Mechernich

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Coat of arms of the city of Mechernich
Mechernich
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Coordinates: 50 ° 35 '  N , 6 ° 39'  E

Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Cologne
Circle : Euskirchen
Height : 290 m above sea level NHN
Area : 136.48 km 2
Residents: 27,714 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 203 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 53894
Primaries : 02443, 02256, 02484
License plate : EU, SLE
Community key : 05 3 66 028
LOCODE : DE MCI
City structure: 44 districts

City administration address : 		Bergstrasse 1-4
53894 Mechernich
Website : www.mechernich.de
Mayor : Hans-Peter Schick ( CDU )
Location of the city of Mechernich in the Euskirchen district
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Mechernich, aerial photo (2015)

Mechernich is a district town in the Euskirchen district . It is located in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia in the North Eifel Nature Park and is a gateway to the Eifel National Park . The former mining town fulfills important functions for the North Eifel region in the field of education and medical care .

geography

City structure

Mechernich consists of 44 villages with a total of around 27,000 inhabitants:

Antweiler , Berg , Bergbuir , Bergheim , Bescheid , Bleibuir , Breitenbenden , Burgfey, Denrath , Dreimühlen , Eicks , Eiserfey , Firmenich , Floisdorf , Gehn , Glehn , Harzheim , Heufahrtshütte , Holzheim , Hostel , Kalenberg , Kallmuth , Katzvey , Kommern , Kommern- Süd , Lessenich , Lorbach , Lückerath , Mechernich, Obergartzem , Rißdorf , Roggendorf , Satzvey , Schaven , Schützendorf , Strempt , Urfey , Voißel , Vollem , Vussem , Wachendorf , Weiler am Berge , Weißenbrunnen , Weyer and Wielspütz .

The city of Mechernich borders on the following communities:

City of Zülpich , district town of Euskirchen , city of Bad Münstereifel , municipality of Nettersheim , municipality of Kall , city of Schleiden (all in the same district area) and the city of Heimbach (Eifel) (in the district of Düren )

history

Mechernich was first mentioned in 1308 under the name "Megchernich" in the " Liber valoris ", the "Book of Values ​​of the Churches of the Diocese of Cologne" . In 1394, mining on the Mechernich Bleiberg is mentioned in writing for the first time . It is possible that this mining goes back to Roman and Celtic times, but so far there is no reliable evidence for this.

The Jewish population in Mechernich grew from the middle of the 19th century, mainly due to the influx from surrounding villages. In 1885 the local Jewish community belonging to the Schleiden-Malmedy synagogue district had 64 members. A synagogue inaugurated in 1883 in what was then Heerstraße (today's Rathergasse) was apparently already in disrepair in 1930. The church was badly damaged in the course of the November pogroms in 1938 and demolished in 1939.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1969, Mechernich was enlarged through the incorporation of the previously independent communities Berg, Bleibuir, Breitenbenden, Eicks, Floisdorf, Glehn, Harzheim, Holzheim, Hostel, Kallmuth, Lorbach, Vussem-Bergheim and Weyer. In the course of the North Rhine-Westphalian municipal reorganization, the districts of Euskirchen and Schleiden were merged on January 1, 1972. The communities Veytal (previously Altkreis Euskirchen) and Mechernich (previously Altkreis Schleiden) were also merged. In addition, parts of the municipality of Kall (formerly: municipality of Wallenthal) with 390 inhabitants were reclassified to Mechernich. The newly formed community of Mechernich in the new district of Euskirchen includes 44 localities. It was granted city rights on July 23, 1975.

politics

Local election 2014
Turnout: 53.34% (2009: 57.06%)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
42.4%
22.5%
17.6%
9.3%
4.95%
3.2%
Gains and losses
compared to 2009
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+ 2.4  % p
+1.7  % p
-2.5  % p
± 0.0  % p
-2.45  % p
+ 0.8  % p

City council

The 32 seats in the city council have been distributed as follows since the local elections on May 25, 2014:

  • CDU : 13 seats (± 0)
  • SPD : 7 seats (± 0)
  • UWV : 6 seats (± 0)
  • GREEN : 3 seats (± 0)
  • FDP : 2 seats (± 0)
  • LEFT : 1 seat (± 0)

coat of arms

Mechernich coat of arms
 Blazon : "Divided by gold and blue, above a striding, red-tongued and armored black lion, covered with a continuous, five-pointed red tournament collar, below a diagonally crossed silver mallet (miner's hammer) and a silver iron (miner's iron, mallet and iron ) . "

The coat of arms was approved on February 9, 1973 by the district president of Cologne, Günter Heidecke , after Ernst Albert von Bodelschwingh , the upper president of the then Rhine province , granted the original municipality of Mechernich the right to use a municipal coat of arms on August 6, 1935.

Justification of the coat of arms: The black lion with the five-fluted red tournament collar in gold is taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Blankenheim (rising there), who ruled Mechernich for over 500 years alongside other sexes. Mechernich was particularly influenced by the mining industry, which is symbolized by the adoption of “mallets and iron” in the form of the guild coat of arms of the miners.

