Rolandswerth

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Rolandswerth
City of Remagen
Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 40 ″  N , 7 ° 12 ′ 20 ″  E
Height : 60 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 585  (December 31, 2018)
Incorporation : 7th June 1969
Postal code : 53424
Area code : 02228
Rolandswerth (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Rolandswerth

Location of Rolandswerth in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rolandswerth is one of six local districts and at the same time one of eight local districts of the association-free city of Remagen in the district of Ahrweiler in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate . The residential areas Insel Nonnenwerth , Rodderberg , Rodderberghof and Rolandsbogen also belong to the district of Rolandswerth . With around 500 inhabitants, Rolandswerth is the city's smallest district and, as the northernmost town in the Ahrweiler district, it is right on the border with the federal city of Bonn ( Mehlem district ).

geography

Rolandswerth stretches on the left bank of the Rhine between Mehlem in the north-west and Rolandseck in the south, to which there is a smooth transition along federal road 9 . The village covers altitudes between 54  m above sea level. NHN and 105  m above sea level NHN , where it tapers significantly to the south. In terms of nature , Rolandswerth is located at the northwestern exit of the Honnef valley widening of the Middle Rhine , which is characterized here by a steep bank, in the Godesberg Rhine valley funnel and thus in the Lower Rhine Bay ("Gate of Rolandswerth"). The district of Rolandswerth extends over the mostly wooded Oberwinterer terraced and hill country to the Rodderberg ( 196.7  m above sea level ) and the Wilhelmsberg ( 172.9  m above sea level ). The southern border to the district of Oberwinter is marked by the Rolandswerther Bach , which flows into the Rhine between Rolandswerth and Rolandseck. Most of the island of Nonnenwerth belongs to the Rolandswerth district. There is also a good 50  m above sea level. NHN the lowest point in Rhineland-Palatinate.

history

The presumably first documentary mention of today's Rolandswerth as Willt comes from the year 1422, when the place was mentioned together with Mehlem and Lannesdorf . The oldest buildings in the area of ​​the later town were a hospital with a chapel (consecrated to St. Nicholas ), which were related to the Rolandswerth monastery on the island of the same name and whose history dates back to at least 1148. During the Burgundian War , the hospital was destroyed in 1476 and then rebuilt. In 1662 in Rolandswerth, in addition to the monastery of the same name, the Altenberg Abbey with a courtyard, the Cologne Cathedral Chapter with a wine press house , St. Maria im Kapitol with a courtyard and the St. Gereon Monastery in Cologne and the St. Ursula Monastery were wealthy. In 1670 Rolandswerth comprised 23 houses. In 1802 the hospital was dissolved in the course of secularization . The simple, single-nave chapel with a roof turret had to give way to the expansion of the Provinzialstraße in 1817 .

Before it was renamed, the core of what is now Rolandswerth was called Wittgen or Wittchen (field name for pastures ), which was in use by the middle of the 19th century at the latest. Documented modifications of this name were Im Weitgen , Witgen , Willt (first mentioned) and Wydtgen . Before the island of Nonnenwerth, located at the level of the town in the Rhine, was given its current name in the 19th century, it was also called Rolandswerth . In situated there, orographic left arm of the Rhine of the middle arm of the 18th century took until the advent of steam navigation, and particularly to final expansion as the main waterway for Navigation on the Rhine middle of the ascent instead. The towpath , which is required for the ascent and runs directly on the bank, is still partially preserved today.

Until the end of the 18th century, Rolandswerth (then also known as Werth ) belonged to the Electorate of Cologne and was under the administration of the Electorate of Cologne (Godesberg-) Mehlem in the Oberamt Bonn. After the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops (1794) and the acquisition of the French administrative structures (1798) Rolandswerth was the Mairie Remagen in Canton Remagen assigned. After the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna , Rolandswerth was part of the mayor's office in Remagen , which belonged to the Ahrweiler district, from 1816 . In the course of the 19th century, the town experienced noticeable growth , also due to the extension of the railway line on the left bank of the Rhine to Rolandseck station in 1858. It became the second residence of numerous business people from Cologne and the surrounding area and was given its own school, the construction of which was made possible in 1832 by a Catholic Hauskollekte .

