Mersch (Jülich)

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Mersch
City of Jülich
Coat of arms of Mersch
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 39 ″  N , 6 ° 22 ′ 44 ″  E
Height : 99 m
Area : 4.85 km²
Residents : 788  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 162 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 52428
Area code : 02461

Mersch is a district of Jülich in the Düren district , North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

Broich is to the west, Sevenich (municipality of Titz ) to the north, Serrest to the east and Pattern to the southeast, which merges into Mersch with the development.

history

The place name Mersch comes from the word "Maar" (circular recess filled with water). The area around Mersch was a raised bog through which the only direct road to Cologne ran. Even in the late Middle Ages, Mersch was known for the fact that travelers were attacked and plundered by highwaymen while crossing this marshland.

Until the end of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, Mersch was part of the Jülich office, in French times it was briefly canton and Mairie. As part of the Prussian Rhine Province, Mersch came to Jülich and became mayor in 1867.

The Merscher Hauptstrasse is the Alte Reichsstrasse . This corresponds to the old federal highway 1 , which largely followed the course of an ancient trade route from the Belgian North Sea coast to the Russian city of Novgorod .

On January 1, 1972, Mersch became part of Jülich through the Aachen law .

politics

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Mersch is horizontally divided into two parts: the upper part of the shield has a gold background, the lower part a black background. A black lion can be seen in the upper part. In the lower part a silver mermaid holding a golden mirror in her hand.

Architectural monuments

Merscher Höhe

The Merscher Höhe was the starting point for the conquests of the citadel of Jülich in 1610 and in 1621/22 during the Thirty Years' War by the Dutch.

The former transmitter for Deutsche Welle , the Jülich shortwave center, was located on Merscher Höhe . After broadcasting was temporarily stopped, there was a brief idea to create a leisure area with a campsite and hotels there. However, this idea was rejected again. The demolition of the antennas began in autumn 2010. First, two masts were to remain as a memorial. But in November 2010 these two masts were also dismantled.

In spring 2014, the proposal was made to set up a technology park on the site of the former transmitter as part of a joint project between the municipalities of Jülich, Linnich and Titz.

At the end of 2015, an initial reception center for 1000 refugees was set up on the site of the former transmitter, but this was dismantled due to the falling number of refugees.

On the eastern side of Landesstraße 241 - the connecting road to Jülich - the new campus of the Aachen University of Applied Sciences was built in 2009 . The “Solar-Campus Jülich” dormitory was built on this site in 1998.

education

There is a daycare center “Spatzennest” in the village .

traffic

  • The federal motorway 44 runs on the northern edge of the village . This corresponds roughly to the course of the old federal highway 1 between Aachen and Dortmund. Mersch has its own motorway exit (Jülich-Ost). To the west the federal road 55 leads past the place. This "junction" of the A44 and the B55 makes Mersch an important traffic junction in the Jülich Börde.
  • Another main street in Mersch was Müntzer Straße, which led directly to the village of Müntz. When the A44 was built in 1975, this direct connection was cut and Müntzer Straße became a dead end.
  • The public transport , the Rurtalbus GmbH through the bus 270 and express bus SB 70 and a Anrufsammeltaxi safe.

Transmitter Jülich

In 1956, the Bundespost set up a transmitter for Deutsche Welle between Jülich and Mersch on the Merscher Höhe . The 100 kW transmitters were replaced by ten new PDM transmitters from Telefunken (S4001) between 1985 and 1993 . As a result of the reorientation of Deutsche Welle, a total of 90 percent of the broadcasting time was free in 1996. Subsequently, over 100 providers broadcast their radio programs all over the world from this system. However, as the demand fell sharply, broadcasting was discontinued and the system was completely dismantled in autumn 2010.

Others

The Church of St. Agatha
  • The Catholic parish is called St. Agatha. The church was built in the 15th century, expanded and modified in 1913 and rebuilt according to the original plans after being destroyed in the war in 1946/47.
  • The Mersch fire fighting group of the Jülich volunteer fire brigade is located on the southern outskirts.
  • The "St. Sebastianus Schützenbruderschaft Mersch - Pattern “was founded before 1487. In 2008/09 the members built a new chapel on Maarplatz. The construction and appearance of this chapel is based on a similar chapel dedicated to St. Sebastian, which is located in the small town of Oberndorf on the Danube. However, the official consecration of this chapel is refused by the Catholic Church.
  • There is the carnival society "Bretzelbäckere" Mersch-Pattern eV
  • The "Merscher Sportverein 1924 eV" has existed in Mersch since 1924
  • Furthermore, since 1977 the table tennis club Mersch-Pattern with its own sports hall in Pattern. The premises of the Kraftsport-Club Pattern-Mersch e. V.
  • In 2017 the Tour of France drove through Mersch

Web links

Commons : Mersch (Jülich)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. https://offenedaten.kdvz-frechen.de/dataset/d04-einwohner-nach-ortsteile-stadt-jülich
  2. ^ 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. 308 .