Zopp

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Zopp
City of Alsdorf
Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 8 ″  N , 6 ° 8 ′ 13 ″  E
Height : approx. 150 m
Postal code : 52477
Area code : 02404

Zopp is a western part of Alsdorf in the Aachen city region . In the south it borders on the local recreation area Broichbachtal with the Broicher Bach and Ottenfeld Castle , in the west on the Herzogenrath district of Noppenberg and in the east and north it is surrounded by three of the large, now greened mountain heaps of the northern district , remnants of the worm area . The large, eastern dump is called "Zopperberg". The place is characterized by structures shaped by mining and a lively club life.

history

The name “Zopp” probably comes from the Middle High German word “zoffen”, which means “to cultivate fields”. The place consists of both an old and a new settlement. The old district was formed around the intersection of “Prämienstraße” (in east-west direction) and “Ottenfelder Straße” (in north-south direction), because this intersection was of great importance for long-distance traffic in earlier centuries. The "Prämienstraße", today's L 47 between Alsdorf and Herzogenrath, was a trade route from Cologne to Maastricht and a medieval traffic connection, and the "Ottenfelder Straße" together with the "Alten Aachener Straße" was a Roman road .

Zopp is first mentioned in documents in 1420 in the Weistum der Herrlichkeit Alsdorf, in which the sixth legal record mentions ownership rights of the lords of Alsdorf Castle to certain lands on both sides of the “Vettenzoppen” and the hamlet “Tzoyppen”. The inhabitants of this hamlet had to give their tithe to the parish Gertrudis in Afden and, since 1443, to the Church of the Assumption of Mary.

The new Zopp settlement was built onto the old Zopp as a ley settlement in 1936 and expanded in 1949 and 1965.

traffic

The nearest connection point "Alsdorf" on the A44 , the nearest train stations are "Herzogenrath" on the route Aachen - Mönchengladbach and " Alsdorf-Busch " at the Euregiobahn -distance Alsdorf-Anna Park - Herzogenrath - Aachen main station . Two AVV bus lines connect the “Zopp” stop with “ Alsdorf-Annapark ”, Noppenberg, “ Merkstein- August-Schmidt-Platz” and “Herzogenrath-Bahnhof”.

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