Vineyards (Eifel)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 24 '  N , 7 ° 11'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality :	Mendig
Height :	380 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.1 km 2
Residents:	1165 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	128 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56745
Area code :	02655
License plate :	MYK, MY
Community key :	07 1 37 093
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 3 56743 Mendig
Website :	www.rieden-eifel.de
Local Mayor :	Andreas Doll ( CDU )
Location of the local community of Rieden in the Mayen-Koblenz district

View from the Schorenberg

Rieden is a municipality in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Mendig community . The place, located in an old volcanic caldera , is also known as the stonemason village . The Riedener Tuff , a volcanic tuff , is being mined around the village .

location

The place Rieden is about 40 km northwest of the city of Koblenz and about 13 km north of the city of Mayen .

The landscape of the volcanic East Eifel is characterized by the cinder cones of the former volcanoes and deeply cut valleys that were formed in the last ice age . The village is located at an altitude of 337  m above sea level. NHN (Riedener Mühlen) and approximately 556  m above sea level. NHN (Eselsmorgen hill). The center of the village in the course of Kirchstrasse is at a height of 380 m. The place itself is located in a valley basin that was created by volcanism . It spreads there predominantly on the valley floor with partial hillside development in a west-east direction. There are nine cinder cones on the area of ​​the municipality, with the castle hill ( 522.6  m above sea level ) being the largest of them. The development of the Riedener Kessel is comparable to that of the Laacher See. Similar to the volcano of the Laacher See, a lake existed in the boiler for a long time between the eruptions.

The district is 907 hectares . With a population of 1247 (as of December 31, 2013), this corresponds to a population density of 137 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is traversed by the Rehbach, which drains the valley. After about 1 km it first flows into the Waldsee Rieden. After its outlet from the lake, the brook runs another kilometer through the Riedener Valley to flow into the Nette in the Riedener Mühlen district.

Rieden has a large amount of groundwater, which is due to the tuff rock in the subsoil, as this rock acts like a sponge and stores rainwater. In addition to the self-supply with drinking water, the springs also ensure the supply of the surrounding towns and communities (e.g. the district town of Mayen). Visible signs of the high level of groundwater are some small open springs on slopes around the valley basin and the Sauerbrunnen in the western part of the village. Its iron-rich water in drinking water quality emerges from the ground without any tools in a paved well area due to the bottom pressure and can be enjoyed without restrictions.

structure

The climatic health resort of Riedener Mühlen, about 2 km to the south-west, is partly part of Rieden. The municipal boundaries of the local parishes Kirchwald , Volkesfeld and Rieden run through the village ; thus Riedener Mühlen is in fact divided into three parts from the point of view of municipal administration.

History and etymology

The place name Rieden goes back to the name Riden (as) sartus , which is recorded in the oldest documents. Other names were Reithe , Reyde , Reide , Rede , Ride or Riden . The name Ridenas is related to the Old High German ruit, ruiten which means to make arable or reclaimed piece of land . Experts suspect that the place can be traced back to a clearing from the Carolingian era . Further, dialect word forms such as reut, rod, ried or rath support this thesis. Field names such as the Rottheck, Finkenroth or Brandeich hallways are reminiscent of this form of foundation.

Early to the 15th century

In the early days, Celts and Teutons lived in the region and were displaced by the Franks during the migration of peoples . Under Clovis I , the Roman Catholic Church expanded in the region. Rieden was first mentioned in 895 in a deed of donation from the noble widow and nun Berctrudis to the Echternach Abbey. She transferred her marriage goods from the Mayengau - consisting of a settlement and a manor in the clearing of Ridenas - to the monastery. Berctrudis wanted to thank the monastery on the one hand that she was granted protection there and on the other hand to preserve the memories of her only son. It is not yet known how long the abbey held the donation. It was not until the Maria Laach Abbey was founded by Count Palatine Heinrich II von Laach that Rheide appeared in a deed of foundation as one of the abbey's further new properties. Further traditions are known from the following decades, for example a confirmation by Pope Innocent II in 1131 or by Archbishop Arnold I of Cologne in 1144. In 1263 Friedrich von Virneburg transferred the Langenbahn farm near Rieden to the Rommersdorf Abbey . The parish church of St. Hubertus appeared for the first time in 1330 in the Taxa generalis : Jakob von Koblenz obliged the church to pay two pfennigs and two hellers . Another mention of the sacred building can be found in a visit that the archdeacon Johann von Finstingen carried out in 1475. In 1473 Rieden - and with it the church patronage - went to Gerlach von Breitbach , who belonged to the Bürresheim rulership (commonly known as Bürresheimer Ländchen ).

