Reetz (Blankenheim)

Reetz Municipality Blankenheim Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 32 " N , 6 ° 41 ′ 47" E
Height :	476 m
Area :	7.21 km²
Residents :	381
Population density :	53 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	53945
Area code :	02449
Location of Reetz in North Rhine-Westphalia

Reetz is a district of Blankenheim (Ahr) in the Euskirchen district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The place is located in a basin southeast of Blankenheim. The district roads 71 and 41 lead through the village. The federal road 258 runs past the western edge of the village. The Reetzer Bach rises near the village and flows into the Ahr after a short run .

history

The Franks followed the Roman settlers . During the Franconian era Reetz was the allod of a Frankish great who had his home here under the rule of the Count of the Eifelgau .

The first documentary mention in 1148 can be found in the " Annales Rodenses ".

Reetz

On July 1, 1969, Reetz was incorporated into Blankenheim.

Attractions

The castle house of Burg Reetz dates from the 16th century. It was erected as a two-story quarry stone building.
Langembusch 1. A half-timbered house , built at the beginning of the 17th century, with an adjoining natural / quarry stone stable, was probably later also used as a post office. Then several residents and professions, last used in the 1950s as a shoemaker's shop, hence the local name Schusters Hus .
The choir of the parish church of St. Martyr Margaret comes from the second half of the 15th century.
See also : St. Margareta (Reetz)

Missile position in the Cold War

Former Nike missile emplacement

From 1963, the Belgian armed forces operated a missile position in the Reetz district "Auf dem Kump", where nine Nike missiles were stationed as part of the NATO air defense until the beginning of the 1990s . The position was on a strongly secured area, on which 400 soldiers were active as personnel. In an emergency, nuclear warheads would have been mounted on the missiles, which were under the sole control of the US Army and which remained there until the end of July 1988. They were stored in specially secured bunkers on the missile site.

The radar and control center for this position was west of the neighboring town of Mülheim .

The site of the position has been leased and is not open to the public.

Former missile emplacement, aerial photo (2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 99 .
↑ Eginhard Kranz: Lived with weapons - Nike rocket position of NATO until 1988/89 near Blankenheim . 2003 ( wisoveg.de [accessed on August 17, 2008]).

[1] Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 99 .

[2] Eginhard Kranz: Lived with weapons - Nike rocket position of NATO until 1988/89 near Blankenheim . 2003 ( wisoveg.de [accessed on August 17, 2008]).