Overath

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Overath
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Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '  N , 7 ° 17'  E

Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Cologne
Circle : Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Height : 100 m above sea level NHN
Area : 68.88 km 2
Residents: 27,100 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 393 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 51491
Primaries : 02206, 02204, 02207
License plate : GL
Community key : 05 3 78 024
City structure: 7 districts

City administration address :
Hauptstrasse 25
51491 Overath
Website : www.overath.de
Mayor : Jörg Weigt ( SPD )
Location of the city of Overath in the Rheinisch-Bergisch district
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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Overath town hall
Overath registry office

Overath is a medium-sized district town in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia . The village was first mentioned in 1060.

geography

location

The main town is about 25 kilometers east of Cologne in the Aggertal in the Bergisches Land . The other locations are in the Aggertal, in the adjacent Sülztal and on the surrounding hills.

The highest point of the urban area, and also of the entire Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis , is 348  m above sea level. NHN the Kleine Heckberg near Federath .

Neighboring cities and towns

Overath borders (clockwise) in the west Rösrath and in the northwest Bergisch Gladbach (both Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis ), in the north Kürten (Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis), in the northeast Lindlar and in the east Engelskirchen ( Oberbergischer Kreis ) and in the southeast Much , im south Neunkirchen-Seelscheid and southwest Lohmar ( Rhein-Sieg-Kreis ).

Districts

In addition to the main town with around 8,000 inhabitants, the city of Overath includes the following districts:

Map of the districts of Overath

Further localities are the districts:

Abelsnaaf - Aggerhof - Aggermühle - Alemich - Altenbrück - Bettenachen - Bengelshöhe - Bernsau - Birken - Birkenhof - Bixnaaf - Bixnaafermühle - Blindenaaf - Blindenaafermühle - Breidenassel - Breitenstein - Brombacherberg - Broich - Bridge - Büchel - Burg - Burghof - Burgholz - Büscherhöfchen - Büscherhöfchen - Büscherhöfchen - Büscherhöfchen Cyriax - Dahl - Diepenbroich - Eulenthal - Fahn - Falcon me - Federath - Ferrenberg - Fischermühle - Großbernsau - Gross Buchholz - large or Scheid - Großhurden - Großschwamborn - pit Nicholas - Hagen - Halfenslennefe - Halzemich - hammer mill - Hardt - Hentgesnaaf - height - hooves - Hufenstuhl - Katzemich - Kepplerburg - cherry - Klef - Klefhaus - small or Scheid - Kleinschwamborn - cottas - Krahwinkel - Kram - Kramp height - Kreutz house - Landwehr - Leffelsend - Linde - Lokenbach - Lölsberg - Lombachsmühle - Lorkenhöhe - Meegen - Meegen - Meesbalken - Mittelbech - Mittelauel - Neichen - New house - Niedergrützenbach - Oberauel - Obergrützenbach - Obermiebach - Obersteeg - O bervilkerath - or separator Berg - or discriminator field - Probst bar - rapping Hohn - Rittenberg - Rott - Rottfeld - Schalken - skew Thal - loop Thal - Schmitz Büchel - Schommelsnaaf - threshold Mühle - Siebelsnaaf - Siefen - Tixhoven - Unterauel - Untermiebach - Untervilkerath - Vilshoven - Four bridges - Voßwinkel - Warth - water - Weißenstein - Wüststeimel

history

The Steinhof, now a restaurant, is one of the oldest branches in Overath. The current building dates from 1662.

When it was first mentioned around 1065, the place was called "Achera" (after the Agger ). Presumably because of the settlement on the Aue clearing, the name changed to "Ouerode" (around 1280), "Ovverode" (1304), "Overadt" (1582), and finally to "Overath". At that time, the Archbishop of Cologne in Anno II transferred the court association Achera - divided into Oberacher ( achera superior ) and Unteracher ( achera inferior ) - with all accessories to the Siegburg Abbey he had founded , making the Abbot of Siegburg lord and liege lord in Overath. Anno had acquired Ober- and Unteracher from the bishop of Utrecht and from a count Konrad by exchange. In 1363, after previous pledging of the rightful in 1311 and the lower jurisdiction of Overath and Altenrath to Count Adolf VI. von Berg , by transferring the office of Löwenberg to the Counts of Berg. After that, Overath belonged to the Duchy of Berg , after the Bergisch office division Overath was assigned to the office of Steinbach .

