Odenthal

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Odenthal
Odenthal
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Odenthal highlighted

Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′  N , 7 ° 7 ′  E

Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Cologne
Circle : Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Height : 149 m above sea level NHN
Area : 39.87 km 2
Residents: 14,967 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 375 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 51519
Primaries : 02202, 02207, 02174, 02193
License plate : GL
Community key : 05 3 78 020
LOCODE : DE ODE
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Altenberger-Dom-Strasse 31
51519 Odenthal
Website : www.odenthal.de
Mayor : Robert Lennerts (independent)
Location of the municipality of Odenthal in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis
Kreis Mettmann Köln Leverkusen Oberbergischer Kreis Remscheid Rhein-Erft-Kreis Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Solingen Wuppertal Bergisch Gladbach Burscheid Kürten Leichlingen (Rheinland) Odenthal Overath Rösrath Wermelskirchenmap
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Odenthal is a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia in the west of the Rheinisch-Bergischen district .

geography

View of Odenthal

location

Odenthal is located on the western edge of the Bergisches Land and is characterized by its forests. The most important river in the municipality is the Dhünn . Part of the Dhünntalsperre belongs to the Odenthal municipal area.

The highest point in the municipality of Odenthal is on the L 310 near Großeheide ( ⊙ ) at 252  m above sea level. NHN , the lowest at the outlet of the Dhünn from the municipality near Hoverhof ( ⊙ ) with 69  m .

There is a connection to the German motorway network a few kilometers away in Burscheid to the A 1 , in Leverkusen to the A 3 and in Bergisch Gladbach to the A 4 .

Neighboring cities and towns

Neighboring are the cities of Leverkusen , Burscheid , Wermelskirchen and Bergisch Gladbach and the municipality of Kürten .

Nature reserves

Surname

The name Odenthal probably goes back to the place name "Udindarre", which in turn is said to be traced back to a knight named Udin, who owned a hamlet in today's center . This is said to have drained Odenthal, hence the name "Darre", so it became "Udindarre" and over the years the name developed into Odenthal.

history

Strauweiler Castle

Odenthal is characterized by the typical scattered mountain settlements . The place itself goes back to the clearing of Franconian settlers in the 10th century. The hamlets and farmsteads were mostly owned by lordships and monasteries, especially Strauweiler and Altenberg .

Odenthal is the cradle of the Bergisches Land. In the district of Altenberg was from the mid-11th century on a rocky spike above the river Dhünn a castle that was to become the namesake for the entire region. This castle was called Burg Berge . In the period that followed, the noble family who lived there named themselves the Counts of Berg after the castle . In 1133 Count Adolf II donated the castle to the Cistercian order . At this point in time, the Berger had already built a new headquarters with Schloss Burg , which was then called "New Mountains". The newly founded Cistercian abbey, on the other hand, was given the name "Montis veteris", which means Altenberg. The abbey existed until the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803.

The Topographia Ducatus Montani by Erich Philipp Ploennies , Blatt Amt Miselohe , shows that the residential area was categorized as a church village in 1715 and was named Otendahl . Carl Friedrich von Wiebeking names the court on his charter of the Duchy of Berg in 1789 as Odenthal . It shows that Odenthal was part of Unterodenthal in the lordship of Odenthal at that time .

Under the French administration between 1806 and 1813, the rule was dissolved. Odenthal was politically assigned to the Mairie Odenthal in the canton of Bensberg . In 1816 the Prussians converted the Mairie to the mayor's office in Odenthal in the Mülheim am Rhein district .

The place is regularly recorded as Odenthal on the topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1824, on the Prussian first survey from 1840 and from the Prussian new survey from 1892 onwards .

Population development
year Residents Residential

building

category
1845 58 8th Church Village
1871 94 14th Village

In April 2009, the Rheinisch-Bergische Kreis organized the second day of Rheinisch-Bergische history in Odenthal .

