Rath (Nideggen)

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Rath
City of Nideggen
Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 16 ″  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 11 ″  E
Height : 319 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 778  (Dec. 31, 2018)
Postal code : 52385
Area code : 02427

Rath is a district of Nideggen in the Düren district , North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

Rath is located on an ascending mountain slope to the Eifel, the Mausauel, in the Rureifel in the Eifel National Park north of Nideggen at about 380 m above sea ​​level . From Rath you can see almost the entire Cologne Bay . The Cologne Cathedral and the Siebengebirge are easy to see on a clear day.

Neighboring towns are Leversbach ( Kreuzau municipality ), Zerkall and Nideggen.

history

Until 1804 the village belonged to the Drove domain . Then Rath came to Nideggen first in church and later also in administrative terms. The name Rath , known to place name research as a typical forest and roden name, points to a Franconian foundation of the place. Archaeological finds suggest a Roman settlement in the first centuries after Christ.

Rath was first mentioned in a feudal deed of the Lords von Heinsberg and Blankenheim from 1307.

Transport, local passenger transport

The place can be reached from Nideggen and Leversbach via well-developed country roads. Buses of the Düren district railway connect the villages via the route of line 221 (Düren – Kreuzau – Nideggen).

tourism

Hotels and guest houses are available for tourism . Hiking trails, especially the rock circuit, are well developed. Views from the red sandstone cliffs , for example the Christinenley or the Kickley, into the Rurtal are remarkable.

society

church

The Antonius Chapel from the 13th century is built from hewn red sandstone. Until the First World War , there was a hermitage in addition to the church .

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.nideggen.de/zdf/downloads/20190108_Einwohnerstatistik_bis_einschl._2018.pdf
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