Merzbach (Rheinbach)

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Merzbach
City of Rheinbach (district Neukirchen )
Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 6 ″  N , 6 ° 55 ′ 49 ″  E
Height : 350 m above sea level NN
Residents : 1276  (March 31, 2014)
Incorporation : 1st August 1969
Postal code : 53359
Area code : 02226
Merzbach (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Merzbach

Location of Merzbach in North Rhine-Westphalia

Church “St.  Assumption of Mary "to Merzbach (Rheinbach)
Church “St. Assumption of Mary "to Merzbach (Rheinbach)

Merzbach is a residential area that belongs to the city of Rheinbach , but also to the village of Neukirchen in the Rhein-Sieg district , North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The place is about 1 km south of the city center on the heights of the Voreifel in the Ahr Mountains directly on the border with Rhineland-Palatinate . Neighboring towns are in the south-east Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler , in the south-west Bad Münstereifel , in the north-west Euskirchen and in the north-east Meckenheim . The nearest train stations are Rheinbach and Meckenheim on the Bonn - Euskirchen railway line , and the nearest motorway junction is Rheinbach / Meckenheim on the A 61 .

The place is structured agriculturally and is a place of residence for commuters to Rheinbach, Meckenheim, Bonn and the Cologne Bay.

Merzbach originally belonged to the municipality of Neukirchen in the district of Bonn and was incorporated into the city of Rheinbach on August 1, 1969 as part of Neukirchen.



Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Rheinbach, subject area Bürgerbüro, SGL Volker G., as of October 31, 2014 (total number of residents: main residence = 1190; secondary residence = 93 )
  2. Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970.