16th to 18th century

In 1570 the parish expanded within the Diocese of Trier to include the Hausten with Morswiesen and Wabern branches . The Lords of Bürresheim exercised not only church patronage but also secular power. As a sign of their power, for example, they each erected a gallows on a hill on the Hochley near Rieden and between Waldesch and Nitz . They appointed the lay judges and the mayor , who urged the residents of the four villages to fulfill their obligations towards those of Bürresheim. From this time, however, the persecution of 35 people with witches is also recorded between 1602 and 1651 . In 1614 there was a mass conviction of eleven victims, all of whom were executed. In 1647, Johannes Möden, in his function as witch judge, had seven more trials brought in, which also included residents from Rieden. There are reports from the middle of the 18th century that the tailor Meid was hired as a part-time teacher in 1750. In 1757 the Romanesque nave was dismantled and the structure expanded. In 1774 the community built the first school building consisting of a school hall and a teacher's apartment, which was used until 1895. The building will be occupied by a butcher shop in the 21st century. The rule of the von Bürresheim lasted until the end of the 18th century and the conquest of the Left Bank of the Rhine by France in the First Coalition War . In 1794 they divided the region into four departments, with Rieden becoming part of Mairie Kempenich .

19th century

Lady Chapel

With the takeover of the Rhineland by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815, Rieden came under its administration and was assigned to the mayor's office of St. Johann (later Niedermendig). During this time the parish changed, which belonged to the French diocese of Aachen from 1802 to 1824 and was then administered again from Trier. At the beginning of the 19th century, stonemasons set up a way of the cross starting from the church to the western exit of the village. Due to the abundance of water, two mills were in operation in the municipality. The Trennhäuser Mühle in the area of ​​the Sauerbrunnen and the Hackenbruchmühle from the 18th century. In 1837 it became the property of Johannes and Mathias Hakenbruch . 1858 expand parish the church hall to a three-nave construction. The year 1876 is considered to be the founding year of the Catholic Bachelors' Association , whose books from the first few decades are no longer available. The economy experienced an upswing due to the mining of the Riedener Tuff , which led to a certain level of prosperity in the population. The number of residents increased and with it the number of children who were taught in a two-class school from 1880 and in a three-class school from 1891. In 1894 the community built a new, two-story school building. The Marienkapelle was built in 1882 in the neo-Romanesque style .

20th and 21st centuries

In 1900, religious sisters settled in Rieden and founded an outpatient nursing service that was active until 1978. From 1907 to 1908, craftsmen built one of the first water pipes in the Upper Nettetal area and supplied a large part of the houses with fresh water. It came from a tunnel and was pumped over a distance of around 600 meters to a pumping station in the Wiesental and from there with Pelton turbines to an elevated tank on the Geisenberg. At around the same time, in 1910, the Frohsinn men's choir and a Catholic youth club were founded , which in turn gave the idea to set up a marching band . However, these plans were not implemented when the First World War began . In 1913 the community was connected to the electricity grid. In the same year a gymnastics club was founded, which a year later organized a gymnastics festival. 55 Rieders died as soldiers in the First World War. At the same time, work in the quarries around the community stagnated and led to high unemployment until the late 1920s. In 1923, craftsmen built the steeple onto the church according to plans by the architect Rohé . In 1926 a shooting club was founded . During the time of National Socialism , the high level of construction activity on barracks and motorway bridges led to full employment of the Rieden stonemasons. For example, they worked on the construction of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin as well as on the buildings for the Nazi party rallies in Nuremberg . The upswing came to an equally abrupt end with the Second World War . In 1926 the volunteer fire brigade was founded, which took up the idea of ​​founding a marching band again. In 1934 a carnival club was added. In May 1944 and February 1945 two bombs fell near the village. In this war 93 soldiers died at the front or as a result of war injuries; another 24 people have been missing since then. After the end of the war, the work of the stonemasons was in demand again: More than 100 stonemasons from Rieden, for example, helped build the churches in Cologne , including the Cologne Cathedral . This meant that many men were not in town on weekdays and so, for example, the Spielmannszug was initially dissolved in 1955, which was re-established in 1959. The Möhnengesellschaft Rieden, which was founded in 1949 at the request of the Riedener men, was dissolved a year later and re-launched a year later, has a similar career .

