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Real City of Bornheim
Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ′ 25 "  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 11"  E
Height :	70 m above sea level NHN
Area :	34.42 km²
Residents :	5241  (Aug 2, 2019)
Population density :	152 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st August 1969
Postal code :	53332
Area code :	02227
Landmarks of the town of St. Gervasius St. Protasius and St. Nicholas Chapel

Sechtem is one of the larger districts of Bornheim in the Rhineland . The historical place refers with its name to the Roman "septimum" and was still called Setheme in 1138. The fragmented inscription of a milestone recovered in Sechtem indicates a distance of seven leagues , which, however, did not refer to the distance to Cologne, but to the distance to the Roman Bonn. Where the wall remains of a Roman fort were found in the ground in a slightly elevated position in the town center , two churches stood as early as 1122, the houses of God, which today have been handed down in different forms, the foundations of which partly rest on the ancient masonry. The two buildings have shaped the town center there since the 12th century - like a landmark . They are the Nikolauskapelle , which is said to be the first parish church, as well as the church built immediately next to it, consecrated to Saints Gervasius and Protasius , which later received the current status of a parish church.

geography

Geographical location

Sechtem lies in the Cologne Bay between the foothills and the Rhine . While the other Bornheimer villages adjoin to the west and south, the city of Brühl can be found in the northwest and the city of Wesseling in the northeast . The Mühlenbach flows through Sechtem and flows into the Dickopsbach on the northern outskirts .

geology

→ Main article : Geology of the Lower Rhine Bay

The entire area consists mainly of deep loess soil . Together with the favorable climatic location, this is the reason that there are many fruit and vegetable growing areas around Sechtem.

climate

Due to its location between the foothills and the Rhine, the place is climatically favored, as it lies in the lee of the winds that come mainly from the Eifel and foothills. Even slight foehn weather conditions can rarely develop.

history

Early bronze age

As early as the 1990s, a rare double grave was found near Sechtem (OV 93/157) on the foothills - the body of an adult and that of a child in the crouched position. Due to unspecific, scanty grave goods, however, a dating to the mid-18th century BC could only be made using the radiocarbon method.

Roman times

Pond relief for the god Mercury from the beginning of the 3rd century, found in Sechtem

In Roman times , Sechtem was on a branch line of the Roman road Trier- Cologne, now known as Agrippa-Strasse Cologne-Trier , and on the Roman Rhine Valley Road Bonn- Cologne. Today's Kaiserstraße and Graue-Burg-Straße are part of this old connection. There was also a Roman fort in Sechtem . The chapel of St. Nicholas was built on the foundations of this fort. The remains of a temple of Mercury built by the Romans, which were found during renovation work in the parish church , are silent witnesses from this time.

High Middle Ages

The place is first mentioned in a document in 1113 . The original place name "Sephteme" has changed again and again until it finally became today's "Sechtem". This name is possibly due to the Roman name ad septimam leugam . Sechtem was about seven leagues away from the Roman city of Bonn. The exact location of a Leugen stone from Sechtem is said to be almost illegible, only the distance information from seven Leugen was recognized, so that, in purely mathematical terms, Cologne was not an option. On which of the Roman roads the stone was found cannot be assigned with certainty.

Modern times

The tithe barn built in Sechtem in 1734

Before secularization , Sechtem was liable to pay a tenth to the Dietkirchen monastery in Bonn . The grain and wine tithe was delivered and stored in the tithe barn of the Ophofe. The barn, which was built true to the original after relocation and careful restoration, has been in the extensive grounds of the Rhenish Open-Air Museum in Kommern since 1984 . Her former site of Ophof in Sechtem, was for centuries by the Op helped farmed.

→ Main article : Zehntscheune (Kommern open-air museum)

19th century

In the Napoleonic times, Sechtem belonged to the canton of Brühl .

In 1844, the Sechtem stop on the railway line between Cologne and Bonn was completed and officially opened on February 13 with a fixed trip for the shareholders of the Bonn-Cölner Eisenbahn Gesellschaft. Originally, the railway was supposed to run right through the town, but this was prevented by the then mayor Clemens Müller . Among other things, he feared that the thatched-roof houses would be set on fire by the flying sparks of the steam locomotives or that they could collapse due to the vibrations caused by the train. Today the Sechtem train station is used by many commuters from the surrounding villages.

