Paffrath

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The Paffrather Mühle 2015

Paffrath is a district of Bergisch Gladbach and belongs to the statistics district 1 of the city with No. 14.

location

Paffrath is located in the northwest of the city and approx. 15 km east of Cologne on the 51st parallel. The earlier smaller settlements and hamlets such as Nussbaum, Torringen, Büchel, Kamp, Flora have merged due to the heavy development in the 1960s and 1970s.

The “ Paffrath Mulde ” is a term among geologists that gives evidence of animal and vegetable fossils. In the Middle Ages , potteries were located in Paffrath , which produced the so-called "Paffrath goods" (cf. gray goods ).

history

The village of Paffrath emerged from an early medieval settlement that was founded by the Cologne Cathedral Chapter as the owner of the land. Since forest had to be cleared to create the settlement and the work was organized by the Cologne clergy , the new settlement was called "Paffrath" (= clearing of the clergy ). The center of the village formed the Fronhof, to which the various feudal estates were subordinate, as well as the Romanesque fortified church of St. Clemens , which was built around 1150. Paffrath is first mentioned in a document in 1160. While the municipality of Paffrath, to which Hand and Katterbach also belonged, with its large number of scattered and swarm settlements had a total of 641 inhabitants in 134 residential buildings in 1797, only 42 people lived in the village itself around 1850.

Infrastructure

Public transport

The bus lines 222 and 227 go directly to the center of Paffrath. The S11 to Cologne / Düsseldorf / Neuss / Dormagen can also be reached in Bergisch Gladbach center. The lines 222 and 227 also go to Leverkusen. Line 437 runs from Bergisch Gladbach via Nussbaum to the Kombibad Paffrath. Line 435 runs from Cologne-Dellbrück via Paffrath to Bergisch Gladbach S-Bahn station and back.

school

The Integrated Comprehensive School Paffrath (IGP) is attended by approx. 1400 students and offers high school, secondary school and high school diplomas.

safety

The volunteer fire brigade Bergisch Gladbach and the voluntary fire-fighting train Paffrath / Hand ("The Wild Thirteen"), both of which are housed at the fire and rescue station north on Paffrather Straße (Paffrath), ensure safety in Paffrath with its full-time staff .

Attractions

St. Clement's Church in Paffrath
  • In addition to the few remaining half-timbered houses, the Romanesque parish church of St. Clemens is characteristic of the site. Due to a lack of space, the old Romanesque fortified church was extended by an extension from 1908 to 1911. This turned the old church into the north aisle. St. Clemens was able to maintain the character of the fortified church through the almost completely preserved wall and the elevated location.
  • The moated castle Haus Blegge , former knight seat Blech.
  • The Paffrath Mill .

See also

population

According to the EDP population register, Paffrath had a total of 7,363 residents on June 30, 2017 (949 of them foreigners), making it one of the most populous districts of the city of Bergisch Gladbach . The age group over 65 with 1,967 inhabitants was significantly stronger than the age group under 18 with only 1,134.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Andree Schulte Bergisch Gladbach, City history in street names , Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5 , p. 58ff.
  2. ^ Lothar Speer: The first written evidence , in: Bergisch Gladbacher Stadtgeschichte , edited by Albert Eßer, Bergisch Gladbach, 2006, p. 73ff, ISBN 3-9804448-6-4
  3. ↑ Homepage Integrated Comprehensive School Paffrath Accessed on May 23, 2020
  4. ^ Statistics - City of Bergisch Gladbach. Retrieved July 25, 2017 .

literature

  • Johann Bendel , home book of the district of Mülheim am Rhein, history and description, legends and stories , Cologne-Mülheim 1925
  • Alfons Steiner: 1200 years of Paffrath, 800 years of the parish of St. Clemens , Bergisch Gladbach 1953
  • Peter Hartgenbusch: My village, stories and shapes , Bergisch Gladbach-Paffrath 1977
  • Bernhard Weyer: The Catholic parish church of St. Clemens in Bergisch Gladbach-Paffrath, Rheinische Kunststätten, issue 341, 1st edition, 1988, ISBN 3-88094-626-4 ; Publisher: Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Landscape Protection, Cologne
  • Heinz Ewald Junkers (Hrsg.): The Paffrather Red Missing Book. Translated u. commented by Lothar Speer. Paffrather Raiffeisen Bank, Bergisch Gladbach 1991
  • Ferdinand Peter Moog: The Paffrather Hofrechtsweise from 1454 , a medieval legal source of the Bergisches Land, Bonn 1991, ISBN 3-921285-63-1
  • Helmut Rosenbach: The old Paffrath, - Katterbach - Paffrath - Hand - , Bergisch Gladbach 1993
  • Helmut Rosenbach: Paffrath kaleidoscope with a view of Hand and Katterbach , Bergisch Gladbach 1998
  • Bergisch Gladbach town history, ed. on behalf of the city of Bergisch Gladbach by Albert Eßer, Bergisch Gladbach 2006, ISBN 3-9804448-6-4
  • Inge Flock: Paffrath - His church and community through the centuries, 1st edition 2008, ISBN 9783940171023 ; Publisher: Catholic parish of St. Clemens Bergisch Gladbach-Paffrath

Web links

Commons : Bergisch Gladbach-Paffrath  - Collection of images, videos and audio files


Coordinates: 51 ° 0 '  N , 7 ° 6'  E