Vorst (Kaarst)
Vorst is a western district of Kaarst in the North Rhine-Westphalian Rhine district of Neuss. Around 5,500 people live here. Up until the municipal reform in 1975, Vorst was part of the municipality of Büttgen , which today also belongs to the city of Kaarst.
history
1324-1400
The first evidence of the beginnings of Vorst appeared around 1322. The manor Holzbüttger Haus built at that time was very close to the later buildings of the hermit. Around 1400 the first huts and houses were built in what is now the Vorster Forest (on the site of the former sports field), near what was then the Karlsforst. They weren't yet a village in their own right, but rather a community of hermits. As was customary at the time, the children (boys only) were taught at home or in small groups. They learned to read and write from the Bible.
1741-1923
In 1741 the hermitage , in which classes and religious activities took place, burned down . A hermitage with a chapel and school room was built as a replacement. It was built on the place where today's Antonius Chapel stands. During this time, the settlement areas Driesch, Rottes, Heide, Wattmannstraße, Alt-Vorst and Linning also merged to form the Ahner Honschaft . From 1770 to 1777 the then owner of the Tuppenhof was honorary chief. Around 1780 the last hermits emigrated, which led to the fact that the chapel with the school fell under the responsibility of Büttgen. The Büttger pastors now held church services and maintained the school. In 1798 the Rhineland fell to the French under Napoléon and was assigned to the new administrative district of Neuss . Napoléon also had the north channel built as an economically important trade route. From 1823 ships also went through Vorst via the North Canal. The first ships transported coal from Neuss to Neersen. In 1870 the chapel, which was the religious center of Vorst, was rebuilt and expanded several times. In 1880 the St. Eustachius Schützenverein became Büttgen-Wattmannstraße - today St. Eustachius Schützenbruderschaft 1880 Büttgen-Vorst e. V. - founded. In 1923 Vorst became an independent parish.
1936-1945
In 1936 Vorst, which until then belonged to Büttgen , was assigned to Kaarst for the first time . This was done according to the Prussian law of the time, but the merger of Büttgen and Kaarst into one office was later canceled. During the Second World War , the place was badly damaged, unlike the other places.
1958-1977
In 1958 the new Catholic Church was consecrated. As a result, the chapel was no longer used and began to deteriorate. It was only renovated and repaired in 1966.
In 1971 the first kindergarten of the Catholic Church was opened in Vorst. Since January 1, 1975, Vorst has been part of the Kaarst urban area due to the Düsseldorf Act . In the course of this community reform, the village of Vorst was awarded the district of Rottes, which until then belonged to Korschenbroich.
In 1977 Vorst got the first parish center.
1995
In the course of a new building in the center of Vorster, the Protestant parish Holzbüttgen (to which Vorst belongs) acquired premises in Vorst. From this point on, Vorst had its own Protestant church institution.
2009
After years of work, the green areas and a playground in the new center of Vorster could be completed.
Residents
- December 31, 2014: 5,513
traffic
Vorst can be reached via the Holzbüttgen junction on the A 57 or via the Schiefbahn junction on the A 52 .
The next train station is Kaarster See on the regional railway S28 (Kaarster See - Mettmann). In addition, the bus lines 860, 8601 and 866 run through Vorst. These lines connect all of Kaarst's districts.
The Niederrheinroute cycle path runs through the village; the Fietsallee on the north canal on the northern outskirts.
education
In Vorst there are two day-care centers for children, the St. Antonius Catholic day-care center and the Thüringenstrasse municipal day-care center (district Heide), as well as the GGS (community elementary school Vorst) and the Georg-Büchner-Gymnasium (district Linning). A music school and a branch of the community adult education center in the cities of Kaarst and Korschenbroich are housed in the primary school.
youth
Vorst does not have an independent youth center. The "tea pot" is one of the youth centers. This is a youth room, which is located in the basement of the Catholic community center and is organized as a partially open door (TOT). Furthermore, the Jungschützen Vorst as a recognized youth association have their headquarters in Vorst.
Churches
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Roman Catholic Church
The Roman Catholic Church maintains two houses of worship in Vorst:
- The Antonius Chapel (first church in Vorst and earlier school)
- The St. Antonius Church in the center of Vorster
Until 2009 these institutions belonged to the parish of St. Antonius, but since January 1, 2010 they have belonged to the local parish association, which has a total of around 20,000 members (as of 2010).
Protestant church
Since the district of Vorst does not have its own parish, it belongs to the Protestant parish in Kaarst. This has had its own church institution on site since 1997, the Katharina von Bora House (KvB). In the Katharina-von-Bora House, regular church services, such as baptisms, weddings and events by various community groups take place. Until 1997, ecclesiastical and theological events such as baptisms, weddings etc. had to take place in the St. Antonius Church in the neighboring Catholic community.