On August 1, 1969, Sechtem was incorporated into Bornheim.

Population development

In 1844 Sechtem had 652 inhabitants. A good 100 years later there were around 1900 people. Today the place has about 5300 inhabitants.

year Residents 1798 527 1844 652 1900 about 1000 1996 4171 2002 5266

year Residents 2005 5350 2006 5282 2007 5243 2009 5197 2010 5237

year Residents 2015 5165 2019 5241

Culture and sights

See also : List of architectural monuments in Sechtem

Religions

Sechtem is predominantly Catholic , although the proportion of Protestants in the old town center is lower than in the newer settlements.

In Sechtem, the old custom is still maintained that from Good Friday to Holy Saturday the altar boys ratchet through the town to announce the morning, noon and evening hours. This replaces the missing bells on these days.

Sacred buildings

Inscription of a wayside shrine in Sechtem (Lüddigstraße)

→ Main article : Parish Church of St. Gervasius and Protasius (Sechtem)

The church of the Catholic parish of Sechtem is dedicated to the two saints Gervasius and Protasius. Sechtem belongs to the congregation of the Evangelical Trinity Church in Hersel . Church services are also held in the ARCHE community center.

Nikolauskapelle

Nikolauskapelle

The chapel, which is consecrated to St. Nicholas , was originally built as a castle chapel in the 11th century by Count Adalbert von Saffenburg, the then lord of the Gray Castle. Blessed Ailbertus died in Sechtem in 1122 and was buried in this chapel. In 1620 a crypt was created in the chapel as a burial place for the lords of the Gray Castle. When the chapel was demolished in 1771, the bones of Blessed Ailbertus were rediscovered and placed in a wooden shrine. In the same year Heinrich von Monschau built a new chapel in the same place, which was consecrated in 1775. The rococo builder Johann Georg Leydel was available as the architect . The implementation was in the hands of the Brühl bricklayer Jakob Hackspiel and the carpenter Laurentius Gareis from Bonn. In 1895 the bones of Ailbertus were transferred to Kerkrade in the Rolduc monastery he founded there and laid to rest there. Only four small linen bags with the bones of the Blessed remained in the real thing. In 1929 the Geyr von Schweppenburg family , at that time the lords of the Gray Castle, donated the monastery to the parish of St. Gervasius and Protasius. The Nikolauskapelle was renovated in 1932 and prepared as a warrior memorial chapel. In 1992/93 the chapel was renovated again by the parish and consecrated on June 13, 1993. Today it is occasionally used for services and weddings, but also for concerts.

Wendelinus Chapel

Wendelinus Chapel

The Wendelinus Chapel was built in 1680 instead of a dilapidated saint's house and developed into a much-visited place of pilgrimage. There is evidence that saints were venerated as early as 1660 .

The chapel was donated by Jacob Beller at the time . In 1947 war damage was removed. In 1968 the exterior was renovated. The chapel was then completely renovated in 1986 and consecrated again on October 18, 1987. Since then, pilgrims from the surrounding villages have made a pilgrimage to the Wendelinus chapel on the Sunday after October 20th (Feast of St. Wendelinus ).

Profane structures

Gray castle

The gray castle

The Gray Castle is an ancient knight's seat. It was probably built by the Lords of Saffenburg . Later it was owned by the Counts of Sayn and the Archbishopric of Cologne . In contrast to many other knights' seats, it was a count's castle, whose name has changed from Grawe- and Graveburg to Graue Burg. The castle, which is surrounded by a moat, includes a manor house, which was rebuilt after a fire in the 18th century around 1770 according to plans by the architect Johann Georg Leydel .

After several changes of ownership, the municipality of Sechtem acquired the castle in 1961. In 1969 it was sold to a long-term tenant who ran a private school there. Since then, the Gray Castle has been privately owned.

