Wollersheim

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Wollersheim
City of Nideggen
Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 14 ″  N , 6 ° 33 ′ 51 ″  E
Height : 239 m above sea level NHN
Area : 10.46 km²
Residents : 636  (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 61 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 52385
Area code : 02425
Wollersheim, aerial photo (2015)
New Church
Old church
Wollersheim, Stiftshof and old church

Wollersheim is a district of Nideggen in the Düren district , North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

Wollersheim is on the northern edge of the Eifel . The Zülpicher Börde borders directly on the outskirts . There is a geological and a botanical peculiarity around Wollersheim, the shell limestone dome , which is overgrown with numerous rare species of limestone drift.

The Neffelbach rises southwest of the village .

Embken , Langendorf (town of Zülpich ), Eppenich (town of Zülpich), Vlatten (town of Heimbach ) and Berg-Thuir border on Wollersheim .

history

An immense number of archaeological finds suggests early settlement. In 1931/32 six Roman pottery kilns and several wells made of sandstone were excavated in the headwaters of the Neffelbach . Even the name of a pottery owner has been preserved. The name Verecundus is written on a pottery shard from the 2nd century . On the nearby Pützberg and near Gödersheim Castle , Roman skeleton graves and matron stones from Roman times were found, which were dedicated to the Matronae Veteranehae .

The Wollersheimer Heide is considered to be the site of the Battle of Zülpich in 496 between the Franks under Clovis I and the Alemanni , although some historians doubt this today: Tulbiac , mentioned by Gregor von Tours , may have been located to the south because it is so far north simply no Alemanni existed.

Wollersheim was first mentioned in a document in 1231 as Wolrisheim . The name is traced back to the holy Willibrord . As early as 1184 there is evidence of a women's courtyard for the St. Maria Abbey in Cologne .

In 1388, the French King Charles VI. and the duke of Jülich the Wollersheim peace in town .

On January 1, 1972, Wollersheim was incorporated into the new town of Nideggen. After the judgment of the Higher Administrative Court on August 4, 1972, Wollersheim remained near Nideggen, which was temporarily denied the city name .

church

The place has two churches , the old church , the oldest parts of which date from the 11th century, and the new church from 1900 to 1903.

In 1958 the old church was to be demolished and taken to the Kommern open-air museum . The residents resisted this. The old church is one of the oldest sacred buildings in the Düren district.

Wollersheim belongs to the Archdiocese of Cologne .

economy

A lot of Eifel brewing barley is grown around Wollersheim . From 1791 to 1987 the Cramer Brewery brewed beer in Wollersheim.

Clubs, associations

In addition to the Wollersheim fire fighting group of the Nideggen volunteer fire brigade with youth fire brigade, there is the Wollersheim history association, the Wollersheim 1972 carnival society, the TTC Blau Weiß Wollersheim 1948 eV and the Wollersheim SV. But other groups have also integrated themselves into local life, such as B. the all-wheel drive club, the women's community or the village youth. All clubs and groups are brought together under one roof of the village community . On this platform all rural issues are discussed and implemented to the village beautification, charitable functions, the maintenance of the community center serving or organizing the Village Fair.

Infrastructure

There is a Catholic kindergarten in Wollersheim.

traffic

From 1922 to 1926, the ADAC organized the Eifel race on public gravel roads on a circuit Nideggen - Wollersheim - Vlatten - Heimbach - Schmidt - Nideggen in the Eifel .

The federal highway 265 leads past Wollersheim on its way from Cologne to Prüm .

The bypass was inaugurated in 1993 , so that there is hardly any through traffic in the village.

Buses operated by Busverkehr Rheinland GmbH (BVR) connect the town with the neighboring towns on lines 231 ( Düren - Schleiden ) and 233 (Zülpich - Nideggen).

LVR Office for Land Monument Preservation in the Rhineland

The LVR Office for Ground Monument Preservation in the Rhineland maintains the Nideggen branch in Wollersheim. It is housed in the Stiftshof, the former tithe courtyard of the St. Maria im Kapitol in Cologne.

Others

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.nideggen.de/zdf/downloads/20190108_Einwohnerstatistik_bis_einschl._2018.pdf
  2. ↑ ↑ Reinhard Schmoeckel: German heroes of legends and historical reality, Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, 1995 ISBN 3-487-10035-5
  3. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 306 f .

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