Millingen (Rees)
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Millingen
City of Rees
Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 32 " N , 6 ° 23 ′ 46" E
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| Height : | 18 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 7.78 km² |
| Residents : | 2988 (Jan 6, 2009) |
| Population density : | 384 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1975 |
| Postal code : | 46459 |
| Area code : | 02851 |
Millingen is a district of Rees in the Kleve district , North Rhine-Westphalia .
Nature reserves
To the west of the town center lies the Millinger Sea . This inland water, where a lido was built, arose from an oxbow lake of the Rhine . It belongs to the nature reserve Bienener Altrhein, Millinger Meer and Hurler Meer . The local term “sea” for an old Rhine arm has its origin in the Lower Franconian language , in which the word meanings of “sea” and “lake” are interchanged with the standard German. To preserve the flora and fauna, the body of water was designated as a nature reserve in 1934 . The Hetter-Millinger Bruch nature reserve is located north of the town center .
history
The area where Millingen is today was already settled in the Stone Age. At that time, the first settlers had settled in the Vehlinger Mountains. In the post-Roman times, this region was the settlement area of the Germanic tribe of the Hatwaren / Hattuarier , from which the name "Hetter" is derived. The Saxons advancing into the area push the Hatwaren / Hattuarier beyond the Rhine, who settled there again and founded new villages under the same or similar names. (Milingen, Bimmen (Bienen), Halderen (Haldern), Mehr, Frasselt (Vrasselt) etc.). A document from the year 720, in which a basilica is mentioned, in all probability refers to Millingen on the left bank of the Rhine (see church). In 837 Ludwig the Pious gave a large part of his property to his son Karl. The county Moilla, which was in the area of today's Millingen, is mentioned by name in the accompanying document. In 1232 a Drostamt Hetter is mentioned for the first time . The dishes that belonged to this Drostamt were: Millingen, Bienen, Zuilen (= columns = Praest), Dornick and Esserden . In 1358 the first judge in Millingen and in 1429 the first aldermen's seal of the Millingen jurisdiction is mentioned in a document. The year 1691 is engraved on the breastplate of the king's chain of the St. Quirinus Schützenbruderschaft: This gives the first indication of the existence of a shooting club and is accepted by the club as the year of foundation. Dam bursts in 1838 above the city of Rees caused a flood disaster in Millingen. Some poorly built buildings collapsed as a result. The establishment of the evangelical community Hueth-Millingen goes back to the year 1848. A rectory and a prayer hall were built on the acquired property on Empeler Strasse. In 1856 the first train on the Oberhausen – Arnhem line operated by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company ran through the Empel and Millingen districts. In 1891 the hospital in Millingen was opened, which after its closure in the 1970s in 1978 was converted into a retirement home under the name "Haus Millingen".
Place name
The origin of the place name Millingen or Myllingen (oldest known spelling from a document from 1429) is not clear. A legend as well as linguistic insights give clues about the origin. A precise clarification does not appear to be possible at the present time.
legend
The chronicle of the school, translated by a retired principal of the Millingen elementary school, contains an entry from 1874. There the chronicler writes that the villagers tell a legend about the origin of the place name.
In the area of the town of Millingen, the Romans met the Germanic tribes. While the Romans are said to have stayed in the area of the place bees, the Teutons camped around the place Millingen. At the beginning of the battle, the Romans, surprised by the number of Teutons, are said to have shouted the following in shock and astonishment: “Millia! Millia! ”(Translated: Thousands! Thousands!) In memory of this cry of terror, this place was called: Millingen.
Linguistic
In addition to the legend, attempts are made in various treatises to explain the origin of the place name in a linguistic way. In his work "Field names and settlement names of the Rees district", Karl Westermann advocates the theory that the name can mean something like mill people . In the area of today's Windmühlenstraße there was a windmill (the so-called "Dutch tower windmill ") until the 1920s . This is also shown on the train emblem of the 3rd platoon of the St. Quirinus Rifle Brotherhood. If the word origin goes back to the Celtic, then, according to Westermann Millingen, it could also be derived from * mal , * mol , * mel = 'water' ('water people' or 'people at the water'). This also seems possible due to the proximity to the water (Millingen Sea). In the chronicle of the Millingen office “on the right of the Rhine”, another explanation is given that considers a derivation of the syllable “mil” from milo, millo = “of the gentleman” to be likely. Together with the syllable "-ingen", which means something like "home, village", the result is Millingen = "Lord's home".
Office Millingen
The Millingen office is a community association of the communities Millingen, Empel , Heelden and Vehlingen . From its foundation in 1921 until its dissolution on January 1, 1975, this was part of the Rees district and emerged from the independent mayor's office of Millingen (1868–1921). Responsibility included all branches of administration including its own police station. Due to the local reorganization, which came into force on January 1, 1975, the Millingen office and the Rees district were dissolved. While Millingen and Empel were merged with the city of Rees, Heelden and Vehlingen fell to the city of Isselburg .
