Much

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Much (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 54 '  N , 7 ° 24'  E
Basic data
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region :	Cologne
Circle :	Rhein-Sieg district
Height :	236 m above sea level NHN
Area :	78.06 km 2
Residents:	14,412 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	185 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53804
Primaries :	02245, 02295 (Hope Valley )
License plate :	SU
Community key :	05 3 82 036
Community structure:	114 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 57 53804 Much
Website :	www.much.de
Mayor :	Norbert Büscher ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Much in the Rhein-Sieg district

The dismantled B 56 is Mucher Hauptstrasse

The Mucher districts of Hohn and Höhnchen

A memorial on Brückenstraße commemorates the Much deportation camp.

The Fatima Chapel, built after the Second World War

Much is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

Geographical location

Much is located with its core town in the northern part of the Rhein-Sieg district near the border with the Oberbergischer Kreis in the northeast and the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis in the northwest. In the Bergisches Land and Bergisches Land Nature Park , it is located east of Cologne and northeast of Bonn - both just under 30 km (as the crow flies ).

The Wahnbach , into which the Gibbinghauser Bach flows on the eastern outskirts of Much , flows through the hilly landscape as the Sieg tributary, the Agger tributary Naafbach runs along the north-western and western Mucher municipal boundary , and along the southeastern border the Sieg tributary Bröl .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring towns of Much are Engelskirchen in the north, Wiehl in the north-east, Nümbrecht in the east, Ruppichteroth in the south-east and south, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid in the south-west and west and Overath in the west and north-west.

Community structure

• Much comprises the main towns of Much and Marienfeld as well as 112 localities, individual farms and hamlets (alphabetically):

Alefeld , Altenhof , Amtsknechtswahn , Bech , Bennrath , Berghausen , Berzbach , Birken , Birrenbachshöhe , Bitzen , Bövingen , Bröl , Bruchhausen , Büscherhof , Daushof , Derscheid , Eckhausen , Eichhof , Eigen , Engeld , Erlen , Esinghausen , Feld , Gerlinghausen , Gibbinghausen , Hardt , Heckhaus , Heine Busch , Henningen , Herchenhainer Rath , Herfterath , Hetzenholz , Hevinghausen , Hillesheim , Höfferhof , Hoffnungsthal , Höhnchen , Hohn , Hohr , Hündekausen , Huven , Kerzenhöhnchen , Klauserhof , Köbach , Kranüchel , Kreizhof , Kreuzkapelle , Küttensiefen , Leuscherath , Leverath , Löbach , Loßkittel , Markelsbach , Muellerhof , Neßhoven , New house , Neversdorf , Niederbech , Niederbonrath , low fracture Hausen , Niederdreisbach , low Heiden , Niederheimbach , Niederhofstraße , Niedermiebach , low mania , Növerhof , Oberbitzen , Oberbonrath , upper Bruchhausen , Oberbusch , Oberdorf , Oberdreisbach , Oberdreisbach height , Oberhausen , Oberheiden , Oberheimbach , Oberholz , Obermiebach , Oberwah n , Ophausen , Ortsiefen , Pillenhof , Reinshagen , Rieserhof , Roßbruch , Roßhohn , Scheid , Scheidhof , Schlichenbach , Schwingenbach , Senschenhöhe , Siefen , Sommerhausen , Jumping , Steinhaus , Stompen , Strießhardt , Strünkerhof , Tillinghausen , Todtenmann , Tüschenbonnen , Vogelsangen , Walterscheid , Weeg , Weißenportz , Wellerscheid , Wersch , Werschberg , Wiese , Wohlfarth and Aachen colliery

• Former districts:

