Kottenheim

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Coat of arms of the local community Kottenheim
Kottenheim
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Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '  N , 7 ° 15'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality : Vordereifel
Height : 194 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.07 km 2
Residents: 2651 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 437 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56736
Area code : 02651
License plate : MYK, MY
Community key : 07 1 37 055
Association administration address: Kelberger Strasse 26
56727 Mayen
Website : www.kottenheim.de
Local Mayor : Thomas Braunstein ( SPD )
Location of the local community Kottenheim in the Mayen-Koblenz district
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Kottenheim ("Kottem") is a municipality in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany . It belongs to the community of Vordereifel , which has its administrative headquarters in Mayen .

General

Kottenheim or also called "Kottem" on Platt , is located in the upper (western) Pellenz , about 4 kilometers northeast of Mayen on the MayenAndernach traffic axis and has basalt mine fields that have been designed as a local recreation area. Numerous houses, front gardens and public spaces in the village are decorated with basalt sculptures. Kottenheim belongs to the Vordereifel community , which mainly covers the area of ​​the Vordereifel west of Mayen, although the character, sociological and infrastructural characteristics of the community are closer to Pellenz. The well-known performance of the carnival club can also be mentioned as a special feature. Kottenheim thus appears as a stronghold of the regional Rhenish carnival .

history

Kottenheim railway station 1892
Kottenheim station 2010
Kottenheim station 2012
Relief of Junker Konrad Schilling on a basalt boulder in the Kottenheim Forest

Kottenheim was mentioned for the first time in an undated document issued between 1008 and 1016 (Cutenheim), with which Archbishop Megingaud ( Megingaudus Trevirorum Dei gratia archiepiscopus ) gave the St. Martin Church in Münstermaifeld Wingerte to 13 loads of wine in Kottenheim. 300 years later the viticulture is mentioned again in a document: on July 28th 1327 Christian called Hoin von Kottenheim ("Kuttinheym") and his wife Gertrud sell the church lord of Fraukirch ("Vrouwinkirgin") a wine rent of 1 ohm for 16 marks in Cologne currency their vineyard in Kottenheim. A year later the location of a vineyard is mentioned in a document for the first time: Hermann "Pyfyßen", resident of Kottenheim, sold to Juta von Monreal , nun of the monastery of Blessed Maria outside the walls of Andernach , later also simply called St. Thomas Monastery, an Ohm annual wine interest from his vineyard in Kottenheim am Ravenberg.

In the Schatzungs-Heeb-Register , created in 1732/33 , the tax register of the municipality, 134 persons are listed who - as part-time winemakers - owned 77,604 vines. The last mention of viticulture in Kottenheim comes from 1794, when Count Metternich obtained two loads of wine from his share of the tithe. Even today, field names (Wingert) still bear witness to viticulture.

In the early Middle Ages, the village may have consisted of two separate originally Franconian settlements on both sides of a ridge on which the residents built a church together and thus created the village as such. Until around 1990, two separate fair celebrations (St. Nikolaus and St. Antonius) and two simultaneous, but locally different St. Martin fires were held in the two parts (called Kottenheim-Dorf and Kottenheim-Stadt) together, but also separately aligned.

In the Middle Ages, a knightly noble family owned a farm in Kottenheim. The coat of arms of this noble family still represents the coat of arms of the local community today. The description of this coat of arms reads: A cross-sectioned coat of arms, top white, bottom black, topped with a golden cross with lilies with eight bars. The heraldic ornament consists of a helmet and a right-turning, growing swan with one black and one white wing. The first document that was sealed with this coat of arms comes from Lantzlot von Kottenheim, who was first mentioned in 1394 and died in 1448.

Another important descendant of this noble family is the Junker Konrad Schilling von Lahnstein , whose mother was Margarethe von Kottenheim. Junker Konrad donated his neighboring forest properties to the citizens of Kottenheim, which is why he is in good standing in the community to this day. The tuff stone epitaph from the year 1539, which was restored in 2012-2014 and shows the Junker in life-size, armored and with a helmet on his head, can be seen in the parish church of St. Nicholas. A statue on a fountain base at the end of Junker-Schilling-Straße in the center of the village, as well as a picture engraved and colored in a large basalt boulder in the Kottenheimer Wald (local recreation area "Auf der Birk"), also show the Junker and explain the donation of the forest.

