Langel (Cologne-Merkenich)
Langel is a place of Cologne district Merkenich in the district Chorweiler .
The place Langel should not be confused with the Langel district of the same name on the right bank of the Rhine .
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 3 '7 " N , 6 ° 54' 52" E |
| Residents | 1253 (Dec. 31, 2006) |
| Post Code | 50769 |
| prefix | 0221 |
| Borough | Chorweiler (6) |
| Transport links | |
| Bus route | 121 |
| Source: 2017 residents . (PDF) Cologne district information | |
location
Langel borders the Rhine in the east . Leverkusen- Hitdorf is located on the other side of the Rhine . Rheinkassel is located south of Langel . To the west is the Alte Römerstraße . Langel is surrounded by many fields both in the west and in the north .
history
Langel already existed as a small fishing village in the Middle Ages. Since that time, Langel and Rheinkassel have been jointly managed as a condominium by the Electorate of Cologne and the Duchy of Jülich-Berg . In 1688 a whale was sighted in the Rhine near Langel . This event was recorded in a leaflet from 1698. The ferry between Langel and Hitdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1729 . In 1794 the place was occupied by French revolutionary troops and completely new administrative units emerged: Langel became part of the Mairie Worringen in the canton of Dormagen in the Arrondissement de Cologne in the Département de la Roer . In 1815 Langel came to the Kingdom of Prussia . A year later the place became part of the new mayor's office in Worringen in the Cologne district. In 1882 there was a bad flood and the dam broke between the Rheinkassel and Langel. With the incorporation of the mayor's office in Worringen on April 1, 1922, the small Rhine town of Langel also became part of the city of Cologne. Langel was hit by a severe flood on January 1, 1926.
Towards the end of the Second World War on March 5, 1945, American troops occupied the place, while it was still being shelled by German artillery on the right bank of the Rhine. On July 15, 1954, Rheinkassel, Langel, Kasselberg and Feldkassel belonged to the Fühlingen district. However, fellowship with Feelings was short-lived. Since October 7, 1963, the towns of Rheinkassel, Langel, Kasselberg and Feldkassel have been part of the Cologne-Merkenich district. With the municipal territorial reform on January 1, 1975, Rheinkassel, Langel, Kasselberg and Feldkassel are part of the borough of Chorweiler.
Population development
- December 31, 2000: 1,270 inhabitants
- December 31, 2006: 1,253 inhabitants
Culture and leisure
societies
- Citizens' Association Cologne-Rheinkassel-Langel-Kasselberg eV
- Village community
- SpVg Rheindörfer Köln-Nord eV
- Voluntary fire brigade Cologne - extinguishing group Langel-Rheinkassel
- DPSG tribe Gilwell
buildings
- Cohnenhof, built in 1742, next to the courtyard is a villa on Langeler Damm .
- Cohnenhof Chapel, 19th century
- Road cross , erected in 1776
Infrastructure
Facilities
- kindergarten
- Voluntary fire brigade Cologne - extinguishing group Langel-Rheinkassel
traffic
- The car ferry connects Langel across the Rhine with Leverkusen-Hitdorf. It was first mentioned in 1729. The ferry has been in operation as a car ferry since 1930. Today's ferry has been in operation since 1962.
- The federal motorway 1 and the federal highway 9 are not far away
- The terminus of bus line 121 of the Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe is in Langel .
photos
The wayside cross
kindergarten
Rheinaue near Langel in winter
Ferry between Langel and Leverkusen-Hitdorf
literature
- Toni Jägers: Cologne-Worringen in history and stories . Dormagen 1985.
- Sigrid Scheuss; Birgit Wilms: Cologne north landscapes of a city . Cologne 1993.
Individual evidence
- ↑ SpVg. Rheinkassel-Langel: Fusion In: teamlr.de, accessed on May 20, 2019