Lommersum

Lommersum community Weilerswist Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 34 " N , 6 ° 47 ′ 48" E
Height :	134 (110–158) m above sea level NHN
Residents :	1968 (Feb 28, 2019)
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	53919
Area code :	02251
Location of Lommersum in North Rhine-Westphalia
	Lommersum, aerial photo (2014)

Lommersum is a district of the municipality of Weilerswist in the Euskirchen district in North Rhine-Westphalia and, together with the district of Bodenheim, forms the " locality Lommersum", which has a local mayor .

To the east of Lommersum is the Lommersummer Mühlengraben, a tributary of the Erft , which flows a little further east . State road 181 and district road 11 run through the village .

history

The origin of the place Lommersum goes back to the 9th century, but already before that people settled in the area around the village. The first traces of settlement date from the Neolithic Age. A large number of archaeological finds from Lommersum are exhibited today in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn .

The first documentary mentions as "Lomundesheim" come from the years 1047 and 1151. The series of documentary mentions continues via Lomuntsheim (1173), Lomonsheim (1211), Lometzheim (1265), Lommitzheim (1316), Lomesheym (1387), Loymetzheim (1412), Lummelsheym (1488), L´hommersem (1581) to Lommerschum (1587) and appears again in 1612 in the original form Lommunsheim. The change of the final syllable -heim to -um is due to linguistic convenience; The same development can be found with the place name Derkum .

The Lommersum exclave on the Ferraris map (1771–1777)

Lommersum is still known today as "Little Spain". This goes back to the fact that Lommersum was under Spanish rule for around 250 years. From 1522 to 1786 Lommersum was under the "Sovereign Council of Brabant" in Brussels and thus under the rule of Spain. With the creation of new administrative districts in 1798/1800 during the period of French rule, Lommersum became a mairie in the canton of Lechenich .

The upper half of the Lommersummer coat of arms goes back to the coat of arms of Count Johann Friedrich von Schaesberg, to whose possession Lommersum belonged since 1710. The lower half shows a plow and scissors, which indicates the economic importance of agriculture and textile production for Lommersum.

On July 1, 1969, Lommersum was incorporated into Weilerswist.

On August 12, 2003, 40.1 degrees were measured in Lommersum - the hottest day in North Rhine-Westphalia since the weather records began.

Buildings

Parish Church of Saint Pankratius
Spanish town hall from 1786/87

On Walramstrasse, right in the heart of the village, you will find one of the oldest churches in the Euskirchen district, the parish church of St. Pankratius. The Romanesque church was built by Walram von Limburg between 1110 and 1120 as a gift for his wife Jutta. But already in Franconian times there was a place of worship at this point. This is proven by grave finds from the 7th and 8th centuries. Since components from a Roman complex were used in the construction of the church, it is certain that there was a building here as early as the Roman times. A testimony from this time is the so-called "Matronenstein" from the 1st century AD.

After Walram's death, the widow donated the church to the Klosterrath Abbey in 1141 . The church and the village were badly damaged in the Wars of Religion from 1568 to 1596. In 1839 the church was expanded. A statue of Our Lady from 1500 and the statue of St. Anthony from 1359 are worth seeing.

Next to the church is the Spanish Town Hall , a one-storey baroque building from the 18th century with three undivided window axes and a coat of arms cartouche above the entrance portal.

The former synagogue of the Jewish community of Lommersum is located at Zunftgasse 9 .

Web links

Commons : Lommersum - collection of images

Historical view by Frans Hogenberg from 1587: Geographica Descriptio Territorii Et Dominii Kerpensis Et Lommerschum Ducatus Brabantiae ( digitized version ).

Hans-Dieter Arntz : On the last traces of Jewish prayer in the Voreifel - The forgotten regional synagogues of Lommersum and Sinzenich .

Hans-Dieter Arntz: Two forgotten and therefore preserved land synagogues in the Voreifel: Lommersum and Sinzenich .

Individual evidence

↑ Population of the districts / localities. (PDF) In: Budget 2019/2020. Weilerswist community, p. 60 , accessed on May 18, 2020 .
↑ local mayor. Weilerswist community, accessed on May 18, 2020 .
^ Main statute of the community of Weilerswist. (PDF) Retrieved May 18, 2020 .
↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 88 .
^ The hottest days of the federal states, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 4./5. July 2015, p. 2.
↑ Panorama of the Church of St. Pankratius (Quicktime or Java) ( Memento from January 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
^ Catholic parish church St. Pankratius, Weilerswist-Lommersum (Archdiocese of Cologne: accessed on September 9, 2012)

[1] Population of the districts / localities. (PDF) In: Budget 2019/2020. Weilerswist community, p. 60 , accessed on May 18, 2020 .

[2] local mayor. Weilerswist community, accessed on May 18, 2020 .

[3] Main statute of the community of Weilerswist. (PDF) Retrieved May 18, 2020 .

[4] Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 88 .

[5] The hottest days of the federal states, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 4./5. July 2015, p. 2.

[6] Panorama of the Church of St. Pankratius (Quicktime or Java) ( Memento from January 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

[7] Catholic parish church St. Pankratius, Weilerswist-Lommersum (Archdiocese of Cologne: accessed on September 9, 2012)