Laurenzberg

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Location of the former place Laurenzberg in the Rhenish lignite district
Sports club movement Laurenzberg in Dürwiß

Laurenzberg was a district Eschweilers that the lignite - opencast mining has fallen victim. It had an old castle and a rural structure. The place Laurenzberg only exists in sport, because the association "SC Movement Laurenzberg 1932 eV", now based in Dürwiss , still exists.

The place had been in the Jülich district since 1816 and belonged to the Dürwiß office, which came to the city of Eschweiler on January 1, 1972. At the time of incorporation, the place only had four residents. Zip code up to the incorporation was 5181 Laurenzberg (via Eschweiler) .

The steeple of the Laurenzberg Church of St. Laurentius rose on a high plateau above the Merzbach lowland. Langweiler , Laurenzberg, Lürken and Obermerz belonged to the Catholic parish of Laurenzberg . The church was a three-aisled Gothic hall church with a west tower, which was rebuilt in 1890. A chapel in Berga Laurencii was mentioned as early as 1400. The excavations in the parish church before the demolition of the village have shown that there was a wooden chapel at this point as early as 800 . The excavations revealed an almost complete building history of the old Laurenzberg parish church. For several centuries the Laurenzberg Castle was owned by the Lords of Palant . Laurenzberg belonged to the Protestant parish of Lürken for many centuries.

Laurenzberg with “z” is not to be confused with the Aachen district Laurensberg with “s”. However, the place name was sometimes written "Laurensberg" on a French map from 1802 and on a Prussian map from 1846.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a grill or grill, the symbol of the parish priest St. Laurentius.

Web links

Commons : Laurenzberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 305 .
  2. ↑ 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 , p. 57 .
  3. ^ Wilhelm Piepers: Archaeological investigations in the parish church of Laurenzberg, Aachen district . In: Bonner Jahrbücher . tape 178 . Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1978, p. 569-604 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 52 '  N , 6 ° 15'  E