construction of the third Moselle bridge in Koblenz, the Kurt-Schumacher-Brücke , made the operation unprofitable.

Attractions

Viticulture

In Güls there are the following vineyards (seen down the Moselle):

  1. Gülser Königsfels
  2. Güls bee garden
  3. Gülser and Metternicher Marienberg

politics

Local advisory board

A local district was formed for the Güls district . The local council consists of eleven members, the chair of the local council is chaired by the directly elected mayor.

For the composition of the local council, see the results of the local elections in Koblenz .

Mayor

The head of Koblenz-Güls has been Hermann Josef Schmidt (SPD) since 2004. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with 80.94% of the votes.

coat of arms

Güls coat of arms

As a connoisseur of the coat of arms , the head of the Koblenz State Archives, Bruno Hirschfeld, designed the Güls coat of arms. In the upper part, Hirschfeld has based the coat of arms of the Trier choir bishop Diederich von Güls (Theodorici von Guls). The grape in the lower part indicates the important viticulture for Güls . In September 1938 the municipality of Güls applied for the described draft for approval. On the basis of this application, the Upper President of the Rhine Province awarded this coat of arms to the municipality of Güls by decree of November 28, 1938 (AVK 0122).

traffic

Koblenz-Güls stop

Güls is on the B 416 , which runs along the Moselle in the north to Metternich and in the south to Winningen . The Moselle route crosses the town and leads over the Güls railway bridge , which spans the Moselle, to Moselweiß . The Koblenz-Güls stop is on the route in the center of the village . The following trains run there:

line designation Line course Clock frequency
RB 81 Moselle Valley Railway Koblenz - Koblenz-Güls - Winningen (Mosel)   - Treis-Karden   - Cochem - Bullay (DB) - Wittlich - Schweich   - Trier 60 min

(in the HVZ amplifier trains Koblenz - Cochem)

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Karl Möhlig (1882–1970), teacher and local researcher, honorary citizen in 1962 because of his services to researching local history

Born in Güls

Associated with Güls

literature

  • Ulrike Weber (edit.): Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 3.3: City of Koblenz. Districts. Werner, Worms 2013, ISBN 978-3-88462-345-9 .
  • Alois Pickel, Andreas Neisius: Bombs, rubble, human sacrifice - Güls in World War II - 1939 - 1945. Ortsring Güls (ed.), Güls 2004, 238 pp.
  • Henning Franzen (compilation): The chronicle of the community of Güls / Mosel - in the light of the local calendar for the district of Koblenz , self-published by the local history working group Güls, Güls 1970

Web links

Commons : Koblenz-Güls  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistical yearbook of the city of Koblenz 2019: https://www.koblenz.de/downloads/aemter-und-eigenbetriebe/statistikstelle/querschnitt/jahrbuch/jahrbuch-2019.pdf?cid=10k1&cid=10k1&cid=10k1&cid=10k1&cid=10k1&cid= 10k1 & cid = 10k1 & cid = 10k1 & cid = 10k1
  2. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 168 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
  3. ↑ Krieger, Joachim: Terrassenkultur an der Untermosel, Joachim Krieger Verlag, Neuwied 2003
  4. ^ City of Koblenz: main statute. (PDF) § 9 to July 11, 2019, accessed on October 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Hermann-Josef Schmidt is again Güls mayor
  6. ^ City of Koblenz: Mayor Güls 2019. Accessed on October 20, 2019 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 34 ″  N , 7 ° 32 ′ 52 ″  E