Reichshof
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Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ' N , 7 ° 42' E |
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| State : | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Administrative region : | Cologne | |
| Circle : | Oberbergischer Kreis | |
| Height : | 370 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 114.66 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 18,600 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 162 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 51580 | |
| Primaries : | 02296, 02297, 02265, 02261 | |
| License plate : | GM | |
| Community key : | 05 3 74 040 | |
| LOCODE : | DE ROF | |
| Community structure: | 106 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Main street 12 51580 Reichshof |
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| Mayor : | Rüdiger Gennies ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the community of Reichshof in the Oberbergischer Kreis | ||
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Reichshof is a municipality in the Oberbergisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia . The municipal administration is located in the village of Denklingen . The village of Eckenhagen has had the status of a climatic health resort since 1991 .
As a result of the local reorganization in 1969, the previously independent communities Denklingen and Eckenhagen were combined to form the community Reichshof.
history
The oldest history of the area is unknown. Historical sources are only available from the 12th century. Eckenhagen was obviously imperial property. The imperial courts - formerly called royal courts - are mainly a creation of Charlemagne . It is believed that the Eckenhagen royal court was founded at this time. It is not to be proven with documents. Many questions about the settlement remain unanswered and open the door to speculation.
At least the existence of a royal court is documented in writing for the Oberbergisches. The oldest document dates from August 1, 1167. As a reward for his bravery in the victory of the Cologne army against the Romans, Emperor Friedrich I (Barbarossa) gave Archbishop Rainald of Cologne the imperial court of Eckenhagen . "Furthermore, we grant and give to him and his successors for all time our entire court at Eckenhagen, including its people, possessions, silver mines and all other righteous persons and all accessories of the court."
Since the municipal reform of 1969 - the communities of Denklingen and Eckenhagen were merged on July 1, 1969 - the memory of the former belonging to the imperial or royal estate lives on in the new community name Reichshof.
Former parishes
King Friedrich Wilhelm III. von Prussia took possession of the Grand Duchy of Berg by patent of April 5, 1815 on the basis of the resolution of the Vienna Conference. First, an attempt was made to eliminate all French names for administrative bodies and districts. Departments became administrative districts, arrondissements became districts, municipal councils became municipal or city councils and the mayor was replaced by the mayor.
It corresponded to the historical development to run the two mayorships of Eckenhagen and Denklingen in one administrative district. Since July 11, 1811, the management has been in the hands of the mayor (Maire) Chr. Mittelacher, who is based in Hüngringhausen , later in Denklingen - in the old pension building . Its predecessor was divine brown. The oldest document from the Eckenhagen mayor's office dated December 21, 1809, was a decree addressed to him by Baron von Preuschen in Dillenburg, district of Siegen, by the Judicial Councilor Böttger.
The joint administration of the two rural communities only lasted until August 13, 1830. Then the separation took place. Chr. Mittelacher, who held the office until July 31, 1856, became mayor of Denklingen.
This separation of the mayor's offices lasted until 1899. From May 1, 1899, there was again a joint administration of the municipalities, but with a separate municipal budget. This union was finally ended on March 31, 1907.
Eckenhagen
As mentioned above, Eckenhagen was first mentioned in the document kept in the Düsseldorf Main State Archives about the "Curtis von Eckenhain" (Curtis: large farmyard (Fronhof, Salhof) in the early Middle Ages) with the silver pits and other accessories transferred to the Archbishop of Cologne in 1167 . In the fighting between the Staufer and Guelf lines that broke out after Barbarossa's death, Eckenhagen went like a plaything into the hands of the respective favorite. It was not until the time of Cologne's Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden (1238–1261) that Eckenhagen was sold to Sayn, presumably.
In a contract dated May 27, 1257, in which disputes between Johann von Sponheim and his son Gottfried von Sayn on the one hand and her relative Adolf von Berg on the other, Sayn transferred the jurisdiction of Eckenhagen to Berg. Thus, Eckenhagen went over to the Bergische administration, the possession (property) of the two later mayors of Eckenhagen and Denklingen, however, only in the Siegburg Treaty of 1604.
In the treaty of 1257 the sovereignty was transferred and the result was "The Eigen von Eckenhagen", a completely free property in contrast to the fiefdom. This designation was chosen in particular when the area was completely characterized by strange surrounding areas as a closed whole. In the Eckenhagener Weistum it says: "So we sit here, four or five gentlemen."
