Rohr (Blankenheim)

pipe Municipality Blankenheim Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 9 ″  N , 6 ° 44 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	445 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.58 km²
Residents :	420
Population density :	49 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	53945
Area code :	02440
Location of Rohr in North Rhine-Westphalia
Rohr (Blankenheim), aerial photo (2015)

Rohr is a district of the municipality of Blankenheim in the Euskirchen district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The place is northeast of Blankenheim. The district road 79 leads through the village and the Armuthsbach and the Wehrtsbach flow . In the east of Rohr, the Lindweiler district is directly connected .

history

In Frankish times, Rohr was a royal court . The place is mentioned for the first time in 893. In the middle of the village there is a castle tower and the former manor house . Castle walls and a castle cellar still exist today. To the west of the castle is the secular chapel of St. Antonius Eremita .

During the French period, Rohr belonged to the canton of Blankenheim.

The listed church of St. Wendelin was built in 1864 in place of an older building.

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

See also : List of architectural monuments in Blankenheim (Ahr)

Others

• The RVK line taxi 825 drives through the town.

Web links

• Community homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 100 .