On May 29, 1880, the Niedermendig - Mayen Ost railway was officially opened. In order to get a train station, the community had to give the shareholders, in addition to an amount of 1,500 marks, free of charge the areas in the forest needed to build the railway.

The Kröbbelchesfest has been celebrated regularly in Kottenheim since 1952 (see below).

Culture and sights

Sports club TuS Fortuna Kottenheim

The club founded on July 1, 1913 as FC Fortuna Kottenheim in the Gasthaus zur Traube was forced to merge in 1938 with TV Kottenheim, which was founded in 1897, to form TuS Fortuna Kottenheim . Today the TuS Fortuna Kottenheim soccer department plays in the Rhineland-Mitte district league, after the team was promoted from the A district league in the 2017/18 season. In addition to the football department, the TuS also has a department for tennis , table tennis and gymnastics .

Parish Church of St. Nicholas

According to the construction plans of the architect Vincenz Statz , a three - aisled neo - Gothic basilica was built in 1854–1857 based on the shapes of the Cologne Minorite Church . On 24 September 1857, the carried consecration of the church by Bishop Wilhelm Arnoldi . The church tower from 1772 was raised in 1904 according to plans by the architect Caspar Clemens Pickel , who was born in Kottenheim .

Memorial chapel

The memorial chapel in Romanesque style was built in 1922 according to plans by the government and building councilor Nikolaus Pickel, who was born in Kottenheim. The chapel commemorates those who died in the two world wars in Kottenheim, the murdered members of the Jewish Gottschalk and Levy families, and pastor Wilhelm Caroli who was murdered in the Dachau concentration camp .

church choir

The Pfarrer-Cäcilien-Verein Kottenheim ( church choir ) emerged in 1885 from the Kottenheim choral society. The choir has 43 active singers (2010). Its main task is the musical organization of the church service on the holidays of the church year . There are also religious and secular concerts in front of a large audience. Stephan Ring has been the choirmaster since 2000.

Bornhofen pilgrimage

The first foot pilgrimage from Kottenheim to the miraculous image of the Sorrowful Mother of God in the Bornhofen monastery is documented in 1695 . Since 1719 there has been an annual pilgrimage to Bornhofen on September 7th for the birth of Mary on September 8th. The organization of the pilgrimage is initially taken over by two and since 1954 by four brother masters.

Eifel Camino

The feeder route of the Eifel-Camino from Nickenich to Mayen leads through Kottenheim. An information stele in the school yard indicates this. The Eifel Camino leads from Andernach to Trier and is part of the Jakobsweg network to Santiago de Compostela .

Brotherhood of St. Anthony

The St. Antonius Brotherhood was founded in 1693 by parishioners from Kottenheim and confirmed in 1697 by Archbishop Johann Hugo von Orsbeck . The purpose of the brotherhood was to promote religious and moral life among its members and to protect them from spiritual and physical evils through the special protection of St. Anthony of Padua . The statutes were renewed in 1821 and last in 1847. The support of unfortunate miners came to the fore. With the founding of the Kottenheimer Knappschaftsverein in 1862, the brotherhood then lost more and more of its importance. Today it no longer exists.

Little story of hardship and plagues

Life in the 17th and 18th centuries, and sometimes also in the 19th century, was often characterized by hardship and plagues (earlier written sources are not available). Although Kottenheim is said to have been little affected by the Thirty Years' War (1618 to 1648), the general rise in prices also had its effects. The following is a (non-exhaustive) list of the hardships and plagues from the written sources that give an insight into life in Kottenheim at this time. The list should be similar for all Eifel villages. The effects on everyday life can only be guessed at.

  • In 1673 French soldiers marched into the Trier area. In revenge for not taking Mayen , the area is plundered.
  • In 1688 there were again French soldiers in the country and imposed "heavily burdened contributions". There was hardly a family in the village that was not in debt.