The district of Cyriax was founded as a cloister courtyard by the Siegburg monastery or was given to it. The farm is about 1.5 km from the city center in the immediate vicinity of the Overath school center (with grammar school , secondary school and secondary school ). Today there is no more agriculture , but the farm and the properties are still preserved.

The Overather honors Löderich , Heiliger , Burg , Oderscheid , Miebach , Balken and Vilkerath are attested as early as 1250 .

The oldest known travelogue from Overath is from 1591. Arnoldus Buchelius (1565–1641) reports in his diary a. a. about the stations of a trip on the Brüderstraße , on which he stayed in Overath:

"I saw a beautiful lead-roofed church, a silver-clear river in which there were a lot of trout, the Agger, a castle planted with beautiful trees owned by the nobles of Bernsau and a wonderful, sweet girl, a real feast for the eyes."

In the course of the municipal reorganization , parts of the city of Bensberg (districts Untereschbach and Immekeppel) and the municipalities of Hohkeppel and Rösrath were incorporated into the municipality in accordance with Section 10 of the Cologne Act on January 1, 1975 . On January 1, 1997, the municipality was granted the so-called town charter, which means that from now on it was allowed to use the designation "town".

Overview of the core city

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population

Population statistics

Population figures according to the respective area. Values ​​up to 1970 come from the census . Values ​​from 1975 onwards come from the official update of the administration and refer to the city ​​area enlarged in 1975 by the Cologne Act § 10.

Year / reference date Residents
1825 003,700
1843 004,671
1846 004,685
1900 005,347
0May 7, 1939 (1) 06,511
0Oct 29, 1946 (1) 10,620
0Sep 13, 1950 (1) 10,534
0Jun 6, 1961 (1) 11,544
0Jan 1, 1967 (1) 13,914
0May 26, 1970 (1) 15,694
Territorial reform
December 31, 1974 20,379
December 31, 1975 20,606
December 31, 1976 20,877
December 31, 1977 21,051
December 31, 1978 21,090
December 31, 1979 21,095
December 31, 1980 21,476
December 31, 1981 21,960
Deadline Residents
December 31, 1982 22,363
December 31, 1983 22,610
December 31, 1984 22,838
December 31, 1985 22,918
December 31, 1986 23,169
December 31, 1987 22,814
December 31, 1988 23,060
December 31, 1989 23,435
December 31, 1990 23,902
December 31, 1991 24,413
December 31, 1992 24,904
December 31, 1993 25,087
December 31, 1994 25.192
December 31, 1995 25,319
December 31, 1996 25,361
December 31, 1997 25,713
December 31, 1998 25,969
December 31, 1999 26,059
Deadline Residents
December 31, 2000 26,115
December 31, 2001 26,410
December 31, 2002 26,629
12/31/2003 26,964
December 31, 2004 27,022
December 31, 2005 27.106
December 31, 2006 27,213
12/31/2007 27,081
December 31, 2008 27,057
December 31, 2009 26,999
December 31, 2010 27,170
December 21, 2011 026,749
December 31, 2012 26,768
December 31, 2013 26,812
December 31, 2014 26,977
December 31, 2015 27,264
December 31, 2016 27,118
December 31, 2017 27,062
Population development of Overath from 1825 to 2017 separated according to territorial status (red before 1975, blue from 1975)
(1) census

Denomination statistics

According to the 2011 census , 49.5% of the population in 2011 were Roman Catholic , 20.7% Protestant and 29.8% were non-denominational , belonged to another religious community or did not provide any information. The number of Protestants and Catholics has fallen since then. As of December 31, 2018, of the 27,281 residents, 5,050 (18.5%) were Protestant, 12,243 (44.9%) were Roman Catholic and 36.6% were non-denominational or belonged to another religious community.

