Kraudorf

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Kraudorf
City of Geilenkirchen
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 5 "  N , 6 ° 9 ′ 43"  E
Height : 73  (70-76)  m
Residents : 116  (December 31, 2015)
Postal code : 52511
Area code : 02453
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Location of Kraudorf in Geilenkirchen
Parish church of St. Gertrud in Kraudorf
Parish church of St. Gertrud in Kraudorf
Geilenkirchen Kraudorf from northwest. Direction, aerial view
Development on the church in Kraudorf
View from the Wurmtal to Kraudorf
Historical tomb in the cemetery in Kraudorf
Kraudorf on the Tranchot map 1803–1820
Old pump in Kraudorf, in the background Old School Kraudorf

Kraudorf is a district of the middle town of Geilenkirchen in the Heinsberg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

location

Kraudorf is located northeast of Geilenkirchen on Landesstraße 42 , which leads from Randerath via Geilenkirchen to Heerlen (Netherlands). The place is above the valley of the worm at a height of 70 to 76 m above sea ​​level , about 15 m above the water level of the worm on the northern city limits.

Waters

The worm supplied numerous mills with water over a river length of 53 km . The source of the worm is south of Aachen at 265 m above sea level. The confluence with the Rur is in the town of Kempen in the town of Heinsberg at 32 m above sea level. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, worm straightening was carried out. The curving, now and then meandering course of the river disappeared in favor of a simple route . The river length shortened and the flow speed increased. Even if Kraudorf was not threatened by floods , the management of the meadows and bends could be improved significantly by straightening the river .

Neighboring places

Hoven Randerath Nirm
Tripsrath Neighboring communities Flahstrasse
Hochheid Kogenbroich Worm

Type of settlement

Kraudorf is a hamlet built on both sides with several farms and at the same time a church village .

history

Place name

  • 1144 Crutorp
  • 1451 Kruytdorp
  • 1546 Krutorph
  • 1565 Krutorf
  • 1820 Craudorff

It is believed that the origin of the place name comes from "krut": vegetation, plant, herb, vine.

Local history

A carefully worked hand ax from the middle Paleolithic, which was found in a field between Kraudorf and Hoven, shows that people were in this region 70,000 years ago. Other unspecified arrowheads, blades, blade scrapers show a regular visit or even a settlement.

Kraudorf used to belong to the Jülich office of Randerath . In 1144 the Propstei Millen received a hoof to Kraudorf when it was founded . The church of St. Gertrud, mentioned in 1451, received an oat rent from the Honsdorf farm. While the Duke of Jülich was the collator of the church in the 16th century , the patronage rights could have been with the Lords of Randerath.

Kraudorf had a total of 70 inhabitants in 1828, in 1852 there were 85 inhabitants and the place belonged to the mayor's office of Randerath. In the course of the regional reform on January 1, 1972, the towns of Hoven, Kogenbroich, Kraudorf and Nirm were taken over by the mayor's office of Randerath in the city of Geilenkirchen. Legal successor is the city of Geilenkirchen according to Section 29 of the Aachen Act .

Church history

The parish of St. Gertrud Kraudorf is made up of the towns of Kraudorf, Kogenbroich, Nirm, Hoven, Leerodt and Zumdahl . The majority of the population consists of Catholics .

In 1451 a Kyrche zo Kruytdorp was mentioned for the first time . The floor was also re-laid at this time. With the same type of tile that the Premonstratensian monastery in Heinsberg received. An architectural study from 1950 shows a hall church 11 m long and 7 m wide. The foundations consist of quartzite sandstone, limestone, Roman stone and roof tiles. the dating is roughly in the 10./11. Century, because only one day was available for the examinations. An older wooden church is suspected.

In 1521 the priest Hubert Hutmann († 1563) was presented by the duke of Jülich , the dean of Susteren, as pastor for Kraudorf. He was also vicar of the Johannes Altar in Randerath.

When the diocese of Aachen was established in 1804, the parish came from the diocese of Liège to the new diocese and was assigned to the canton of Geilenkirchen. When the re-established Archdiocese of Cologne undertook a reorganization in 1827, the canton became the Deanery of Geilenkirchen. Since then the parish has belonged to this deanery.

