Schweinheim (Euskirchen)

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Schweinheim
City of Euskirchen
Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 46 ″  N , 6 ° 52 ′ 10 ″  E
Height : 220 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.23 km²
Residents : 393  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 122 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 53881
Area code : 02255
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Location of Schweinheim in Euskirchen

Schweinheim is a district of Euskirchen and is located in the southeast of the city.

Schweinheim, aerial photo (2015)

There are two castles near Schweinheim . The castle Schweinheim located in the village, the castle Ringheim outside. The Schweinheim Monastery and the Flamersheim Forest Recreation Area are close to Schweinheim Castle. Schweinheim is located on the Steinbach and was also called Burgschweinheim to distinguish it from the monastery of the same name .

Schweinheim Monastery, aerial photo (2015)

The Schweinheim Castle, of which only the remains of a castle wall and a tower can be seen, has attracted the public's interest in recent years, because it is here that the first German piggy bank that can be identified as a piggy bank, allegedly formerly owned by a knight Spies von Büllesheim, also belongs medieval coins have been found.

On July 1, 1969, Schweinheim was incorporated into Euskirchen.

See also

Web links

Commons : Schweinheim  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population figures for districts. City of Euskirchen, December 31, 2017, accessed on July 7, 2018 (main residences).
  2. ↑ Petri, F. et al .: North Rhine-Westphalia. North Rhine region. In: Handbook of the historical sites of Germany. Kröner-Verlag Stuttgart, Volume III, 1970. p. 679.
  3. ↑ How and where the original piggy bank from Schweinheim Castle was found. Archived from the original on June 19, 2015 ; accessed on January 21, 2016 .
  4. ↑ The piggy bank monument in the Euskirchen monastery garden. Retrieved January 21, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 86 .