politics

City council

Allocation of seats in 2014 in the city council
     
A total of 44 seats
City council election 2014
Turnout: 56.82%
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50
40
30th
20th
10
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42.03
26.36
14.48
9.73
7.39
Gains and losses
compared to 2004
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   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
+1.43
+6.06
-0.62
-9.57
+3.89
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Remarks:
e citizens for Overath

The city ​​council has 44 seats and is elected every five years.

mayor

  • 1808–1811: Anton Steeger, Maire
  • 1811–1814: Anton Wermelskirchen, Maire
  • 1815: Leonhard Hamm
  • 1815–1818: Johann Höller
  • 1818: Ludwig Stucker
  • 1818–1840: Wilhelm Finkelnburg
  • 1841–1849: Johann Burrus
  • 1849–1851: Alderman Roland Offermann
  • 1851–1862: Gustav Doll
  • 1862–1865: Karl Freiherr von Müffling
  • 1865–1897: Jakob Noever
  • 1897–1921: Christian Simons
  • 1921–1927: Johann Broichhaus
  • 1927–1935: Franz Bennauer
  • 1935–1936: Walter Müller, acting mayor
  • 1936–1945: Hermann Hover (NSDAP)
  • 1945–1946: Heinrich Decker (SPD)
  • 1946–1948: Johannes Scharrenbroich (CDU)
  • 1948–1958: Jakob Heun (CDU)
  • 1958–1961: Emil Steinbach (CDU)
  • 1961–1972: Johann Büscher (CDU)
  • 1972–1994: Josef Büscher (CDU)
  • 1994–1999: Siegfried Reimann (CDU)
  • 1999-2004: Heinz-Willi Schwamborn (CDU)
  • 2004–2014: Andreas Heider (CDU)

Acting mayor has been Jörg Weigt (SPD) since 2014. He was elected on June 15, 2014 in a runoff election with 66.97% of the valid votes.

Finances

The city of Overath's debts as of December 31, 2012 amounted to 101.44 million euros (3790 euros per inhabitant). As one of the first municipalities in Germany, the city of Overath voluntarily adopted a so-called sustainability statute for the area of ​​urban finances on December 10, 2014 , through which the city aims to prevent a further increase in debt, reduce existing debt and make it permanent ensure the city's financial performance and ability to act.

coat of arms

The Overath coat of arms has existed since March 5, 1938.

Overath Coat of Arms
Blazon : "Divided by silver and blue, above a striding, double-tailed, blue-crowned, blue-armored red lion, below a floating golden bell."
Reasons for the coat of arms: The lion is the Bergisch lion . It illustrates the earlier belonging to the domain of the Count von Berg .

The church bell is said to stand for bell founders who lived in Overath from the 14th to the 16th centuries . There are doubts whether bells were ever cast in Overath. Around 130 bells have survived to this day, which can be attributed to the workshop of a “von Ouerraide” family, although this was probably based in Cologne.

Town twinning

Overath is twinned with the city of Pérenchies in France and with Colne Valley, an urban district of Kirklees in England . The Franco-German partnership was sealed in 1973 by the mayors Josef Büscher (Overath) and Roger Dutriez (Pérenchies).

Culture and sights

Buildings

Grossbernsau Castle ruins

The ruins of Großbernsau Castle are near the federal road 55 from Overath in the direction of Engelskirchen in a freely accessible forest and can be visited at any time.

see also: List of architectural monuments in Overath and List of ground monuments in Overath

Sacred building

The local Catholic church is dedicated to St. Walburga . Until 1803 there was a monastery settlement of the Benedictine abbey of Michaelsberg in Siegburg in the Cyriax .

The Marialinden district is a place of pilgrimage to Mary . There is the pilgrimage church of St. Mary's Visitation .

The Evangelical Reconciliation Church is located in Kapellenstrasse in the main town of Overath .

St. Walburga

In the Neichen district you will find the Peace Church of the "Free Church Overath".

The mosque of the Islamic culture and development association is located in the hammer mill.

In the district of Steinenbrück there is a congregation of the New Apostolic Church .