In 1965, a tourist association was founded, which, with effect from July 7, 1973, succeeded in having the Riedener Mühlen area (municipality of Rieden, Volkesfeld and Kirchwald ) recognized as the first climatic health resort in the Mayen-Koblenz district. For this purpose, extensive climatic observations and measurements of air purity were carried out in advance from 1966 to 1968. In 1968 the community built a new building right next to the old school, which they moved into the following year; the existing building was demolished. In the years to come, the elementary school became a primary school, which led to the fact that the children in grades five to nine attended secondary schools in Mendig and Mayen from 1972. In 1969 the fishing club "Früh Auf" was founded.

Rieden has been part of the Mendig community in the Mayen-Koblenz district since 1970 . In 1971 a bird protection and breeding association, the Vogelfreunde Rieden, was founded. Among other things, in 1980 they put up information boards on the local bird life at prominent points in the village. In the same year the groundbreaking took place to create the Waldsee Rieden as an artificial body of water. It was completed two years later. Before that, in 1979 the tennis club Wiesengrund was added to the now extensive club system of the community.

In 1990 the community built a multi-purpose hall on the village square, which is used for events, but also for school sports. The Trennhäuser Mühle was dismantled in the 21st century and is used as a residential building. The Hackenbruchmühle is also not in operation and is only a ruin. In 2009 Rieden won first prize in the main class and the award in the special competition "Village beautification through association"

Population development

year Residents 1815 311 1835 475 1871 628 1905 1,030 1939 1,260 1950 1,182 1961 1,129 1970 1,284 1980 1,209

year Residents 1985 1,194 1987 1,266 1988 1,262 1989 1,342 1990 1,326 1991 1,374 1992 1,414 1993 1,432 1994 1,386

year Residents 2011 1,222 2012 1,243 2013 1,247 2014 1,222 2015 1,226

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Rieden consists of 16 council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FDP	total
2019	4th	8th	4th	16 seats
2014	4th	9	3	16 seats
2009	5	9	2	16 seats
2004	6th	10	-	16 seats

mayor

Andreas Doll (CDU) became the local mayor of Rieden on July 14, 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with a share of 78.67% of the votes. Andreas Doll's predecessors were Theo Krayer and Franz-Josef Kaul.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Under the red head of the shield, four golden diamonds are divided into bars at an angle to the left, in front a black four-headed shaft with double lintel rafters in front, in red a silver hunting horn."

Foundation of the coat of arms: The golden diamonds in the shield head go back to the time around 1800, when Rieden belonged to the Bürresheim rule . The barons of Breidbach-Bürresheim led seven (4: 3) golden diamonds in red with two bars. In the lower part of the shield, the hunting horn, as an iconographic saint attribute, is reminiscent of the church and local patron saint of Rieden, Saint Hubertus . With the four-headed shaft , the middle part consists of a house brand that symbolizes the stone industry. As an indication of this, the guild mark of the stonemasons is reproduced in the middle of the front part of the shield.

The Riedener coat of arms was unanimously decided by the local council on July 12, 1983 and approved by the district government in Koblenz on August 22, 1983.

