Neukirchen (Rheinbach)

Neukirchen City of Rheinbach Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 20 ″  N , 6 ° 55 ′ 42 ″  E
Height :	350 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	2476  (Oct 31, 2014)
Incorporation :	1st August 1969
Postal code :	53359
Area code :	02226
Catholic parish church of St. Margaretha and rectory

Neukirchen is a district of Rheinbach , but also a town in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

location

The place is about 4.5 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 , south-west Bad Münstereifel , north-west Euskirchen and north-east Meckenheim .

Local division

Neukirchen was incorporated into the city of Rheinbach on August 1, 1969. Up to this point in time, the following districts and residential areas belonged to this village:

• Berscheid
• Groß-Schlebach
• Klein-Schlebach
• Irlenbusch
• Krahforst
• Kurtenberg
• Merzbach
• Walnut
• Scherbach
• Vogelsang

Culture and sights

The parish church of St. Margareta, which is under monument protection, dates from the 18th century and dates back to a church building from the 12th century.

See also : List of architectural monuments in Neukirchen

Economy and Infrastructure

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

View of Neukirchen from the east

The nearest train stations are Rheinbach and Meckenheim on the Voreifelbahn Bonn – Euskirchen railway line , and the nearest motorway junction is Rheinbach / Meckenheim on the A 61 .

Web links

Commons : Neukirchen (Rheinbach)  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City of Rheinbach, subject area citizen's office (total number of residents: main residence = 2284; secondary residence = 188 )
2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 83 .