Leichlingen
Leichlingen (Rheinland) is a town in the Rheinisch - Bergisch district and is located in the state of North Rhine -Westphalia. Since July 8, 2013, it bears the official name additional floral town.
- 2.1 General
- 2.2 City Name
- 2.3 Amalgamations
- 2.4 Demographics
- 2.5 Population structure
- 2.6 Age structure
- 2.7 Marital status affiliation
- 3.1 Religious affiliation
- 4.1 Mayor
- 4.2 City Council
- 4.3 Children and Youth Parliament
- 4.4 Coat of Arms
- 4.5 Town twinning
- 5.1 Structures
- 5.2 Regular events
- 6.1 traffic
- 6.2 Education
- 7.1 Born in Leichlingen
- 7.2 connected with Leichlingen
Geography
Location
Leicester is located in the northern tip of the Rheinisch -Bergisch circuit between the urban cores of Cologne, Leverkusen and Dusseldorf, with flowing city limits of Solingen, on the edge of the Bergisch Land in mountain landscape. It is also called floral town because of its orchards.
The urban area increases from west to east on altitudes 54-250 meters above sea level. North of the city 's natural and political boundary is the Wupper. Similarly, the Murbach and Diepentaler dam forming the southern boundary of the urban area. To the west and east of the city is bounded by the A3 / E 35 and A1 / E 37.
The largest expansion of the urban area in east-west direction is about 11.5 kilometers. In a north-south direction, the area is much narrower and is a maximum of about 4.6 kilometers.
The lowest point Leichlingen is located about 50 m above sea level on the railway bridge in the line Cologne - Dusseldorf on the Wupper loop.
Neighboring communities
In the north Leichlingen adjacent to Solingen, on the southeast by Burscheid, to the south by Leverkusen and to the west by Langenfeld.
History
Generally
Proven history of Leichlingen begins in 973 AD, when Archbishop Gero of Cologne in " Leigelingon " the construction of a monastery possessed, but which was never built. The place appeared in 1019 as " Leichlingin " again in a document on, as Archbishop Heribert of Cologne church and the aristocracy to Leichlingen presented the monastery with Deutz. Since the 11th century the abbot was to Deutz lord of the district Leichlingen, centered in the area between today's evangelical church and the former main courtyard of the monastery, the " Büscherhof " was. Law and especially the left of the Wupper were still 21 of the smaller farms, some knights and manor houses as Haus Vorst, nettle Rath, Leysiefen, Diepental, Eicherhof and others as well as large forest holdings in Upper Leichlingen to 1803 the monastery Deutz. The inhabitants practiced agriculture and fishing.
Already in the 12th century was Leichlingen parish seat. In the 14th century emerged on the Wupper and in the side valleys, the first grinding shops, were followed by oil, grain and fulling mills. They were the forerunners of today's metal and textile industry. Over the centuries, grinder, weavers, bleachers, dyers and tanners can be detected. Nevertheless, the inhabitants lived until the 19th century, mainly from agriculture and operated incidentally fruit growing.
The city rights were Leichlingen awarded in 1856 and the actual development Leichlingens to the city as it is known today, began.
The construction of the railway line Cologne -Wuppertal created the moderate traffic conditions for the first industrial settlements. The largest local employer was a long time on the Wupper ( " At the Hammer" ), this Turkey-red dyeing. This was ( today Wuppertal) laid under the company A. Weyermann Söhne 1865 by Elberfeld to Leichlingen. The company was founded by Abraham Weyermann in Elberfeld and was now under the guidance councilor Rudolf Weyermann, who was also president of the Steamship Company, for the low - and middle Rhine in Dusseldorf and a member of the Rhenish Provincial Parliament. Of the three Weyermann 's villas, villa long time housed the town hall, another villa hotel. This house is now the community center of the city. The dyeing was sold in 1890 to the Opladener dyeing owner Albert Romans. The dyeing was up to its demolition in the 1960s. Today on the site is the school center.
At about the same time as A. Weyermann sons came weaving Simons & Frowein to Leichlingen. The company was acquired in the 1950s by the Müller- Wipperfuerth AG and existed until 1978. It was in the cheat box, which is now a place with retail stores. Another textile company was the carpet weaving Geller Otto KG, whose origins ranged in the 1850s, as the father of Otto Geller in a house in the middle road produced hand-woven products.
At the beginning of the 20th century Leichlingen was much talked about as the " City of Young Aviation". The " Rheinisch- Westfälische Motorluftschiff - Gesellschaft eV Elberfeld " had in 1909 erected a airship hangar in the district bar, with his dirigible balloon took test drives on Leichlingen and the surrounding area from which the NKJV aviation pioneer Oskar Erbsloh. The era Leichlingens as " Friedrichshafen the Bergisch Land " but ended in the year 1910 again, as on 13 July of the year, the airship " Erbsloh " crashed in heavy fog and all five crew members were killed.
