Ollheim

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Location of Ollheim in North Rhine-Westphalia

Ollheim is a country town in the municipality Swisttal in the North Rhine-Westphalian Rhein- Sieg-Kreis. On January 9, 2014, he had 734 inhabitants. Mayor of Ollheim Matthias Simon (independent).

Geography

Ollheim is on the left bank of the Rhine approximately 15 kilometers from Bonn, between the Eifel and foothills to the Federal Highway 61 between the towns of Miel, Ludendorff, Dünstekoven, Straßfeld (municipality Swisttal ) and Dom Esch ( Euskirchen city ). To the district and subdistrict Ollheim also includes the south west hamlet Mömerzheim.

History

Ollheim is over 900 years old. When the Franks in the 4th / 5th Century AD. the Romans expelled from the Rhineland and Clovis I (c. 500 AD) and large parts of his people converted to Christianity, were numerous churches to St.. Dedicated to Martin, as this was the favorite saint of the Frankish house Meier and kings. What is striking is the frequently occurring Martin patronage in the district of Rhein river, which is attributed to a Frankish king villa near Kirchheim. From this castle of the Franks from the Hockebur say otherwise, most of the churches were founded by Martin Rhine river. Also, the patronal feast of St.. Martinus in Ollheim points in the Frankish- Merovingian period as Ollheim lay on the territory of the King Villa Hockebur. The church was originally an estate chapel and the patronage of the church was given a long time in connection with this farm. The old church before 1907 had significant remains of an old Roman Pfeilerbaues. In the book " The parishes in the deaneries Meckenheim and Rheinbach " by Dr. Heusgen states: " The Frankish royal estate at Kirchheim surrounded by a wreath of Martin churches that can simultaneously recognize us the scope of the district this royal villa, namely the churches to Kirchheim, formerly certainly Flamersheim, Hilberath, Rhine river, Ipplendorf, Ollheim, Ash, Euskirchen, Stotz home. " Documentary mentions find, inter alia, to for the years around 1270, most of which are associated with the abbey of Siegburg, one of whose possession Ollheim at this time.

When in 1798 the Rhineland by the French in four departments ( Rur / Roer, Rhine -Mosel, Saar and Thunder Mountain ) was divided, emerged as lowest administrative unit ( department were divided into arrondissements / about government districts, which in turn in Cantone / about circles and this again in mairies / mayors ) in this area, the " Mairie d' Ollheim ", in Prussian times then mayor Ollheim. After the withdrawal of the French occupation forces following the collapse of the Napoleonic Empire in 1814, the Catholic dominated the Rhineland was awarded the Protestant Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. On April 20, 1816 saw the founding of the circle Rhine Bach and others belonged to the mayor's Ollheim to the eleven villages, hamlets four, ten yards, ten churches, prayer houses and chapels, 798 private houses and twelve mills, 20 public buildings and 1,162 barns and stables.

On October 1, 1932, came to the resolution of the county Rhine river and the division of the territory of the districts Euskirchen and Bonn.

Through the reorganization of the space Bonn / Siegburg it came on 1 August 1969 on the formation of the municipality Swisttal from the previously to the Official Ludendorf ( before 1961: Official Ollheim ) belonging to villages and the community Straßfeld (then in the district Euskirchen ).

Religious Divisions

In Ollheim there is a Catholic church, which was dedicated to St. Martin of Tours, which refers to the Frankish Merovingian time through the pre-existing church in their origin. The existing church was built around 1906/ 07 neo-Romanesque and 1974/75 renovated.

In addition, there Mömerzheim in the filial church of "Our Lady of Perpetual Help." She received by Pope Leo XIII. on May 4, 1885 always and forever the rank of a chapel and church blessings associated with it. Built in the Gothic Revival style chapel houses the image of "Our Lady " and was inaugurated in 1886. Since then, the chapel feast in the octave from 1st to 2nd Sunday in September is an integral part in the Church's Calendar of Church of St. Martinus. Following an extensive renovation, the chapel since 1995 faithful and to all visitors. The chapel has only one bell, which was cast in 1885 by Christian Claren, Sieglar of bronze.

Sports

In Ollheim since 1912, there is a sports association, which has teamed up in 1989 with the SC Straßfeld for SG Ollheim / Straßfeld. Currently, the two original clubs have around 400 members who come from neighboring villages (municipality Swisttal and Euskirchen ). The gaming community currently participates with three men's teams and two women's teams and twelve youth teams at the handball game mode. The gaming community is dedicated to but not only the sport of handball. In recent years, the Department of Recreation and Health has grown steadily. Parent and child gymnastics, children's gymnastics, adventure sports, aerobics, walking, fitness gym etc. make an offer for all ages, which is widely accepted even by non-members.

Clubs

In addition to the SG - Ollheim Straßfeld is particularly the Carnival society " Olleme Bubbelsbröder " to mention that was founded in 1980 and since then organized meetings, parties and carnival on Shrove Tuesday. Furthermore, there Ollheim in the " Ollheimer carp fishing club friends in 1996 ."