Bockem , Breuch , Damm , United Obernholz , Herchenbach , Hirtsiefen , Höllerhof , Höverhof , Huppenhardt , Kleinoberfeld wood , Krahm , cross-fold , Kutzbach , low money , low markelsbach , Upper fraction, Upper money , Obermarkelsbach, Overbach , Pfaff Scheid , rich stone , Rothkreuz , Scheidt , Scheukausen , Schmerbach , Siefen near Werschberg , Söntgerath , Steeg and Strunkhausen

history

• According to the legend, Much Castle was built around 802 (as part of Charlemagne's fortification strategy on the right bank of the Rhine ), but this cannot be historically proven.
• Much was first mentioned in a document on March 31, 1131: Pope Innocent II confirmed the Much Church as the property of the St. Cassius Monastery in Bonn .
• In the Middle Ages Much belonged to the Duchy of Berg , Amt Windeck .
• From 1808 to 1816 Much belonged to the canton of Eitorf .
• From 1816 Much formed a mayor's office in the Siegkreis .
• In 1942 Jews from the Rhein-Sieg district were deported from the internment assembly camp in Much (until 1941, labor service camp , service department 5/213) to various concentration camps, many of them to Theresienstadt .

Religions

Much is influenced by Catholicism. The parish association Much belonging to the deanery Neunkirchen comprises the three parishes St. Martinus Much, St. Mariä Himmelfahrt Marienfeld and St. Johann Baptist Kreuzkapelle. There is also a Protestant and a New Apostolic Church in Much, as well as a Kingdom Hall for Jehovah's Witnesses in Wersch. Once a year, at the beginning of July, for the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin, several hundred Muchers make a pilgrimage to Werl , 150 kilometers away , to pray in front of the miraculous image in the Werl pilgrimage basilica there . The pilgrimage goes back to a vow made during the Thirty Years War .

See also the list of churches and chapels in Much .

Population development

Population growth in Much from 1816 to 2017

year Residents 1816 4,262 1825 4,626 1828 4,688 1901 06,075 1910 06.164

year Residents 1925 5,812 1933 5,516 1939 5,719 1969 7,472 1979 9,611

year Residents 1991 12,351 2006 15,071 2011 14,074 2013 14,130 2017 14,319

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council        A total of 28 seats CDU : 13 SPD : 8 Greens : 4 FDP : 1 Referendum : 1 Left : 1

City council election 2014 Turnout: 57.25% (2009: 55.06%)  % 50 40 30th 20th 10 0 47.1 27.2 13.9 4.6 3.9 3.3 CDU SPD Green FDP Volksab. left Gains and losses compared to 2009  % p    8th    6th    4th    2    0   -2   -4   -6 -3.7 +7.0 -2.1 -5.1 +3.9 ± 0.0 CDU SPD Green FDP Volksab. left

Municipal council

The municipal council is the local people's representative body for the municipality of Much. The citizens decide on the composition every five years. The last election took place on May 25, 2014.

mayor

On May 25, 2014, Norbert Büscher (* 1960) (CDU) was elected mayor for the first time with 56.7% of the votes. He replaced the mayor Alfred Haas (CDU), who had been in office since 1999.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality of Much is silver in the upper half and gold in the lower half. Above a striding, blue-tongued and armored red lion , below on a green mountain a red armored black rooster, each with a blue fish.

The coat of arms is based on an aldermen's seal from 1627, which was found in the municipality. If the lion indicates the old rulership of the Dukes of Berg, the lower part of the picture refers to the place. In addition to the abundance of fish (trout), the cock should symbolize the vigilance of the lay judges.

Town twinning

• Since 1976 a partnership with Doullens in France
• since 1991 with Groß Köris in Brandenburg

Culture and sights

Museums

There is a Technology & Farmers Museum in Berzbach .

Buildings

• The castle Overbach is as Wasserburg -scale castle built on the site of the golf club Much.
• The St. Martinus church was built in the 12th century.

With a total of 221 crossroads, chapels and holy houses from four centuries, the community of Much also has a large number of Christian cultural assets that are worth preserving. The old town center of Much is a protected monument zone.