In the course of the municipal and territorial reform in Rhineland-Palatinate that began in the second half of the 1960s , the council of Rolandswerth spoke out on December 18, 1968 in favor of incorporation into the neighboring, then still independent town of Bad Godesberg instead of the incorporation provided for by the state law to the city of Remagen. For this purpose, an area change agreement was drawn up between the two municipalities, which the Bad Godesberg City Council approved on February 5, 1969. The implementation of this contract was prevented by the law on the municipal reorganization of the Bonn area of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, under which Bad Godesberg was incorporated into the newly formed city of Bonn on August 1, 1969.

Population development
year Residents
1816 245
1828 280
1843 331
1885 459
1910 725
1969 923

politics

District

On June 7, 1969, the previously independent municipality of Rolandswerth was incorporated into the city of Remagen.

The local district of Rolandswerth is represented by a local council and a local councilor.

Local advisory board

The town council is composed of seven members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Until the 2014 election, the council was elected in a personalized proportional representation.

The distribution of seats in the local advisory board:

choice CDU FBL total
2019 by majority vote 7 seats
2014 2 5 7 seats
2009 3 4th 7 seats
  • FBL = Free Citizens List Remagen e. V.

Mayor

Michael Berndt (FBL) became the mayor of Rolandswerth on July 24, 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for a further five years with 79.03% of the votes.

Berndt's predecessor Rudolf Schönenborn had already resigned at the beginning of the previous electoral term, which is why the deputy mayor Christoph Delseith held the office for almost the entire period up to the new election in 2014.

Attractions

Roland's Arch (2011)
Bittermann & Duka: Secret Gardens of Rolandswerth
Giant sequoia in Hentzenpark Rolandswerth

One of the sights of the district is the Rolandsbogen , an artifact from the medieval Rolandseck Castle. The Freiligrath monument , dedicated to the poet Ferdinand Freiligrath , is located on the ascent to the Rolandsbogen . The catholic chapel " Mariä Immaculate Conception " in Rolandswerth is a brick building from 1865, which was extensively expanded in 1937. Mainzer Straße (B 9) is lined on the southern edge of Rolandswerth at the transition to Rolandseck by some stately properties from the 19th century, including the Villa Rolandseck from 1888, the Rolandshof and the former Hotel Rolandseck-Groyen (1955–1975 seat of the Soviet embassy).

Another attraction in Rolandswerth is the "Hentzenpark" between Bundesstrasse 9 and the banks of the Rhine, which covers two hectares and dates back to the end of the 19th century. Here the artists Duka and Bittermann created the Rolandswerth Secret Gardens , opened in 2004. They are part of the Remagen Sculpture Bank .

The villa at Mainzer Straße 28/30 from the 19th century was the residence of the Deputy French High Commissioner after 1949 and then the Soviet embassy until the turn of the year 1971/72 (see above). There, the foundations of the Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1972) were worked out between the Soviet Ambassador Valentin Falin , the American Ambassador Kenneth Rush and Egon Bahr . Since the villa threatened to become dilapidated due to regular flooding of the property , it was demolished around 1974.

In addition, the island of Nonnenwerth should be mentioned, which is not open to the public. It houses a monastery with a private high school.

tourism

Rolandswerth has a campsite with a beer garden right on the Rhine.

economy

Rolandswerth is the seat of Max Brockhaus Musikverlag .

Web links

Commons : Rolandswerth  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ without secondary residences ; Source: Residential statistics of the city of Remagen
  2. ↑ a b Main Statute of the City of Remagen. § 2 and 3. Remagen City Administration, June 24, 2019, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 4 (PDF; 3 MB).
  4. ↑ Günther Schell: The Middle Rhine Region and the "Golden Mile" . In: Heimatjahrbuch des Kreis Ahrweiler 1984 , pp. 87–92. ( online )
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  12. ^ History of Rolandswerth ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rolandswerth.de
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  16. ^ The government district of Coblenz according to its location, limitation, size, population ... , 1817, page 50
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  18. ↑ Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Coblenz , 1843, page 12
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  20. ↑ Municipal directory 1900
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  24. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Council election 2009 Rolandswerth. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
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  26. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Remagen, non-association municipality, fifth row of results. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
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  28. ↑ Valentin Falin : Political Memories. Droemer Knaur, 1993, ISBN 3-426-26657-1