Widdeshoven

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Widdeshoven is a village in the municipality of Rommerskirchen in the Rhine district of Neuss in southwest North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

Widdeshoven is around 59 meters above sea level. To the east there is a slight rise of 62 meters above sea level, where the Sittarderhof is also located. The Strategic Railway Embankment runs east of Widdeshoven .

history

The place Widdeshoven, which was first mentioned in a document in 793 as "Widugises hova", is considered to be the place with the earliest verifiable mention in the vicinity. The document states that the "holy Liudger", who wanted to found a monastery near Neuss, was given land that he wanted to use to secure the monastery economically. From the “Sitroth Forest”, which is also mentioned in this document, the place Widdeshoven developed in the following years through clearing and the establishment of numerous farms. The street name "Zum Sitroth" and the Sittarderhof (today located a little outside of Widdeshoven) still point to this name. Although the earliest documentary mention concerns Widdeshoven, it must be assumed that today's neighboring village of Hoeningen was created before that and that the clearing of the Sitroth forest and the founding of Widdeshoven first came from Hoeningen.

The settlement of the Gillbach area by the Franks began around the 5th century AD on the upper reaches of the brook and probably took place in two phases, with Hoeningen likely to have emerged in the first phase, but Widdeshoven only emerged in the second phase of settlement.

Few records exist for the time before 1800. However, it can be understood that at that time already 80 residential buildings formed the place Widdeshoven. Until 1794 Widdeshoven belonged to the Dingstuhl Rommerskirchen in the office of Hülchrath in the Electorate of Cologne . In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied Widdeshoven and in 1798 the French divided the Rhineland into four departments (Rur / Roer, Rhine-Mosel, Saar and Donnersberg). The Mairie Evinghoven was created as the lowest administrative unit (departments were subdivided into arrondissements / roughly administrative districts, these in turn into cantons / roughly districts and these again into Mairien / mayor's offices) . This belonged to the canton of Elsen in the Département de la Roer with its seat in Aachen. After the withdrawal of the French occupation troops as a result of the collapse of the Napoleonic Empire in 1814, the Catholic Rhineland was awarded to Protestant Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . In 1815 Widdeshoven came to the community of Evinghoven , which in 1816 was allocated to the newly formed Grevenbroich district. In 1883 the town hall of the Evinghoven mayor's office was set up in Widdeshoven. On January 1, 1975, the community of Hoeningen, to which Widdeshoven belonged, was dissolved and incorporated into the community of Rommerskirchen . The administrative seat has since been the town hall in Eckum. At the same time, the Grevenbroich district was also dissolved. Since then, the municipality of Rommerskirchen has belonged to the newly formed (Rhine) district of Neuss.

politics

Widdeshoven belonged to the municipality of Hoeningen in the Evinghoven district until its incorporation on January 1, 1975 in Rommerskirchen . The administrative seat of the Evinghoven office was in Widdeshoven. The last official mayor was Wilhelm Baum (CDU) and his deputy was Christian Müller (CDU). The last official director was Peter Welter and his general representative was Heinrich Bös.

Culture

As in all parts of the community of Rommerskirchen and the Rhein-Kreis-Neuss, the annual shooting and homeland festival is the highlight of village life, which takes place on the fourth weekend in September. In addition, the St. Sebastianus Brotherhood Hoeningen celebrates its traditional Whitsun festival in Widdeshoven over Whitsun. In the local rifle hall, various public and private events take place throughout the year.

societies

  • St. Sebastianus Brotherhood Widdeshoven-Hoeningen
  • Tambour corps "Frei Weg" Widdeshoven-Hoeningen 1927 e. V.
  • Marine train "Gillbach Cadets" 1988
  • Hubertus Schützen "För de Freud" 1999 "
  • Hunter train "Gemütlichkeit" founded in 1920

literature

  • Heinz Ohletz: 1929–1974 years people initiatives in the greater Grevenbroich district.
  • Josef Schmitz: Life at Gillbach II community Hoeningen with the localities Widdeshoven, Hoeningen, Ramrath and Villau 1800–1974. Neuss 1993.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 .


Coordinates: 51 ° 5 '  N , 6 ° 41'  E