Sports

The SSV Overath 1919 e. V. is the popular sports club in the Overather center. Football, handball, basketball, fistball, volleyball, athletics, children's gymnastics and sports gymnastics are offered.

The Karate-Do Overath e. V. has been offering Shotokan Karate in Overath since 2001 .

music

Numerous clubs shape the music scene in Overath. The men's choir and the “Edelweiß” drum corps are firm fixtures in Overather's club life and are also involved beyond musical activities. Another big name is the Big Band Overath under the direction of Dirk Pawelka , which is now known far beyond the city's borders.

Regular events

The Big Band Overath regularly organizes big band festivals, concerts and similar events in Overath and the surrounding area.

The Whitsun YuAi ( Japanese : friendship meeting) is the largest popular karate sporting event in Germany. It has been organized by the North Rhine-Westphalia karate umbrella organization since 1991. The organizer has been Karate-Do Overath e. V.

The Overath Rockcity Open Air Festival has been taking place in Overath once a year since 2004. After a break in 2007, the fourth edition of the music festival took place on August 16, 2008 in Overath Cyriax.

Economy and Infrastructure

The assessment rates for 2015 are   360 percent for property tax A, 497 percent for property tax B and 465 percent for trade tax . Currently (November 2017) the property tax B is 850 points.

traffic

air traffic

The Cologne / Bonn airport is accessible by passenger cars in about 25 minutes.

Rail and bus transport

Overath train station

Due to the favorable traffic situation to Cologne and Bonn, many commuters live in Overath.

Overath is on the Aggertalbahn (KBS 459). The Oberbergische Bahn (RB 25) runs every half hour to Cologne and Engelskirchen and continues via Gummersbach and Meinerzhagen to Lüdenscheid every 60 minutes. The travel time between Overath and Köln Hbf is around 35 minutes.

In local road transport , bus routes run from Overath train station to the districts of Heiligenhaus, Marialinden, Steinenbrück, Untereschbach and Vilkerath and on to Gummersbach , Bergisch Gladbach , Siegburg and Much . A citizens' bus runs from the city center to the surrounding urban areas that are not served by buses.

Overath belongs to the tariff area of ​​the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS).

Streets

Overath is served by the A 4 with two junctions , "Overath-Untereschbach" and "Overath". The “Aggertal” motorway service station is located near the “Overath” junction .

The B 55 crosses the city area. Coming from Cologne today it leads to the Overath junction via the A 4 and from there as a separate road to the east. The former route of the B 55 met the B 484 within the village of Overath , which begins there. Today the connection between this intersection and the Overath junction belongs to both the B 55 and the B 484.

An old trade route from Cologne to Siegen , the Brüderstraße , ran through the districts of Untereschbach , Steinenbrück , Heiligenhaus , Overath itself, the locations Burg and Landwehr and the district of Marialinden through the urban area.

On January 1, 2018, 21,268 vehicles were registered in Overath, of which 17,773 were cars.

Pilgrim stamp of the Catholic parish church Sankt Walburga

Hiking trails

In addition to the many hiking trails of the Sauerland Mountain Association and other organizations, the Way of St. James leads to Santiago de Compostela , coming from Marburg, with the next stage destination Cologne through Overath. At the Catholic parish church of Sankt Walburga there is a stele of the Jacob's Brotherhood and in the tower of the church there is a pilgrim's stamp. The opposite direction is signposted as the Elisabeth path, a pilgrimage route coming from Cologne in the direction of Marburg.

Established businesses

Dienes Werke GmbH & Co. KG has its headquarters and development department in Overath. It has existed since 1913 and today with over 400 employees - 200 of them in Overath - manufactures a wide variety of products for industrial cutting applications.

Metten Stein + Design GmbH & Co. KG produces materials for urban, landscape and garden design. These include concrete paving systems, concrete slabs, wall systems and natural stones for exterior design.

Karl Scharrenbroich GmbH & Co. KG has two production facilities in the city. The main plant is still in Overath itself. In metal processing, the company acts as a specialist in fineblanking technology, primarily as a supplier to the automotive industry.