As part of the iron industry in 1896 were the rolled steel operating Rosenkaimer and 1900 the still existing near the train station Leichlinger company Kronenberg, now established under the company profile Kronenberg GmbH. 1920, the metal work Frese it.
The sanatorium, today rehab clinic Roder birch goes back to a foundation of Elberfeld manufacturer and secretly Kommerzienrates Wilhelm Boeddinghaus. This Leichlingen was joined by his large landholdings in Leichlingen, including Eicherhof castle.
The fifth day of the Rheinisch -Bergisch history was celebrated in April 2012 in Leichlingen.
City Name
About the origin and meaning of the place name " Leichlingen " ( in medieval and early modern sources usually " Leigelingon " and " Lecheling " called ) No clear evidence is presented. The following interpretations are known:
Previously Leichlingen was a fishing village, this also results in the city name " Leichlingen ", which is mainly divided into two parts:
- Leichhardt ( spawning ): Leichhardt ( spawning ) is called Spawn.
- Pests ( flow loop ): here: flux loops ( arcs )
Therefore, one could Leichlingen with: translate "place of fish eggs in the river bend ". Over the years the spelling of the town name was changed several times, one of these names was "fishing village".
On the other hand, interpreted Franz Wilhelm Oligschläger the name in 1850 as a " settlement at the brook " - presupposing that the Old High German " lech " or " Lechan " ( = small flowing water ) has been here godfather. The Wupper be described as " brook " but is certainly absurd. On the other hand interesting is the conjecture of Prof. J. Leithauser (1901 ), which requires the name Leichlingen as a ligature of Middle Low German words "leg " = low, " lingon " or see " linge " = narrow strip of land, and thus as low-lying narrow strip of land to be interpreted. For this purpose, in any case speaks the geographical location of the village in the valley of the Wupper. So overall it is purely linguistic assumptions and beliefs. Prof. J. Bernhardt has preferred therefore in 1931 to waive an interpretation as to make a false declaration.
Incorporations
As part of the North Rhine-Westphalian government reform, the majority of Witzhelden, until then an independent municipality, as well as small parts of the territory of Langenfeld Opladen were incorporated 1 January 1975 to go.
Demographics
(according to the State Office for Data Processing and Statistics )
Population structure
Age structure
Marital status affiliation
Religions
In Leichlingen different denominations are represented:
- Evangelical Church in Leichlingen and Witzhelden
- Catholic Church of St. John Baptist and St. Henry
- Evangelical Free Church congregations ( Baptist ) in Leichlingen Weltersbach and Kuhle. In the district Weltersbach is an Evangelical Free church seniors village with about 500 inhabitants. Carrier is the Diakoniewerk Pilgerheim Weltersbach which also maintains the Baptist Cemetery Weltersbach.
- New Apostolic Church in Leichlingen
- The Jehovah's Witnesses have a " Kingdom Hall " in Leichlingen.
Religion
Policy
Mayor
Mayor: Ernst Müller ( SPD)
City council
The 32 seats of the City Council are distributed as follows:
- SPD 12 seats
- CDU 7 seats
- UWG 3 seats
- Green 2 seats
- FDP 2 seats
- BWL 2 seats
- The left one seat
- Non-attached elected 3 seats
(As of 30 August 2009)
Children and Youth Parliament
Since the summer of 2000, there are a Child and Youth Parliament ( jupa ) in Leichlingen. The 9 - to 20 -year-olds meet at least two to three times a year. The jupa is elected annually after the summer holidays.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms shows in silver and blue wavy divided shield in the upper field, winning blue, blue reinforced and double-tailed red Bergisch lions in the lower field a silver fish with red fins. The fish, a symbol of the former abundance of fish Wupper is taken from the seal of the aldermen of Leichlingen 1636, there are lion fish and heraldic left, the lion without crown, einschwänzig.
Twinning
Leichlingen maintains and cares to three cities in the European foreign twinning:
A special feature of each of the Wupper bridges dedicated in Leichlingen of these cities and enters their name. Also to be found in the city, several monuments dedicated to the twin cities. Every year trips to the partner cities.
