Niederzier
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Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ' N , 6 ° 28' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Administrative region : | Cologne | |
| Circle : | Düren | |
| Height : | 100 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 63.46 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 14,113 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 222 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 52382 | |
| Primaries : | 02428, 02274 (Licher Str.) | |
| License plate : | DN, JÜL, MON, SLE | |
| Community key : | 05 3 58 048 | |
| LOCODE : | DE NIR | |
| Community structure: | 7 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Rathausstrasse 8 52382 Niederzier |
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| Mayor : | Hermann Heuser ( SPD ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Niederzier in the Düren district | ||
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Niederzier ( Dürener Platt Neddeziê ) is a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany , and belongs to the Düren district .
geography
Niederzier is located in the Jülich Börde , which is characterized by wide, flat arable land . In the south-west Niederzier is bounded by the Rurtal , in the north and east the Sophienhöhe and the Hambach opencast mine form an artificial boundary for the community. In the southeast, the municipal boundary runs along the BAB 4 .
Adjacent cities and municipalities are the city of Jülich in the northwest , the municipality of Titz in the north, the city of Elsdorf ( Rhein-Erft district ) in the northeast, the municipality of Merzenich in the southeast, the city of Düren in the south and the municipality of Inden in the west .
Community structure
The municipality of Niederzier consists of the localities Niederzier, Oberzier , Ellen , Hambach , Krauthausen , Berg , Selhausen and Huchem-Stammeln with the following local sizes (as of December 31, 2016):
| District | population |
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| Ellen | 2054 |
| Hambach | 1326 |
| Huchem stammering | 3308 |
| Krauthausen | 742 |
| Niederzier | 3705 |
| Upper ornament | 3020 |
| Selhausen | 416 |
history
Niederzier and Oberzier can be traced back to the 12th century. The later parts of the municipality belonged to the Duchy of Jülich until the French invaded in 1794 , from 1794 to 1814 the parts of the municipality were under French administration. In the population list of the year 1799, 543 inhabitants in 133 houses are shown for the village of Niederzier, and 2,915 in 656 houses for the totality of the localities of today's territory of the municipality. By drawing the boundaries of the Congress of Vienna , the localities were placed under Prussian administration. On July 1, 1969, Oberzier was incorporated. The municipality has had its current structure since January 1, 1972, when a law to reorganize the Aachen area , the Aachen Law , came into force. The former communities of Ellen, Hambach, Huchem-Stammeln, Selhausen and Steinstrasse as well as the district of Krauthausen of the city of Jülich were incorporated. Steinstrasse belonged to the municipality as Lich-Steinstrasse on the northern municipal boundary. This place no longer exists today. He fell victim to the Hambach open-cast lignite mine. Its population was relocated to Jülich as Lich-Steinstrasse in the 1980s .
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council is the local people's representative body for the Niederzier municipality. The citizens decide on the composition every five years. The last election took place on May 25, 2014.
mayor
Hermann Heuser (SPD) was elected on January 20, 2008 as a joint candidate of the CDU and SPD with 95.3% of the votes cast and a turnout of 44.7%. The election of mayor was made necessary by the death of mayor Hartmut Nimmerrichter (SPD, † September 15, 2007), who was elected in the 2004 local elections. In the most recent mayoral election on November 10, 2013, Hermann Heuser was confirmed in office with 81.15% of the valid votes cast and a turnout of 53.04%, so that a second term of office follows. This lasts until the associated local elections in 2020.
In 2010 Niederzier was one of the few municipalities or cities in Germany that had no debts of their own.
coat of arms
Blazon : "Divided by gold and black, above a black, red-armored and tongued, striding lion, below four golden stakes."
All places formerly belonged to the Duchy of Jülich and are in the immediate vicinity of the city of Jülich. Therefore, the use of the Jülich lion as a historical symbol made sense. The nine fields of the lower half of the shield stand for the nine united localities; the colors are those of the Duchy of Jülich. The division by stake can also be understood as a reminder of the von Hochsteden family, who lived in Niederzier Castle for a long time and were important in the Jülich state administration, and who had three green stakes in silver under a red shield head in their coat of arms.
The coat of arms was created by the heraldist Dr. Ulf-Dietrich Korn from Münster designed.
Community partnerships
Niederzier maintains partnerships with the French city of Vieux-Condé (since 1988) and with the Thuringian city of Bleicherode (since 1989).
Buildings
The most famous building in the community is the Niederzier moated castle ; it currently serves as the administrative seat of the local government . See Niederzier Castle .
