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Schlicherum is a district in the Rosellen district of the city of Neuss in the Rhine district of Neuss .

location

To the north of Schlicherum is the Norf district , to the east of Schlicherum the Norfbach runs , to the south is the Rosellen district and to the west are the Bettikum and Hoisten districts .

history

Chapel of St. Antonius in Schlicherum

Schlicherum was first mentioned in a document in the Middle Ages as Slikero-heim, which means something like home for those who live at the swamp. Echoes of the old spelling can still be detected in the first third of the 19th century. In a list of all municipalities in the Prussian state published by the Prussian government in 1823, the names Schlickerum and Schlicherum can still be found next to each other. In 1830 Friedrich von Restorff only used the old spelling Schlickerum in his description of the Prussian Rhine Province. In the edition of the same reference work from 1856, however, only the current form is recorded as the official place name.

Until 1794, Schlicherum belonged to the Electoral Cologne Office of Hülchrath . It was part of the judicial district - Dingstuhl - Hülchrath and the parish of Rosellen. In 1794 the French revolutionary troops occupied the Rhineland and Schlicherum became part of the Commune Rosellen in the Mairie Norf. In 1815 Schlicherum came to the Prussian Rhine Province and to the municipality of Rosellen, which was assigned to the mayor's office in Norf in the district of Neuss . According to Restorff, 165 people lived on site before 1830. According to the Prussian authorities, the number of inhabitants was 185 in 1856. According to a demographic survey published by the Archdiocese of Cologne in 1866, the village was inhabited by 203 people at that time. Some of the residents were probably Jewish. For the entire parish of Rosellen with its population of 1489 at that time, the statistics of the Archdiocese of Cologne from 1866 recorded 10 people of Jewish faith. For the period before 1830, Restorff assumed 49 Jewish residents in the entire mayorry of Norf, which in 1828 housed 1739 people. All other residents were of the Roman Catholic denomination. It can be proven that the later teacher of the small Jewish community in Neuss, Josef Palm, who was born in Palatinate in 1758, died in Schlicherum in 1828. In 1927 the mayor's office in Norf was renamed to Amt Norf . Since January 1, 1975, Schlicherum has been part of the Rosellen district in the city of Neuss in the Rhine district of Neuss.

The place Schlicherum was mentioned in the memoirs published in 1999 by the American World War II officer William R. Buster. The commander of the 92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion described that on March 11, 1945, his unit took up firing positions near the village in order to shoot targets in Düsseldorf, which is still held by German troops. According to him, more than 3,400 grenades were fired.

religion

The predominantly Catholic population has owned the St. Antonius pilgrimage chapel since 1635. Saint Anthony , who is also called Ferkestünn on the Lower Rhine , is the patron saint of farmers and their livestock, but also of swineherd and butchers.

Residents

Every January 1st:

  • 1998: 720 inhabitants
  • 2014: 1089 inhabitants

Culture and sights

  • Pilgrimage Chapel to St. Anthony : The baroque chapel was built in 1635 in honor of St. Anthony. Inside it has a baroque altar of Mary.

literature

  • Karl Emsbach, Max Tauch: Churches, monasteries and chapels in the Neuss district, Cologne, 1986.
  • Walter and Brigitte Janssen: Castles, palaces and court festivals in the Neuss district, 1985.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ New topographical, statistical, geographical dictionary of the Prussian state, 4th volume. PS, Halle 1823, p. 247
  2. ^ A b c Friedrich von Restorff: Topographical-Statistical Description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province . Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830, p. 475
  3. ↑ a b Topographical Statistical Manual of the Prussian State, Berlin 1856, p. 549
  4. ↑ Lacomblet, Theodor, Josef, Archive for the History of the Lower Rhine, Volume 6, Cologne 1868, p. 241
  5. ↑ a b Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne, official edition, eleventh edition, Cologne 1866, p. 245.
  6. ↑ Kasper-Holtkotte, Cilli, New in the West. Migration and its consequences. German Jews as pioneers of Jewish life in Belgium 18./19. Century, Leiden 2003, p. 449
  7. ↑ Suchanek, Jeffrey, S./Marshall, William, J., (ed.), Time on target. The World War II Memoir of William R. Buster, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1999, p. 138

Coordinates: 51 ° 9 '  N , 6 ° 43'  E