Straßfeld (Swisttal)

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Straßfeld
Swisttal municipality
Former municipal coat of arms of Straßfeld
Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 3 ″  N , 6 ° 52 ′ 10 ″  E
Height : 140 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.04 km²
Residents : 545  (Jan. 2, 2019)
Population density : 179 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st August 1969
Postal code : 53913
Area code : 02251
Straßfeld (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Straßfeld

Location of Straßfeld in North Rhine-Westphalia

Straßfeld is a village in the municipality of Swisttal in the Rhein-Sieg district . On January 2, 2019, it had 545 residents. The mayor of Straßfeld is Heinz-Günter Kruse.

geography

Straßfeld is located on the left bank of the Rhine about 15 kilometers from Bonn between the Eifel and the foothills on the federal motorway 61 between the villages of Ollheim (municipality of Swisttal), Dom-Esch (town of Euskirchen), Klein Büllesheim (town of Euskirchen), Derkum (town of Weilerswist ), Müggenhausen (municipality Weilerswist) and Heimerzheim (municipality of Swisttal).

history

The name of the village of Straßfeld is said to be of Roman origin. Historians agree that Straßfeld is a "field between two Roman roads" - after all, the place is located exactly between the Roman state road and a nearby byway. In the year 856, the place was first mentioned in a document from King Lothar II to his vassal Otbert. In addition to lands near Oberdrees, Essig, Kessenich and Ottenheim, the vassal Otbert also received an estate with a chapel in Straßfeld. Accordingly, Straßfeld celebrated its 1150th birthday in 2006. The “record book of the Straßfeld court, 1558-1727” proves that Straßfeld at least in the 16th, 17th and z. Even in the 18th century the Antoniterkloster Cologne (which the street name "Antoniterplatz" also suggests) was subordinate to. Documents prove the inheritance of the so-called fiefs and Kurmede goods, the border inspection, court records and a list of the interest paid by the "Glory of Strassfeld".

Another documentary mention is for the years 1622–1624 because of war damage in the Thirty Years War , and in a listing from 1789, Straßfeld is referred to as belonging to the Lechenich Office and the Electorate of Cologne .

In 1798 the French divided the Rhineland into four departments ( Rur / Roer , Rhine-Mosel , Saar and Donnersberg ). As the lowest administrative unit - departments were subdivided into arrondissements (corresponding to rural districts ), these in turn into cantons and these again into Mairien (mayor's offices ) - in this area the "Mairie d'Ollheim" was created, in Prussian times then Mayor of Ollheim. After the withdrawal of the French occupation troops as a result of the collapse of the Napoleonic Empire in 1814, the Catholic Rhineland was assigned to Protestant Prussia at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 . On April 20, 1816, the Rheinbach district was re-established with the mayor's office in Ollheim, which in addition to Straßfeld ten villages, four hamlets, ten courtyards, ten churches, prayer houses and chapels, 798 private houses and twelve mills, 20 public buildings and 1,162 barns and stables belonged.

On October 1, 1932, the Rheinbach district was dissolved and the area was divided into the Euskirchen districts (including Straßfeld) and Bonn .

Incorporations

The reorganization of the Bonn / Siegburg area resulted in the formation of the Swisttal community on August 1, 1969 from the localities that had previously belonged to the Ludendorf district (before 1961: Ollheim district) and the community of Straßfeld (then in the Euskirchen district ).

religion

The majority of the population of Straßfeld is Catholic and, with its parish of Sankt Antonius Straßfeld, belongs to the Swisttal Parish Association in the Meckenheim-Rheinbach deanery in the Archdiocese of Cologne .

The Protestant residents of Straßfeld belong to the Protestant parish Swisttal in the parish of Bad Godesberg-Voreifel of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland .

politics

Mayor is Heinz-Günter Kruse.

Culture and sights

Buildings

St. Antonius in Strassfeld

The Catholic parish church, consecrated to St. Anthony , was built at the beginning of the 20th century (the foundation stone was laid in 1907). The idea that the masonry of the old church is partly of Roman origin is anchored in the historical consciousness of the Straßfelder. It is certain that in 856 there was already a royal court with a chapel in Straßfeld.
From 1409 to 1803, Straßfeld was under the Antonite lords in Cologne, whose influence can still be felt today. Today's church is consecrated to St. Anthony, to whom the Order of Antonites also goes back.
The previous church of today's church stood where the old cemetery is now. The builder of the new church was Pastor Engelbert Bünnagel, whose grave today marks the place where the altar of the old church was, which was demolished in 1924. Today's church was built in the neo-Gothic style, which can be seen, among other things, from the vault, the large windows and the lavishly carved high altar .

On the right side altar stands a wooden figure of the parish priest Antonius. In his hands he holds the Bible and the cross in his own shape of an extended T, which is also known as the Antony Cross. With these weapons he is said to have fought the devil and forced him down at his feet. The wooden figure from the 16th century used to stand in a saint's house on the main street and was only placed on the side altar in 1979 after the first major renovation of the church.

