My village

My village City of Sankt Augustin Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 40 ″ N , 7 ° 8 ′ 19 ″ E
Height :	60 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	2900
Incorporation :	1st August 1969
Postal code :	53757
Area code :	02241
	My village

Meindorf is a district of the city of Sankt Augustin in the North Rhine-Westphalian Rhein-Sieg district with around 2900 inhabitants. Mayor of the district is Peter Kespohl ( SPD ).

location

Meindorf lies on a hill above the course of the Sieg , which flows into the Rhine about four kilometers to the west .

history

Meindorf was probably created during the Frankish conquests of the Rhineland in the 5th to 8th centuries. Meindorf is first mentioned in a document in the 13th century. Apparently there was once a castle in Meindorf, the remains of which were found at the end of the 19th century. A noble family "von Meindorf" is also documented.

In the War of the First Coalition , the French general Colaud began on June 1, 1796 a division of Austrian under the resistance forces under General Kienmeier about the victory and captured the fords in my village and Menden . After the French brought more and more cavalry over the victory, they pushed the Austrian troops back to Hangelar . At Niederpleis they rallied again with the reserve for a counter-offensive, but finally had to give way to the superior force and were pushed back to the heights behind Hennef .

The ford of Meindorf (popularly known as the “cow path”) in its current state

At the beginning of the 19th century, Meindorf was incorporated into the Menden mayor's office (from 1927 Menden office ) as part of the Prussian reorganization in the Rhineland . In the course of the municipal reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Bonn Law ), Meindorf was incorporated into the newly founded municipality and today's city of Sankt Augustin on August 1, 1969.

Population development

year	Residents
1816	213
1843	290
1871	345
1905	449
1961	949

Infrastructure and economy

Meindorf has a Catholic elementary school and two kindergartens, one run by the Catholic community and the other run by the workers' welfare organization. There is also a hairdresser as well as a restaurant and various other service providers. A Penny market with a connected bakery at the entrance to the village was opened in summer 2013 together with a new AWO kindergarten building.

Religion and church

In the area of the Catholic Church, Meindorf belongs to the parish of St. Augustinus Menden . Meindorf, however, has its own branch church called St. Maria Rosenkranzkönigin . The Protestant Christians are grouped together in a "Evangelical Church Congregation Menden and Meindorf". There is no Protestant church in Meindorf. However, there is a Sunday service each month in the Catholic branch church.

Club life

Meindorf has a rich club life. Local events are significantly influenced by the following larger clubs:

FC Adler Meindorf 1911 eV (football club)
Voluntary fire brigade (Meindorf fire fighting group)
Carnival society "Rot-Weiß" Meindorf eV
Musikverein "Siegklang" Meindorf 1969 eV
Male choir "Frisch Auf" Meindorf 1877 eV
Church choir "Cäcilia" Meindorf
Bachelor association "Frohsinn" Meindorf 1947 + 1975 eV

Sports

There are two sports clubs in Meindorf:

The FC Adler Meindorf 1911 eV (football club) has a large number of teams for girls and boys in almost all age groups. The home ground is the natural grass pitch in the Siegauen.
TuS Meindorf 1966 eV and its sub-departments operate various types of sport.

traffic

Public transport

The Menden (Rhineland) stop is on the outskirts of Meindorf. From there there are train connections on the right-hand Rhine route to Cologne, Cologne / Bonn Airport, Bonn-Beuel and Koblenz. In addition, the bus lines 640 (Bonn - Siegburg) and 540 (Meindorf - Sankt Augustin Zentrum - Hangelar) run through Meindorf.

Motorized private transport

Landesstraße 16 runs through Meindorf. The next motorway junctions are “Bonn-Beuel” ( A 565 , ASt 2) and “Siegburg” ( A 560 , ASt 2).

Personalities

Josef Butz (1891–1989), music publisher, composer and musicologist, who lived in Meindorf from 1983 and continued his music publishing there
Hans Fröhlich (1947–2016), geodesist and university professor, lived in Meindorf

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Archduke Carl of Austria : Principles of Strategy, explained by the representation of the campaign of 1796 in Germany. Part II History of the Campaign. Anton Strauss, Vienna 1819, pp. 48–49.
↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 85 .
↑ Census results from 1816 to 1970 of the cities and municipalities . Contributions to the statistics of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Vol. 17, Siegburg 1980, pp. 138-139.
↑ Penny-Markt in Meindorf shortly before the opening , on: general-anzeiger-bonn.de from June 26, 2013, accessed on October 23, 2016

[1] Archduke Carl of Austria : Principles of Strategy, explained by the representation of the campaign of 1796 in Germany. Part II History of the Campaign. Anton Strauss, Vienna 1819, pp. 48–49.

[2] Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 85 .

[3] Census results from 1816 to 1970 of the cities and municipalities . Contributions to the statistics of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Vol. 17, Siegburg 1980, pp. 138-139.

[4] Penny-Markt in Meindorf shortly before the opening , on: general-anzeiger-bonn.de from June 26, 2013, accessed on October 23, 2016