Roggendorf (Mechernich)

Roggendorf City of Mechernich Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 30 ″  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 35 ″  E
Height :	300 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	842
Postal code :	53894
Area code :	02443

Catholic Church of St. John

Roggendorf carved altar

Roggendorf is a district of Mechernich , Euskirchen district , North Rhine-Westphalia .

The village is on the federal highway 266 between Kommern and Weißenbrunnen .

The village is mentioned for the first time in 893 as Rochendorpht in the property register of the Prüm Abbey.

Roggendorf formed a community in the Vussem mayor of Schleiden district since the 19th century . The community of Roggendorf was incorporated into the community of Mechernich in 1914 .

There is a Catholic and a Protestant church in the village . The Protestant community was founded in 1867. The church building was built two years later.

The Catholic Church of St. Johannes is a branch church of St. Johannes Baptist in Mechernich . A chapel is mentioned as early as 1669. The current church was built in 1890. It is a brick basilica with a transept and a crossing tower . The yokes of the central nave are rectangular, as is the choir yoke . The apse is semicircular. Sacristies are attached to the choir yoke . In the church there is the three-part Roggendorf carved altar from around 1500, located in the Middle Rhine region, a gift from the Kreuser family. It comes from Kreuznach and was restored by R. Hieronymi in Bonn before it was transferred.

The Rath House was between Roggendorf and Strempt .

There has been a two-group day - care center in the village since 1985 , operated by the Arbeiterwohlfahrt .

Web links

Commons : Roggendorf (Mechernich)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Rhineland (PDF; 1.3 MB), Berlin: Verlag des Königlichen Statistischen Bureaus, 1888, page 206 ff
2. ↑ Mining Museum Mechernich: History of Mechernich, p. 4 ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.