Culture and sights
Structures
Particularly buildings worth seeing are in Leichlingen:
- Evgl. City church with a Baroque interior
- Eicherhof House ( popularly known as Castle Eicherhof )
- Haus Vorst
- House Nesselrath
- Small church of St. Heribert
- Catholic Church of St. John Baptist
- Catholic Church Am Johannisberg
- Villa Weyermann
In the district Witzhelden there are two notable transmission facilities of Deutsche Telekom in the immediate vicinity, namely:
- A 134 -meter high telecommunication tower of reinforced concrete at 51 ° 7'31 " north latitude and 7 ° 6'36 " east longitude
- A 229 -meter-high radio mast for distribution of television programs at 51 ° 7'7 " north latitude and 7 ° 5'59" east longitude
Regular events
In the wider area Leichlingen is known by the fruit market, which takes place annually in October. Equally well known is that takes place on the same weekend Thanksgiving in Witzhelden whose highlight is a procession on Sunday. In addition, the Leichlinger Town Festival, which takes place on the third weekend in September each year, obtained through regional awareness.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
- Rail traffic
Leicester is on the railway line Gruiten -Cologne- Mülheim and is served by half-hourly regional train RB 48. Since early 2011, the Leichlinger station is being rebuilt by the Deutsche Bahn AG. Construction is expected to last until about 2013. During this period, the regional trains stop at a separate provisional platform.
- Bus
There are regular bus services to Leverkusen ( line 255, the last stop Chempark ) Leichlingen - Witzhelden ( line 255 in the opposite direction ), Cologne ( line 250, the last stop Hauptbahnhof), Solingen -Mitte ( line 250 in the opposite direction ), Solingen -Ohligs ( line 694, terminus Ohligsberg, bus / Solingen Hauptbahnhof - in the opposite direction ends the line in Leichlingen ), Langenfeld ( line 254, the last stop Langenfeld, S -Bahn - in the opposite direction, the line ends in Leichlingen ) and Leverkusen - hit village about Bergisch Neukirchen, Opladen ( line 253, terminus Concordia street - in the opposite direction ends the line in Leichlingen )
Leicester part of the collective territory of the transport association Rhein -Sieg ( VRS).
- Road access
Leicester is close to the A3 motorway towards Oberhausen - Frankfurt am Main and therefore has good transport links to the Ruhr and other urban centers as well as at Cologne. In addition Leichlingen has a connection point on the highway linking A542 to A59, through which the cities of Dusseldorf and Cologne can be reached.
- Access to airports
The international airports of Cologne / Bonn and Dusseldorf Boasting excellent motorway access to within 30 to 45 minutes.
Education
At the former blacksmith's hammer on the Wupper the late 1960s, the school center Leichlingen with the Municipal High School, the secondary school and the primary school in adjacent buildings arose. The Municipal High School has exceeded the number of pupils from 1,000 in the school year 2007/ 08.
Furthermore, there are four primary schools: Shore Road, cath. Primary School Church Street, On Büscherhof, Bennert, as well as primary school Flamerscheid which lies in Witzhelden.
Personalities
( in chronological order )
Born in Leichlingen
- Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772-1847), composer
- Frederick Crossing (1826-1871), philosopher
- Julius Pohlig (1842-1916), engineer and entrepreneur
- Emil Kronenberg (1864-1954), doctor, politician and writer
- Otto Adams (1887-1966), politician and trade unionist
- Rudolf Geller (1894-1973), founder weaving
- Aloys Nolle (1899-1956), police commissioner and member of parliament (CDU )
- Erich Müller (1899-1992), dentist and professional representatives
- Willy Schürmann (1913-2008), painter and graphic artist
- Karl -Heinz Lauter Jung (1914-2000), professor of nuclear physics
- Kurt Lauterbach (1920-1993), actor, comedian, entertainer and Tenorbuffo
- Hermann Stahlberg (1920-2005), politician
- Wolfgang Zimmermann ( b. 1949 ), politician
- Michael Biegler (* 1961), handball coach
- Grajewski Oliver ( born 1968 ), comic book artist, visual artist and illustrator
- Konstantin Karanikas (born 1966 ), professor of exercise science
- Wilhelm Müller ( * 1922 ), a local politician, businessman and world traveler
Connected with Leichlingen
- Carl Hesselmann (1830-1902), Pomologe, Kaiser- Wilhelm- apple, Hesselmann road
- Oskar Erbsloh (1879-1910), aviation pioneer, Erbsloh ( airship )
- Fritz Hinrichs (1890-1976), German Rectors, Leichlinger Heimatbuch
- Werner Peine (1897-1984), painter
- Reinhard Suhren (1916-1984), German naval officer and submarine commander in World War II
- Morét Herbert (1920-2009), Baptist minister, president of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches in the GDR, spent his twilight years in Diakoniewerk Pilgerheim Weltersbach and died in Leichlingen
- Hans Leyendecker ( born 1949 ), journalist
- Karl Reul (* 1922), mayor and school leaders, father of Herbert Reul
- Herbert Reul ( b. 1952 ), politician
- Annette Langen ( born 1967), writer, Felix ( children's book series )
- Linda Budinger aka Marion Frost ( born 1968 ), writer
- Alexander Lohmann ( born 1968 ), author of fantasy novels, editor and translator
- Bernd Schneider (born 1973 ), international footballer
- Michael Ballack (born 1976 ), international footballer