Siersdorf (Aldenhoven)

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Siersdorf
Aldenhoven municipality
Siersdorf coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ′ 53 ″  N , 6 ° 13 ′ 29 ″  E
Height : 125  (118-142)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.21 km²
Residents : 2852  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 459 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 52457
Area code : 02464

Siersdorf is a district of the municipality of Aldenhoven in the northern district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

It is located in the northwest of the municipality in the immediate vicinity of Baesweiler and Hoengen . Before 1972 it was an independent municipality in the Jülich district .

With around 2800 inhabitants, Siersdorf is the second largest district of Aldenoven. The telephone code is 02464. The postal code from 1961 on was 5174 Siersdorf (Kr Jülich) , from 1972 on 5173 Aldenhoven 2 and since 1993 52457 Aldenhoven .

View of the church from the coming

history

A Frankish burial ground from the 7th century and a smaller burial ground from the Neolithic Age were found north of the village . The Roman military road from Cologne via Maastricht to Boulogne-sur-Mer ( Via Belgica ) ran about 1 km northwest of the town.

Siersdorf was first mentioned in 1153 as "Sigentorp".

In the 18th and 19th centuries the village had between 700 and 1100 inhabitants. This changed only marginally until 1938. Then construction work began on the mine site and the place gradually grew. With the start of hard coal mining on the Emil Mayrisch pit of the Eschweiler Bergwerk-Verein (EBV) in the Wurmrevier , the place then expanded rapidly thanks to the miners who had settled here. The largest population was recorded at the beginning of the 1960s with up to 3200. The mine produced coal from 1952 to 1992.

The Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist was built around 1520. It was at the same time the parish church of the village and church as well as the burial place of the knights living in the Kommende. These made for an elaborate equipment. A late Gothic Antwerp retable , a wooden rood screen arch , a choir stalls and several late Gothic carved figures have survived to this day. In 1960 the church was provided with a right-angled annex to accommodate the larger community.

The Protestant Church of the Redeemer was consecrated in 1962 and rededicated on June 30, 2019. The parish was merged with the parish of Baesweiler.

On January 1, 1972, the community Siersdorf was incorporated into Aldenhoven.

Noble family Franken-Siersdorf

The farrier Franziskus Franken, who died in Siersdorf on August 15, 1618, was the father of five sons. The two sons Heinrich, born in Siersdorf in 1579 or 1580, and Theodor, born in 1594, made careers in Cologne: Heinrich became rector of Cologne University, Theodor was professor at the same and later syndic of the city of Cologne. A third son, Edmund, became a priest and high school teacher in Cologne. Since the family name Franken was quite common, they called themselves Franken-Siersdorf.

Theodor had several sons, one of whom, Andreas (1636–1707) was electoral councilor and obtained the title of nobility. Two of his twelve children became bishops: Franz Kaspar von Franken-Siersdorf auxiliary bishop of Cologne, Peter Joseph von Franken-Siersdorf bishop of Antwerp .

Other sons remained in the secular nobility and later formed several lines of the noble family in the Rhineland, Hildesheim and Silesia under the spelling Francken-Sierstorpff . Some of these lines still exist today.

Coming Siersdorf

In Siersdorf is the ruin of the main building of the former commander of the Teutonic Order, built around 1578 in the Renaissance style . The first building to come was built from 1264 to 1267, but was destroyed in the feud between Jülich and Kleve against Geldern , the Third War of the Geldrian Succession . The Kommende Siersdorf was assigned to the Deutschordensballei Alden Biesen . The Teutonic Order owned the Kommende until the French secularization in 1794. The parish church of the place and the church and burial place of the knights living in the Kommende was the neighboring Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist, to which there was an underground passage.

The buildings were damaged in World War II and later fell into disrepair. In 2001 a support association was founded to rebuild the coming. However, until today (2012) nothing has changed in the ruinous condition of the building.

Architectural monuments

traffic

Siersdorf is at the intersection of the two state roads 50 and 109. The next federal roads are the B 1 , the B 56 and the B 57 , which have now been downgraded to the state road . The next motorway junctions are Aldenhoven and Alsdorf on the A44 .

Public transport: Siersdorf is part of the Aachen transport association . The two bus routes 71 ( BVR ), 90 (ASEAG ) connect the town with Schleiden , Aldenhoven , Bettendorf , Alsdorf , Setterich and Baesweiler . From Monday to Saturday from 8 p.m. and all day on Sundays and public holidays, the place is operated by line 220 ( Rurtalbus ), but this only runs from / to Mariadorf Dreieck.

line course
71 Geilenkirchen Bf  - Beggendorf  - Baesweiler  - Setterich  - Siersdorf  - Schleiden  - Aldenhoven
90 Alsdorf-Annapark  - Schaufenberg  - Bettendorf  - Siersdorf  - Dürboslar  - Aldenhoven
220 Aachen Bushof  - Ludwig Forum  - Talbot  - Begau  - Mariadorf  - Hoengen  - Bettendorf  - Siersdorf  - Schleiden  - Aldenhoven  - Brückenkopfpark  - Jülich Bf / ZOB  - ( Research Center  RTB  ←) Research Center Jülich
Overgrown railway line in front of the coming one

To develop the Emil Mayrisch mine , a mine connection railway was built from Hoengen -Mariadorf. Public transport took place between the stations Siersdorf-Emil Mayrisch and Mariadorf. The route still exists until shortly before the entrance to the mine site, but has not been used since the power plant was shut down in 1996.

The planned continuation of the railway line to Aldenhoven, where it was to meet the Aachen North - Würselen - Mariadorf - Jülich line , was never implemented. The connection to the Jülich Kreisbahn (JKB) to Puffendorf was not realized either.

Education and infrastructure

  • Johannesschule Siersdorf, an open all-day elementary school since August 1st, 2004
  • Kindergarten, since January 1, 2007 sponsored by the primary school sponsorship association
  • two sports fields on the eastern edge of the village
  • Former teaching pool with sauna, sponsored by a support association since 1980. This enabled the planned closure to be averted. After all other public swimming pools have been closed, it is the only swimming pool in the municipality of Aldenhoven. In addition to various schools, both the DLRG and various diving clubs use the Siersdorf indoor swimming pool as a training opportunity
  • Community-sponsored youth center

The secondary schools are mostly attended in Aldenhoven ( secondary school , secondary school ), Baesweiler (secondary school, grammar school ) and Alsdorf ( comprehensive school ).

economy

in Siersdorf is the Aldenhoven Testing Center , an automobile test track and, in the immediate vicinity, the FTL Germany , the replica of a motorway that is used for filming.

Others

In 1953 Antonio D'Orsaneo came to Siersdorf from Italy. He was the first guest worker to come to the Federal Republic of Germany. D'Orsaneo had previously worked in France for three years. In 1958 his wife and two children followed. He died in 2008.

literature

  • Ulrich Coenen: Architectural treasures in the Düren district. 2nd edition, Verlag Mainz, Aachen 1989
  • Municipality of Siersdorf (Hrsg.): Siersdorf in the course of the times - A home book. Self-published, 1971

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Population figures on the municipality's website ( memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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.aldenhoven.de
  2. https://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/juelich/siersdorfer-erloeserkirche-entwidmet_aid-37815637
  3. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 308 .
  4. Working abroad. (PDF; 308 kB) Retrieved September 5, 2012 .