Lückerath (Mechernich)

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Lückerath
City of Mechernich
Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 59 "  N , 6 ° 35 ′ 4"  E
Height : 317 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 323  (Jan. 1, 2014)
Postal code : 53894
Area code : 02443
In the center of the village, in the ditch, the rivulet of the Schossbach stream
In the center of the village, in the ditch, the rivulet of the Schossbach stream
  • St. Luzia
  • Mechernich-Lückerath-2-CTH.JPG
  • Mechernich-Lückerath-3-CTH.JPG

Lückerath is a district of Mechernich in the Eifel .

geography

Lückerath is a village that belongs to the city of Mechernich ( Euskirchen district ) in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia .

The Schoßbach flowing through the village has its headwaters about 1000 m southwest of the town center at the end of the elevated road and joins the Mühlenbach in the northeast of the town , which flows into the Erft near Dirmerzheim from the west . The Rot- und Bruchbachtal nature reserve lies north of the village .

The state road 169 running through the village connects the federal road 265 in Hergarten with the federal road 266 located in the south .

Neighboring villages are Schützendorf in the east, Bleibuir in the northwest and Denrath in the south.

Culture

  • The "Lückerath Children's Fair" takes place every year on the 3rd Sunday of September and attracts thousands to the village on Schoßbach.
  • Half-timbered ensembles worth seeing, a former half-timbered gymnasium serves as the village house
  • Chapel of St. Luzia from 1718
  • Lückerath has a primary school, the Catholic primary school Am Bleiberg .

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