Town twinning

Mechernich has had a partnership with the town of Nyons in the south of France since 1967 . Since 2016 there has also been a city partner city with the Polish city of Skarszewy .

Sightseeing and tourism

Reconstructed aqueduct
Lithograph 1897

Castles and Palaces

There are seven castles and two palace complexes in the urban area of ​​Mechernich: Antweiler , Berg , Firmenich , Kommern, Zievel , Heistard , Satzvey . The Satzvey Castle is known for its medieval events far beyond the district. The castle complexes are Eicks Castle , which has its roots in the Middle Ages, as it emerged from a castle-like Fronhof, and Wachendorf Castle in the district of the same name. The Rath house was located between Roggendorf and Strempt . Burgvey still exists as a ruin .

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Panorama of Turmhofstrasse

Museums

Churches

Roggendorf carved altar

Several churches in Mechernich and its districts are dedicated to John the Baptist :

Floisdorf Madonna

There are works of art from the Middle Ages in several churches in the city of Mechernich :

  • The Floisdorf parish church of St. Pankratius goes back to plans by the Cologne builder Theodor Kremer and was consecrated on August 1, 1895. The Madonna and Child dates from 1400 and is therefore probably the oldest work of art from the Mechernich area. It was redesigned, repaired and gilded in 1912. Her dress is hallmarked with lilies . Unfortunately, the thumb and index finger of the right hand are broken off.
Kallmuther Pietà
the pax tablet in the hostel
Stripped Pietà
  • The Strempter Pietà is located in the Church of St. Rochus . This was built in the years 1879/80, also according to the plans of Theodor Kremer . The Pietà with a height of 74 cm dates from the 15th century. It is noteworthy that the Savior has a bump, probably a plague bump, on the left side of his stomach.

Bike paths

The cycle paths lead through the city :

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Rail transport

Mechernich station (2017)

The station Mechernich is located on the Eifel circuit ( Cologne - Euskirchen - Gerolstein - Trier ) on which the rail transport

run.

Another stop is in Satzvey. It is only served every hour by the Eifel Railway.

Local rail passenger transport is carried out by the DB Regio NRW under the brand name Vareo , the diesel multiple units of the DB class 620 and 622 for the Eifel-Express and the Eifel-Bahn in partly mixed single to triple traction for speeds of up to 140 km / h begins. Currently, however, only a maximum of three two-part or two three-part railcars are coupled together.

The tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg network applies to all local public transport , and the NRW tariff applies to all tariff areas .

Streets

Mechernich is on federal highways 266 and 477 . The Eifel motorway A 1 runs along the eastern edge of the urban area with the Bad Münstereifel / Mechernich junction .

The place is on the old Roman road Trier-Neuss .

education

The schools in the urban area of ​​Mechernich cover all levels of education up to and including upper secondary level. The Mechernich Catholic Primary School, the Am Turmhof High School and the Mechernich Comprehensive School are represented in the main town. There are other primary schools in the surrounding districts.

hospital

The Mechernich district hospital with a total of 413 beds is located in Mechernich with a total of 9 specialist departments, one occupational department and two non-bed departments. The Kreiskrankenhaus Mechernich GmbH was founded in 1909. The history, however, goes back to the 19th century, when accident victims were treated in a specially set up place for supply. This was probably the foundation stone for today's trauma surgery department in the Mechernich district hospital.

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 .  ( Help on this )
  2. ↑ 700th anniversary and written first mention of Mechernich ( memento of November 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 18 kB)
  3. ^ Mining history: Mining, Eifel, Mechernich, history ( Memento from February 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Synagogue Mechernich , In: KuLaDig, Kultur.Landschaft.Digital. (Retrieved August 25, 2020)
  5. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 100 .
  6. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 301 and 309 .
  7. ↑ http://wahlen.kdvz-frechen.de/kdvz/kwew2014/05366028/index_kommunal_2014.htm
  8. ↑ § 2 coat of arms, seal, flag. (PDF) In: Main Statute. City of Mechernich, March 21, 2018, p. 2 , accessed on November 7, 2018 .
  9. ↑ www.mechernich.de: Sister cities. Retrieved June 16, 2020 .
  10. ↑ NZZ : Trutzburg und Höhle May 25, 2007
  11. ↑ Bunker Documentation Sites - Home
  12. ↑ see the page on the church history of the parish of St. Johannes Baptist Mechernich.
  13. ↑ Episcopal General Vicariate Aachen (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen . Third edition. Druckhaus B. Kühlen KG, Aachen 1994.
  14. ↑ Anton Könen: The chapel to the hostel . Ed .: Kapellengemeinde Hostel. Print: Gravis, Hostel 2000.
  15. ↑ Klaus Vater: Bergstrasse, a childhood in the Eifel . KBV Verlags- und Mediengesellschaft mbH, Hillesheim 2019, ISBN 978-3-95441-509-0 .

Web links

Commons : Mechernich  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Mechernich  - travel guide