Röcklingen

Röcklingen community Windeck Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ′ 45 ″  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 7 ″  E
Height :	approx. 101-103 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	140  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Postal code :	51570
Area code :	02243
Röcklingen above the Siegbrücke

Röcklingen is a district of the municipality of Windeck in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia , located directly on the left bank of the Sieg .

Röcklingen on a postcard from 1905

history

The place was first mentioned in 1138 as de Rukelingen .

Residents

• In 1885 the place had 39 houses and 168 inhabitants.
• In 1964 Röcklingen had 193 inhabitants, in 1976 162 inhabitants.

Infrastructure

Röcklingen is connected to Landesstraße 333 via a Siegbrücke bridge . This was torn away by the victory flood in 1909 and then rebuilt. Otherwise Röcklingen is only connected to the hamlet of Ohmbach via a farm road. Behind Röcklingen runs the railway line of the victory line , which means that Röcklingen had a train station at times during the expansion phase and in times of war.

Web links

Commons : Röcklingen  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Windeck - List of localities , accessed on April 3, 2014
2. ^ Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia from 1885