In the course of the parish reforms in the Diocese of Aachen, the formerly independent Catholic parish of St. Gertrud Kraudorf was incorporated into the Community of Parishes (GdG) St. Bonifatius Geilenkirchen.

politics

According to § 3 (1) e) of the main statute of the city of Geilenkirchen, the places Kraudorf, Nirm, Kogenbroich and Hoven form a city district. He is represented by a local mayor in the city council of Geilenkirchen.

Attractions

  • Catholic parish church St. Gertrud as monument no.7
  • Stained glass in the Catholic Parish Church
  • Catholic rectory in Kraudorf

• Old school in Kraudorf

  • Chapel of the Sorrowful Mother Maria, between Kraudorf and Nirm
  • Zumdahl house, rectangular courtyard with tower and moat as monument no.41
  • Gut Leerodt, former water system as monument no.46
  • Footfall stations between Randerath and Nirm as monument no.44
  • Old water pump in Kraudorf, in the background Old School Kraudorf

Infrastructure

  • In December 2015, 116 people lived in Kraudorf.
  • There are several farms with animal husbandry , a horse farm and some small businesses.
  • There is a bus stop in the AVV , served by line 407, Geilenkirchen- Myhl
  • In Kraudorf there is a playground at the sports field .
  • The place has a connection to the cycling network NRW .
  • There is a holiday apartment in the old school in Kraudorf.

School system

  • Kraudorf primary school 1925: 1 class, 1 level, 1 teacher, 58 children
  • Elementary school Kraudorf-Nirm 1938: 2 classes, 2 teaching positions, 61 children
  • Elementary school Kraudorf-Nirm 1965: 2 classes, 2 teaching positions, 56 children

societies

  • Interest group of the parish Kraudorf eV
  • St. Antonius Rifle Brotherhood Kraudorf-Nirm from 1912
  • Drummers and Pfeiffer Corps Kraudorf-Nirm
  • FSV Kraudorf-Uetterath eV
  • Church choir St. Cäcilia from 1874 (merged with the church choir Würm in 1998; dissolved in 2003)

Regular events

  • Patronage feast and coronation ceremony of the majesties
  • Fair weekend in the parish from Friday to Sunday
  • Birdshot by the Rifle Society one week after the fair
  • St. Martin parade in the area of ​​the parish
  • Summer party of the FSV Kraudorf-Uetterath eV
  • Every two years the Kraudorf-Nirm Drummers and Pfeiffer Corps' summer festival
  • In the year in which the drum and Pfeiffer corps has no event, the Lantern Festival of the Nirm fire fighting unit

Street names

In Kraudorf there is only one small street with the street name Pfarrer-Dederichs-Straße , which was named after the pastor who worked for the Kraudorf parish for several decades. All other houses are numbered with house numbers , which residents, postmen, vendors and visitors must use for orientation.

literature

  • Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3. Edition. Kühlen, Mönchengladbach 1994, ISBN 3-87448-172-7 , pp. 710-712
  • Wilhelm Piepers: Archeology in the district of Heinsberg I , pp. 391-401
  • Leo Gillessen: The localities of the district of Heinsberg , p. 127
  • Leo Gillessen: On place names and settlement studies of the southern Selfkant district , in: Home calendar of the Selfkant district Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg 1970, pp. 38–49
  • Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-statistical description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province . Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830
  • Wilhelm Piepers: The Selfkantkreis in Roman Empire , in: Home calendar of the Selfkantkreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg 1956, p. 11–24
  • Helmut Krause: The pastors of the parish St. Gertrud in Kraudorf , 1991
  • Helmut Krause: Noteworthy grave slab in the Kraudorf church , in: Heimatkalender des Kreises Heinsberg 1990, pp. 79–82
  • Helmut Krause: The hand ax from Kraudorf , in: Heimatkalender des Kreises Heinsberg 1991, pp. 34–42
  • Rainer Steppkes: Kraudorf's only church book before 1798 , in: Heimatkalender des Kreises Heinsberg 1988, pp. 134–141

Web links

Commons : Kraudorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  3. ^ Main statute of the city of Geilenkirchen
  4. ↑ http://www.glasmalerei-ev.net/pages/b2979/b2979.shtml