The RLE International is an international service company.

Soennecken has relocated the company headquarters to Overath since 2007.

Authorities

Gut Eichthal

The Rhenish Office for Ground Monument Preservation has a branch at Gut Eichthal .

schools

  • Primary schools (6 in total) - 1,260 students
  • Hauptschule - 390 students (in dissolution)
  • At the Cyriax school center
    • Overath Secondary School (under construction) - 112 students
    • Bergische Realschule (BRO) (in dissolution) - 630 students
    • Paul-Klee-Gymnasium (PKG) - 1,041 students

(Primary schools, secondary schools, BRO as of September 2009, PKG as of March 2015)

All primary schools have places in the open all-day primary school.

Libraries

The bookcase is used a lot

As an institution of the Catholic parish of St. Walburga in cooperation with the city of Overath, the St. Walburga city library is responsible for the general supply of information and literature. It is located in the city center on Steinhofplatz and has over 40,000 visitors a year. The media range includes 20,000 books, magazines, audio books, music CDs, CD-ROMs, DVDs, videos and board games. The offer also includes two internet workstations and online interlibrary loan. The promotion of reading for children occupies an important place in the range of events. The inventory catalog and further information can be found on the library homepage. (Status: July 2006)

Two smaller Catholic public libraries are located in Heiligenhaus (KÖB St. Rochus) and Marialinden (KÖB St.  Mariä Visitation ).

There is a school library at the Cyriax school center.

Since 2011 there has been a public bookcase on the square in front of the Kulturbahnhof .

Medical supplies

Overath does not have a hospital. Medical care is provided by the hospitals in the neighboring towns of Bergisch Gladbach (Bensberg) and Engelskirchen.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who have worked in this city

  • Albert Siebenmorgen (1894–1978), photographer, painter, local researcher and teacher, from 1919 to 1962 teacher in the Immekeppel district
  • Helmut Krause (1913–2015), historical researcher and hobby archaeologist.
  • Alexander von Cube (1927–2013), science journalist, lived in Overath
  • Hans Blum ( Henry Valentino ) (* 1928), composer, lyricist, music producer and singer, lives in the Untergründemich district
  • Gero Bisanz (1935–2014), soccer player and soccer coach, lived in Overath
  • Peer Augustinski (1940-2014), actor, lived in Overath
  • Peter Orloff (* 1944), pop singer, composer, lyricist, producer and actor, lives in Overath
  • Hermann-Josef Frisch (* 1947), non-fiction author, worked as a pastor in Overath
  • Rainer Deppe (* 1956), member of the state parliament for the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis II
  • Markus Maria Profitlich (* 1960), comedian, actor and voice actor, had his office in the Untereschbach district
  • Theo Pagel (* 1961), director of the Cologne Zoo and author, lives in Overath.
  • Henry Maske (* 1964), boxer, has bought a house near the town center
  • Ingo Appelt (* 1967), comedian, lived in the Marialinden district
  • Alexander Duszat ( Elton ) (* 1971), TV presenter ( TV total ), lives in the Großhurden district

