Wildenburg (Hellenthal)

Wildenburg Community Hellenthal Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 45 ″ N , 6 ° 29 ′ 44 ″ E
Height :	497 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	29 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Postal code :	53940
Area code :	02482

Wildenburg in 2005

View of the Wildenburg with the castle settlement

Wildenburg is a district of the municipality of Hellenthal in the district of Euskirchen , North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The district is located southeast of Hellenthal. The place is divided by the state road 22 . To the south lies Kreisstraße 61 . The Leiderbach flows to the north of the village .

The Wildenburg Castle located there is one of the few preserved hilltop castles in the Eifel . After its construction between 1202 and 1235 it was never destroyed by war etc.

The parish church of St. John the Baptist is in the village .

history

Wildenburg originally belonged to the municipality of Wahlen . On July 1, 1969 elections were incorporated into Kall. On January 1, 1972, Wildenburg was reclassified to Hellenthal along with other villages that used to belong to the municipality of Wahlen.

traffic

Wildenburg can be reached by car from the north by first using the A1 to the Blankenheim exit . Then take the B 51 in the direction of Trier to Blankenheimerdorf , where you have to drive onto the B 258 in the direction of Aachen , to the roundabout behind Krekel . From there follow the signs towards Reifferscheid . From the south you drive on the B 51 to Blankenheimerdorf and then use the B 258 as before.
There is a connection by train via Kall station . From there there is a connection via the 835 taxi bus. Another option is to use the 829 bus to Blumenthal and then on to the 837 taxi to Manscheid . From there, you can use a shared taxi or walk the last kilometer to Wildenburg.

(Bike) hiking trails

In addition to other hiking trails, some of which are regional, Wildenburg is on hiking trail no.12 Rhein-Rureifel-Weg of the Eifelverein (Brohl-Lützing - Monschau) and on the castle route , a sub-mark trail of the Eifelsteig . The Euskirchen district's cycle path F 8 also touches the village.

Web links

Commons : Wildenburg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Homepage of the community. Hellenthal community, accessed on January 25, 2016 .

History of the place and the castle. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015 ; Retrieved January 25, 2016 .

Entry on Wildenburg castle and castle settlement in the " KuLaDig " database of the Rhineland Regional Association
Illustration by Daniel Meisner from 1626: Willenberg. Elephas magnus est et occiditur ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

↑ https://www.hellenthal.de/rathaus-politik/portrait/einwohnerzahlen/
↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 100 .
^ 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. 309 .

[1] ttps://www.hellenthal.de/rathaus-politik/portrait/einwohnerzahlen/

[2] Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 100 .

[3] 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. 309 .