Jurisdiction in Odenthal

Odenthal has been a court of law since the early Middle Ages. In the Bergisches Amt Porz, Odenthal was a higher court with a mayor as headmaster. In the 16th century, six court courts were subordinate to this:

  • Court court to wood
  • Court court to Dhün
  • Court Court of Scherf (today Amtmannscherf)
  • Hofgericht zum Hoff (Osenau)
  • Court court of Strauweiler
  • Court court to the Herzogenhof

In addition, some courts in Neschen , Schmeisig and Grimberg were assigned to the court court in Selbach in the Steinbach department and a few courts in Scheidt , Pistershausen , Hochscherf and Kramerhof to the court court in Georghausen (Steinbach department).

In addition, the Altenberg Abbey was not subject to this jurisdiction, it had its own court. The lower court was initially connected with the higher court until after the payment of 6,000 Reichstalers in 1634 Odenthal was raised to subordinate rule Odenthal , with which an extended jurisdiction was connected.

The court in Odenthal was finally dissolved by the French at the time of the Grand Duchy of Berg , Odenthal was assigned to the Bensberg Peace Court .

Witch hunt

Witch fountain

In Odenthal, behind the town hall and the parish church of St. Pankratius, there is a fountain and a plaque commemorating the witch trials . The witch's fountain was created in 1988 by the sculptor Walter Jansen in memory of five women from Odenthal and a woman from the "Bloemengut" from Nittum, who fell victim to the persecution of witches in Bensberg in 1602 . Agnes Polwirth and Christina Kirschbaum were sentenced to death in 1612 and Katharina Güschen in 1613 . A part of the still handed-down minutes reports on the trial against Katharina Güschen. Odenthal was still nicknamed Hexenohnde in the 20th century . The Odenthal district court also had its own place of execution in Fahn .

Population development

year 1770 1828 1846 1910 1920 1990 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2012 2013
Residents 1,783 4.043 4,590 3,561 3,606 13,218 15,439 15,741 15,781 15,718 15,736 14,764 14,727

politics

Local election 2014
Turnout: 62.3%
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
50.3%
17.8%
15.4%
7.2%
5.6%
3.7%

Municipal council

The Odenthal municipal council consists of 32 council members and the mayor. Half of the council members receive a direct mandate from the 16 constituencies, the other half of the council members are elected from the reserve lists, provided that no additional overhang mandates from the reserve lists are required. The last local election on May 25, 2014 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

  • CDU 17 seats
  • SPD 5 seats
  • GREEN 5 seats
  • FDP 2 seats
  • BR-O (BürgerRunde Odenthal) 2 seats
  • UWG 1 seat

mayor

Robert Lennerts (independent) replaced the previous mayor Wolfgang Roeske (independent) in office on October 21, 2015.

coat of arms

The Scheffen Sigil zu Odenthal ("The Schöffensiegel zu Odenthal") is the inscription of a seal with the above coat of arms, the stamp of which is still in the possession of the municipality of Odenthal. However, since the year 1617 is shown next to the coat of arms in the seal, the stamp is obviously a cut from that year after an older stamp from 1556.

The lion in the upper field is the Bergische, the deer antlers with scab in the lower field cannot be interpreted as a ruler's coat of arms and perhaps refers to the former wealth of game in the area. The color green was freely chosen for this field.

Parish partnership

Odenthal has had a partnership with Cernay-la-Ville in France since 1996 and with Paimio in Finland since October 2011 .

Personalities

Attractions

Catholic parish church of St. Pankratius

The center of attraction for tourists is the Altenberg district with the Altenberg Cathedral , which is now used simultaneously , and the former Cistercian monastery . The Altenberg fairy tale forest near the cathedral is a popular destination for children. It has existed since 1931 and shows around 20 scenes from well-known fairy tales with miniature figures. He has had a manually operated water organ in the Märchenwald restaurant since the 1950s .

The place Odenthal has a historic center with half-timbered houses and the Romanesque parish church of St. Pankratius in the center. In the tower of this church is the oldest still used bell in the Rhineland.