During the " Third Reich ", the Gray Castle served as a place of the previous organization of the LVR as a home and. a. for the mentally ill. On December 12, 2014, three stumbling blocks were laid at the corner of Graue-Burg-Strasse and Schweppenburgstrasse , reminiscent of Ruth Levy, Hans Simons and Arthur Baum, who lived in the Gray Castle until 1939 and 1942, respectively, before making their way through various intermediate stations had to go to the extermination camps, where they all died.

White castle

White castle and outer bailey with gatehouse

The White Castle, which is surrounded by a moat, was first mentioned in a document in 1472 as owned by Frau von Dersdorf from the Beissel von Gymnich family , but was built in the 11th century. In 1492 Wilhelm von Effern is the owner of the castle. During the next 200 years, the name Wisseburg (Wiesenburg) came up due to its location in the midst of lush meadows and pastures.

Later owner was the Archbishop and Elector of Trier Karl Kaspar von der Leyen . He sold the castle to the Lords of Meyerhofen. In 1687 Johann Peter von Krane inherited the castle; subsequently it was sometimes referred to as Kranenburg . In the years 1842–1848 the dilapidated facility was restored. After further changes of ownership, the manor owner Peter Bollig acquired the castle from neighboring Ophof in 1906. Today it is owned by the Zillikens family.

Freight shed at the train station

The goods shed, built in 1848 only four years after the opening of the railway line of the Bonn-Cölner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , is the oldest preserved building of the railway from this time. He was awarded by the Eisenbahn-Amateur-Club Bonn / Sechtem e. V. Acquired in 2001 by the city of Bornheim and extensively renovated between 2002 and 2009 and converted into a club home. The building is a historical monument.

Sports

There are four sports clubs in the village: The Wolfshof Sechtem riding club offers various equestrian activities. Football has a long tradition in the area and is held at FV Salia Sechtem 1923 e. V. offered. In addition, there is the association for working dogs Bornheim-Sechtem e. V. and last but not least the Sportgemeinschaft Sechtem 1971 e. V. SG Sechtem is known nationwide for its basketball players who have already played in the 2nd Bundesliga .

Regular events

Since 1993 the children's carnival procession has been running through the streets of Sechtem on the Saturday before Weiberfastnacht . On this day, many people from neighboring towns come to the town as spectators to celebrate with the children.

The SG Sechtem organizes an annual sports festival in which children of different age groups compete against each other.

The “Football Club Salia Sechtem 1923 e. V. “offers a tournament for amateur teams once a year, usually in June, in addition to regular games.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Sechtem station , before modernization

Sechtem is very well connected to regional and national traffic. The Bornheimer Orte can be reached via an RVK omnibus line.

The KVB tram has stops in the neighboring towns of Walberberg , Merten , Waldorf and Wesseling.

Sechtem has a railway station of the Deutsche Bahn AG on the West Rhine Railway , so on the regional trains excellent links with the main railway stations Cologne and Bonn is. One of the two regional train lines runs to Mainz. The station was rebuilt until 2010 and has an underpass, an elevator and elevated platforms.

The motorways A 555 , A 553 and A 61 are easily accessible via the following junctions:

• Junction Brühl-Bornheim (A 553)
• Junction 5a Wesseling (A 555)
• Junction 5b Bornheim (A 555)
• Junction Weilerswist (A 61)
• Junction Swisttal - Heimerzheim (A 61)

economy

The good transport connections have made the Bornheim-Sechtem business park a popular location. In addition to logistics companies , pharmaceuticals , handicrafts and food preservation companies, other companies of various types are represented.

education

In Sechtem there are five kindergartens (two municipal, one Catholic, one Protestant and that of a parents' initiative ) with a total of more than 200 places and the Wendelinus School, a community elementary school with an integrated school garden . In 2008/2009, 276 students in eleven classes attended the school.

Personalities

Born in Sechtem

• Johann Arnold Bischoff (1796–1871), cloth manufacturer and president of the commercial court as well as manor owner in Aachen.
• Anton Vorzepf (1915–1992), local history researcher. On the basis of his research, his son Heinz Vorzepf created an extensive village chronicle that is also available in book form. In 2003 a street was named after Anton Vorzepf .

