Lüxheim

Lüxheim Vettweiß municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 20 ″  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 59 ″  E
Height :	123 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.69 km²
Residents :	443  (Jun 30, 2020)
Population density :	94 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Incorporated into:	Müddersheim
Postal code :	52391
Area code :	02424
B 477 through town

Lüxheim is the smallest district of the municipality of Vettweiß in the district of Düren , North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

location

Lüxheim is located in the fertile Zülpicher Börde am Neffelbach in the northeastern part of the municipality of Vettweiß. The place borders directly on the municipality of Nörvenich with the place Eggersheim .

history

The place is mentioned for the first time in a list of properties of the Prüm Abbey in 867 as "Ludesheym" . The ending "heim", as everywhere in the area, indicates a Franconian foundation.

Viticulture can still be traced in Lüxheim in 1755 .

The Rengershausen mill , located on the boundary of Eggersheim, was first mentioned in 1502 as a grain mill on the Neffelbach. Today fallow deer are raised there .

From 1916 to 1958 the place had a water tower .

On July 1, 1969, Lüxheim was incorporated into Müddersheim. The place came on January 1, 1972 together with Müddersheim within the framework of the Aachen law to the new municipality Vettweiß.

traffic

Nikolausstrasse

The B 477 runs through the center with a sharp S-curve . The main road follows the old Roman military route from Neuss to Zülpich ( Roman road Trier – Neuss ). Until 1960 Lüxheim had a tram stop from Düren via Nörvenich and Zülpich to Embken . Today's bus traffic is operated in front of the Rurtalbus . The lines 208 and SB8 run from Zülpich to Nörvenich and Düren and the SB 15 runs from Froitzheim via Vettweiß - Nörvenich to Buir

See also : Distelrath – Embken railway line

Attractions

• The St. Nicholas Chapel , a tuff stone building from the second half of the 13th century, is one of the oldest structures in the Düren district. It is a branch church of the parish church Gladbach .
• Between Lüxheim and Eggersheim there is a Jewish cemetery with 35 re-erected gravestones. Lüxheim had a synagogue until 1938 .

societies

There are five clubs in the small town: the Lüxheim youth club, the St. Nikolaus Schützenbruderschaft , the Lüxheim sports club , the “Lüxheimer Spätlese” carnival society and the Lüxheim citizens' association.

Others

There is a community hall in the village, which was built in-house, including the former school, and is managed by the community association.

See also : List of mills on the Neffelbach

Web links

• Homepage of Lüxheim

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures accessed on July 15, 2020
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2017 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. 
3. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 98 .
4. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X .