Pictures of the historic town center

  • Hans-Klein-Platz

  • Half-timbered ensemble near St. Pankratius

  • Witch fountain

  • Course of the Dhünn along the historical core

  • Hotel zur Post on the edge of the historic center

church

Odenthal formed a single parish of St. Pankratius until the Assumption of St. Mary in Altenberg was parish off in 1915. As early as 1910, the hamlets of Altehufe , Grünenbäumchen , Käsbach , Schallemich , Hochscherf , Oberscheidt , Rosau , Cramerhof and Eikamp were assigned to the area of ​​the Herrenstrunden parish, which became independent from 1918 . The area around Schildgen got its own church around 1925 and has been its own parish since 1929. Since at least 1921 there has been a branch church of the Odenthal parish in Klasmühle , today the Holy Cross Church, built in 1948 . The St. Engelbert branch church in Voiswinkel was built around 1950. In 1975, a separate church was built in Eikamp, ​​but without leaving the parish of Herrenstrunden.

See also

education

The Odenthal grammar school and the all-day secondary school, newly founded in 2013, use the large, centrally located school complex on the Dhünnschleife in Odenthal. A kindergarten, a primary school and the Dhünntal Stadium also belong to the campus . The large modern triple gym and the sports field are regularly used by sports clubs, as well as for other events such as the large, unique regional music festival "Rock im Thal", the 100th anniversary of the Odenthal volunteer fire brigade or high school balls.

societies

In addition to the traditional Maypole setting on May 1st, the Eikamp Theater and May Association has performed a play every year since 1981.

With the exception of the community center itself, a lively carnival culture is lived on all four mountain ranges of the community. Numerous carnival clubs and committees shape life in the parts of the municipality Voiswinkel, Eikamp, ​​Oberodenthal (mainly Neschen and Scheuren) and Blecher (with wood, Erberich and Glöbusch). Accordingly, there are also four carnival parades in the municipality.

The association landscape and history e. V. has been dealing with the history of Odenthal and the surrounding area for many years. Excursions and guided tours to regional attractions are offered.

traffic

Odenthal is served by a total of seven bus routes and two night bus routes and belongs to the tariff area of ​​the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS). The following connections exist:

  • Line 212: LEV Mitte - LEV Schlebusch - Odenthal Glöbusch - Odenthal Blecher (- Altenberg)
  • Line 238: Dabringhausen Mitte - Altenberg - Odenthal, school
  • Line 430: Bergisch Gladbach S - GL Hebborn - Odenthal Mitte - Odenthal Glöbusch - Burscheid
  • Lines 431/433: Bergisch Gladbach S - GL Im Aspert - Odenthal Voiswinkel - In der Follmühle / - Odenthal Küchenberg
  • Line 432: Bergisch Gladbach S - GL Hebborn - Odenthal Mitte - Scheuren - Neschen - Schmeisig
  • Line 434: Cologne Wiener Platz - K Leuchterstraße - GL Schildgen - Odenthal Mitte - GL Im Aspert - Bergisch Gladbach S.
  • N 41 (round trip): Bergisch Gladbach S - GL Im Aspert - GL Hand - GL Paffrath - GL Schildgen - Odenthal Mitte - GL Hebborn - Bergisch Gladbach S
  • N 42 (round trip): Bergisch Gladbach S - GL Hebborn - Odenthal Mitte - Odenthal Blecher - Altenberg - Odenthal Mitte - GL Schildgen - GL Paffrath - GL Hand - GL An der Flora - Bergisch Gladbach S

On January 1, 2018, 12,347 vehicles were registered in Odenthal, 10,471 of which were cars.

