Endenich

50.7251388888897.0728333333333Koordinaten: 50 ° 43 ' 31 " N, 7 ° 4' 22" E

Location of Endenich in Bonn

Endenich is a district in the west of the city of Bonn has approximately 12,000 inhabitants and belongs to the municipality of Bonn.

Location

Endenich borders to the west with the Meßdorfer field Lessenich / Meßdorf, on the northwest by Dransdorf, on the north by the North West city and town, on the east by Poppelsdorf and on the south by Lengsdorf and Duisdorf. Endenich is located on the A565 and is the namesake of the manifold cross " Endenicher egg ".

History

The village was founded in the 8th century AD Endenich, first mention in years 804: Villa quae vocatur Antiche ( called at the village, the " Antiche " ( Endenich ) ). From the Middle Ages the castle Endenich comes.

Endenich country belonged to the Electorate of Cologne and was delightfully named the glory Endenich (also called Poppelsdorf ) in the Electoral Cologne Oberamt Bonn, which was in the possession of the Bonn Cassius - pin. The reign included the villages Endenich, Ippendorf and Poppelsdorf. After the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops (1794 ) and the introduction of the French administrative structures (up to 1798) Endenich belonged to the Mairie Poppelsdorf in Canton Bonn external. In the Prussian era (from 1815) the community Endenich remained part of the mayor's Poppelsdorf, assigned to the district of Bonn. The municipality was incorporated on June 1, 1904 in the city of Bonn. The district Endenich in the borders of the former municipality is today. From 1879 to the Second World War there was the Immenburg.

After 1941, the monastery was used in the extermination camps " To Perpetual Adoration " in the context of the Holocaust as an intermediate storage for the mass transports of Jews Bonner.

In 2004 Endenich celebrated its 1200th anniversary.

Culture and sights

• The Martyrdom chapel at the foot of Cross Mountain.
• Endenich castle, now the seat of the district library.

The Improvisation Ensemble The jerboa, founded by Bill Mockridge has Endenich in his home. Well-known comedians such as Bernard Hoëcker, Christoph Schunck, Maximilian Easter Ritter, Dirk Bach and Bastian Pastewka, but for example, the Piccolo Puppet shows have started from here its path of success.

The house of the jerboa as part of the Music Club Harmony, the Rex cinema and the theater in the ballroom Endenicher culture mile in Frongasse.

The composer Robert Schumann spent his last two years of life in the " Richarz'schen sanatorium " in the former Magdalene Street (now Sebastian Street ). The building is now a memorial ( Schumann Haus Bonn ) and is used as a museum and a music library.

The Bonn Prince couple has in Endenich always his first official appearance after his performance on the market square in Bonn.

Science

In Endenicher north some scientific institutes are located: since 1965, Parasitology (now the Institute of Evolutionary Biology & Ecology ) and Pharmacy of the University of Bonn, since 1972, the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and since 1973 the Astronomical Institute ( since 2006 Argelander Institute for astronomy).