Ramscheid (Hellenthal)

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Ramscheid
Community Hellenthal
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 47 "  N , 6 ° 23 ′ 51"  E
Height : 610  (568-648)  m above sea level NHN
Residents : 231  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Postal code : 53940
Area code : 02448
St. Gangolfus (Ramscheid), southeast side with cemetery

Ramscheid is a district of the municipality of Hellenthal in the district of Euskirchen , North Rhine-Westphalia .

Geographical location

Ramscheid is south of Hollerath . The federal highway 265 runs on the western edge of the village , directly behind it the border with Belgium . The village is located on the Scheiterhöhe ( 628  m above sea  level ) to the west of the town center with its northeastern branch Scheiterberg ( 604  m ) in the northern part of the village; the highest point in the village is located around 1.7 km southwest of the "Ramscheiderhöhe": 648  m . Ramscheid originally consisted of two places: Ramscheid and Scheitert. The Burgkopf ( 578  m above sea level ) with the remains of a medieval castle rises between Ramscheid and Giescheid and thus beyond the Prether Bach , which flows past the town to the east .

Chapel, castle

The St. Gangolfus chapel in the old town center of Ramscheid at 600  m above sea level. NHN belongs to the parish Hollerath. The west tower is late Gothic. In its tower hangs a very old, small bell with the inscription: MARIA GRATIA PLENA DOMINUS TECUM ANNO DOMINI MCCCCXVIII (i. E. 1498). The legend goes about the little bell that it comes from the castle of the Burgkopf. A hall church was added in the 18th century and the roof was raised in 1837. The small sacristy has a slate roof . In the chapel there is a neo-Gothic carved altar made by the Heinen company in Hellenthal.

swell

  • Harald Herzog: castles and palaces . Cologne 1989. ISBN 3-7927-1067-6
  • Walter Hanf: Saints just in case; Self published in 1997

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.hellenthal.de/rathaus-politik/portrait/einwohnerzahlen/

Web links

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