The expansion and rounding of the county of Berg went hand in hand with the formation of administrative districts and offices. The political structure took on more solid forms when Windeck became a bailiwick in 1260 . It finally developed into an office around 1350.
In 1575 witness interrogations and border inspections led to the definition of the border between Homburg and Berg. This is the reason for the creation of the Mercatorkarte from the Windeck office, which was produced in the same year and which has owned von Eckenhagen since 1257.
On June 12, 1604, the Siegburg Treaty was finally concluded to end the border disputes between the neighbors, and on November 19 of that year the borders were finally marked.
On March 15, 1806, the Grand Duchy of Berg was created from the Duchy of Berg, including other areas. The old official constitution was abolished and new administrative districts (arrondissements) took their place. These were divided into Mairien (mayor's offices). The Mairie Eckenhagen included the later communities Eckenhagen and Denklingen. The Napoleonic government intervened everywhere, in particular abolished serfdom. The serfs received all civil rights and the farmland as full property (Code Napoleon of January 1, 1810, valid until 1900). However, these rights were opposed to orders that brought with them all kinds of difficulties, harassment and financial burdens.
On July 1, 1969, Eckenhagen brought an area of 68.15 km² with 8,106 inhabitants into the new Reichshof community when the community was dissolved.
Thinkers
First mentioned in a document in 1404: “In an atonement between Duke v. Berg and Count v. Sayn is called the Dencklyngen building. "
Originally, Denklingen seems to have been an old Sayn court seat. Already in the 14th century there was a castle in Denklingen that the Counts of Berg owned. In the atonement of July 9, 1404 between Young Duke Adolf von Berg and Johann von Loon, Lord von Heinsberg and Löwenburg and Young Count Gerhard von Sayn, Lord zu Freusburg and Homburg (in which Duke Wilhelm von Berg, Count Johann von Sayn and the Duke of Burgundy should be included) a comparison takes place because of the building they jointly built in Denklingen.
"Vortine alsulge buwe, as zu Dencklyngen is buwet, davan is oeverkomen, dat man dairby the customer sall, ind vunde man in the customer, dat des yet up deill us Gerhart joncgreven van Seyne were buwet, dat sall man affbruch of man sall us joncgreven dat myt vruntschaffen vurunthalden. "
On February 23, 1413 (the day after Peter), Johann von Gimborn issued a lapel stating that he had made the Denklingen house, which Duke Adolf von Berg and the people in the parish Drolshagen had owned for life, into an open house . This institution of the time owed its creation to the feudal system. "Old-free owners of fortified castles" mostly felt compelled in the 14th century to declare them to be "open houses" (Castrum ligium) with "associated rear-seaters" - people - the up-coming neighboring counts and dukes. So they could use them against enemies at any time, while the owners were taken under protection and shield.
On August 24, 1423 Engelbert von Scheidt, known as Weschpfenning, was enfeoffed with the Denklingen Castle.
In a document dated September 1, 1433, according to which Duke Adolf concluded an alliance with Landgrave Ludwig von Hessen that, among other things, Denklingen should be this open house, Adolf speaks of "our lock". On November 29, 1435, Duke Adolf pledged the castle and office of Windeck and Denklingen to the official Wilhelm von Nesselrode.
A document dated December 6, 1473 states that Windeck and Denklingen came into the possession of Bertram zu Ehrenstein.
Under Bergisch administration nothing is known about the history of the castle. That changes with the Siegburg Treaty in 1604. On December 2nd of that year, the mutual handover of the changed areas and people, as well as the homage to the new subjects, took place in the open field near Heisterstock near Winterberg (municipality of Nümbrecht). The nobility of the now Bergisch parishes of Morsbach and Waldbröl were granted homage to the castle in Denklingen on March 11, 1605, in order to swear the oath of subjects to the duke as rulers.
The current castle building, built in the 16th to 18th centuries, was a moated castle, the moats fed by Asbach, Sterzenbach and Hermesdorf-Bach. The two-story, plastered massive quarry stone building dates in part from the 15th and 16th centuries. Later it was rebuilt several times. Most of the window openings were changed in the 17th and 18th centuries. On the north side there is an inscription stone with the words "Anno Domini 1582". The two-story gateway on the east side was built in 1698.
