Niel (Kranenburg)

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Niel
Community Kranenburg
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 35 ″  N , 6 ° 1 ′ 13 ″  E
Height : 12 m
Area : 8.72 km²
Residents : 222  (Jan. 1, 2018)
Population density : 25 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969

Niel is a part of the municipality of Kranenburg . It is located on the Lower Rhine in the Kleve district .

history

Church of St. Boniface in Niel
Church of St. Boniface in Niel from the east

Niel is mentioned for the first time in 891/92 by an entry of a donation to the Lorsch monastery in the Codex Laureshamensis . The place belonged in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period to the office of Düffel ; he formed a common judicial district with Mehr .

By the 13th century at the latest, Niel was the seat of a parish (Bonifatius). The current Gothic parish church probably dates from the 15th century; it contains a baptismal font from the first half of the 13th century. In the second half of the 15th century, the Geldrian historian Wilhelm van Berchem was pastor of Niel. Since 2005 it has belonged to the parish of St. Antonius Abbas with its seat in Nütterden .

The so-called battle in the Reichswald took place in spring 1945 in the nearby Reichswald and in the vicinity of today's town . The place was badly damaged.

On July 1, 1969, Niel was incorporated into Kranenburg. With only 222 inhabitants, it is one of the villages that has most preserved its original character over the 20th century.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data and facts . In: kranenburg.de . Retrieved December 22, 2019
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 80 .

Web links

  • Presentation on the website of the municipality of Kranenburg