Schmidtheim

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Schmidtheim
Dahlem municipality
Schmidtheim coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 24 ′ 58 ″  N , 6 ° 33 ′ 38 ″  E
Height : 541 m above sea level NHN
Area : 26.38 km²
Residents : 1463
Population density : 55 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 53949
Area code : 02447
Schmidtheim (aerial photo, 2015)
Schmidtheim (aerial photo, 2015)

Schmidtheim is the largest district of the municipality of Dahlem in the district of Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Eifel .

The district road 61 runs through the village and meets the state road 204 . On the outskirts, the state road 204 meets the federal road 51 . The Urft , which rises near the town, flows through the town .

history

Schmidtheim is first mentioned as Smideheim in a royal charter from 867 . Towards the end of the 12th century, a noble family von Smydeheim is mentioned in the documents. To manifest their power, the Lords of Schmidtheim built a castle near the parish church. The foundation walls of today's castle are largely identical to this first fortification. Around 1500 the sex died out in the male line. The successor was the Beissel von Gymnich family, who still live in Schmidtheim Castle today.

On July 1, 1969, Schmidtheim was incorporated into Dahlem.

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Schmidtheim Palace, aerial view (2016)
Residential tower Schloss Schmidtheim (Dahlem)
Schmidtheim Castle

The palace complex was built between the 16th and 18th centuries. First, the particularly striking residential tower was built. The facility was then expanded to include a bailey with a farmyard, two side wings and a four-part fountain basin in the courtyard. The trenches of the former two-part moated castle are now filled in. The castle is still privately owned by the Graf Beissel von Gymnich family .

church

Today's Schmidtheim church dates back to the 12th century. The Romanesque bell tower is still preserved from this period . The old, presumably Romanesque, nave was replaced between 1720 and 1722 by a hall church with a three-sided choir in the Baroque style . The construction of the curly baroque church spire probably also fell during this time.

In 1964 and 1965, a much larger extension was added to the south wall of the church.

traffic

Local public transport (ÖPNV) is provided by the buses of Regionalverkehr Köln (RVK).

Schmidtheim station building

The station Schmidtheim is the highest railway station in North Rhine-Westphalia ( 570  m above sea level. NHN ). It is located on the Eifelbahn ( KBS 474 ) Cologne - Euskirchen - Gerolstein - Trier , on the local rail passenger transport

  • Every hour the Eifel-Express (RE 22) Cologne – Euskirchen – Gerolstein with a connection to Trier (RB 22) and
  • The Eifel-Bahn (RB 24) Cologne – Euskirchen – Kall-Gerolstein only Mon – Fri during rush hour

run.

Local rail passenger transport is carried out by DB Regio NRW , which uses DB class 644 diesel multiple units for the Eifel Express and Eifel Bahn in single to triple traction for speeds of up to 120 km / h. The tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg is valid for all public transport and the NRW tariff applies to all tariff areas .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 100 .
  2. ↑ DB AG timetable for the 2016 Eifel route. (No longer available online.) Deutsche Bahn AG, "vareo" network, December 13, 2015, archived from the original on April 24, 2016 ; Retrieved April 24, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vareo.de

Web links

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