Krauthausen (Düren)

Krauthausen District town Düren
Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 11 ″  N , 6 ° 29 ′ 29 ″  E
Height :	approx. 135 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.27 km² (with Lendersdorf)
Residents :	310  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	73 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	52355
Area code :	02421
Location of Krauthausen in Düren

Krauthausen is the smallest district of Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia . The industrial place is structurally and organizationally closely linked to the neighboring town of Niederau .

geography

Geographical location

Krauthausen is located on the Rur in the south of the urban area. The Düren city forest borders directly on the place that is built along the L 249 .

Neighboring communities

Krauthausen is closely connected with the neighboring town of Niederau to the south. The development of the two parts of the city seamlessly merges with one another at the border, which runs at the level of Renkerstrasse. To the west of the railway line, Krauthausen borders on Lendersdorf. In the north, the "Wibbelrusch", part of the city forest, separates Krauthausen from Düren.

history

The settlements, whose name ends in -hausen , originated in Franconian times. In records from the 15th century, farms belonging to "Cruythuysen" are mentioned, which belonged to Lendersdorf. The name "Krauthausen" indicates that the place, like Niederau, was shaped by agriculture back then.

In the 19th century, Krauthausen developed into a location for factories in the course of industrialization . The mobilization by the railway contributed to the fact that more and more people came to work as commuters to Krauthausen and lived in Niederau and other neighboring towns. Although the place politically belonged to the municipality of Lendersdorf-Krauthausen in the Birgel office , the inhabitants joined the Niederau parish from the 19th century. There was also no school of its own or social life in associations in Krauthausen.

In the time of National Socialism , the NSDAP could hardly prevail against the Center Party . Krauthausen was not spared from bombing raids in 1944. A few days before the devastating air raid on Düren on November 16, there was an evacuation order. The Krauthausen Sinti Bock family were murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp . American soldiers conquered the site on February 24, 1945.

On July 1, 1969, the communities Lendersdorf-Krauthausen and Berzbuir-Kufferath were merged to form the new community Lendersdorf. This new municipality was dissolved again with effect from January 1, 1972. Krauthausen was incorporated into the district town of Düren together with the community of Lendersdorf.

Population numbers

Population development

At the end of the 18th century, only 44 people lived in Krauthausen. At that time the place was still dominated by agriculture. From the middle of the 19th century, the population increased due to increasing industrialization and the construction of several factories. The population peaked in 1961 with 671 inhabitants. Subsequently, more and more people moved away from the factories and into the surrounding areas, benefiting from the improved transport infrastructure. Today only about half as many people live in Krauthausen, making it the smallest district of Düren.

politics

Krauthausen, which had previously belonged to Lendersdorf, has been administered as a district of Düren since the municipal reorganization in 1972. Today it forms a joint city district with Niederau and has been a member of the joint district committee since 1994. In the first election period after the merger, there was a majority of eight Social Democrats versus six members of the CDU and one representative of the Greens . In the current body, the Christian Democrats dominate with eleven mandate holders compared to the SPD with three members and one representative each from the Greens, FDP and Bürger for Düren.

The town through with the paper processing company Sihl

Economy and Infrastructure

There are several factories in Krauthausen that were owned by the family for a long time. In addition to traditional Düren paper production, the focus is on the chemical industry.

In 1784 the Schoeller brothers converted a former iron reckhammer , which was once a barley mill, into a paper mill, thereby establishing a traditional Düren industry. The company " Heinrich August Schoeller Söhne GmbH & Co KG ", also known as Schoellershammer for short , which has been in the family for several generations and was merged with Rütger von Schevens Mühle in 1862 , still produces today. The machines for paper production were supplied by the Erkens company from 1874 until bankruptcy in 1931.

Schoellershammer's partners founded the Renker company in 1902, which produced prepared papers and was expanded in 1926 to include Belipa (Berliner Lichtpaus - and tracing paper factory, Thorban & Co.). In 1990 the new owner Sihl from Zurich expanded the product range.

The Akzo Nobel industrial park , an amalgamation of several chemical factories , was built in the immediate vicinity of Schoellershammer . In 1936, Hoesch moved a chemical factory from Hoven to Krauthausen on the former premises of the Erkens company. In 1968 the company was taken over by the Dutch AKZO group.

traffic

The railway has stopped at Lendersdorf train station, which is located in Krauthausen, since 1892. At the same time there was a small electric train until the Second World War . The in agreement with weeg planned route from Düren to Kreuzau, which has been in operation since 1908, there was a stop in Krauthausen. In 1921, the newly founded Dürener Kreisbahn took over the management of this line, which was replaced in 1945 by a bus line on the same route. Several bus lines of the Düren district railway, since January 1, 2020 Rurtalbus , drive through the place, which extends along the L 249. The central street connects Düren with Niederau and Kreuzau.

Personalities

The construction of the Lendersdorf hospital and the purchase of Burgau Castle are to be owed to the financial means from the foundation of the paper manufacturer Benno Schoeller . The politician Gerhard Fuhs, who lives in Krauthausen, received the Federal Cross of Merit for his commitment .

literature

• Helmut Krebs: Niederau Krauthausen and the rule of Burgau. The story of a separate entity . Hahne & Schloemer, Düren 1997.

Web links

• District film on the website of the city of Düren

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.dueren.de/kultur-tourismus/stadtportraet/zahlen__fotos?sr=7584
2. ↑ Niederau-Krauthausen and the rule of Burgau. The story of a separate unit by Helmut Krebs, 1997, page 12
3. ↑ Krebs 1997, p. 13
4. ↑ Krebs 1997, p. 13
5. ↑ Krebs 1997, p. 204
6. ↑ Krebs 1997, p. 80
7. ↑ Krebs 1997, p. 17
8. ↑ Krebs 1997, p. 89
9. ↑ Krebs 1997, p. 97
10. ↑ Krebs 1997, p. 99
11. ↑ Thuringian Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - Association of Antifascists and Study Group of German Resistance 1933-1945 (ed.): Local history guide to sites of resistance and persecution 1933-1945 . Heimatgeschichtliche Wegweiser, Volume 8. Erfurt 2003. S. 325. ISBN 3-88864-343-0
12. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 98 .
13. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 306 .
14. ↑ Data: Krebs 1997, page 55 and www.dueren.de
15. ↑ Krebs 1997, p. 84
16. ↑ Krebs 1997, page 208ff.
17. ↑ The brand with the hammer since 1784. (No longer available online.) Schoellershammer, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 24, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
18. ↑ Krebs 1997, page 218ff.
19. ↑ Krebs 1997, page 224ff.
20. ^ AkzoNobel Industrial Park Niederau. (No longer available online.) AkzoNobel, archived from the original on August 20, 2009 ; Retrieved July 24, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
21. ↑ Krebs 1997, p. 221ff.
22. ↑ Krebs 1997, p. 35
23. ↑ Krebs 1997, p. 34
24. ↑ ^{a b} 50 years of the Düren district railway - a company chronicle. Economic, social and traffic events in the Rhineland, accessed on July 24, 2009 . 
25. ↑ Krebs 1997, p. 416f.