Kreuzrath

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Kreuzrath
municipality Gangelt
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 14 ″  N , 6 ° 2 ′ 6 ″  E
Height : 79  (75-83)  m
Residents : 575  (December 31, 2015)
Postal code : 52538
Area code : 02454
map
Location of Kreuzrath in Gangelt
Catholic parish church
Catholic parish church
Brick courtyard
Entrance
Wayside cross
Memorial cross
Brick courtyard
Kreuzrath on the new recording from 1912
Kreuzrath on the original cadastral map from 1846
Kreuzrath on the Tranchot map 1803–1820

Kreuzrath ( Limburgish : Kritsraoj or Kritschroai ) is a district of the Gangelt municipality in the Heinsberg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

location

Kreuzrath is located about 2.5 km northeast of Gangelt on the state road 227 . The Höngener and Saeffeler Bruch nature reserve is located near the village, on the Saeffeler Bach .

Waters

In heavy rain and when snowmelts , the surface water flows from the Kreuzrath area into the Saeffeler Bach (GEWKZ 2818222) and then on over the Rodebach into the Maas . The Saeffeler Bach has a length of 12.747 km with a total catchment area of ​​47.479 km².

Neighboring places

Langbroich Schierwaldenrath Putt
Hastenrath Neighboring communities Birgden
Gangelt Stand Gillrath

Type of settlement

Kreuzrath is a single-line street village with buildings on both sides .

history

Place name

  • 1326 Creystroyde
  • 1341 Creytzrode
  • 1418 Krytzrode
  • 1595 Kritzradt
  • 1820 Krietzrath
  • 1846 Kritzrath
  • 1912 Kreuzrath

Local history

Kreuzrath used to belong to the Jülich office of Millen . The parish and court of Kreuzrath were assigned to Gangelt. In 1326, the Lords of Heinsberg owned a farmyard here , which after a long period of self-management was given on a temporary lease in the 16th century.

Kreuzrath had a total of 253 inhabitants in 1828, in 1852 there were 233 inhabitants. Kreuzrath formed the community Gangelt with the places Gangelt, Hohenbusch , Kievelberg , Mindergangelt , Niederbusch , Stahe and Vinteln . With the law on the reorganization of communities in the Selfkant district of Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg of June 24, 1969, Kreuzrath could remain in the Gangelt community on July 1, 1969.

Church history

The parish of St. Nikolaus Gangelt is made up of the places Gangelt, Kreuzrath, Mindergangelt and Vinteln. The majority of the population consists of Catholics .

In 1268 Theodoric II von Heinsberg gave the church the patronage right to the Premonstratensian monastery in Heinsberg. In 1343/44 the Gangelt church was incorporated into the Heinsberg monastery . From then on, Premonstratensians were mostly pastors here until the monasteries were dissolved in 1802. After that, the parish belonged to the canton of Geilenkirchen in the new diocese of Aachen , later to the archbishopric of Cologne and again in 1925 to the diocese of Aachen. 1910 was one in Kreuzrath chapel built in 1912 as a branch church to the Sorrowful Mother benediziert was.

In the course of the parish reforms in the Diocese of Aachen, the parish of the Sorrowful Mother Kreuzrath was incorporated into the community of the Catholic parishes of Gangelt.

politics

According to § 3 (1) h) of the main statute of the community Gangelt, Kreuzrath is a community district. Which is by a local chief in the council represented the town of Gangelt. The mayor of the municipality is Wolfgang Erkens. Stand 2013

Infrastructure

  • In February 2013 540 people lived in Kreuzrath.
  • There are several farms with livestock , several horse farms, a carpentry , a window construction company, a café , a company for Home care , practice for speech therapy , a property development company and several small businesses.
  • The Backsteinhof -Freches-Hof- is located in the heart of Kreuzrath. The main building of the farm was built in 1786 and is still inhabited by several generations today.
  • A nursing home with assisted living exists in town.
  • There are several bus stops in the AVV , served by line 435 and the school bus
  • The place has a connection to the cycling network NRW .

School system

  • Kreuzrath primary school, 1925: 1 class, 1 level, 1 teacher, 55 children
  • Elementary school Kreuzrath, 1965: 2 classes, 2 teaching positions, 41 children

Attractions

  • Catholic parish church of the Sorrowful Mother as memorial no.39
  • Stained glass in the Catholic parish church
  • War memorial at the church in Kreuzrath
  • Wegekreuz, Ganterheide 18 as monument no.40
  • Brick courtyard, Hauptstrasse 20 as monument no.41
  • Brick courtyard, Hauptstrasse 47 as monument no.42

societies

  • Gangelt volunteer fire brigade , Kreuzrath extinguishing unit
  • St. Aegidius Schützenbruderschaft Kreuzrath eV
  • Drummers and Pfeiferkorps "Freshly ahead" 1925 Kreuzrath eV
  • Football Sports Association FSV Kreuzrath 2004 eV
  • Church choir Kreuzrath eV
  • Reitverein Pferdefreunde Kreuzrath eV
  • Theater Association Kreuzrath eV
  • Youth group Kreuzrath
  • Social association VdK Germany - local association Birgden

Regular events

  • Carnival event of the drummers and whistlers corps
  • Brotherhood bird shot
  • Patronage festival and fair in Kreuzrath
  • St. Martin parade in Kreuzrath
  • Theatrical performances

Street names

Benterkaul, Ganterheide, Hauptstraße, Im Feldblick, Im Kranzfeld, Langhecker Weg, Pilsstraße, Ziegeleistraße

literature

  • Third edition 1994: Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen , ISBN 3-87448-172-7 , pp. 681f.
  • Leo Gillessen: The localities of the district of Heinsberg , ISBN 3-925620-13-3 , p. 102
  • Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-statistical description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province . Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ http://www.naturschutz-fachinformationssysteme-nrw.de/nsg/de/fachinfo/ regions/ overall/ HS_011
  3. ↑ http://www.lanuv.nrw.de/fileadmin/lanuv/wasser/pdf/Gewaesserverzeichnis%20GSK3C.xls
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lanuv.nrw.de
  5. ↑ https://recht.nrw.de/lmi/owa/br_bes_text?print=1&anw_nr=2&gld_nr=%202&ugl_nr=2020&val=4036&ver=0&sg=0&menu=1&aufgehoben=N&keyword=&bes_id=4036
  6. ↑ http://www.weggemeinschaft-gangelt.de/
  7. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gangelt.de
  8. ↑ http://www.glasmalerei-ev.net/pages/b2626/b2626.shtml