Culture, tourism and sights

Station 3 of the Way of the Cross

The list of cultural monuments in Rieden shows the cultural monuments entered in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

• The parish church of St. Hubertus was probably built in the Romanesque period. A bell-ringer was in the 1225-1227 incurred Dialogus miraculorum of Caesarius of Heisterbach known as "campanarius Reyde". In 1757 an extension took place in which the Romanesque nave was completely torn down. A second expansion took place in 1856. Due to the growing population, a new building was considered around 1900 and a building association was founded. The new building was delayed due to the First World War and was implemented from 1923. The consecration took place on May 16, 1930 by HH. Bishop Fr. Franz Bornewasser. Due to the Second World War, the tower could not be completed until 1949. The work was completed after the redesign of the chancel and the consecration of the altar by the Reverend Abbot of Maria Laach, Basilius Ebel on September 4, 1955. In 1989, extensive renovation work was carried out. The outer walls were redesigned, the roof re-covered and the interior renovated. The forecourt of the church was redesigned in 2008. The patron saint of the parish church is always Saint Hubert , which points to Franconian influence. The parish church has been the venue for the Riedener Passion Play for many years .
• The Marienkapelle was built in 1882 in the neo-Romanesque style . In the interior of the building, which is not to the east, there is a block altar , which is decorated with a quatrefoil and a Greek cross .

The Riedener Waldsee.

• Stations of the Cross consisting of seven foot drop stations that were set up at the beginning of the 19th century and restored by the stonemason Franz Nett at the end of the 1970s . The first footfall station is located near Kirchstrasse 11 and shows the Mount of Olives group and extends to the seventh station west of the village on Kreisstrasse 19 with a representation of the crucifixion of Jesus .
• Numerous crosses and wayside shrines from the 17th and 18th centuries, which were set up in honor of God and in memory of their donors, for example a niche cross made of basalt lava from 1657 on the Lady Chapel or a penitential cross on the church from 1711.
• Chapel Hackenbruchsmühle with a figure of Apollonia of Alexandria and a basalt cross, which was donated by Johann Hackenbruch in 1696 .
• The forest lake Rieden , about 1 km southwest of Rieden, was inaugurated on August 29, 1982 after two years of construction. The first plans go back to 1968 and should be a first step for the infrastructural development of the Rieden area for tourism. The approximately four hectare artificial lake is laid out as a dam and is bordered in the southwest by a dam. A filter basin is in front of the lake. The lake meets the European standard as a bathing water and is used as a bathing lake, and there is also a boat rental. A holiday village, which was built in 2005, joins the lake.
• The Waldsee is the starting point for the approximately 14.2 km long circular hiking trail Waldseepfad Rieden . It is one of the 26 dream trails that have been awarded the hiking seal of the German Hiking Institute as a hiking trail with a predicate rating . The Riedener Kessel Geopath continues to start at the lake .

Sour well

• Sauerbrunnen in the western part of the village with high iron-containing water in drinking water quality and a Kneipp basin fed with spring water
• Numerous holiday accommodations (including directly on the lake) offer vacation options in the Eastern Eifel - not far from the major cities of Koblenz and Bonn, as well as the volcano park.

economy

By the volcanic activity volcanic Eifel region known is due to the ejections of the volcanos rich in volcanic rock, which is still mined both in the past and today is industrial and technical processes and far will spread about the local region and beyond. In addition to stonemasons, there are other handicraft businesses in the village, including a hairdresser, a car workshop, a bakery and a butcher's shop. In the service industry there are some media companies, a gas station, a parcel shop and several banks. Tourism is of great importance - in addition to the holiday village there are several hotels, guest houses and restaurants. Medical care is provided by several doctors and physiotherapists. The Weibern-Rieden wind farm consists of 14 wind turbines .

education

• Kindergarten at Kirchstrasse 54
• Elementary school on Schulstrasse
• Youth meeting in the basement of the kindergarten
• Parents' café Rieden / Volkesfeld in the anteroom of the multi-purpose hall
• 14 clubs, including the gymnastics and sports club Rieden, the Ju-Jutsu Club Tanaka Rieden and the tennis club Rieden.