The Austrian War of Succession (1740 to 1748) rages across Europe. Kottenheim is also affected by this:

  • In 1743 Mayor May had to take on a debt of 100 Reichstaler in order to be able to pay French " fourage ".
  • In 1748 the community had to pay 15 Reichstaler “for the Austrian transports to Aachen ” (the peace negotiations took place in Aachen in 1748).

The Seven Years' War (1756 to 1763) also had an impact on Kottenheim, although the fighting took place elsewhere. The French troops passing through demanded money and material goods from the community:

  • In 1761 the community had to take on 8 Reichstaler debts in order to pay “French sanctions to Limburg”
  • In 1762 Kottenheim was obliged to bring "Gäul" (horses) to Giessen . In the same year, another 20 Reichstaler debt had to be borrowed to deliver sacks of flour to Gießen.
  • 1764: although the war is over, Kottenheim has to pay another 100 Reichstaler “fouragegelder” to the French. The same payment is due in 1767. The debt of course weighs heavily on the community and the residents. The next few decades will be shaped by this burden of debt. By 1776 the mayor had to make 77 petitions in order to be able to pay “ambtsunkösten”. In 1780 the rent for the school building can no longer be paid.
  • In 1785 an archiepiscopal questionnaire on Kottenheim noted: “Almost everything, poor people. 1400 Rchsthr. Debts, no land, hardly the necessary firewood. "
  • In 1816 there was a famine that lasted until 1817 (the eruption of the Tambora volcano in Indonesia ).
  • In 1842 an increase in prices due to "bad wax" and mouse plague was reported, which continued until the summer of 1843.
  • In 1845 and 1846 also “misgrowth”. For the first time, an unknown potato disease appears.
  • 1849 severe cold that lasted until Easter and led to a severe " wolf plague ".
  • 1849 severe cholera in Mayen, which is also likely to affect Kottenheim
  • In 1866 cholera again in Mayen with 256 deaths in three months. In Kottenheim "two percent of the approximately 1200 inhabitants" die.

"Wolf plagues" were often reported from the Eifel . Especially in severe winters, wolves could also be dangerous for humans. In Trier there were processions against the threat of wolves until the end of the 18th century. The last wolf in Kottenheim is said to have been shot "on the Hufnagel" (year unknown). The hallway name "Auf der Wolfskaul" in Hausener Straße, which appears for the first time in 1528 ("uff der Wolffkulen"), is still a reminder today.

Population development

The development of the population of Kottenheim, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1815 620
1835 876
1871 1256
1905 2137
1939 2073
year Residents
1950 2315
1961 2552
1970 2762
1987 2664
2005 2803

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Kottenheim consists of 20 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU FWG Flat share 1 total
2019 8th 7th - 5 20 seats
2014 11 9 - - 20 seats
2009 11 6th 3 - 20 seats
2004 10 7th 3 - 20 seats

Local mayor

Thomas Braunstein (SPD) became the local mayor of Kottenheim on June 30, 2014. In the runoff election on June 16, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of 64.04% of the vote, after none of the original three applicants had achieved a sufficient majority in the direct election on May 26, 2019. Thomas Braunstein's predecessor was Toni Schüller, who held the office for 35 years.

Infrastructure

  • St. Anna day-care center sponsored by the Catholic parish of St. Nikolaus
  • Primary school sponsored by the municipality
  • Retirement home
  • Base fire brigade

traffic

Kottenheim has a stop on the Eifelquerbahn . The lines RB 23 ( Lahn-Eifel-Bahn , Mayen Ost – Mendig – Andernach – Koblenz Stadtmitte – Koblenz Hbf – Niederlahnstein – Bad Ems – Diez – Limburg) and the RB 38 (Mayen Ost – Mendig – Andernach) of the DB operate here Regio according to the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle daily every 60 minutes. The tariff of the VRM (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel) applies .

There are also regional bus routes in the direction of Mayen and Andernach.

