Koblenz-Wallersheim

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Koblenz-Wallersheim
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-Wallersheim district
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Basic data
District since: 1923
Area : 1.88 km²
Residents : 3,588 (Dec. 31, 2016)
Population density : 1,839 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 56070
Area code : 0261
License plate : KO

Wallersheim is a district of Koblenz . It is located between Kesselheim and Neuendorf in the north of the city. A large commercial and industrial area on the B 9 as well as the Rheinhafen Koblenz belongs to the district .

Wallersheim, Neuendorf in the background, aerial photo (2016)

history

The Rhine port of Koblenz and the transformer station for the north-south line
The memorial for the destroyed St. Bernhard parish church in Koblenz-Wallersheim

Wallersheim appears for the first time in a document around the year 1180. The place is probably older, however. The village was called Walirisheim , Walresheim , Balrisheim and Walrisheim . This later became the name of Warsaw in dialect . The oldest traces of settlement (stone axes and arrowheads), however, point to the Neolithic . In the parcel "In der Sief" in Kesselheimer Weg one found the foundation walls of Roman buildings, which probably belonged to an estate of the 3rd or 4th century .

In 1339 the electors of Mainz , Trier and Cologne met in Wallersheim and formed a protective alliance. The place belonged to the Kurtrierische Amt Bergpflege . After 1792 the left bank of the Rhine was occupied by French revolutionary troops and annexed in 1797 . From 1798 to 1814 Wallersheim belonged to the French department of Rhine-Moselle and was assigned to the canton of Rübenach. In 1815 the place became Prussian . Later on October 1, 1923, Wallersheim was separated from the district and incorporated as a district into Koblenz.

Wallersheim was the ideal place for business. In the early 1920s, the city ​​of Koblenz included the place in its economic policy considerations and planned a large-scale port area in the area of ​​Wallersheim, Kesselheim and St. Sebastian . The Rheinhafen Koblenz was not put into operation until 1965. Today Wallersheim is an important industrial and commercial location.

In 1924, which was created substation of RWE as part of the North-South line . Since then there have been high-voltage lines that run from here over the Rhine overhead line crossing Koblenz-Niederwerth-Urbar to the right bank of the Rhine high above the river. The huge sewage treatment plant on Kammertsweg was built between 1968 and 1970 . The expansion of the industrial area in the 1960s and 1970s created businesses and other businesses such as TÜV , transport companies , the mineral oil industry and various graphic trades.

Some streets, some of which bear the names of well-known industrialists such as Carl Spaeter , August Horch , Carl Mand and Fritz Ludwig , are the main arteries of rush hour traffic from early morning to late evening . Other names often say something about the historical past: Rebengasse is reminiscent of vineyards that once existed here, and Sankt-Bernhard-Straße refers to the parish church of St. Bernhard , built around 1200 , which was destroyed in an air raid on during the Second World War January 7, 1945 completely destroyed and not rebuilt afterwards. Also worth mentioning historically are the Deutschherrenstrasse, on which the Teutonic Order's possessions were previously located, the Vogteigasse, where a bailiff from the St. Kastor monastery lived , or the Salmengasse, where salmon fishermen lived. Apart from a kiosk, Wallersheim has no shopping facilities for the residents (as of June 2016).

graveyard

The small cemetery on Büngertsweg was created in 1858. The following types of graves can be found: election, row, urn rows - and urn election graves. The war graves lie beneath a cross that towers above all other grave monuments . Historical grave crosses are located on field 4. An open, roofed funeral area is available for funeral services. The city of Koblenz is responsible for the cemetery.

literature

  • Wallersheim cemetery. In: City of Koblenz. The cemetery signpost. On the other side and beyond. Information, references, locations, history, addresses, advertisements. 1st edition. Leipzig 2005, pp. 54-55.

Web links

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

Coordinates: 50 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 29 ″  E