Odenkirchen

Odenkirchen City of Mönchengladbach Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 56 ″  N , 6 ° 27 ′ 1 ″  E
Height :	61  (53-82)  m
Residents :	20,053  (March 31, 2006)
Postal code :	41199
Area code :	02166
Location of Odenkirchen-Mitte in the urban area of ​​Mönchengladbach

Odenkirchen is a district of the independent city of Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until it was incorporated into the town of Gladbach-Rheydt in 1929, Odenkirchen was an independent town. Since October 22nd, 2009 Odenkirchen has been part of the Mönchengladbach district south .

geography

Spatial location

Odenkirchen is located on the central Lower Rhine , at the transition from the Lower Rhine Bay to the Lower Rhine Plain - on the northern edge of the Jülich-Zülpicher Börde - in a valley basin in the Upper Niers . Odenkirchen is located in the south of Mönchengladbach, the largest city between the Rhine and Maas, around 35 kilometers west of Düsseldorf.

structure

Odenkirchen consists of the following districts: Bell , Güdderath , Kamphausener Höhe , Odenkirchen Mitte , Ruhrfeld , Sasserath , Mongshof , Görtzhof , Wetschewell , Hove and Saarhof .

Before the city associations with Rheydt and Mönchengladbach, Odenkirchen also included Geistenbeck, Stappen, Kohr, Hockstein, Mülfort, Backeshof, Krapohl and Zoppenbroich / Dohr / Biesel / Bahner / Junker. The original urban area in 1895 was 1825.9 hectares, today it amounts to 1385.1 hectares.

Today Odenkirchen is divided into the districts of Odenkirchen-West , Odenkirchen-Mitte and Sasserath .

history

Origin of the name Odenkirchen

Odenkirchen (Odekyrche) (1573)

Odenkirchen (1620). The same size of the place names of Odenkirchen and Gladbach is remarkable, which indicates the importance of the two places at that time. Today the former city of Odenkirchen is part of the city of Mönchengladbach.

The origin of the place name Odenkirchen is not certain, but the following explanations have been made:

1. Oedt = place in a desolate, water-rich, swampy area. The village of Oedt near Kempen in the Viersen district, also located on the Niers, appears in old documents as Hude 1170, Ude 1317, Uyde 1468. (Compared to Odenkirchen: Hudenkirchen 1028, Udenkirchen 1106, Oydenkirchen 1341). So Odenkirchen is a church in a desolate, water-rich, swampy area?
2. Compared to Odenwald , Otenwald (628), Odanawalt (815); ahd. odo walt = desolate forest; ahd. ôdi, mhd. oede, ôde = desolate, empty, undeveloped, uninhabited (applies to the earliest times). So Odenkirchen is also a church town in a desolate area?
3. Houdenkerke (spelling for Odenkirchen in the 11th century). Houd is called wood in Lower Franconia. Most of the time the first churches were made of wood. So “Odenkirchen” emerged from a wooden church?
4. Oudenkirchen (spelling for Odenkirchen in 1109). Oud stands for old in Lower Franconia . “Odenkirchen” could mean “old church”. The neighboring parish of Hochneukirch was called Neukirchen until 1873 . If “Odenkirchen” stands for “old church”, however, the name can only have emerged when the new church was built. The name of the village before Neukirchen was built is therefore questionable.
5. Church of the Hudo, Udo , new German: Ude. A lord of the castle by the name of Udo built his own church on his land, which, according to the custom of the time, bore his name and gave this name to the whole place. So “Odenkirchen” emerged from Udo's (own) church?

First settlement

The first place that appears in the sources from the later “Herrlichkeit Odenkirchen” is Mülfort. Here was a ford over the Niers, where there was already a crossing point of several roads in Roman times. The medieval Mülfort is mentioned for the first time in 946 in a privilege of Otto I , the Mühlgau as early as 837. The first mention of Odenkirchen is on January 9, 1107.

