Ründeroth

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Ründeroth
Municipality Engelskirchen
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Ründeroth
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 30 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 169 m above sea level NHN
Area : 26.23 km²  (former municipality)
Residents : 3422  (Dec. 31, 2007)
Population density : 130 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 51766
Area code : 02263
Ründeroth (Engelskirchen)
Ründeroth

Location of Ründeroth in Engelskirchen
View of Ründeroth
View of Ründeroth
Evangelical Church Ründeroth
Old half-timbered houses and church in the center
Catholic Church Ründeroth
Old Ründeroth station building

Ründeroth is a district of the municipality angel churches in Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until January 1, 1975 Ründeroth was an independent municipality.

Location and description

The place is about four kilometers east of Engelskirchen an der Agger and the former federal road 55 which is now the state road 136.

history

First mention

The place was first mentioned in 1174 as Ruinede Rodhe in connection with a transfer of tithe by the Severinstift to Vogt Engelbert von Berg .

From the end of the 13th century to 1806 Ründeroth belonged to the imperial rule Gimborn-Neustadt and was a border town in the triangle between the Duchy of Berg (Engelskirchen) and the imperial rule of Homburg (Drabenderhöhe). The Aggerfurt of the medieval Zeithstraße long-distance trade route from Siegburg to Dortmund was in Ründeroth . Ründeroth was temporarily recognized as a climatic health resort .

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Ründeroth is not historical. It was awarded in 1935 by the Upper President of the Rhine Province (design by a Dr. Baumeister , Cologne). The design originally contained the mountain lion as a heraldic animal. But the lion was not approved because, in the opinion of the State Archives in Berlin, it was already represented too often in coats of arms. The bird griffin was recommended as a replacement . And so it happened, although the heraldic animal has no historical connection to Ründeroth.

The colors of the coat of arms are red, gold and silver. A golden bird griffin stands upright in the red shield, holding silver fresh tongs (large gripping tongs for forging steel) in its front paws. In the base of the shield stands the coat of arms of the county of Mark in gold with the crossbars nested in red and silver.

Municipal reorganization

On July 1, 1969, Ründeroth was enlarged to include parts of the neighboring communities of Bielstein and Gummersbach. On January 1, 1975, as a result of the local reorganization in accordance with Section 13 (1) of the Cologne Act, the previously independent communities of Engelskirchen and Ründeroth were merged to form the new community of Engelskirchen.

Church institutions

  • Catholic parish of St. James
  • Catholic parish youth St. James
  • Catholic day care center St. Jakobus
  • Catholic church choir St. Cäcilia
  • Caritas clothes room
  • Evangelical parish Ründeroth
  • CVJM Ründeroth eV

Attractions

  • Aggertal cave
  • Spa gardens
  • Haldy Tower (observation tower)
  • Hohe Warte (observation tower)
  • Historic town center
  • Vineyard nature reserve
  • Protestant church

leisure

Hiking and bike paths

The Sauerland Mountain Association offers the following hiking trails from the Ründeroth hiking car park (outdoor pool):

  • A4 (6.9 km) - A5 (2.7 km) - A6 (2.9 km)

societies

In Ründeroth there are the sports clubs “Volleyballclub Ründeroth e. V. "and the" TSV Ründeroth ". The “Heimat und Beschönerungsverein von 1868 eV” is involved in the homeland and tradition. V. ”In the“ Aktivkreis Ründerroth ”, local entrepreneurs organize and support local events. The Ründerother Carnival Association (RKV) has existed since 1975.

schools

  • Leopold-Goes-Realschule Ründeroth (since summer 2007 in the new building. School expired in 2018)
  • Secondary school Engelskirchen (since 2010 in the buildings of the secondary school and secondary school)
  • Community Primary School Ründeroth (since 2015 in the buildings of the Hauptschule, Realschule and Secondary School)
  • Community secondary school Ründeroth (since summer 2007 in the new building. School expired in 2018)

Trivia

The song Come with me to Ründeroth by Heinz Baumeister can be heard especially at Carnival time.

Personalities

Born in Ründeroth

(in the order of the year of birth)

Lived temporarily in Ründeroth

traffic

Ründeroth station

In terms of local rail passenger transport , Ründeroth is connected to the Aggertalbahn from Cologne via Overath and Gummersbach to Meinerzhagen , on which the Oberbergische Bahn (RB 25) runs every 60 minutes . Lüdenscheid is served every 120 minutes . The travel time from Ründeroth to Köln Hbf is 55 minutes, to Gummersbach 16 minutes. The Rhein-Sieg transport association applies to Meinerzhagen, as well as the NRW tariff .

The following bus routes operate in local road transport:

Stop: Ründeroth bus station

  • 310 Gummersbach - Overath (Cyriax school center)
  • 312 Waldbröl
  • 317 Gummersbach
  • 319 Much

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Pampus: First documentary naming of Oberbergischer places (= contributions to Oberbergischen history. Sonderbd. 1). Oberbergische Department 1924 eV of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Gummersbach 1998, ISBN 3-88265-206-3 .
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia. A handbook for local reorganization with a list of the new communities and districts and the dissolved communities as well as a map with the new administrative boundaries (= Kommunale Schriften für Nordrhein-Westfalen. 36). Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne et al. 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X .
  3. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 301 .
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R8FKbPWIt4 song