Passion Play Rieden

Parish Church of St. Hubertus

Passion plays have been performed in Rieden since 1923 , ie an theatrical representation of the suffering of Jesus Christ from the crucifixion by the Romans in Jerusalem to the resurrection . The initiative goes back to a planned expansion of the parish church of St. Hubertus. To support the financing, the men's choir performed the Passion in Rieden. The individual scenes played on three stages in a row in the choir of the church, the children's ship and in the baptistery . Due to its great success, the Kolping family took up the idea and performed the Passion Play again in 1934 in the Doll-Schlich hall . The proceeds from both events went to charitable causes. As a result of the Second World War, there was initially a break from playing until the pastor Vinzenz Seiwert suggested a new performance in 1949 . The church realized in the preparations that many of the actors were killed or missing in the war of the 1934th Nevertheless, the games took place, with the proceeds of which the church tower could be built. Now there was another break in play, the reason for which has not yet been clarified. In 1965 the Catholic Bachelors Association took the initiative and performed the Passion again in the Doll-Schlich hall . Inspired by the success, those responsible agreed to hold the games every ten years from now on. This happened again in 1975 and 1985. However, while preparing for the 1985 performance, residents found that most of the props and costumes were no longer available or were in poor condition. These were newly procured or made with the help of local tailors. Pastor Damian allowed the performance - for the first time in over 60 years - to be performed again in the parish church. In 1993, the amateur play group of the Catholic Bachelors Association was founded and took over the planning for the other games that took place in 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2017. The stage area in the choir and in the adjacent nave has meanwhile been expanded to around 100 m². In 2017, around 250 people were involved in the planning and performance. On April 23, 2004, the group received the Mayen-Koblenz district's cultural promotion prize for its commitment “for the Passion Play and thus the preservation of occidental-Christian values” and on October 6, 2015, the Mayen Foundation's cultural prize. Another performance is planned for the year 2023 on the 100th anniversary.

traffic

District road 19 (K 19) leads through Rieden. The junction Wehr (AS Wehr, No. 33) of the federal motorway 61 (A 61) can be reached at a distance of approx. 7 km via this and then via the federal highway 412 (B 412) . Local public transport connects Rieden with the cities of Mayen and Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler via line 814 . A taxi bus is also available.

literature

• Maria Quak-Harmes among others: Rieden - This is where our home is, 1100 years 895–1995. 1st edition. Geiger-Verlag, Horb am Neckar 1995, ISBN 3-89570-017-1 .
• Local community Rieden (Ed.): Rieden in words and pictures , brochure, without date, p. 28.

Web links

Commons : vineyards  - collection of images

• Internet presence of the local community Rieden
• Local community Rieden on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Mendig
• Holiday park and forest lake Rieden
• Passion Play Rieden Website of the amateur theater group of the Catholic Bachelor Association Rieden eV
• Literature on vineyards in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Quak-Harmes, Maria (Ed.): Rieden - Our home is in here . 1st edition. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 1995, ISBN 3-89570-017-7 .
3. ↑ Numbers and facts , website of the local community Rieden, accessed on March 21, 2017.
4. ^ Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Mendig, Verbandsgemeinde, third line of results. Retrieved February 5, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Blick aktuell: Last official act for Theo Krayer. July 21, 2014, accessed February 5, 2020 . 
7. ↑ The Rieden municipal coat of arms. Rieden local community, accessed on June 7, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Holiday Village
9. ↑ Premium trails in Rhineland-Palatinate. German Hiking Institute, accessed on April 1, 2017 . 
10. ^ Rhein-Zeitung of August 30, 2011
11. ↑ AW-WIKI
12. ↑ Passion Play in Rieden , website of the amateur theater group of the Catholic Bachelors Association, accessed on March 21, 2017.
13. ↑ The organizer , website of the amateur play group of the Catholic Bachelors Association, accessed on March 21, 2017