Castle

The settlement of Odenkirchen, which began in the 12th century at the latest, began at the castle of the Lords of Odenkirchen. The first system consisted of a wooden castle, which was built on an embankment ( Motte ) in a water and swamp area. Gradually the change to a massive stone castle took place in the following centuries.

Burg und Herrlichkeit Odenkirchen from northwest around 1680,
painting by Gebhard Schwermer (1930–2007) in the castle tower of Odenkirchen (after a detail of a tapestry at Westerloo Castle of the Princes of Merode in Belgium)

The castle Odenkirchen was first in 1153 in a charter of King Frederick Barbarossa mentioned in this Cologne Archbishop Arnold II. , That the Cologne archbishopric confirmed the ownership of the castle Odenkirchen. Odenkirchen was an independent subordinate of the Cologne Archbishopric. Such subordination was called glory . In 1689 the castle and chancellery were destroyed by bombardment during the Franco-Dutch War . In 1701 a fire followed in Odenkirchen, which laid the castle complex and the entire town in ruins. The castle was never rebuilt in its old state. In 1734, the von Merode-Westerloo family had the still standing archway renewed and the buildings that were used to manage the extensive land were rebuilt.

Lengthy processes for the award of the castle had devoured more than 300,000 Reichstaler and totally shattered the finances of those from Merode. In 1730 they had to pledge the castle to the Dutch diplomat and composer Count Unico von Wassenaer for 64,968 Reichstaler. When the von Merode family was later unable to repay the pledge, Johann Wilhelm Augustin, Count of Merode, ceded his rights to Odenkirchen to Unico von Wassenaer. He sold the castle in 1745 for 94,000 Reichstaler to the Cologne elector and Archbishop Clemens August . The elector of Cologne appointed bailiffs for the administration of Odenkirchen. The last bailiffs were the court chamber councilor Klemens August Bernhard v. Bouget , who also acted as the tenant of Haus Zoppenbroich , and his son-in-law Christian Joseph Aldenhoven from Zons. In 1789 the French Revolution broke out and the revolutionary army also occupied Odenkirchen. In the course of secularization , all church goods were confiscated. The castle was sold: in 1803 Benedicta v. Bouget the castle with all lands and sold them in 1811 to the merchant Jean Lüttringhausen from Elberfeld.

In 1872 it became the property of the Odenkirchener Burgverein; In 1920 it was acquired by the Catholic parish of St. Laurentius . The west wing of the castle along Hoemenstrasse was demolished at the end of the 19th century, and the remaining building was destroyed by bombs in 1943. The burnt out castle tower was restored in 1950/51. The Heimatverein Odenkirchen took over the building in 1988 from the parish of St. Laurentius with the condition of restoration for 30 years on a long lease. This lease exists to this day and relates to all rooms in the castle with the exception of the two lower rooms, which were made available to the altar servers by the parish. They restored and prepared the rooms in vigorous self-work and created a cozy corner with a music system and sofa. Here, the leaders of the altar boys have the opportunity to meet at the weekend or hold their meetings and care for the rooms as well as the anteroom with the archway and the castle garden in loving detail.

Burgraves

The Cologne archbishops and electors were the sovereigns of Odenkirchen. The first Odenkirchen gentlemen known by name appear in a document from Archbishop Friedrich I of Cologne as Herimannus comes de Udenchirchen et frater eius Arnoldus . (Count Hermann von Odenkirchen and his brother Arnold).

In 1109 the Countess Utilhildis de Udinkichin is said to have given Burg und Herrlichkeit Odenkirchen to the Archbishop of Cologne. Utilhildis was the mother of the blessed Count Ludwig III. von Arnstein and the last from the tribe of an Odenkirchen dynasty that provided the upper bailiffs and chairmen of the Cologne high judiciary. The Cologne prince-bishop was from 1109 feudal lord of the Odenkirchen burgraves and these were his vassals and feudal bearers.

In the above-mentioned document from 1153, a Rabodo de Otenkirchen is already mentioned among the group of archbishopric ministers . The Raboden became the leading name of a ministerial family, which (together with the second family name Gerhard) provided the burgraves from the Odenkirchen house until 1391. The last burgrave was Gerhard V .; he died without a male heir. His daughter (or sister) Agnes married Arnold von Hoemen , who was enfeoffed with Odenkirchen by the Cologne elector in 1392. The Lords of Hoemen ruled until 1502. The daughter of the last von Hoemen, an Odilie who had married Heinrich von Nagel, inherited it. In the same year 1502 he became feudal bearer of Odenkirchen. After his death, Odilie married Wilhelm von Vlodorp , who was enfeoffed with Odenkirchen in 1531. His granddaughter, also named Odilie, was married to Florentz von Botzelaer. She promoted the Reformation in Odenkirchen and was therefore imprisoned twice by the Elector at Linn Castle ; when she vowed to get better she was released.

Jan von Werth, 1643–1652 Burgrave of Odenkirchen

Florentz von Botzelaer was enfeoffed with Odenkirchen in 1572. His son, Franz Hatthard von Botzelaer, died in 1636 without any descendants. He bequeathed Odenkirchen to his nephew Maximilian von Bronkhorst-Battenburg . The latter applied for the loan, but the elector refused it. He was refused entry and the count's wife was unceremoniously put in front of the door with the chair. That happened in 1636 during the Thirty Years War . This episode is the historical background of the novel by Hans Keller "The Rose of Odenkirchen". As much as von Bronkhorst protested, the elector confiscated the property.

In 1643 the elector transferred the rule of Odenkirchen to the imperial field marshal and equestrian general Jan von Werth . He paid the liege lord 15,711 thalers and was thus lord of Odenkirchen. Jan von Werth died in 1652 on his estate at Benatek Castle in Bohemia. Heir to Jan von Werth was his daughter Lambertina Irmgardis, who was married to Winand Hieronymus Freiherr Raitz von Frentz zu Schlenderan . Von Frentz was enfeoffed with Odenkirchen in the same year 1652. But again loud protests arose against the enfeoffment, namely by the grandson of von Bronkhorst-Battenburg, Maximilian Freiherr von Merode Marquis Westerloo . He sued the elector for the rule of Odenkirchen at the Imperial Court of Justice , which was awarded to him in 1694. But due to the financial hardship of those from Westerloo, the castle went into private ownership between 1730 and 1745. The time of the Odenkirchen burgrave families was over.

City of Odenkirchen

development

In the shadow of the castle, a "villa" (village) surrounded by a palisade fence was occupied as early as 1158, and in 1398 it was first referred to as "freedom". In the 14th century, the process of founding a city must have been initiated, the primary goal of which was the privilege of freedom. At first it stayed with this attempt.

From 1794 to 1814 Odenkirchen belonged to France ( Arrondissement de Crévelt in the Département de la Roer ). Johannes Jakobus Bouget was installed as sub-prefect of the arrondissement . Odenkirchen was a cantonal town. Rheydt , Giesenkirchen , Schelsen, Horst and Rheindahlen belonged to the canton of Odenkirchen .

In 1820 the "Parish Map of the Parcellar Cadastre of the Samtgemeinde Odenkirchen" was created. At that time the place had about 4100 inhabitants.

On the normal clock around 1928

In 1856 the municipality of Odenkirchen was granted city rights. In 1929 the towns of Odenkirchen, Rheydt and Munich-Gladbach were united to form the twin town of Gladbach-Rheydt, which was partially reversed in 1933; Odenkirchen, however, stayed with Rheydt. In 1975 the two cities were (re) united to form the independent city of Mönchengladbach .

On August 31, 1943, 70% of Odenkirchen - in parts even completely - was destroyed by a bomb attack. Over 100 people were killed. 98% of all residential buildings suffered more or less severe damage, and almost every fifth residential building was destroyed.

City arms

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  Large coat of arms of the former city of Odenkirchen

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  small coat of arms

The city council meeting decided on December 23, 1895 that the city coat of arms of Odenkirchen should be carried in the following way: “In red shields a golden three-towered castle on a corrugated shield base. On the helmet two flags on which the coat of arms of the shield is repeated. Red-gold helmet covers. The coat of arms should be executed according to the drawing designed by the heraldist Herr Hauptmann zu Bonn. The seminar teacher Mr. Mörs is granted a remuneration of 25 Marks for drawing the city arms. The drawing by the seminar teacher Mörs should be framed and hung in the city council hall. ”That means the official coat of arms of the former city of Odenkirchen consists of a shield and an upper coat of arms. Shield : Above the shield base with six blue waves on black: golden three-tower wall on red (based on Niers and Burg). Upper coat of arms : Silver helmet with two tournament flags (helmet ornament) on which the coat of arms of the shield is repeated, helmet covers red and gold. In the course of time, in addition to the full coat of arms, a simplified representation was also used (without the upper coat of arms, i.e. restriction to the actual shield). The heraldically correct blazon of the simple shield reads: "In red over blue waves, a three-towered golden castle."

Commercial and industrial

Historical development

A bleaching plant already existed in Odenkirchen in 1698 . In the second half of the 18th century there were clear signs of industrial development. As early as 1776, Vogt Bouget founded the first "factory of Mouchoirs de Soyes, Cordon de Velours and demi Satin" (velvet and silk factory) in Odenkirchen. In the first half of the 19th century the further development was rather modest. In addition to conventional linen, cotton and silk production were characteristic, but dye works and tanneries had also settled. The second half of the 19th century was then characterized by increasing industrialization .

In 1861 there were five water mills and 33 factories here, and 889 looms were installed. In 1925 there were already 84 companies. This economic power contributed significantly to the prosperity of the city of Odenkirchen.

Odenkirchen was not spared from the general decline of the textile industry, which was originally strongly represented here, in the second half of the 20th century. On the other hand, a textile machine building company, the Trützschler company with 2000 employees worldwide, makes Odenkirchen known all over the world.

Former Odenkirchen mills

The former Odenkirchener Burgmühle from the end of the 17th century; Mentioned as early as 1564

The mill right was a prerogative of the sovereign. Even in the glory of Odenkirchen, a mill was only allowed to be built and put into operation with the permission of the elector and lord of the castle.

There were five mills in Odenkirchen on the Niers:

• Güdderather mill
• Castle mill
• Pixmühle
• Bell Mill
• Stone mill
• The Eickesmühle did not belong to Odenkirchen, it was in the Mülforter Bruch on the Odenkirchen border
• The Zoppenbroich mill was right next to the castle on the right bank of the Niers. Zoppenbroich has been administered from Odenkirchen since 1763 and leased to the Bouget family.
• The Bottbachmühle - a paper mill - was located on the Bottbach, a tributary of the Niers, opposite the former district court.
• The paper mill in Kohr was in Geistenbeck on a brook flowing to the Niers.

Today's industrial parks

The new industrial areas in Odenkirchen owe their upswing to the close proximity to the A 44 (Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen junction), A 46 and A 61 motorways. The Güdderath-East and Güdderath-West areas cover over 100 hectares. Companies such as Coca Cola have settled here , Nippon Express, Deutsche Post AG with its mail distribution center and other companies from future-oriented industries. In the intermunicipal industrial area Güdderath-Jüchen "Regiopark 3000" on the A 61, a further 120 hectares will be developed.

Religions

Christian communities

The old Odenkirchen church, probably from the 10th century, closed in 1894

The origins of the old Odenkirchen church are dated to the 10th century. The church patronage was due to the Archbishop of Cologne, who had owned the castle and glory of Odenkirchen since 1153.

The first reformatory efforts arose in 1532 under Burgrave Wilhelm III. by Vlodorp . The burgrave families von Vlodorp and von Boetzelaer were benevolent towards the new religion. This meant that disputes with the feudal lord, the Cologne elector and archbishop, were programmed, so to speak. Since 1559 the heiress Odilia von Vlodorp was married to Floris von Boetzelaer . As a Calvinist , he intensified reformatory efforts. In 1575 Odilia called the Calvinist preacher Vellen to Odenkirchen; she determined what her subjects should believe. In the course of the Counter Reformation under Elector Ernst von Bayern (1554-1612) Odilia was imprisoned twice at Linn Castle; when she vowed to get better, released. Her son Florens Hattard von Boetzelaer , a strict Calvinist, tried to achieve imperial immediacy in the course of an independent foreign policy against his liege lord. Here - as under Odilia - it became clear that the denominational aspect could not be separated from power politics. After a fruitless attempt to dissuade Florens Hattard from his Calvinist faith, the elector sent soldiers to Odenkirchen in 1627 to occupy the parish church; Catholic worship was reintroduced.

Although in the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 the Calvinists were recognized as a separate denomination and in 1650 the Reformed community of Odenkirchen was assigned to the communities that were allowed to practice religion publicly, this was ignored by Kurköln. The religious disputes in Odenkirchen lasted for over 100 years, accompanied by harassment against the Reformed (and vice versa at the time of the Reformation against the Catholics). Only in the religious comparison of 1755 was there a complete separation of the Reformed from the Catholic community. The elector paid the Reformed community 11,000 thalers to build their own church, parsonage and school. The new church was completed in 1757 by the Dutch architect Francois Soiron, brother of the builder Matthieu Soiron , both of whom were also busy with the construction of Wickrath Castle at the time . While the number of Reformed people predominated in the 17th century, in 2005 55% of the population belong to the Roman Catholic Church, 20.5% are Protestants, and a further three percent belong to an Evangelical Free Church. The church parishes are today: the Evangelical parish of Odenkirchen and the Catholic parishes of St. Laurentius and St. Michael.

Jewish community

The settlement of Jews in Odenkirchen is mentioned in a document from 1346 . In 1730 there were 12 Jewish families in Odenkirchen. For 1933 the Jewish population is given as 112. A synagogue already existed in Odenkirchen in 1817 , which was replaced by a larger new building in 1911. The church was located in the courtyard of today's property "Zur Burgmühle" 24. In the November pogrom 1938 the synagogue was desecrated and destroyed by the National Socialists. During the Nazi dictatorship, most of the Odenkirchen Jews were expelled and killed. The Jewish cemetery on Kamphausener Strasse was laid out in 1840. To commemorate the victims of terror and persecution in the “Third Reich”, a memorial by Willi Strunk was erected in front of the cemetery in 1991.

In 2006, in front of the house “Zur Burgmühle” 24, three “ stumbling blocks ” were set into the sidewalk by Gunter Demnig. They remember the victims of the Holocaust; here - it can be read - it is the three Odenkirchen fellow citizens Karl, Rosa and Walter Levy, who were deported from their apartment in 1942 and later killed. On November 13, 2007, three more stumbling blocks were laid in Odenkirchen. In front of the "Burg Freiheit 3" building, they remember the Odenkirchen businessman Sigmund Oberländer, his wife Friederike Oberländer (née Loeb) and his daughter Gertrud Oberländer. Sigmund and Friederike Oberländer were deported to Theresienstadt in 1942 and later murdered in Minsk. Gertrud Oberländer was first deported to Westerbork (Netherlands) and later killed in Auschwitz .

See also : Jewish cemetery (Odenkirchen)

Summary

Odenkirchen can look back on an eventful history. The first Stone Age settlement took place around 10,000 years ago. From 53 BC The Romans ruled this area until 274 (450), from which they were then ousted by the Franks. From 1107 to 1745 the burgraves, as fiefs of the Archbishops of Cologne, determined the fate of Odenkirchen. The French occupation lasted from 1794 to 1815. Industrialization began in 1776 with Vogt Bouget's first velvet and silk factory. In 1856 Odenkirchen were granted city rights. In 1929 the cities of M. Gladbach, Rheydt and Odenkirchen merged (1933 to 1975 separated from M. Gladbach). The complete data is provided by the “Timeline of the Odenkirchen History”.

traffic

The Odenkirchen train station in 1874

Odenkirchen is in close proximity to the A 44 , A 46 and A 61 motorways and can be reached via the two junctions Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen on the A 44 and Mönchengladbach-Güdderath on the A 61. In addition, the federal highway 59 runs through the place. The Rheydt-Odenkirchen station is on the Rheydt – Cologne-Ehrenfeld railway line . Originally it was built on the Mönchengladbach – Stolberg railway line and only later became a branch station for the connecting line to Rheydter Hauptbahnhof . After the route between Mönchengladbach and Stolberg has been abandoned, the remaining section between Odenkirchen and Hochneukirch will be added to the route to Cologne.

Association

The address directory of Odenkirchen includes 90 clubs and groups, including 19 sports clubs, 16 music and choral clubs, 13 development associations, 10 gardening and animal breeding clubs and 5 carnival clubs and groups. The oldest association is the church choir Cäcilia at St. Laurentius Odenkirchen, it was founded in 1770. The Heimatverein Odenkirchen as the umbrella organization invites twice a year to a round of chairpersons in order to promote the exchange of ideas and cooperation between the associations. Every two years there is a club day to enable a comprehensive presentation of the diverse club life.

Educational institutions

• Astrid Lindgren School (Community Primary School)
• School in Burgbongert (community elementary school)
• Catholic elementary school Bell
• Community secondary school Kirschhecke
• Wiedemannstraße special school
• Odenkirchen grammar school

Attractions

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  Niers landscape in autumn

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  Bear enclosure in the zoo (now closed)

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  View from Martin-Luther-Platz to the Stadtsparkasse and the Church of St. Laurentius

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  Town houses from the late 19th century

Crisscrossed by the Niersgrünzug with partly still primeval quarry landscape, several parks and facilities, Odenkirchen is probably one of the most idyllic districts of Mönchengladbach. Several fountains and fountains characterize the townscape. The Odenkirchen Zoo is a magnet for around 240,000 visitors each year . Around 500 animals of 125 species cavort on the 4.3 hectare site at Pixbusch. In the zoo school, teachers press the “zoo bank” to get to know the pedagogical concept and to be able to teach the students on-site.

Town houses from the late 19th century still reflect the desire of their builders for an elegant and individual appearance in their facades. The prosperous Odenkirchen of the imperial era created an amiable cityscape with the construction methods of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which can be seen as an expression of the ethos and style of the time. The rich decoration of the facade in particular shows the attention to detail with which construction was carried out in the period of historicism .

A striking landmark of Odenkirchen is the castle tower from 1734 with stylistic elements of the Baroque , whose substructure dates back to the 15th century. It represents the surviving remnants of a formerly magnificent, four-wing palace complex, the beginnings of which were first mentioned in 1153. Today the building is the "good room" of the Heimatverein Odenkirchen.

The Evangelical Church from 1757 draws on the forms of the Dutch late baroque. The church is the most remarkable and spatially largest Reformed church building of the 18th century on the left Lower Rhine. The architect was François Soiron from Maastricht , who at the time was working on Wickrath Castle with his brother Matthieu Soiron .

The Catholic Church of St. Laurentius from 1891 is a neo-Romanesque brick building. The three-aisled basilica with transept was built by the Cologne architect Franz Schmitz , who later became the master builder of Strasbourg's cathedral. The previous building was first mentioned in 1242, but probably dates back to the 10th century.

The original building of the Odenkirchen grammar school, built between 1912 and 1914 according to a design by the architect Otto Kuhlmann , provides a high -quality example of a late-historic school building primarily shaped by the ideas of reform architecture .

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  Burgturm (1734), remains of a former four-wing castle complex

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  Protestant Church (1757)

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  St. Laurentius Church (1891)

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  Front view of the Odenkirchen grammar school

Personalities

• Johannes Jakobus Bouget (1762–1810), lawyer, court advisor to the Electorate of Cologne, sub-prefect of Krefeld, politician, deputy and freemason
• Bruno Schmidt-Bleibtreu (1926–2018), lawyer, former ministerial director D. and author
• Helmut Schrey (1920–2012), English language professor and university rector of the Duisburg University of Applied Sciences
• Ernst Stoltenhoff (1879–1953), Protestant theologian
• Detlef Neuß (* 1954), Federal Chairman of the Pro Bahn eV passenger association (2016-)

literature

• Rudolf Wiedemann: History of the former rule and the House of Odenkirchen: together with a document. Ax. Odenkirchen 1879. ( Digitized edition ).
• Wilhelm Berchter: Contributions to the history of the Reformed community Odenkirchen: together with e. Attachment of historical notes about the church communities Rheydt, Gladbach, Viersen, Wickrathberg, Jüchen and Kelzenberg . Müllforth 1855 ( digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf , accessed on July 22, 2011).
• Heinz Croonenbroek: Odenkirchen - Our home through the ages, publisher: PT Druckpartner, Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen 1997.
• Ekkehard Krumme: Evangelical Congregation Odenkirchen 1532–1982. Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen 1982.
• Matheisen, Boldt, Hohenforst: Odenkirchen in times of change. Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen 1996.
• Wolfgang Löhr: Rheinischer Städteatlas - Odenkirchen , Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7927-0616-4 .
• Wolfgang Herborn: Odenkirchen in the Middle Ages. in “Loca Desiderata - Mönchengladbacher Stadtgeschichte” Volume 1, Mönchengladbach 1994, ISBN 3-7927-1375-6 , pp. 453 f.
• Christoph Nohn: Odenkirchen in the early modern period. in "Loca Desiderata - Mönchengladbacher Stadtgeschichte" Volume 2, Mönchengladbach 1999, ISBN 3-7927-1801-4 , p. 241 f.
• Christoph Nohn: Odenkirchen 1814–1929: Persistence and Progress. in "Loca Desiderata - Mönchengladbacher Stadtgeschichte", Volume 3.2, Mönchengladbach 2005, ISBN 3-87448-265-0 , p. 11 f.
• Günther Pilz, Heinz Croonenbroek: The former Odenkirchen in words and pictures, Ed .: Heimatverein Odenkirchen, Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen 2001
• Franz Rixen: History of Odenkirchen Volume I. Laurentiusbote Series 1 to 109, Rheydt-Odenkirchen 1949–1959.
• Rudolph Wiedemann: History of the former rule and the house of Odenkirchen. Odenkirchen 1879. Reprinted with a foreword by Norbert Bude . Mönchengladbach, Antiquariat am St. Vith, 2008.
• Author's college at the Odenkirchen grammar school: Searching for traces - Jewish life in Odenkirchen , Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen 1997.
• Autorenkolleg: Odenkirchen - yesterday and today, contributions to the history of Odenkirchen. Publication series of the Heimatverein Odenkirchen, appears twice a year, Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen since November 2004.

Web links

Commons : Odenkirchen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Odenkirchen
• Facade decoration in Odenkirchen

Remarks

1. ↑ Hans Nolden, Bernhard Dünte, Eduard Richartz, Peter Neumann, Franz Wiebringhaus: Our home. An old-time book . A local history of the M. Gladbach = Rheydter industrial district and its immediate surroundings. Ed .: Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Mönchengladbach e. V. 3rd edition. Commission publisher Fritz Kerlé, Mönchengladbach 1926, p. 347 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Main State Archive Düsseldorf: Regests of the Archbishops of Cologne (REK) , Gerresheim 7, REK II, No. 44.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Rudolf Wiedemann: History of the former rule and the house of Odenkirchen: together with a document. Ax. - Odenkirchen: Ed., 1879. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf .
4. ↑ Autorenkolleg: Search for traces - Jewish life in Odenkirchen.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ "Timeline of the history of Odenkirchen"
6. ^ Inge Schnettler: Odenkirchen Zoo in Mönchengladbach: Gladbach's bears get a new home. In: rp-online.de. May 15, 2013, accessed September 7, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Heinz Eßer: Old houses and buildings in Odenkirchen. Mönchengladbach 1998, p. 22.