See also

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. cf. Hermann Keussen : The three journeys of Arnoldus Buchelius from Utrecht to Germany, especially his stay in Cologne II. ( DjVu format; on Wikisource ) In: Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine, especially the Old Archdiocese of Cologne , 85, 1908, p. 53
  3. Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X .
  4. a b Christian Simons: The Aggerthal near Overath. Kölner Verlags-Anstalt, 1901, p. 77
  5. a b Christian Simons: The Aggerthal near Overath. Kölner Verlags-Anstalt, 1901, p. 76
  6. overath.de/Einwohnerstatistik ( Memento from September 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ City of Overath Religion , 2011 census
  8. ^ City of Overath population statistics , accessed on April 19, 2020
  9. State Returning Officer NRW
  10. ^ The first men were sitting in Siegburg, accessed on March 16, 2015
  11. Jörg Weigt sworn in in the city council, accessed on March 16, 2015
  12. Mayor from 1808 to 1962 taken from: Franz Becher: 900 years Overath. Verlag Bücken & Sulzer, 2005, ISBN 3-936405-28-X , p. 166
  13. ^ Overath newsletter, April 29, 2005
  14. ↑ Mayoral election 2014
  15. Federal and State Statistical Offices, Integrated Debt of the Municipalities and Municipal Associations - Proportional model calculation for the inter-municipal comparison - as of December 31, 2012
  16. Sustainability Statutes of the City of Overath from December 10, 2014 ( Memento from January 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  17. Klemens Stadler, Otto Hupp: German coat of arms; Federal Republic of Germany: The municipal coat of arms of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Supplements and corrections to Volume 1 . Anglo-Saxon publishing house. Volume 7 de German coat of arms; Federal Republic of Germany. P. 77.
  18. Jörg Poettgen: On the history of the Overather coat of arms. In: Bergischer Geschichtsverein (ed.): Achera. Contributions to the history of the community of Overath. Episode 3 (1984). L. Wendland, Cologne, ISSN  0724-1534 , pp. 12-27; ders .: Landschaftsverband Rheinland (Hrsg.): 700 years of bell casting in Cologne. Masters and workshops between 1100 and 1800. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2005.
  19. Jörg Poettgen: The masters of the bell foundry workshop 'van Ouerraide'. New knowledge on an old topic. In: Achera: Contributions to the history of the city of Overath. Pp. 99-111. Ed .: Bergischer Geschichtsverein Overath, 2009
  20. ^ Mourning for Roger Dutriez in Overath in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger of October 22, 2009, p. 39
  21. History 2001 on karate-do-overath.de
  22. Events of the Big Band Overath Homepage of the Big Band Overath
  23. Hebesatzung 2015. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 19, 2016 ; Retrieved September 19, 2016 .
  24. Stefan Brockmeier: Property tax B is supposed to save the budget . In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger / Bergisches Land of November 10, 2017.
  25. Rolf grits Bach, Elke Becker: Five years Bürgerbus in Overath. (PDF; 164 kB) October 22, 2014, accessed on July 22, 2015 .
  26. 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).
  27. Anette-Heusch-Altenstein: Way of St. James - way of the pilgrims in Rhineland and Westphalia . tape 5 . Bachem, Köln 2007, ISBN 978-3-7616-2065-6 ( Book Description ( Memento from August 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed November 30, 2015]). Way of St. James - Paths of the pilgrims of St. James in Rhineland and Westphalia ( Memento from August 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  28. ^ Elisabethpfad 3 from Cologne to Marburg. Elisabethpfad e. V., accessed November 30, 2015 .
  29. Website of Metten Stein + Design GmbH & Co. KG
  30. Archive receives researcher's estate . In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger from 2/3 December 2017.
  31. Handover of the Helmut Krause collection , accessed on December 2, 2017.
  32. The "Grzimek vom Rhein" lives in Overath . In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger of March 21, 2019.

literature

  • Eva Miersch: Overath - A Little City History , Verlag Bücken & Sulzer, 2014 ISBN 978-3-936405-77-4
  • Franz Becher: Overath through the ages. Jos. Schiefeling, Engelskirchen 1950.
  • Franz Becher: 900 years of Overath. Verlag Bücken & Sulzer, 2005, ISBN 3-936405-28-X .
  • Siegfried Raimann: Overath and the surrounding area. 23 circular hiking trails Bergisches Land. Verlag Bücken & Sulzer, 2004, ISBN 3-936405-10-7 .
  • Theodor Rutt: Overath: History of the community. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1980, ISBN 3-7927-0530-3 .
  • Lydia Kieven: cultural guide Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis . Heider, Bergisch Gladbach 1998, ISBN 3-87314-334-8 , p. 181-208 .
  • Hartwig Soicke: Overath, World War I - crisis years (1914–1923). Verlag Bücken & Sulzer, Overath 2017, ISBN 978-3-947438-00-6 .
  • Rheinisch-Bergischer Calendar , yearbook since 1920

Web links

Commons : Overath  - collection of images, videos and audio files