Meckenheim (Rhine country)

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base data
Land of the Federal Republic:	North Rhine-Westphalia
governmental district:	Cologne
circle:	Rhine victory circle
surface:	34.92 km ²
inhabitants:	25.400 (31. December 2004)
Population density:	727 inhabitants for each km ²
height:	180 m and. NN
postal zip codes:	53340 and 53333 (city administration)
preselections:	022 25
geographical situation:	Coordinates: 50° 38 ' n. Break, 7° 01 ' o. L.50° 38 ' n. Break, 7° 01 ' o. L.
Kfz characteristic:	CSU
municipality key:	05 3 82 032
city arrangement:	Town center (so-called. “Alto Meckenheim”) and four further quarters
address of the city administration:	City Meckenheim 53333Meckenheim
official Website:	www.meckenheim.de
E-Mail address:
Politics
Bürgermeisterin:	Dr. Yvonne Kempen (CDU)

Meckenheim is a city in the linksrheinischen part of the Rhine victory circle; it lies thereby in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).

Table of contents 1 Geografie 1,1 geographical situation of 1,2 neighbour municipalities 2 city arrangement 3 history 3,1 inhabitant development 4 politics 4,1 local council 5 economics and infrastructure 5,1 traffic 5,2 residents enterprise 5,3 media 5,4 public mechanisms 6 education 7 personalities of 7,1 sons and daughters of the city 7,2 further personalities, those with the city in connection stands for 8 sport 9 other 10 For churches 10,1 catholic churches 10,2 Evangelist churches 11 Web on the left of

Geografie

geographical situation

of Meckenheim is appropriate before the Ahrgebirge at the Südrand of the Cologne bay, 20 kilometers southwest the city centre from Bonn and directly at the national border to Rhineland-Palatinate.

ThoseCity carries the surnames „for apple city “, „tree school city “, „Bonn dormitory suburb “(in and the eighties seventies many federal officials took their domicile in the rural-calm Meckenheim) and „the green gate to Ahr and the Eifel “.

The additional designation „rose city “was introduced from the Bürgermeisterin in the autonomous designation procedure 2003 and ofthe urban population with grimmigen humor taken up, since in Meckenheim themselves roses were never bred or cultivated. On a small hill in the midst of a roundabout plant to the Giermaarstrasse stands a representative rose from wrought steel, which is very differently evaluated by the urban population for geschmacklich aesthetic reasons.

The environmentthe city is coined/shaped through extensive fruit plan days. Admits is the city outside of its very next Umkreises by the 1981 branch of the Federal Criminal Investigation Office shifted from Bonn Bad Godesberg here and by „the Grafschafter gold juice “, to one as bread upstroke used dark-brown, viscous, extremely sweet syrup, inMeckenheim is made and won of sugar beets, which are cultivated in the environment of the city. In addition, strawberries and apples are an important restaurant factor - so importantly that the Meckenheimer Bürgermeisterin in the year 2004 the city to „the apple city “and that year to „the year of theApple “proclaimed.

The Eifel, which in-loads all year round for moving, begins about 10 kilometers to the west of Meckenheim.

neighbour municipalities

• Bonn
• Rhine brook
• being awake mountain
• county, already convenient in the Rhineland-Palatinian district Ahrweiler

city arrangement

to the city Meckenheim belong the quarters old person village, Ersdorf, Lüftelberg and Merl.

history

the environment of Meckenheim was settled already approximately around 4000 before Christ.

At present the Roman Imperiums the Eifel water pipeline was built, which led drinking water from the area around nice home among other things by Meckenheim to Cologne.

Over about450 immigrated Franconias to the area of the today's Meckenheim. Frankish place names end frequently up - to home and/or. up - village.

The first documentary mention Meckenheims is dated on the year 853.

Municipal rights became Meckenheim to 28. July 1636 of the cure prince Ferdinand of Bavaria lent,also the archbishop from Cologne was.

Between 1794 and 1815 the territorial affiliation of the city changed twice: First the Rhine country was annektiert by France, whereby Meckenheim belonged to the French state; 1815 fell the Rhine country and thus also the city Meckenheim then Prussia back.

