Tondorf

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Tondorf
Municipality Nettersheim
Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 24 ″  N , 6 ° 42 ′ 47 ″  E
Height : 544  (500-560)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 10.43 km²
Residents : 863  (June 30, 2017)
Population density : 83 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 53947
Area code : 02440
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Location of Tondorf in Nettersheim

Tondorf in the Eifel is the fourth largest town in the municipality of Nettersheim in the Euskirchen district in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia .

Tondorf, aerial photo (2015)

Geographical location

Tondorf is located in the northern Eifel region in the German - Belgian High Fens-Eifel and in the Eifel source triangle Ahr - Erft - Urft , 6.5 km east-southeast of Nettersheim; the next major city is Bonn, 40 km (as the crow flies ) to the northeast .

history

General

The town of Tondorf is mentioned in a document from King Zwentibold from 898.

On March 7, 1945, two months before the end of World War II in Europe, Tondorf, like its neighboring villages, was occupied by American troops.

On July 1, 1969, Tondorf was incorporated into Nettersheim.

Parish church

Parish Church of St. Lambertus

The Tondorf parish church is dedicated to the holy bishop and martyr Lambert .

In 1580 the dilapidated Tondorf church began to be replaced by a new building. This church was demolished in 1812 so that today's church could be built.

Transport links

  • The train stations Nettersheim and Blankenheim (Wald) are located about 8 km to 9 km from Tondorf on the Eifel line (Cologne – Trier).
  • There are several bus stops in the village , which are served by Regionalverkehr Köln . For the connections u. a. after Mechernich, Bad Münstereifel and Blankenheim the tariff of the VRS applies .
  • The motorway connection is via the Blankenheim junction of federal motorway 1 , 1.5 km away.
  • The L 194 runs through Tondorf , from which the L 115 branches off in the town center .

literature

  • Hans Peter Schiffer: Churches and chapels in the parish of Nettersheim. History, design, equipment. Kall 2004, 136 ff.
  • Ernst Wackenroder : The art monuments of the Schleiden district. (= Paul Clemen [Hrsg.]: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz , Volume 11, Section II). Verlag von L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1932, p. 426 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The most important points in brief. Nettersheim, June 30, 2017, accessed September 25, 2017 .
  2. ^ Heinrich Beyer : Document book for the history of the Middle Rhine territories, now the Prussian administrative districts of Coblenz and Trier. Edited from the sources by Heinrich Beyer. First volume: From the oldest times up to the year 1169. Hölscher, Coblenz 1860, p. 211 .
  3. ↑ Matthias Thömmes: "The Americans are coming!" The conquest of the Eifel by the Americans in 1944/1945. Helios, Aachen 2000, ISBN 3-933608-22-8 , p. 139.
  4. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 101 .
  5. ↑ Hans Peter Schiffer: Churches and chapels in the community of Nettersheim. 2004, 136 ff.
  6. ↑ Note: The L 194 corresponds to the former federal highway 51 in this section and the L 115 corresponds to the previous route of the federal highway 477 . (See. Online information from the road information bank Nordrhein-Westfalen (NWSIB). Country Straßenbau NRW, accessed on 27 October 2016 . )

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