Schlebuschrath
Schlebuschrath is a not clearly delimited district of Leverkusen - Alkenrath in North Rhine-Westphalia . It was a parish in the Middle Ages until the 18th century , but after the parish church was moved in the 19th century it was largely abandoned and insignificant.
Geography and population
Schlebuschrath is located northwest of Alkenrath and northeast of Manfort . The Dhünn runs in the southern part of the district .
Politically, geographically and statistically, the district is no longer recorded separately, but counted as part of Alkenrath or Manfort. The Alkenrath sports field of the "SSV Alkenrath" can, however , be clearly assigned to this earlier parish due to a cross reminding of the location of the former parish church of St. Andreas . It can also be assumed that the street that bears the name "Schlebuschrath" lies in this area. It is questionable whether the settlement, which is located in the southern part of the area in question, can also be assigned to this; today it is attributed to the Manfort district.
history
The first signs of settlement in the area were discovered around 900 AD with the excavation of several moth hills . These could have already indicated the development of the place as a knight seat and parish.
In the 12th century there was a series of clearings in the surrounding area. This arose from the new settlement activity, which in turn was triggered by the settlement of new monastic orders in the area. The forest along the Dhünn, in which Schlebuschrath is located, was known as Schlehenbusch or Schliebusch at that time. Schlebuschrath was first mentioned in a document in 1174. There are several knightly seats around Schlebuschrath, such as the one from the first documentary mention who is referred to as the knight "Arnoldus de Rode". But the knights of Schlebusch in the 16th century and later the knight seat Morsbroich can also be assigned to this.
The history of Schlebuschrath is closely linked to the history of the parish church and thus the parish of Schlebuschrath, later only Schlebusch. This parish church is confirmed by an educational excavation and can be classified in the 12th century. Saint Gezelinus is said to have expressed the desire to be buried under the eaves of this church. Such a grave can also be identified, but it must be assumed that it was a cultural grave.
It is possible that at the beginning the church was still an own church of one of the surrounding knight seats. In 1237, however, the church was owned by the monastery. For 1274 it is documented that the parish is not yet independent, but assigned to Bürrig ; however, independence can later be clearly demonstrated.
The various knightly seats around Schlebuschrath gave the parish importance - from the 15th century also increasingly under Schlebuschrath's influence, which, if it had previously been part of Schlebuschrath, developed more and more autonomously. The Miselohe office , which did not have a permanent seat, but whose seat was always the domicile of the bailiff , was ruled from here several times.
Schlebuschrath is documented again in a trial file relating to a dam trial that lasted from 1714 to 1720. The Baron von Mertzenfeld had acquired the concession to build an iron hammer mill. The dams that had been built were too high for Morsbroich, who came from the German Order; eventually the hammer was built anyway. For a long time this was the only form of iron processing on the Niederwupper.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, Schlebusch had become increasingly important compared to Schlebuschrath and grew steadily because the settlement area in Schlebuschrath was very limited. As a result, the center of the village, the parish church of St. Andreas, was moved to the Schlebusch chapel and the church was demolished for this. The center of the action in this area now shifted from Schlebuschrath to Schlebusch. Settlements directly adjacent to the parish church were abandoned and the place became meaningless. In 1985 the "SSV Alkenrath", today "SSV Leverkusen-Alkenrath" with a sports field settled on the former site of the parish church of St. Andreas.
literature
- Leverkusen City Archives (ed.): Leverkusen. History of a city on the Rhine. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2005.
- Norbert Hölzer: From Schliebeschrod to Schlebusch. Self-published by Heinz Viehoff, Leverkusen 1991.
- Peter Opladen: Heimatbuch Leverkusen-Schlebusch II. The history of the parish St. Andreas and the parish rectorate St. Albertus Magnus zu Leverkusen-Schlebusch. Catholic parish office Leverkusen-Schlebusch, 1952.
Individual evidence
- ^ Report on the educational excavation: Brigitte Helmes: "The former parish church in Schlebuschrath, City of Leverkusen" in: The Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn: "Excavations '75", special issue 1976 - Bonn city archive, signature I k 878
- ↑ Hölzer 1991, p. 12f.
- ↑ See Stadtarchiv (Ed.) 2005, p. 203