A disaster large for Meckenheim were the bomb attacks to 2. and 5. March 1945: 70% of the town centre were destroyed thereby.

inhabitant development

the inhabitant development in the last 35 years:

• 1969 - 8,053
• 1979 - 15,615
• 1989 - 22,272
• 1998 - 25,430
• 1999 - 25,538
• 2000 - 25,319
• 2001 - 25,440
• 2002 - 25,438
• 2003 - 25,469
• 2004 - 25,400

(starting from 1998 in each case to 31. Decembers)

politics

local council

the 40 seats in the town councillor distribute themselves as follows:

• CDU 19 seats
• SPD of 10 seats
• the Green 3 seats
• FDP 3 seats
• UWG of 5 seats

(conditions: Local election to 26. Septembers 2004)

economics and infrastructure

traffic

• within the city run short stages of the motorways A 61 and A 565.
• Along the Voreifelbahn RB 23 (bath the cathedral Eifel - Euskirchen - Bonn) the stations Meckenheim in the city (Bz lie. Cologne) and Kottenforst as well as the critical point Meckenheim industrial estate.

resident enterprise

• Rungis express: acts with fresh commodity for those“elevated catering trade”.
• TeeGschwendner (center in Meckenheim): largest Franchise enterprise for dte in Germany.
• The Grafschafter herb factory produced annually among other things 12500 tons sugar beet syrup, that supraregional admitted Grafschafter gold juice.
• The meat yard Rasting (EDEKA Eigenmarke) supplies Germany far meat and Wurstwaren to the EDEKA markets.
• EUBOS GmbH: Manufacturer of Kosmetikartikeln(Soap, skin creams etc.)

media

• Meckenheimer city newspaper (expenditure for restaurant of “view up-to-date”) - homeland newspaper for the city Meckenheim and environment (contain that in former times as independent publication Official Journal of the city Meckenheim appeared)

public mechanisms

• Federal Criminal Investigation Office, agency Bonn (beside the head office Wiesbadenand agency Berlin)
• youth centre (JuZe)
• young-wood-resounds
• general-purpose sport resounding at the training and sports center filter mountain ring
• resounding swimming pool (since 7. March 2006 because of roof damage closed; gained for a long time an annual deficit of 600.000 to 700,000 euro)
• Skaterbahn

education

Meckenheim offers for a city of approx. 25000Inhabitants in Germany usual school forms on:

• Konrad Adenauer High School
• Theodor Heuss six-form high school
• brothers and sisters Scholl hauptschule
• 3 catholic, 1 Evangelist and 1 community primary school

the three resuming schools are in direct proximity to each other in the training and sports center filter mountain ring.

personalities

of sons and daughters of the city

• Mathias JosephScheeben
• Norbert rotting gene MdB; since spring 2005 first parliamentary managing director of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group (* 2. Refuge charcoal burner, Federal President (

1977-1981 as well as 1983-1998) stands for July 1965 in Meckenheim)

• [work on] further personalities, those with the city in connection
• Karl Carstens, ehem. Federal President
• Tim Lobinger, repeated German staff high jump master (first German 6-Meter-Stabhochspringer)
• Jürgen strong, vice-president of the German Federal Bank (domicile in Meckenheim 1981-2001)

sport

basketball:

• • Meckenheimer TuS (MTuS) (1. Crew z.Zt. 2.Regionalliga) (homepage)

football:

• • VfL Meckenheim 1920 (1. Crew z.Zt. National league central Rhine)(Homepage)
  • Sports association red white Merl
  • sports club old person village village

Hockey:

• • Meckenheimer TuS (MTuS)

model haven:

• • Model flight association Meckenheim registered association. (MCM)

Tennis:

• • TC blue white Meckenheim registered association. (Homepage)
  • TST Merl (homepage)

Volleyball:

• • Meckenheimer TuS (MTuS)
  • TST Merl

other

ways of their origin outMeckenheim led the family of the Bocholter Kupferstechers Israhel van Meckenem their down-German name (transfer into the new high German thus from Meckenheim).

churches

catholic churches

• pc. Johannes of the Täufer, Meckenheim

tower around 1300; Church ship of 1890, extends 1974

• “Merler cathedral”

chapelof 1900 at the place of an earlier chapel from that 16. Century

• pc. Michael, Merl

builds 1985

• pc. Petrus, Lüftelberg

builds approx. 11.-13. Century

• pc. Jakobus the older one, Ersdorf

builds for 1877

Evangelist churches

• Christ church

builds for 1960 (district 1 - alto Meckenheim)

• ark

builds 1977(District 2 - Merl)

• peace church

builds 1989 (for district 3 - new center)

Web on the left of

• Website of the city Meckenheim