In the village of Hambach, after which the nearby open-cast mine is named, you will find the old ducal hunting lodge Hambach Castle , which has been preserved in parts and features remains of medieval and Renaissance architecture .
Leisure and sports facilities
The regional recreational areas include the Ellbachpark in the village of Niederzier and the Sophienhöhe on the northern edge of the municipality. There is also a skate park next to the youth center. There is also a motocross track .
traffic
Motorway connections
- (Exit Langerwehe / Niederzier)
- (Exit Düren / Jülich)
- (Exit Merzenich / Niederzier)
- (Exit Jülich Ost)
- (Exit Jülich West)
Federal highways
The B 56 runs through the southern part of the Niederzier community and through the Selhausen district , north-west towards Jülich, south-east towards Düren.
Public transport
The community of Niederzier is crossed by the Jülich – Düren railway in a north-south direction. The districts of Huchem-Stammeln , Selhausen and Krauthausen are each with a train station or stop directly on this route. Niederzier itself is served by the AVV bus lines SB 35, SB 38, 234, 235, 236 and 238 of the Rurtalbus .
Culture and sights
Open pit
The Hambach opencast mine is the deepest open-cast lignite mine in Europe and can be viewed from various vantage points. During excavations in the area of the opencast mine in 1978, Niederzier's gold treasure from the Celtic era was discovered, which is now exhibited in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn.
museum
A local museum is operated in Haus Horn in Oberzier .
Architectural monuments
music school
The community has been running its own music school since 1989. In the districts of Oberzier and Huchem-Stammeln (as of October 2010), lessons in 17 instruments and singing as well as early musical education are offered.
In addition to the training work, the music school is home to several ensembles, such as the training orchestra "Hit Kids", various choirs of all ages and the big band "taf", to help shape various events in the area. Every year in December, the big band also travels to the twin town “Vieux-Condé” in order to provide musical accompaniment to the big Christmas market for several days.
For years the two big concerts of the music school, the traditional "New Year's Concert" in the auditorium of the Niederzier / Merzenich comprehensive school and the "Summer Concert" in the inner courtyard of the town hall have attracted many visitors from the area. Regional and national greats such as John Cashmore, well-known opera and musical singer, have already participated in this event.
economy
- The Oberzier substation of the transmission system operator Amprion .
- Gebrüder Buntenbroich, Tonröhrenwerk, Niederzier (extinguished) In addition, roof tiles (folded tiles: Bouletziegel, developed in 1880) with the label Buntenbroich Niederzier were produced. The company already existed in 1893.
Personalities
- Heinrich Heinen , b. Schaaf (1921–2008), editor of the Kölnische Rundschau
- Viktor Schroeder (1922–2011), industrialist, patron and honorary citizen
- Karl W. Lauterbach (* 1963), physician and politician, member of the SPD Bundestag since 2005
- Roland Voggenauer (* 1964), writer born in Krauthausen
- Andrea Tillmanns (* 1972), author
- Heike Albrecht (* 1991), deaf athlete from Selhausen
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 )
- ↑ http://www.niederzier.de/gemeinde/allgemeine_informationen/einwohner numbers.php
- ↑ Heinz Kaulen: The population and social structure of the places of today's municipality Niederzier in the year 1799 - reproduction and evaluation of the population lists from French times (= Dürener Geschichtsverein [Hrsg.]: Contributions to the history of the Dürener country . Volume 26 ). Düren 2006, p. 17, 20 .
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 98 .
- ^ 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. 306 .
- ↑ Niederzier municipality. Local elections 2009. August 30, 2009, accessed November 6, 2014 .
- ↑ Niederzier municipality. European / local elections 2014. May 25, 2014, accessed on November 6, 2014 .
- ↑ Jörg Abels: 81.15 percent: Heuser lands a runaway victory. In: Aachener Zeitung. November 10, 2013, accessed November 6, 2014 .
- ↑ Cologne is the king of debt. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. June 16, 2010, accessed November 6, 2014 .
- ↑ http://www.msc-arnoldsweiler.de/25.0.html
- ^ Website of the Niederzier Music School
- ↑ Address book of the ceramic industry. Müller, 1906, p. 513.
Aldenhoven | Düren | Heimbach | Huertgenwald | Inden | Jülich | Kreuzau | Langerwehe | Linnich | Merzenich | Nideggen | Niederzier | Nörvenich | Titz | Vettweiß
Ellen |
Hambach |
Huchem stammering |
Krauthausen |
Niederzier |
Upper ornament |
Selhausen
Former district of
Lich-Steinstrasse