Tenholt

Tenholt City of Erkelenz Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 17 ″ N , 6 ° 18 ′ 53 ″ E
Height :	95 m
Residents :	423 (December 31, 2016)
Postal code :	41812
Area code :	02431
Location of Tenholt in North Rhine-Westphalia

Village green in Tenholt

Tenholt is a village in the urban area of Erkelenz ( Heinsberg district ) in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

Tenholt is located on the southern edge of the Erkelenzer Börde . The Baaler Riedelland begins south of the village .

location

Tenholt is about three kilometers south of the city center of Erkelenz. The Autobahn 46 and the Commerden Commercial and Industrial Park (GIPCO) lie between the town center and the village . In the east, the Aachen-Düsseldorf railway line runs directly past Tenholt in an artificial cut in the terrain. A railway bridge connects the place with some of the residential buildings outside. Adjacent to this is the Wahnenbusch , with 25 hectares the largest forest area in the city. Other villages in the town of Erkelenz around Tenholt are Bellinghoven in the northeast , Immerath (new) in the east, Lövenich in the south , and Granterath with Genehen in the west .

Type of settlement

Tenholt is a rural village . The village extends in a north-south direction around the village of Anger . Today there are orchards, festival meadows, a playground, an open shelter , a well, a water pump, a pond and a church.

Place names

The place name Tenholt means at the forest or to the forest .

history

Tenholt was founded as one of the last settlements in the Erkelenzer Land. The place name indicates that this happened at the time of the second clearing phase in the 12th to 13th centuries, also known as the expansion period.

The settlement was first mentioned in a document in 1309.

Tenholt has belonged to the city of Erkelenz since the Middle Ages.

On February 26, 1945, the village was taken by American soldiers of the 102nd Infantry Division of the 9th US Army in the course of Operation Grenade .

Depiction of Anthony with a pig at the St. Anthony's Chapel

religion

The population is predominantly Catholic . A chapel has survived from 1605 . This was consecrated to St. Anthony . In 1863 a new chapel building was built. In 1898 a rectory was built. In 1901 the independent chapel congregation, the Tenholt Rectorate, was established. Until then, the place had always belonged to the parish of Erkelenz. In 1903 a cemetery was donated to the parish.

On January 1st, 2010 Tenholt became part of the parish of St. Maria and Elisabeth Erkelenz, which has been part of the Christkönig Erkelenz parish since 2015, which covers the entire city area.

Infrastructure

economy

The restaurant Zum Kuhstall is located with its outdoor terrace directly on the village green. The village has a nursery, a plumbing and heating company, an electrical installation company, a horse farm with riding stable and only one full-time farm .

traffic

bicycle

A cycle path leads from Tenholt to Erkelenz. The village is integrated into the cycle path network of North Rhine-Westphalia . Bicycle tourism professionals will find a junction on the village green . The medlar tree tour runs through the village, it connects all the Erkelenz villages that belonged to the Duchy of Geldern .

Village archive

The extensive village archive was created by the local history researcher and director of studies Therese Frauenrath (1921–2007) and is now in the Erkelenz city archive. In 1990 she was awarded the Rheinlandtaler for her commitment .

St. Anthony Hall

The modern hall was built by the parish behind the former rectory.

Attractions

The village green
The St. Antonius Chapel, built in 1863

Regular events

Anthony Octave in January
Carnival session
Fair on the first weekend in August, organized annually by the Adler Tenholt 1903 e. V.
Rock- metal festival " Metal de Houte " on the grounds of Lucifer's Dragons Tenholt, annually since September 3rd, 2009
Tenholter Christmas market around the grill hut on December 23rd every year since 2011.

societies

Church choir "Cäcilia" Tenholt / Granterath / Hetzerath
Men's choir Harmonie Tenholt e. V.
MC Lucifer's Dragon
Cycling club Adler Tenholt 1903 e. V.
Tenholter Carnival Association (TKV)

Personalities

Adolf Horion (* July 12, 1888 in Hochneukirch; † May 28, 1977 in Überlingen), an important coleopterologist ( beetle researcher ) was pastor in Tenholt from 1923 to 1929. In the neighboring Wahnenbusch he found the first beetles for his extensive collection.

literature

Therese Frauenrath: Tenholt in 1605. Evaluation of a survey by the Erkelenzer Schultheißen. In: Courtyards - Churches - Current Affairs. Story from the Erkelenzer Land. Erkelenz 1985 ( Writings of the Heimatverein der Erkelenzer Lande eV No. 6)
Therese Frauenrath: Tenholt - a village in the Erkelenzer Land Erkelenz 1988 ( writings of the Heimatverein der Erkelenzer Lande eV No. 8)
Ulrike Krüner, Michael Straube: Adolf Horrion and research into the Rhenish beetle fauna. In: Local calendar of the Heinsberg district. 2004, p. 179

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Update of the population on December 31, 2016 (PDF). (No longer available online.) In: Website of the city of Erkelenz. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017 ; Retrieved January 25, 2017 . 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@ 2

[1] Update of the population on December 31, 2016 (PDF). (No longer available online.) In: Website of the city of Erkelenz. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017 ; Retrieved January 25, 2017 . 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@ 2