Regular events

Kröbbelches parade 1978
Winter aerial view in Kottenheim
  • Every two years (with an even year) the Kröbbelchesfest takes place in Kottenheim (usually on the last weekend in August) , a festival in honor of the earth fruit processed into potato pancakes (= Kröbbelche). In addition to the Kröbbelche, which are usually eaten with applesauce or bread, the so-called Döppekooche (= pot cake, a kind of casserole made from grated potatoes) is one of the typical dishes of this place. The potato was at the time when the Kottenheimer yet almost all in basalt mining worked, the cheap staple food of the population. In addition to a fairground similar to a fairground , the themed pageant was also worth seeing for many years.
  • Furthermore, the bachelor party traditionally organized by the bachelor club takes place every year. With over 3000 visitors annually, the event is a fixture in the diaries of other bachelor clubs. The bachelor party takes place every year on the Corpus Christi weekend.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Caspar Clemens Pickel (1847–1939), architect who mainly built churches, Prussian building officer ; born in Kottenheim.
  • 1958: Heinrich Pickel (1883–1964), entrepreneur and politician (CDU), MdL Rhineland-Palatinate 1947–1963; born in Kottenheim.
  • 2014: Toni Schüller (* 1937), local mayor 1979–2014, awarded in recognition of his decades of service to the general public.

Born in Kottenheim

  • Paul Milles (1926-2006), sculptor
  • Alfons Moog (1915–1999), football player

Associated with Kottenheim

  • Wilhelm Caroli (1895–1942), Catholic priest, victim of National Socialism, lived in forced retirement in Kottenheim from 1939 to 1941, gave a sermon here against euthanasia , which is why he was sent to Dachau concentration camp , where he died.

See also

literature

  • Walter Lung: Kottenheim - a village and its landscape . 2nd Edition. Louis Schreder, Mayen 1988.
  • Beautification and tourism association Kottenheim (ed.): Kotteme Lede . Kottenheim 1982.
  • Johannes Schmitz: Esuh chat de Kotteme ... Kottenheim 1999.
  • Municipal administration Kottenheim (ed.): Kottenheim - then and now . Görres Druckerei, Koblenz 2007.
  • Claudius Engelhardt: The parish church in Kottenheim . A tour of the church and its history. BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-7322-9829-7 .
  • Horst Schlich (arrangement): Kottenheim field names . Ed .: Working group Kottenheim history. 2nd Edition. Vulkan-Druckerei, Kottenheim 2016.
  • Wolfgang Schmid: The epitaph of Junkers Konrad Schilling von Lahnstein in Kottenheim and the Gothic and Renaissance tombstone art in the Mayen-Koblenz area . Ed .: History & Antiquity Association for Mayen and Surroundings e. V. Vulkan-Druckerei, Kottenheim 2017, ISBN 978-3-930821-27-3 .
  • Horst Schlich (arrangement): The Kottenheimer mill . Ed .: Working group Kottenheim history. 1st edition. Vulkan-Druckerei, Kottenheim 2017.
  • Hartmut Nagel (arr.): Kottenheim emigrants to America . Ed .: Working group Kottenheim history. 1st edition. Vulkan-Druckerei, Kottenheim 2017.
  • Working group Kottenheimer Geschichte (ed.): Viticulture in Kottenheim - From Roman times to the 19th century . Vulkan-Druckerei, Kottenheim 2019.

Web links

Commons : Kottenheim  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. Codex diplomaticus Rheno-Mosellanus, collection of documents on the history of the Rhine and Moselle countries and the surrounding low mountain ranges (CDRM) I p. 99ff., No. 35; Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch (MRUB) I p. 339 No. 287
  3. State Main Archive Koblenz, Best.1a Certificate 1842
  4. State Main Archives Koblenz, inventory 170, no. 301
  5. State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  6. The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Kottenheim. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
  7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer for Rhineland-Palatinate: 2014 municipal council election Kottenheim. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
  8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2009 Kottenheim. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
  9. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local council election 2004 Kottenheim. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
  10. ^ The Regional Returning Officer for Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Vordereifel, Verbandsgemeinde, 14th line of results. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
  11. a b c d local community Kottenheim: honorary citizen. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .