Oedekoven

Oedekoven municipality Alfter Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 12 ″ N , 7 ° 1 ′ 13 ″ E
Height :	112 (76-160) m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.34 km²
Residents :	5754 (Sep 26, 2016)
Population density :	1,326 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st August 1969
Postal code :	53347
Area code :	0228
	Town hall of the municipality of Alfter

Oedekoven is the third largest district of the municipality of Alfter in the North Rhine-Westphalian Rhein-Sieg district . Today the place has around 5,600 inhabitants who live on an area of around 700 hectares.

geography

Geographical location

Oedekoven is located west of the city of Bonn at the southern end of the foothills on a stream called Hardtbach and borders directly on the Bonn districts of Duisdorf and Lessenich / Meßdorf .

Originally the place was dominated by agriculture . The formerly agricultural Oedekovener Heide on the plateau of the Ville is now the center of equestrian sports . The Kottenforst, which is directly adjacent to the heather, is a popular local recreation area.

Infrastructure

Half-timbered house in Staffelsgasse

In addition to the brisk construction activity in the residential sector, trade and industry have developed in Oedekoven in recent years . There is an industrial area ( Alma shopping park ) with a wide range of shops, as well as several fitness and tanning studios in the village . The town also has the only old people's home and the only secondary school (community high school Alfter) in the municipality of Alfter, a primary school, several kindergartens and a Catholic public library. Of the three “middle communities” Oedekoven, Gielsdorf and Impekoven , Oedekoven has developed the fastest in terms of population. In recent years , many residential buildings have been built around the Kramersbruch . Nevertheless, in the old town center (Staffelsgasse, Ginggasse) you can still find many interesting old half-timbered houses .

history

The first written mention of the community of Oedekoven is dated to the year 795. At that time the place was still called Odenkoven (courtyard with rich land holdings). Professor Gerhard Mürkens interpreted the place name from Odinghova (court of the people of Odo ). In Odo, Mürkens saw a possible short form of the name Otbert , who lived around the year 795 as the progenitor of the Count Palatine near Rhine , the Ezzonen or Hezeliniden, and was located in the Oedekoven district.

In 1670 Oedekoven comprised 55 houses. Wonderfully country belonged to the village by the end of the 18th century to the Electorate of Cologne and shelter as part of Ding chair Duisdorf the office administration Bonn.

Mairie

The Mairie Oedekoven solved for the territory of the present municipality Alfter and adjacent neighborhoods of Bonn during the French occupation of the left bank of the Rhine under Napoleon Bonaparte from the administrative structures of the Electorate of Cologne. It was the predecessor of the Prussian mayorship of Oedekoven. The districts of Oedekoven, Gielsdorf, Impekoven and Witterschlick , as well as the entire municipality of Alfter and the towns of Buschdorf , Lessenich / Meßdorf and Duisdorf of the city of Bonn belonged to the Mairie .

Mayorry

The Prussian mayor's office Oedekoven comprised part of the western districts of Bonn in addition to the area of today's municipality of Alfter. As an administrative unit, it was the successor to Mairie Oedekoven and predecessor of the Duisdorf office . It was named Oedekoven from the town of the same name as the seat of the mayor's office, which was demolished in the 1970s. It included the area as described under Mairie Oedekoven.

Incorporation

Oedekoven was an independent municipality in the Duisdorf district until 1969. After its dissolution, Oedekoven became part of the newly founded municipality of Alfter on August 1, 1969.

Attractions

Catholic Church

St. Mary of the Assumption

The Catholic Church of St. Mary's Assumption was planned and built by the architect Emil Steffann (1899–1968), one of the most important church builders of the 20th century. Your windows come from the artist Hans Lünenborg (1904–1990). Construction of the church began in 1955.

chapel

Oedekoven, chapel, view from Ginggasse

Church, chapel and half-timbered houses in the old town center are the main attractions of the place.

Economy and Transport

Road traffic

Oedekoven is connected to the trunk road network via the federal highway 56 and the Alma bridge to the federal highway 565 . The bridge is part of the state road 113n (north-west bypass Bonn) and was opened to traffic on December 6, 2006. The bridge replaces the now dismantled level crossing on Schöntalweg. Due to the frequent and long closing times, long traffic jams often formed in the area. The bridge, which was only built after decades of planning and legal disputes, represents a noticeable improvement in terms of the accessibility of the place and the commercial area (Alma shopping park).

Public transport

The place is touched by three bus lines (843, 680 and 633), which offer connections to Bonn and the neighboring communities every 30 minutes. The bus lines offer the possibility to change trains at the Bonn-Duisdorf train station to the Voreifelbahn to Bonn, Meckenheim , Rheinbach and Euskirchen . The bus lines also open up the Alfter / Alanus Hochschule tram stop , where tram line 18 ( Cologne-Dellbrück - Bonn) and tram line 68 ( Bornheim - Bonn) run. The district of Oedekoven is connected to the Bonn night bus network with the N9 line.

family name

The family name Oedekoven is derived from the place name of the same name and is particularly widespread in the Rhineland .

Culture

Readings are held in the Catholic public library, and concerts are occasionally held in the multi-purpose hall. There is also a soccer, tennis and table tennis club, as well as a youth group from the Catholic rural youth movement ( KLJB ).

literature

Robert Thomas: History of the place and the mayor's office Oedekoven (= local histories of the places united in the large community of Alfter. Volume 2 ). Oedekoven 1979.

Web links

Commons : Oedekoven - Collection of Images

Website of the place (with gallery) and the Oedekoven family

Individual evidence

^ Community structure. Alfter community, September 26, 2016, accessed October 1, 2017 .
^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, 2nd volume: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 58.
↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, DNB 107824388 , p. 82 .

[1] Community structure. Alfter community, September 26, 2016, accessed October 1, 2017 .

[Fabricius-2] Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, 2nd volume: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 58.

[3] Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, DNB 107824388 , p. 82 .