Weiden (Cologne)

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Coat of arms of Cologne
Weiden
district 307 of Cologne
Location of the Weiden district in the Lindenthal district
Coordinates 50 ° 56 '17 "  N , 6 ° 50' 0"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '17 "  N , 6 ° 50' 0"  E
surface 3.654 km²
Residents 17,401 (December 31, 2017)
Population density 4762 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation Jan. 1, 1975
Postcodes 50858, 50859
prefix 02234
Borough Lindenthal (3)
Transport links
Highway A1 A4
Federal road B55
Railway lines S 12 S 13 S 19
Light rail line 1
Bus routes 141 143 145 149 172 173 961 963 965
Source: 2017 residents . (PDF) Cologne district information
View from the south of the new development area
Roman grave information board
Roman grave entrance on Aachener Strasse, just before the Frechen-Königsdorf border
Greetings from Weiden (1899)

Weiden is a district on the western outskirts of Cologne , in the Lindenthal district .

location

Weiden borders in the east (separated by the federal highway 1 ) on the two Cologne districts Müngersdorf and Junkersdorf as well as its district Marsdorf , in the south (separated by the federal highway 4 ) on the Europark industrial area of the city of Frechen , in the west on the Frechen district of Königsdorf and in North (separated by the Cologne-Aachen railway line ) to the Cologne district of Lövenich .

history

Antiquity

The Roman burial chamber, which was found in Weiden, probably built in the 2nd century, is considered to be the best preserved north of the Alps. In 1843, the excavators found a burial chamber on what is now Aachener Straße 1328, which was apparently filled by an estate owner from Roman times. The found large objects, one made of white marble carved sarcophagus , three image busts and two chairs made of stone that mimic a basket weave, are complemented by a number of Roman coins and other small objects of the everyday functioning.

The historical dating of the find was carried out through a comparative evaluation. Criteria with regard to material processing are, for example, the shape used, the hairstyle shown, a certain type of clothing (fashion) or the coinage found . These range from Vespasian to Tetricus I , Claudius Gothicus and Maximian to Constantine the Younger , i.e. from around the year 70 to the middle of the 4th century. The sarcophagus itself is likely to be one of the latest works of art in the burial chamber.

Middle Ages and New Times

From the Middle Ages until the end of the 19th century, Weiden was a pure street village on both sides of Aachener Straße, which also formed the administrative border. While the southern part was directly under the authority of Königsdorf, the northern part belonged to the Lövenich glory in the Electorate of Cologne . In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the place. Through the introduction of the administrative reform in force in France in 1798, Mairie Weiden became the capital of the Canton de Weyden , which included the former Mairies Lövenich, Longerich and Müngersdorf, as well as Kriel and Lind (Mairie Efferen), Marsdorf (Mairie Frechen) and Widdersdorf (Mairie Freimersdorf ) included. The canton of Weiden belonged to the Arrondissement de Cologne in the Département de la Roer .

In 1802 the cantons were dissolved and the large number of small municipalities were combined into grand mayorships.

In 1815 Weiden came to the Kingdom of Prussia and in 1816 to the mayor's office of Lövenich in the district of Cologne . In 1927 the mayor's office in Lövenich was renamed to Amt Lövenich and in 1937 to Amt Weiden.

At the beginning of the 20th century, both a new settlement area along Bahnstrasse and Goethestrasse and Schillerstrasse were developed as planned for the construction of a villa colony.

Until it was incorporated into Cologne in 1975, Weiden belonged to the community of Lövenich together with Üsdorf, Groß- and Kleinkönigsdorf and Junkersdorf.

Demographic statistics

Structure of the population of Cologne-Weiden:

  • Share of under 18s: 13.9% (2014)
  • Proportion of over 64 year olds: 19.5% (2014)
  • Proportion of foreigners: 20.3% (2015)
  • Unemployment rate: 7.1% (2014)

Town twinning

The municipality of Lövenich had partnerships with Diepenbeek (Belgium, since 1962), with Igny (France, since 1967) and with Benfleet (England, since 1971).

By incorporating the community of Lövenich, district 3 and thus the city of Cologne were able to win further city partnerships.

leisure

Sports

Because of its numerous clubs and gyms at the three schools in the Cologne district, Weiden has a wide range of sports on offer. Weiden also owns an indoor swimming pool, which has recently been controversial about closing due to a lack of customers. Efforts are being made to maintain the indoor swimming pool as a “public swimming pool”. The indoor swimming pool has not been in operation since 2010.

Economy and Infrastructure

In the Rhein-Center there are 180 shops.

traffic

Tram stop Weiden-West
S-Bahn stop Cologne Weiden-West

The Cologne – Aachen railway line , which was built in 1840/41 and whose high embankment cut through the historic corridor connection between Weiden and Lövenich, caused a decisive change in the townscape . It was only with the opening of the train station in 1870 that the dependence on Aachener Strasse as a traffic route ended and the village expanded towards the railway facilities.

The tram line L, starting from Lövenich station , connected the new building area with the city of Cologne. The Lövenich – Junkersdorf section was replaced by a bus route in 1956. Since June 2006, the tram has been running to the newly built Weiden-West stop again. This was intended to relieve the Aachener Straße from commuter traffic in particular .

The Cologne Weiden-West stop is served by the following lines for local rail passenger transport (as of December 14, 2014):

line Line designation Line course
S 12 S-Bahn Cologne Düren  - Sindorf  - Horrem  - Köln Weiden-West  - Köln-Ehrenfeld  - Köln Hbf  - Troisdorf  - Hennef (Sieg)  - Au (Sieg)
S 13 S-Bahn Cologne ( Aachen Hbf  - Aachen-Rothe Erde  - Stolberg  - Langerwehe  - Düren  - Horrem - Cologne Weiden-West  - * ) Cologne-Ehrenfeld  - Cologne Hbf - Cologne / Bonn Airport  - Troisdorf 
S 19 S-Bahn Cologne Horrem  - Cologne Weiden-West  - Cologne-Ehrenfeld  - Cologne Central Station  - Cologne / Bonn Airport  - Troisdorf  - Hennef (Sieg)

* : At night one trip beyond Cologne-Ehrenfeld to Aachen main station and back.

education

Weiden has two primary schools, the Albert Schweitzer Primary School and the Clarenhof School.

There is also a secondary school, the Georg Büchner Gymnasium . 1350 students are taught by around 130 teachers. The grammar school was founded in Königsdorf in 1969 and moved to its current location in Weiden in 1973. The Martin Luther King Secondary School ceased operations at the end of the school year 15/16.

religion

The Catholic pastoral care area Lövenich / Weiden / Widdersdorf is represented in Weiden by the parish of St. Marien , which looks after the parish church of St. Marien from 1927 and, as another church, the Holy Spirit from 1970. The Protestant parish of Weiden / Lövenich has the Jochen Klepper House as a church building on Aachener Strasse .

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Köln-Weiden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inhabitants according to selected age groups - data source: City of Cologne - offenedaten-koeln.de
  2. ↑ Inhabitants according to selected age groups - data source: City of Cologne - offenedaten-koeln.de
  3. ↑ Inhabitants by type of migration background - data source: City of Cologne - offenedaten-koeln.de
  4. ↑ Employed and unemployed part of the city - data source: City of Cologne - offenedaten-koeln.de
  5. ^ Pastoral care area Lövenich / Weiden / Widdersdorf | Parishes | Archdiocese of Cologne. Retrieved April 18, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Evangelical Church Weiden / Lövenich - Jochen Klepper House. In: stadt-koeln.de. 2016, accessed April 18, 2020 .