Merzenhausen

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Merzenhausen
City of Jülich
Coat of arms of Merzenhausen
Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 3 ″  N , 6 ° 17 ′ 31 ″  E
Height : 92 m
Area : 4.74 km²
Residents : 392  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 83 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 52428
Area code : 02461

Merzenhausen is a district of Jülich in the Düren district , in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with just under 400 inhabitants. The originally independent community was incorporated into Jülich in 1972.

history

Hubertushof, Jülich-Merzenhausen
Listed property, Kirchweg 4, built in the first half of the 18th century

The village is first mentioned in a document in 1307. Merzenhausen owes its name to the location on the Merzbach . A noble family von Merzenhausen is mentioned several times in the 14th century. For centuries the place has belonged to the parish of St. Martinus Barmen .

Merzenhausen is a street village . The appearance of today's Prämienstrasse (up to the municipal reorganization of Hauptstrasse) is determined by courtyards from the Renaissance , Baroque and Historicism periods . Eight of these buildings are listed . The oldest building in the village is the Hubertushof , a four-winged estate in the Renaissance style from around 1600. Further information on the monuments in Merzenhausen can be found in the list of monuments in Jülich .

On January 1, 1972, Merzenhausen was incorporated into the city of Jülich.

Castle

The castle Merzhausen is not obtained. Your location is unknown. Presumably it was on the northeast edge of the village near the Merzbach.

societies

Merzenhausen owns four clubs. The oldest club is the St. Hubertus Schützengilde , which was founded in 1903. There is also the table tennis club (TTC 48 Merzenhausen) and the IG Metzehuuse.

Transportation

  • The Rurtalbus GmbH provides the public transport safely with the bus lines 279 and 281 and a Anrufsammeltaxi.
  • The station of the Jülich Kreisbahn , which was expanded from 1908 to 1912 between Jülich and Puffendorf with a total distance of 15.22 kilometers, has not been used since passenger traffic was discontinued in 1971. The small shelters in both Merzenhausen and Ederen have been preserved.

Others

literature

  • Ulrich Coenen: Architectural treasures in the Düren district. 2nd edition, Verlag Mainz, Aachen 1989.
  • Ulrich Coenen: From Juliacum to Jülich. The building history of the city and its suburbs from antiquity to the present , 2nd edition, Aachen 1989, ISBN 3-925714-17-0
  • Ulrich Coenen: Between the borders - A life story , Verlag Mainz / Verlag des Jülich History Association, Aachen / Jülich 1993. ISBN 3-925714-94-4
  • Ulrich Coenen, Heinz Frey: Merzenhausen. The story of a village on the left bank of the Rhine . , Verlag Mainz, Aachen 2003. ISBN 3-86130-158-X
  • Holz, Alexander: Departure into the modern age. The history of the Rhenish mayor's office Barmen between revolution and tradition (1789 - 1848). Alsdorf: AWD 2018

Web links

Commons : Merzenhausen  - 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 .