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Location of the former town of Lürken in the Rhenish lignite district

Lürken gravestones in the Dürwiss cemetery

Lürken was a district of Eschweiler north of Eschweiler- Hehlrath . The residents of Lürken were resettled between 1960 and 1963. The place was excavated in 1965 because of the open-cast lignite mine "Zukunft West" as the first place in the area of Group West .

Today a memorial stone and the old village cross, which are located about 500 m north of the former village center ( 50 ° 51 ′ 30 ″  N , 6 ° 14 ′ 32.1 ″  E ), remind of Lürken . The small farming village has played an important role in the history of the Reformed communities for centuries. The gravestones of the Protestant cemetery are preserved in the entrance facilities of the Dürwiss cemetery. The center of the village was Lürken Castle .

History of religion

Protestants lived in neighboring Warden (now a part of Alsdorf ) soon after the Reformation . They probably came from other territories whose authorities were not well-disposed towards them - in contrast to the Warden sublords, who sympathized with the new faith or adhered to it. An application to the Jülich Synod for the assignment of a preacher was successful in 1573. The decision is considered to be the founding document of the Evangelical parish in Lürken. In addition to Warden from the Duchy of Jülich , the villages of Hoengen , Langweiler , Laurenzberg and Lürken also belonged to it. Church services were held in Lürken Castle for centuries, the owners of which, the families von Mangelman and subsequently von Portmann, converted to the Reformed faith. There were close ties with the neighboring community of Vorweiden (now a part of Würselen ), because both communities had the same pastor. When the Lürken castle passed to Catholic rule in 1811, the nearby schoolhouse was converted into a prayer room. During this time there were four Protestant families with 15 people in Warden. Industry and mining attracted people from near and far. In a short time the number of parishioners, which had remained almost the same for centuries, more than doubled around the middle of the century. About 30 Evangelicals lived in Warden around 1870. At that time, negotiations began regarding a new church. The government determined the location of the new church in Warden, the spatial center of the municipality of Lürken. The inauguration took place in 1877. The church was badly damaged by bombs and grenades in October 1944. Only its high tower survived the chaos of war. Until 1953 he greeted far and wide across the country. When it had to be blown up, Warden lost one of its landmarks. A year later, the Evangelicals received a new church in the neighboring Mariadorf (now a part of Alsdorf) .

Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '  N , 6 ° 15'  E