Steinfeld (Kall)

Steinfeld Municipality of Kall Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 11 ″  N , 6 ° 33 ′ 47 ″  E
Height :	480  (-500)  m above sea level NHN
Residents :	165  (June 30, 2017)
Postal code :	53925
Area code :	02441
View from the observation tower "Eifel-Blick" near Marmagen on Steinfeld

Steinfeld is a district of the municipality of Kall in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Euskirchen with 159 inhabitants.

geography

In the north lies the Schmitzberg.

To the west and east of Steinfeld, the Kuttenbach and Gillesbach flow towards the Urft . The center is the Salvatorian monastery Steinfeld , a former Norbertine abbey from the 11th century. In the monastery is the Basilica Steinfeld , the former abbey church , since the secularization of the parish Steinfeld as Parish Church St. Potentinus serves and 1960 for the papal minor Basilica was charged. The monastery also houses the Hermann-Josef-Kolleg Steinfeld , a Catholic grammar school, and the Steinfeld Academy , which sees itself as a spiritual center.

The Benedictine Abbey of the Visitation of Mary, founded in 1955, is in the immediate vicinity of the Salvatorian monastery .

Also worth seeing are the monastery , the military cemetery and the Hermann-Josef-Brunnen .

The forester's house Steinfeld and the Hallenthaler Mühle are located southeast of the village in the valley of the Gillesbach. It used to be a forced mill of the Steinfeld Abbey for the surrounding villages of Urft , Wahlen and Marmagen .

politics

The incumbent mayor is Frank Vellen.

traffic

Landesstraße 22 runs through the village . The next motorway junction is Nettersheim on federal motorway 1 .

Steinfeld is connected to the Eifel line Cologne - Trier via the Urft (Steinfeld) stop .

See also

• Steinfeld Monastery
• Benedictine Abbey Steinfeld

Individual evidence

1. ↑ residents by district. Municipality of Kall, June 30, 2017, accessed on September 25, 2017 .