Koblenz-Metternich

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Koblenz-Metternich
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 KoblenzLocation of the Koblenz-Metternich district
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Basic data
District since: 1937
Area : 4.72 km²
Residents : 9,233 (Sep 30, 2012)
Population density : 1,957 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 56072
Area code : 0261
License plate : KO
Koblenz-Metternich, aerial photo (2017)

Metternich is a district of Koblenz and is located directly on the Moselle between the neighboring districts of Lützel , Bubenheim , Rübenach and Güls . The place was incorporated into Koblenz in 1937 . The symbol of Metternich is the Metternich owl on the Kimmelberg , a war memorial from Prussian times, which actually represents a seated eagle, but from a distance it looks quite like an owl.

Metternich is divided into the two Catholic parishes of St. Johannes and St. Konrad . There is also an Evangelical Church . This is where the campus of the University of Koblenz-Landau , the Bundeswehr Central Hospital Koblenz and the Ice Age Loess Profile nature reserve are located .

history

The Catholic Parish Church of St. John
Evangelical Church Koblenz-Metternich
The Metternich Owl on the Kimmelberg

Finds from the Stone Age below the Kimmelberg point to a very early settlement of the Metternich area. Roman evidence from the first five centuries was discovered northwest of the district . Merovingian grave finds to the southwest of the town center prove that the Franks were also based in Metternich .

First documented the place was Metrich in 1140. Since the mid-13th century, Metternich was in the possession of the Isenburg as palatine Gräfliches fiefdom . The Lords of Isenburg and the Cistercian Abbey of Marienstatt alternately held the patronage rights of the parish church of St. Johannes Beheading, first mentioned in 1204 . In the late Middle Ages , however, the sovereign rights gradually passed to Kurtrier . When the von Isenburg-Grenzau family died out with the death of Count Ernst in 1664, their rule was withdrawn from the Electorate of Trier as a settled fiefdom. With that the place came to the Kurtrierische Amt Bergpflege .

Some ecclesiastical estates are documented in Metternich for the Middle Ages . The Rohrer Hof was first mentioned in 1206 as the property of the Cistercian monastery of Himmerod . In 1215 a courtyard of the Cistercian monastery Marienstatt was mentioned in a document. In addition, the Premonstratensian monastery Sayn and the Dominican monastery , the Teutonic Order and the Florinsstift from Koblenz owned farms in Metternich.

The last elector of Trier, Clemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen , had the first aqueduct laid between 1783 and 1786 , which led from the Kimmelberg over the Balduin Bridge to Koblenz. Under French rule, Metternich was assigned to the Mairie Bassenheim in the canton of Rübenach in 1801 within the Arrondissement de Coblence . After the Prussians took over the Rhineland in 1815, it was initially assigned to the mayor's office of Bassenheim and finally to the Koblenz district in 1879 . Since July 1, 1937, the place has been a district of Koblenz.

Agriculture and viticulture have been predominant in Metternich since the Middle Ages . In the 19th century these branches of the economy were replaced by fruit growing and since the middle of the 19th century by industrialization . Chemical factories as well as lime and brick kilns were built , favored by the occurrence of loess , which can still be seen in the nature reserve Ice Age loess profile . They supplied the railway construction and the construction of the military facilities in Koblenz with building materials. The transport took place via the Moselle and via the Metternich station on the Koblenz-Mayen railway line, which was completed in 1904 . In addition, a large number of residential and commercial buildings with bricks from Metternich were built.

In connection with the construction of the "Caserne Bassett" at the beginning of the 1950s on the road to Güls , the French occupying forces built a large housing estate with a church and shopping center on the "Pollenfeld", a formerly agricultural area on the Koblenz-Mayen railway line, between 1954 and 1957. The French school for the Koblenz location was also built there (has since been demolished).

Which was acquired by the French pioneer barracks of the Bundeswehr was closed 1996th After extensive new buildings, the campus of the University of Koblenz-Landau is now located on the site . In the case of the largest bomb discovery to date after 1945, a British air mine weighing 1850 kg was found on May 20, 1999 during excavation work for a new central building for the University of Koblenz-Landau in Metternich. When the bomb was defused four days later, the largest evacuation to date occurred in Koblenz, with around a quarter of the city area having to be evacuated, 15,000 residents were affected.

The Coblenzer Closter brewery on Trierer Straße was bought by the Bitburger brewery at the end of the 1980s and closed shortly afterwards. The old brewhouse was converted into a residential building with a catering area.

The Bundeswehr is still represented in Koblenz-Metternich with the Bundeswehr Central Hospital (the former French military hospital) and the Defense Technical Service for vehicles and tanks (on the former pioneer water training area). The WTD 51, which was located here until January 1, 2013, was dissolved and the WTD 41 became a branch. A final abandonment of the property is planned.

Attractions

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Metternich is located around Trierer Straße, which runs centrally through the district and comes from Lützel . The B 416 runs along the Moselle , with a junction over the Kurt Schumacher Bridge, which was completed in 1990, to the Moselweiß district opposite . For 2015/2016 it is planned to continue the B 416, which ends in Metternich, to Bubenheim at the Bubenheimer Kreisel, the connection to the B 9 . The long-planned northern bypass is intended to relieve several neighboring districts and the B 9.

North of Metternich 1904-1983 ran the Koblenz-Mayen railway with a train station in the district.

Until 1963 the Metternich passenger ferry crossed the Moselle about 150 m above the Kurt-Schumacher-Brücke .

Personalities

The following personalities were born in Metternich:

literature

  • Metternich in the mirror of the centuries. Contributions to local history. Publisher: Heimatfreunde Koblenz-Metternich eV and Petra Weiß. - Koblenz: Fuck Druck und Verlag 2002. ISBN 3-9807601-3-8
  • 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 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ May 1999 - The bomb found in: University of Koblenz-Landau
  2. ↑ The planning of the north bypass in Koblenz is in progress in: Rhein-Zeitung , January 14, 2014

Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 57 ″  N , 7 ° 33 ′ 15 ″  E