See also : List of architectural monuments in Much  and Hirsch Pharmacy

Sports

The local sports club TSV Much organizes a fun run over 10 km and the "Hans Josef Roth Memorial Run" over 21 km every year. The TSV also has swimming, badminton, archery, athletics, sports therapy, table tennis, gymnastics and volleyball departments.

The Much tennis club - located in the center of the village - has numerous media teams .

The network of hiking trails covers around 110 km.

The natural golf course of the golf club "Overbach" is integrated into the hilly and wooded landscape.

Regular events

Weekly market

Every Thursday morning there is a small weekly market in Much.

Mucher hay eater days

Since 2006, the "hay eater competitions" have taken place every two years in the center of Much. There different village communities, clubs and other teams compete against each other. A hay cart race has also taken place as part of the competitions since 2009 .

The term “hay eater” refers to a Much tradition: the pastor bet against the mayor and the doctor of Much that the former could induce believing citizens to eat hay. When he then claimed at mass that the hay in his hand was medicinal herbs that protect against epidemics and even purgatory, the churchgoers ate the hay. With that the pastor won the bet.

Mucher Christmas Market

On the first weekend of Advent, the Mucher Christmas market takes place on the church square around St. Martinus Church and in the center of Much. In 2011 Much celebrated 30 years of the Christmas market.

traffic

Much is crossed by the B 56 , Zeithstraße and Landesstraße 312 and the next motorway junction is to the north on the A 4 .

On January 1, 2018, 12,537 motor vehicles were registered in the municipality, including 9,823 cars.

In Much, the tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS) applies to local public transport , there are regular bus services to Overath , Neunkirchen-Seelscheid and Siegburg , among others .

education

• School center Much, Schulstraße (secondary and secondary school, meanwhile comprehensive school)
• Community elementary school, Schulstrasse
• Community elementary school, Klosterstrasse
• Community elementary school Marienfeld, Dorfstraße

Personalities

• Josef Jacobs (1894–1978), one of the most successful German fighter pilots of the First World War with 47 aerial victories .
• Josef Kreuzer (1907–1958), lawyer, Gestapo leader in Münster and Nazi criminal, born in Much- Hevinghausen .
• Heinrich Böll (1917–1985), lived in 1944/45 as a war refugee in Much-Marienfeld and -Neßhoven, one of his sons was buried in Marienfeld.
• Ulrich Potofski (* 1952), sports presenter, lives in Much.
• Guildo Horn (* 1963), pop singer, presenter and actor, lives with his family in Much.
• Henry Maske (* 1964), boxer, lived in Much.
• Ingeborg Scheerer , violinist, lives in Much.

literature

• Karl Oberdörfer: The old parish Much , Cologne 1923 (local history).
• Harald Gerhards: Much in the course of time , Neunkirchen-Seelscheid 1980 (illustrated book).

Web links

Commons : Much  - collection of images

• Community website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 .   ( Help on this )
2. ↑ Numbers, data, facts. Much community, June 2012, accessed December 7, 2015 . 
3. ^ Population register Siegkreis 1910
4. ^ Postcard from 1936
5. ^ Transport III / 1 from Koeln, Köln (Köln), Rhine Province, Germany to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 15/06/1942. In: YadVashem.org. Retrieved January 1, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Population address book Siegkreis
7. ^ Much parish. Council election - overall result. In: Wahlen.kdvz-frechen.de. May 25, 2014, accessed October 27, 2014 . 
8. ↑ http://www.dorfberzbach.de/index_tbmuseum.html
9. ↑ Petra Römer-Westarp: Thumbs up for Mucher Heufresser. In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger. April 7, 2006, accessed June 13, 2017 . 
10. ↑ The Hay Eater Legend. March 26, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Mucher Christmas Market. IDL Software Publikations- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, accessed on May 22, 2010.
12. ↑ Mobility in North Rhine-Westphalia - data and facts 2018/2019. In: Road traffic. Ministry of Building, Housing, Urban Development and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, p. 66 (PDF; 14.2 MB, holdings on January 1, 2018).