Connected to the real

• Peter Bond (* 1952), actor and television presenter, lived with his family in Sechtem for a few years and also worked in the Sechtem theater.
• Peter Stefan Herbst (* 1965), journalist, spent his youth in Sechtem.
• Rudolf Jagusch (* 1967), writer, author of detective novels and crime short stories, lives in Sechtem.
• Xaver Fischer (* 1972), pianist, lives in Sechtem.
• Sebastian Hartmann (* 1977), politician, Member of the Bundestag, lives in Sechtem.

Others

In 2002/2003, individual scenes from the film “ The Miracle of Bern ” were shot in Sechtem. For this purpose, the backdrop of what was then the Wankdorf Stadium was built in the immediate vicinity of the site . In addition, some of the station scenes were shot at the Sechtemer DB station.

literature

• Paul Clemen : The art monuments of the Rhine province . Volume 5. In: The art monuments of the city and the district of Bonn . Verlag Schwann, Düsseldorf 1905, reprint 1981, ISBN 3-590-32113-X .
• Horst Bursch: Rösberg, from the home chronicle of the foothill village . Bonn 1983.
• A country makes history. Archeology in North Rhine-Westphalia (=  writings on the preservation of ground monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia . Volume 3 ). von Zabern, Mainz 1995, ISBN 3-8053-1801-4 .
• Bernhard Gondorf: The castles of the Eifel and their peripheral areas. A lexicon of the "permanent houses" . J. P. Bachem, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7616-0723-7 , p. 50 f .
• Heinz Vorzepf: Sechtemer village chronicle
  • Volume 1: The formation of the local associations and their history. 1999.
  • Volume 2: Church and School through the Ages. 2001.
  • Volume 3: History of our homeland, castles and farms. 2008.
  • Volume 4: Sechtem around 1850, fallen in the First and Second World War. 2013.
  • Volume 5: 900th Anniversary Celebration. 2016.
  • Volume 6: List of houses and their residents from 1870-1969, stories about Sechtem. 2020.
  • Special volume: Marriages in Sechtem from 1672 to 1930. 2013.
  • Special volume: Fallen in the First and Second World War. 2013.
  • Special volume: The Second World War in Sechtem. 2016.
• Norbert Zerlett: City of Bornheim in the foothills (=  Rheinische Kunststätten . Issue 243). 1981, ISBN 3-88094-349-4 , pp. 18-20 (Sechtem).

Web links

Commons : Sechtem  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website Sechtem

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data - Figures - Facts. City of Bornheim / Rhineland, August 2, 2019, accessed on March 25, 2020 . 
2. ^ Norbert Zerlett: City of Bornheim in the foothills (= Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz [Hrsg.]: Rheinische Kunststätten . Volume 243 ). Society for Book Printing, Neuss 1981, ISBN 978-3-88094-349-0 , p. 18-20 .
3. ^ Paul Clemen : The art monuments of the Rhine province . Volume 5. In: The art monuments of the city and the district of Bonn. Sechtem, p. 661 f.
4. ↑ Hansgerd Hellenkemper , Heinz Günter Horn , Harald Koschik and Bendix Trier (eds.): A country makes history. Archeology in North Rhine-Westphalia. P. 51 f.
5. ^ AE 1968, 396
6. ↑ Michael Rathmann : Investigations into the imperial roads in the western provinces of the Roman Empire. (Bonner yearbooks of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn and the Verein von Altertumsfreunden im Rheinlande, supplement 55) Zabern, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-8053-3043-X , p. 159, footnote 866 with further discussion.
7. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 82 .
8. ^ Hermann Josef Mahlberg: The architect and sculptor Johann Georg Leydel . A contribution to the architectural history of the Rhineland in the 18th century. Cologne 1973. p. 108 ff.
9. ↑ Christoph Meurer: Stolpersteine ​​in Merten and Sechtem. "Citizens like you and me". In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn). December 13, 2014, accessed December 18, 2014 . 
10. ^ Railway amateur clubhouse at the DB Sechtem station. City of Bornheim, September 22, 2008, accessed on October 29, 2015 . 
11. ↑ A short history of the club. Railway Amateur Club Bonn / Sechtem e. V., accessed October 29, 2015 .