On the left side altar stands Mary with the child . The damaged terracotta figure from the 17th century was not initially taken over into today's church. It was parked in a garden, weathered and was badly damaged. She came to the rectory in 1953, then into a private household and only in 1979 through an act of donation to the church. Before that, however, it had to be restored to its original shape and color by a restorer. So the missing head of the baby Jesus had to be completely redesigned.

In the choir there are new windows that were made between 1981 and 1987. Her pictures are about the proclamation and spreading of the Gospel, about Jesus' suffering, his resurrection and exaltation to the right hand of the Father.
At the confessional ( “carpenter's Gothic” , like the high altar), St. Paul of Thebes looks down from a console, dressed in palm leaves and a chasuble. The venerable hermit, whom Anthony once visited in the desert, rests on a shrine in which relics from the old church are kept.
The impressive cross on the back wall dates from the 16th century and is removed on Good Friday , carried to the altar, where it is placed and worshiped.

The organ made by Johannes Klais ( Bonn ) in 1908 (restored in 2004) has five stops:

Manual Cg 3
Principal 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Flauto 8th'
Octave flute 4 ′
Pedal Cd 1
Sub bass 16 ′

The bell ringing consists of four bells, which were manufactured in 1928 by August Mark in the bell foundry in Brockscheid and in 1955 by Hans Hüesker from Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock in Gescher .
The Antonius bell, cast in 1928 , was the only bell to survive the war. The three other bells, on the other hand, were only acquired in 1955 under Pastor Jakob Schlafke and financed by donations from the faithful.

music

The Musikverein Straßfeld Swisttal-Musikanten has existed for over 50 years. From initially five to six musicians, who mainly played at the various village events (fair, processions, etc.), Josef Meyer formed a wind orchestra with around 25 musicians from 1970 through the musical training of numerous young people, which then continued for around 30 years was directed by Eckart Auer and which became known beyond the borders of the Swisttal community through numerous concerts and events. The musical direction of the Swisttal musicians was taken over in 2005 by Gereon Haas.

Sports

A sports club has existed in Straßfeld since 1949, which in 1989 merged with TV Ollheim to form SG Ollheim / Straßfeld. The two parent associations currently have around 400 members who come from the neighboring towns (Swisttal community and Euskirchen district). The syndicate currently takes part in handball games with three men's teams and two women's teams as well as twelve youth teams. However, the gaming community is not only dedicated to the sport of handball. The Leisure and Health department has also grown steadily in recent years. Parent-and-child gymnastics, children's gymnastics, adventure sports, aerobics, walking, fitness gymnastics, etc. form an offer for all age groups that is also gladly accepted by non-members.

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b community. Residents according to districts. Municipality of Swisttal, January 2, 2019, accessed on February 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Lights and fire spectacle: City anniversaries in NRW. Tourism NRW e. V., April 28, 2006, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved January 20, 2014 .
  3. ^ Franz Schorn: From old villages and the coronation road Wüschheim and Borr. In: Wirtschafts-, Sozial- u. Traffic situation in the Rhineland. 2003, accessed on January 20, 2014 (from: Beyer, document book on the history ... of the Middle Rhine Territories, Volume 1, taken from the home calendar of the Euskirchen district in 1968).
  4. ↑ Kleinbüllesheim. In: City information - districts. District town of Euskirchen , accessed on January 20, 2014 .
  5. ^ State archive NRW
  6. ↑ Landesarchiv NRW: Findbuch (101.07.01 Kurköln VII, war matters)
  7. ^ Archives in NRW: Municipal archives
  8. ^ Rhein-Voreifel-Touristik: Swisttal ( Memento from June 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ A chronological overview of the most important administrative data and events in the Euskirchen district since 1816. (PDF; 28 kB) (No longer available online.) Euskirchen district archive, September 13, 2002, archived from the original on December 8, 2012 ; accessed on January 16, 2014 . 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.kreis-euskirchen.de
  10. ↑ § 3 of the law on the local reorganization of the Bonn area ( Bonn law )
  11. ^ Parish association Swisttal
  12. ^ Evangelical Church in the Rhineland : Parishes - Evangelical Church Parish Swisttal ( Memento from October 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ↑ Source: Foundation stone slab behind the altar
  14. ^ Local committee Flerzheim: St. Martin's churches in the Rheinbach district
  15. ↑ Orgelbau Weimbs: Restorations: Swisttal-Straßfeld Sankt Antonius ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.weimbs.de
  16. ↑ Bell books of the Archdiocese of Cologne: Deanery Meckenheim / Rheinbach ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (PDF; 858 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.glockenbuecherebk.de
  17. ^ SG Ollheim / Straßfeld
  • Jakob Schlafke: Pilgrimage in the Archdiocese of Cologne. E. Vey Verlag, 1989, ISBN 3-9802360-0-5 .

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