Merzenich (Zuelpich)

Merzenich City of Zuelpich Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 2 ″  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 2 ″  E
Height :	181 m
Area :	2.26 km²
Residents :	167  (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	74 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	53909
Area code :	02252

Merzenich (Zülpich), aerial photo (2016)

St. Severinus, aerial photo (2016)

Town center

Merzenich is a district of Zülpich in the district of Euskirchen , North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

location

Merzenich is about 2.4 km south of the city in the Zülpicher Börde on the edge of the Voreifel . The place Zülpich is at the fork in the Heerstraße Cologne - Zülpich - Trier - Reims .

history

Merzenich comes from Roman times. The place used to be called Martiniacum . In the course of time it became Merzenich . The village was first mentioned in 1140 because a local nobleman Brunste von Mercinich had payment obligations to the church in Zülpich. There used to be a castle in Merzenich. The last owners of the castle were the noble lords of Schaesberg . As early as 1723, however, the castle no longer appears in the description of the noble seats ( Codex Welser ).

On July 1, 1969, Merzenich was incorporated into Zülpich .

traffic

Zülpich-Merzenich was on the so-called Eifel route of the Euskirchener Kreisbahnen .

church

The Catholic parish of St. Severin always been one of Zülpich. Today it forms a community with five other parishes.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures as of December 31, 2018
2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 88 .