Aid organizations
DLRG Kaarst
The operations department of the DLRG Kaarst has its accommodation in the district Alt-Vorst . All DLRG operations are processed from there. The DLRG Kaarst is part of the BOS and organized as a disaster control unit. The DLRG Kaarst also maintains a diving team from the DLRG district of Neuss, which is responsible for the entire Rhine district of Neuss .
Kaarst water rescue service
The water watch has housed its vehicles in the center of Vorster and uses its motor lifeboat to ensure safety at various events on the Großer Kaarster See.
Kaarst volunteer fire department
Vorst does not have its own fire department . Therefore, Vorst, together with Driesch, Holzbüttgen and Büttgen, is supplied by the Büttgen fire fighting train , which is located in the Büttgen fire station .
Sport, culture and leisure
Attractions
- Tuppenhof , ( museum and meeting place for rural history and culture)
- Holzbüttgerhaus (medieval ruin)
- Anthony Chapel
Events
- Homeland, folk and rifle festival of the brotherhood on the second weekend in September
- Advent market (Tuppenhof)
- Thanksgiving
- Summer party (Katharina-von-Bora-Haus)
- Sportfreunde Vorst sports week (Wednesday – Sunday) with traditional Father's Day meeting. (every year on Ascension Day)
Sports facilities
Sports Park Vorst
The area formerly consisted of an ash area with a running track and was used exclusively by the students from the neighboring Georg Büchner Gymnasium and the Vorst sports fans. With the construction of a new sports facility, two artificial turf pitches and a modern one-and-a-half-story club building with changing rooms were built, which is operated and used by Sportfreunde Vorst. The former sports field and the adjacent clubhouse in Vorster Wald were demolished in December 2014.
The name Sportpark Vorst is intended to summarize the collective cooperation of the clubs using it; The HG Kaarst Büttgen use the adjacent triple gym as a game and training location. The neighboring tennis club Vorster Wald offers tennis, beach volleyball and boules as sports. With the simultaneous opening of the sports facility in December 2014, the name Sportpark Vorst was officially named by the Kaarst City Council.
The sports park includes:
- A large football field with artificial turf
- A small football pitch with artificial turf
- A basketball and volleyball field
- Long, high and shot put systems
- 400 m tartan running track
- Triple gym for school and handball
- Tennis courts, a beach volleyball court and boules
Clubs in the sports park:
- Sportfreunde Vorst e. V.
- Tennis club Vorster Wald e. V.
- Handball community Kaarst-Büttgen e. V.
Other sports facilities in Vorst
- Shooting range of the SSV Büttgen-Vorst e. V. in the basement of the Vorst primary school
- Tournament dog sport of the CfH Büttgen-Vorst e. V. in the Vorster forest
Nature & green areas
Vorster middle
A large part of the Vorster town center consists of play areas and green areas. In the center of the village there is also the fairground, where the local brotherhood's shooting festival takes place every year.
Foremost forest
With a total area of approx. 75 hectares , the Vorster Forest is the largest contiguous forest area in the city of Kaarst. The north channel runs over a distance of approx. 2.5 km at the northern end of the forest .
The north channel
The North Canal or "Grand Canal du Nord" was commissioned by Napoléon I in 1809. He wanted to create an economically important waterway that connects the Meuse and the Rhine. But in 1811 the construction was stopped, so that the canal was never fully completed. From 1823 coal was transported on it and from 1840 also people. When Georg Stinnes' lease expired in 1846, shipping ceased and passenger and goods transport shifted to rail transport. Today a 2.5 km long section of the North Canal runs through the village of Vorst.
literature
- St. Eustachius - Schützenbruderschaft 1880 Büttgen-Vorst e. V. (Ed.): AugenBlicke einer Dorf and the history of a brotherhood 1880 - 2005. Frank Ahlert, Mönchengladbach 2005.
- City of Kaarst (ed.): History in Pictures 1890–1990. Volume 1, Frank Ahlert Verlag, Kaarst 2006.
- City of Kaarst (ed.): History in Pictures 1890–1990. Volume 2, Kaarst 2008.
proof
- ↑ Rudolf Barnholt: Kaarst: Pitches Linning is left to nature. In: RP ONLINE. Retrieved August 24, 2016 .
- ^ 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. 295 .
- ↑ http://www.evkirche-kaarst.de/brief/brief201011.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ SF Vorst: Waldstadion 1945-2014. (No longer available online.) In: www.sfvorst.de. Archived from the original on September 7, 2016 ; accessed on September 4, 2016 . 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.
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ' N , 6 ° 35' E
