Konradsheim (Erftstadt)

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Konradsheim
City of Erftstadt
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 45 "  N , 6 ° 45 ′ 58"  E
Height : approx. 95 m
Incorporation : 1969
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Location of Konradsheim in Erftstadt

Konradsheim is a district of Erftstadt in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis , North Rhine-Westphalia , which forms a district together with Lechenich , which is adjacent to the south . The center of the village is Konradsheim Castle .

Place name

The place is, like the other places ending in "-heim", a Franconian foundation - the settlement of a man who was probably called Kunrich .

history

Konradsheim Castle
Konradsheim oak, around 650 years old

Prehistory and Roman times

Evidence of a very early settlement of the Konradsheim area could be confirmed in 1994 by the archaeologists evaluated . The examination of the ceramic remains of former everyday objects found there indicated a use by prehistoric cultures that could be assigned to the time of the band ceramists . Other artefacts were found items that were dated to the late La Tène period . Some ceramic remains found on Roman ruins in the field of Konradsheim documented settlement in Roman times.

middle Ages

In the first written mention in a manuscript of the Benedictine monastery Cologne-Deutz , which was created around 1155, the place Konradsheim was named as "Cunresheim" in the parish of Lechenich. The manuscript lists the parishes that annually brought a donation or alms to the St. Heribert Monastery in Deutz. In the Lechenich case, the places belonging to the parish were also listed.

Around 1250 Konradsheim consisted of several individual farms that were some distance from each other. Five of these courts were obliged to pay taxes to the Archbishop of Cologne around 1293 .

In the 14th century, several noble families owned property in Konradsheim, including the Schilling family from Bornheim zu Buschfeld and that of the knight Hermann Quad von Buschfeld. The street name "Qualenberg", a misinterpretation of the field name "Quadenberg", still reminds of the Quad family. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the noble family von Konradsheim, who lived in Cologne, was wealthy in Konradsheim and its surroundings. The heirs used the income from the estates for the foundation of the Cologne seminary , which was reopened in 1736 near the cathedral.

Modern living conditions

The Konradsheimers belonged to the citizenry of the city of Lechenich. This was the name given to the inhabitants who lived outside the city walls in the villages belonging to the city. In the year 1517 these villages were named for the first time together with the city of Lechenich.

From their property, the Konradsheimers, like all towns and cities, paid land rent to the archbishop and elector . The tithe was to be paid to the St. Aposteln monastery in Cologne , and sovereign taxes were collected by the local councilors . The mayors were invited to the meetings of the Lechenich city council, where they represented the interests of their respective places.

During the siege of Lechenich in 1642, Konradsheim was set on fire when the besiegers withdrew. In the wars of Louis XIV of France, the residents were burdened by billeting and contributions . When the property was recorded in 1660, Konradsheim consisted of seventeen houses in addition to the castle. Thirteen of them were owned by farmers , the others belonged to nobles or the church . The aristocratic estates, which were run by tenants (so-called " Halfen "), were sold to commoners over time.

19th and 20th centuries

Konradsheim Castle in the 19th century

After the establishment of new administrative districts under French rule in 1798/1800, Konradsheim belonged to the canton of Lechenich and the Mairie Lechenich. In 1801 the place had 79 inhabitants and five children under the age of 12. Of the 19 heads of household, twelve were farmers , including the Burghalfen , one was a blacksmith and six were day laborers. The construction of the Neuss - Kerpen - Lechenich road in 1854 gave Konradsheim a better connection to other places. Even by the local bus service, since the 1920s Kraftpost buses , from Cologne to Gymnich on Lechenich and back, Konradsheim is connected to the over local area network.

Today's townscape

Konradsheim Castle has been owned by the Neisse family since 1976, who acquired the castle courtyard in 1967. Immediately next to the castle is an 18-hole golf course , which made Konradsheim famous among golfers across the region. To the south of Konradsheim Castle, in the area of ​​the castle's present farm yard, there is an approximately 650-year-old pedunculate oak . In 1993, this natural monument was over seven meters in circumference. Presumably it was one of the trees that surrounded a courtyard in the 14th century. It could be the only surviving testimony to a defunct farm called Vogelsang. Several businesses have settled in Konradsheim, including a strawberry farm there. In the last few years two new building areas with a total of 40 houses have been created. Konradsheim had 386 inhabitants on March 31, 2018.

Attractions

In addition to the castle, Konradsheim has several listed buildings.

literature

  • Bernhard Schreiber: Archaeological finds of the Erftstadt area. Erftstadt 1999
  • Karl and Hanna Stommel: Sources on the history of the city of Erftstadt. Erftstadt 1990–1998
  • Hanna Stommel: Konradsheim local history. (11.1) in Frank Bartsch, Dieter Hoffsümmer, Hanna Stommel: Monuments in Erftstadt. AHAG Lechenich 1998.

Individual evidence and references

  1. ↑ Main statute of the city of Erftstadt from March 17, 2015 (accessed April 10, 2016)
  2. ↑ Bernhard Schreiber: Archaeological finds and monuments of the Erftstadt area, page 144
  3. ↑ HAStK inventory of Deutz Abbey RH2 Copy of the lost codex
  4. ↑ HAStK Best. Auswärtiges 170b, published in K. and H. Stommel: Sources for the history of the city of Erftstadt, Volume 1, No. 178
  5. ↑ Bavarian State Library, Munich Cgm 2213 Coll.Redinghoven Vol. 10 Bl. 87
  6. ↑ HAStK inventory clerical department 16 p. 54, published in Stommel: Sources for the history of the city of Erftstadt, volume 1, no. 284
  7. ↑ HSTAD Marienforst U No. 167
  8. ↑ HAEK inventory Priesterseminar U No. 35, U No. 39 and U No. 42 (old signature), published in Stommel: Sources for the history of the city of Erftstadt Volume 3 No. 1920 and No. 2001
  9. ^ HAEK inventory Priesterseminar U Nr. 44 (old signature), published in Stommel: Sources Volume 5 Nr. 2869
  10. ↑ HAStK inventory Domstift U No. 3/1978, published in Stommel: Sources Volume 3 No. 1559
  11. ↑ Archive Schloss Gracht, file 51
  12. ↑ HAStK inventory clerical department 38b, published in Stommel: Sources Volume 5 No. 2964
  13. ↑ HSTAD Kurköln 1904
  14. ^ Archive Schloss Gracht, file 53, mayor's accounts
  15. ^ Walram / Sarburg: The heroic defense of the castle and town of Lechenich 1642. Cologne 1643
  16. ^ Archive Schloss Gracht, file 52, mayor's accounts
  17. ↑ HSTAD Kurköln II 1117 Bl. 257-270, published in Stommel: Sources Volume 4 No. 2574
  18. ^ Karl Stommel: The French population lists from Erftstadt. City of Erftstadt 1989 pp. 278–283
  19. ↑ City Archives Erftstadt Protocol book of the municipality of Lechenich Le No. 2010
  20. ↑ HAStK HUANA No. 2/263
  21. ↑ https://www.erftstadt.de/web/infos-zu-erftstadt/die-stadt-in-zahlen

Web links

Commons : Konradsheim  - album with pictures, videos and audio files