After the complete destruction of the Windeck Fortress by the French in 1672, the administration was relocated to Denklingen Castle. Since the rentmaster had his seat here, it was called Rentei.
The census of December 1, 1910 showed that the community had an area of 4940 ha and 59 villages with 783 inhabited and 24 uninhabited dwellings, 4495 inhabitants. The population had risen by 1,025 or 29.53% since 1885. Of the residents, 3770 were Protestant, 567 Catholic and 158 of other or no denomination.
The census of October 29, 1946 then showed a population of 5,828, of which 2,499 were male and 3,329 were female. This development was also shaped by the losses of the two world wars as well as displacement, flight and bombed out townspeople who had found acceptance here.
On June 30, 1969, the day before it was incorporated into the Reichshof community, Denklingen had an area of 48.60 km². Of this area, 43.40 km² with 6754 inhabitants were reclassified to Reichshof.
Population development
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politics
Municipal council
The 34 seats of the council of the Reichshof municipality are divided between six parties and groups as well as one individual applicant. The mayor Rüdiger Gennies (CDU), who was confirmed in office with 60.85% in the mayoral election on May 25, 2014, is also a voting member of the municipal council.
mayor
Rüdiger Gennies has been the mayor since October 2009 and was re-elected in May 2014.
Community partnerships
- Noordenveld in the Netherlands , since 1963
- Clearing in the Netherlands since 2001
Localities
The Reichshof community today consists of the following 106 villages:
Agger mill , Allenbach , Allinghausen , Alp , Berghausen , Bieshausen , Blank Bach , Blasseifen , block house , Borner , Branscheid , Breidenbach , Brüchermühle , houses , Burgmühle , Denklingen , mandrel , Dreschhausen , Dreslingen , Drespe , corner Hagen , eggs Hagen , Eichholz (Denklingen) , Eichholz (corner Hagen) , Erdingen , Ersbach , driving Berg , field , fields mill , Freckhausen , Grünschlade , Grunewald , taps (Denklingen) , taps (corner Hagen) , Hahn , Hahn beech , Hahn soaps , Halsterbach , Hamig , Hardt , Hasbach , Hasenbach , Hassel , hedge , Heidberg , Heide , Heienbach , Heikausen , Heischeid , Heseln , Hespert , dog Hausen , Hunsheim , Kalbertal , Kamp , Comp (Denklingen) , Comp (corner Hagen) , Konradshof , Leienschlade , Lepperhof , Löffelsterz , Lüsberg , Meis angle , Mennkausen , Mittelagger , Mühlenschlade , Müllerheide , Nebelseifen , Nespen , Neumühle , Niedersteimel , Nosbach , Oberagger , Obersteimel , Oberwehnrath , Odenspiel , Ösingen , Ohlhagen , Pettseifen , Pochw Erk (Reichshof) , Rabenschlade , Schalenbach , Schemmerhausen , Schmittseifen , Schneppenberg , Schneppenhurth , Schönenbach , Singelbert , Sinspert , Sotterbach , Stein (Reichshof) , Sterzenbach , Tillkausen , Ulbert , Volkenrath , Wald (Reichshof) , Wehnrath , Welpe (Reichshof) , Wiedenhof , Wiehl , Wildberg , Wildbergerhütte , Windfus , Wolfkammer , Wolfseifen , room soaps . The village of Nothausen has had no residents since 2008 at the latest.
Culture and sights
- Baroque church Eckenhagen
- Mineral grotto and doll museum Eckenhagen
- Eckenhagen Farm Museum
- Art Cabinet Hespert
- Drinking water reservoir - Wiehltalsperre
- Sotterbach Castle
- Mills in Reichshof, see mills in the Oberbergisches Land
- Eckenhagen Monkey and Bird Park
- War memorial on Mühlenberg in Wildbergerhütte
Economy and Infrastructure
In the new industrial area Wehnrath (available space: 50,000 m²), some important companies have now settled, for example
- The company Ralf Bohle GmbH provides for a century bicycle tire ago.
- The LaborUnion
- Reifenhäuser EDS GmbH, manufacturer of extrusion tools.
- SCEMTEC Transponder Technology GmbH.