St. Quirinus Church
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In old documents from the year 720 a basilica is mentioned for the first time . This was in the county "Villa Millingi", which belonged to Count Ebroin. However, some chroniclers have considerable doubts as to whether this is actually the church in Millingen im Hettergau . It is assumed that the church in Millingen, on the left bank of the Rhine in the Netherlands, is more likely and that the historians of this place were confused with Millingen in Germany on the right bank of the Rhine. An indication of this is the spatial location of the gift of the possessions mentioned in the deed . According to some chroniclers, this does not allow the conclusion that Millingen on the right bank of the Rhine is meant in the Hetter. Another year that mentions a church in Millingen is 1120. However, this only proves that such a building existed; The age cannot be deduced from this. The church in the center is dedicated to St. Dedicated to Quirinus . It is a three-aisled building with a four-story tower.
Evangelical Church Community of Hueth-Millingen
In 1712 the reformed community of Hueth was founded as the patronage community at Hueth Castle . There was also the place of worship and the pastor lived with his family at Hueth Castle. The aim was to give the few Protestant communities on the right bank of the Rhine in this area a home. For the next time the parish had its own pastor and grew well. Around 1840 there were quarrels with the patron saint. The community chose its own presbytery and from 1847 the services were celebrated in the school building in Millingen. In 1848 the parish officially broke away from the patronage , introduced the union and now called itself the evangelical parish of Hueth. In 1848 a parsonage and a prayer hall were built on the "deWittschen" property - where the church still stands today. The first service was held on December 2, 1849 (1st Advent). In the time of the railway construction around 1856, the community experienced a significant boom. The congregation grew to about 120 members and has grown steadily from then on. In 1911 the community of Hueth-Millingen was parishally connected to Rees. The respective pastors of Rees were now also pastors of Hueth-Millingen. Under pastor Hugo Dolata, the prayer room was converted into a real small church in 1931 and a bell tower was built. In March 1945 the church was almost completely destroyed. The new church with the parish hall and the sexton's apartment was inaugurated in 1960. In 2001 the parish association with Rees was broken. Since April 1, 2001, the evangelical parish of Hueth-Millingen has been parishally connected to the evangelical parish of Isselburg.
language
In addition to High German, many older residents speak a regional dialect , which is called Lower Franconian or, simply, Platt . The language roughly referred to as Kleverland in the region , however, differs in part from city to city. The Lower Franconian spoken in Millingen is strongly based on the Platt spoken in the city of Emmerich am Rhein , which is also known in the dialect as Emmereks-Platt . Visitors to the region can clearly hear the difference when they compare the Emmereks-Platt with the Bokeltse-Platt in the city of Bocholt, about 20 km from Millingen . The Emmereks-Platt has a clear similarity to the Dutch spoken in the border region .
Example based on an excerpt from Homesickness by Jan van Raay:
Homesickness
As ek so sett in minne Hött,
Then sin'k an't prakesiere;
What ek toch mor in Emmerek weer
En koss dor Kermes fiere.
Of Fastelovend, Schötzefest,
Crispien niet te vergäte;
Wat hä'k toch döck in the
lanterns En bej Muttje finely sown.
En Gläske Oldbier vör de Koot,
Of en Berliner Weisse ,
- Jo liewe Jan, that is past
Van Dag is everything Sch…
(…)
traffic
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The Oberhausen - Arnhem railway line has been running through the village since 1856 , and the Millingen (Kr Rees) stop has existed since 1953. The state roads 458, 459 and 469 intersect in the village. North of Millingen, the federal motorway 3 passes. The bus route Empel-Rees - Millingen - Vehlingen - Anholt - Bocholt provides connections to the other places.
Personalities
- Christian Ludwig Coppenrath (* February 12, 1811 in Borken; † March 10, 1889 in Millingen) long-time pastor of the St. Quirinus Church, country dean of the Rees deanery and from 1885 honorary canon of Münster.
- Peter van de Locht (* 1946), German-Dutch artist
- Franz-Josef Tenhagen (* 1952), former soccer player and coach
- Werner Buttgereit (* 1959), former soccer player
- Dirk Vallée (1965–2017), civil engineer and university professor for urban construction and urban transport at RWTH Aachen University
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 297 f .
- ↑ André Joost: Operating Offices Archive Millingen (Kr Rees). In: NRWbahnarchiv. Retrieved July 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Editor Domkapitular A. Eibus, Münster Schematismus der Diöcese Münster 1888, p.4. Regenberg'sche Buchhandlung and Buchdruckerei (B. Theissing) 1888.
