Scheven

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Scheven
Municipality of Kall
Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 33 ″  N , 6 ° 35 ′ 17 ″  E
Height : approx. 360 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 517  (December 31, 2016)
Postal code : 53925
Area code : 02441
One of the oldest eaves houses in the Eifel in the village of Scheven
One of the oldest eaves houses in the Eifel in the village of Scheven

Scheven is a village in the Euskirchen district and belongs to the municipality of Kall . It is divided into Ober- and Niederscheven and has 517 inhabitants.

history

Scheven was originally a place dominated by medium and small farmers, which can be seen in the outbuildings of the former farms . Two farms still exist today. The neo-Gothic church of St. Apollinaris and Agatha , completed in 1861, was built by the Scheveners with their own funds since 1857 opposite the former school built in 1827. Church patrons are St. Apollinaris and St. Agatha . Scheven has many well-preserved half-timbered houses , most of which are listed.

The center and meeting point for many events of all kinds in Scheven today is the “Saal op de Kier”, where the carnival society also holds its events. The Rhenish Carnival naturally also includes the prince proclamation and ceremonial meeting in Kall-Scheven under the direction of the Elferrat and the big parade on Carnival Tuesday.

In the village of Scheven there is also a riding stables with a guesthouse, a gift shop, a restaurant with a guesthouse, a large gardening shop, a kindergarten, a hairdresser and a pottery.

In Schmiedegasse you will find one of the oldest two-storey half-timbered eaves houses in the Eifel from the 18th century with a beautifully landscaped inner courtyard. The artist and master student of Joseph Beuys Jürgen Schmitt and the writer Marion Schmitt also live there .

Rail transport

Eifelbahn stop at Scheven

The breakpoint Scheven is located on the Eifelstrecke ( Cologne  - Euskirchen  - Gerolstein  - Trier ) on which the rail transport of the same local train 24 Köln-Euskirchen- Kall , operates in the HVZ to Gerolstein.

Local rail passenger transport is carried out by DB Regio NRW , which uses DB class 644 diesel multiple units for the Eifel-Bahn in single to triple traction for speeds of up to 120 km / h.

The tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg network applies to all local public transport , and the NRW tariff applies to all tariff areas .

Awards

Personalities

  • Peter Schumacher (1922–2014), mayor of Wallenthal, to which Scheven belonged (1954–1969); Mayor for the same district (1969–1994).
  • Jürgen Schmitt (* 1949), artist and, as Schmitti, composer, lyricist, singer. Lives and works in Scheven.
  • Marion Schmitt (* 1959), writer. Lives and works in Scheven.
  • Rolf Schumacher (* 1961), Mayor of Alfter, born in Scheven.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Municipality of Kall: residents by district , accessed on February 2, 2017
  2. ↑ “Just don't forget the outskirts”. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. February 24, 2012, accessed January 21, 2016 .