- BECHER Textil- & Stahlbau GmbH. BECHER has been a designer and fully integrated manufacturer in Germany in the textile construction sector since 1950.
A large employer in the Reichshof community is BPW Bergischeachse Wiehl with its branch plants in Brüchermühle and Hunsheim .
Wiehltalsperre
In the 1960s, the Wiehltalsperre was built in what is now the Reichshof municipality , which supplies the southern part of the Oberbergisches Land with drinking water and is also a nature reserve. Many small villages disappeared into the dam when it was built.
traffic
Rail traffic:
The Wiehltalbahn runs through the western edge of Reichshof and, according to current planning, will again run on this section of the route to Waldbröl from Easter 2010 onwards . Until 1960 there was also the branching line from Brüchermühle to Wildbergerhütte .
OVAG bus services in the Rhein-Sieg transport association (VRS):
- Line 303: Waldbröl - Denklingen - Eckenhagen (both Reichshof) - Gummersbach
- Line 304: Morsbach - Denklingen (Reichshof) - Wiehl - Bielstein - Dieringhausen - Gummersbach
- Line 306: Wiehl - Hunsheim (Reichshof) - Gummersbach
- Line 321: Wiehl - Volkenrath - Eckenhagen (both Reichshof)
- Line 345: Waldbröl - Wildbergerhütte - Eckenhagen (both Reichshof)
- Line 348: GM-Derschlag - Allenbach (Reichshof) GM-Dieringhausen
Schools and educational institutions
- Community elementary school in Denklingen
- Community elementary school Eckenhagen
- Peter von Heydt Primary School Hunsheim
- Rainbow School Community Primary School Wildbergerhütte
- Reichshof comprehensive school in Eckenhagen
- Private secondary school and private vocational college of the association of the school and learning community e. V., both in Sotterbach
Sports facilities
- Indoor swimming pool and sauna from the company monte mare Eckenhagen
- Teaching pools in Hunsheim and Wildbergerhütte
- Brüchermühle, sports field (60 m × 90 m artificial turf) - four tennis courts - shooting range
- Denklingen, equestrian facility (riding) - a tennis court (Sterzenbach) - gym (12 m × 24 m) - sports field with six running tracks and ancillary athletic facilities (70 m × 100 m flooring)
- Eckenhagen, balloon launch area - MediClin sports park, artificial turf, tartan runway, beach volleyball / beach handball field, long jump facility, double shot put facility, DFB small playing field and floodlight system - shooting range - two sports halls (22 m × 44 m), one of which has a grandstand - winter sports area
- Eiershagen, equestrian facility (driving)
- Hassel, golf course (18 holes)
- The first bicycle park in the Bergisches Land. The most beautiful sides of the municipality can be explored on a total of 114 kilometers of routes.
- Eckenhagen-Blockhaus winter sports area
Personalities
- Otto Dörrenberg (1888–1961), politician (NSDAP)
- Fritz Becker (1892–1967), lieutenant general and last combat commandant of Bremen in World War II; born in the village of Heidberg
- The parents' house of August Dresbach (1894–1968), born in Pergenroth , later district administrator and member of the Bundestag for the Oberbergischer Kreis, is in Ohlhagen. This is where he grew up. For six years he attended school in Ohlhagen, then due to his academic achievements, the high school (grammar school) in Gummersbach. Whatever the weather, he walked to school for seven years, an hour and a half there, an hour and a half back.
Web links
- reichshof.org - The official website of the municipality
swell
- ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 . ( Help on this )
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 81 .
- ↑ a b c Reichshof parish. European / local elections 2014 .
- ^ Carolin Schieder: Community Reichshof> Rathaus & Bürger> Die Gemeinde> Numbers & Daten> Population numbers of the community. In: www.reichshof.org. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
- Oswald Gerhard: Eckenhagen and Denklingen through the ages. A home history of the former Reichshof area of Eckenhagen (the current municipalities of Eckenhagen and Denklingen) as a contribution to the history of the Oberbergisches Land. Heimatverein, Eckenhagen 1953.
- An uncomfortable democrat. August Dresbach on his 100th birthday. Gronenberg, Gummersbach 1994, ISBN 3-88265-192-X .
- University of Cologne. Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences: Albertus-Magnus-Lehrpreis summer semester 2011.
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