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. ^ GeoServer NRW, Cologne District Government, GEObasis NRW department
  3. ↑ Eugen Heinen, Winfried Pilz: Altenberg. 2007, pp. 10-11.
  4. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius  : Explanations for the Historical Atlas of the Rhine Province. Second volume: The map from 1789. Division and development of the territories from 1600 to 1794. Bonn 1898.
  5. ↑ Royal Government of Cologne (Ed.): Overview of the constituent parts and list of all the localities and individually named properties of the government district of Cologne, according to districts, mayorships and parishes, with information on the number of people and the residential buildings, as well as the Confessions, Jurisdictions , Military and earlier country conditions. Cologne 1845 ( digitized ).
  6. ^ The communities and manor districts of the Rhine Province and their population. Edited and compiled by the Royal Statistical Bureau from the original materials of the general census of December 1, 1871. In: Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Hrsg.): The communities and manor districts of the Prussian state and their population. tape XI , 1874, ZDB -ID 1467523-7 ( digitized ).
  7. ^ A b Gerd Müller: Odenthal, History of a Bergische Gemeinde. Published by the municipality of Odenthal, Odenthal 1976, DNB 770531725 .
  8. ^ Gudrun Gersmann, Hans-Werner Langbrandtner, Monika Gussone: Noble life worlds in the Rhineland: annotated sources of the early modern period . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar 2009, ISBN 978-3-412-20251-4 .
  9. ↑ Hetty Kemmerich: Say what I should confess! Witch trials: origin - fates - chronicle. Dortmund 2004, ISBN 3-929931-18-4 , pp. 179 ff., 288, 291.
  10. ↑ Erika Münster-Schröer: Witch persecution in Jülich-Berg and the influence of Johann Weyer. In: Spee Jahrbuch 2000. Trier 2000, p. 81.
  11. ^ Anton Jux: A witch burning on the Hagdorn in 1612. In: Bergischer Calendar . 1959, pp. 90-92.
  12. ^ Andree Schulte: Bergisch Gladbach - city history in street names (= contributions to the history of the city of Bergisch Gladbach. Volume 3). (= Series of publications by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein Rhein-Berg eV, Volume 11). Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5 , p. 22 f.
  13. ^ Johann Bendel: Heimatbuch des Landkreis Mülheim am Rhein. History and description, sagas and tales. Cologne-Mülheim 1925.
  14. ↑ Friedrich von Restorff: Topographical-statistical description of the Royal Prussian Rhine provinces. Berlin / Stettin 1830.
  15. ↑ a b Local elections 2014 . Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia - The State Returning Officer -. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  16. ↑ The new council from 01.06.2014 ( Memento of 17 April 2015, Internet Archive ). Website of the municipality of Odenthal. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  17. ↑ § 3 Local Election Act
  18. ↑ Dates for local elections and mayoral elections in NRW. (No longer available online.) Association of Cities and Municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia, May 24, 2013, archived from the original on October 4, 2015 ; accessed on October 21, 2015 .
  19. ^ City partnership Paimio - A fairytale friendship. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. October 8, 2011, accessed June 15, 2015 .
  20. ↑ Märchenwald Altenberg since 1931, accessed on October 20, 2017.
  21. ^ Parish of St. Pankratius: Holy Cross.
  22. ↑ Guided tours Odenthal. Association for Landscape and History V., accessed on March 19, 2018 .
  23. ↑ 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).

literature

  • Vinzenz Jakob von Zuccalmaglio : The Dhünbach and its future. Solingen 1855.
  • Gustav Delpy : The Odinsthal near Cöln, nature park for a villa colony. Guide through the valley and its surroundings. Cologne 1902.
  • Rheinisch-Bergischer Calendar (yearbook, since 1920)
  • Gerd Müller: Odenthal. History of a mountain community. 2nd Edition. Kierdorf, Remscheid 1987.
  • Lydia Kieven: cultural guide Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis . Heider, Bergisch Gladbach 1998, ISBN 3-87314-334-8 , p. 77-93 .
  • NJ Breidenbach: The goods of the Altenberg Abbey in Wermelskirchen. In: Altenberger Hefte. , No. 35, 2006. (therein the history of the Schöllerhof)
  • Manfred Link (Ed.): Odenthal in the course of the times: Contributions to local history and cultural landscape . Heider, Bergisch Gladbach 2012, ISBN 978-3-87314-474-3

Web links

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