Inden

Inden is a municipality in North Rhine Kreis Düren in North Rhine -Westphalia ( Germany ). It belonged to 1 January 1972 to the circle Jülich.

  • 2.1 Abgebaggerte towns
  • 4.1 municipal
  • 4.2 Coat of Arms and Flag
  • 5.1 Structures
  • 5.2 Sports
  • 5.3 Museum
  • 6.1 traffic

Geography

Highest elevation: 143.5 m above sea level Goltsteinkuppe

Lowest point: Viehöven 90 m above sea level

Geographical Location

The territory of the municipality forms the transition to the Zuelpicher Jülich flare.

The community has been dredged since the late 1990s, largely because of the lignite mining indene by RWE Power AG (formerly Rhein Braun). In a semicircle of districts Frenz / Lamersdorf / Lucherberg the new town center with name Inden / Altdorf was born. 2005 began the resettlement of the village pier. The new pier site located in the municipality Langerwehe. By districts Frenz and Lamersdorf the Inde flows. With great effort, 2005 Inde was diverted into new territory to the advancing mining around.

Already in 2008, was talking about the restoration of the balance hole in 2030 because of Düren district must create a new transport concept. Originally, the residual hole should be filled on a rolling mill with soil from the Hambach mine. In September 2006, the council indene a concept for a recreational lake with an area of 1300 ha was presented for the first time. Thus, the lake left behind in 2035 would be about as large as the Tegernsee. Remember, Lucherberg, Schophoven and Kirchberg would then Seeranddörfer. The term Indescher lake there for the lake left behind even a name. It is not about the Indeland project.

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities of India have, clockwise beginning in the north: Jülich, Lower Trim, Düren, Langerwehe, Eschweiler ( Aachen region ) and Aldenhoven.

Community structure

  • Frenz
  • Inden / Altdorf
  • Lamersdorf
  • Lucherberg
  • Pier ( demolished by 2020 )
  • Schophoven
  • Viehöven

Abgebaggerte towns

  • Altdorf
  • Geuenich
  • Indene (Alt -indene )

History

On January 1, 1972, the former municipalities Altdorf, Frenz, Lamersdorf, Lucherberg, Pier and Schophoven were incorporated to indene.

Policy

Parish council

The 26 seats of the council distribute at:

  • CDU 8 seats
  • UDB 3 seats
  • SPD 9 seats
  • FDP 2 seats
  • Green 3 seats
  • Non-attached 1 seat

(Updated: June 11, 2013)

Coat of arms and flag

Flag of the municipality of Inden

The municipality of Inden has been awarded with certificate of the provincial government in Cologne on May 6, 1974, the right to bear a coat of arms and flag.

Blazon: "Under a silver shield main in blue a church in confused colors in frontal view with open-angle roof, on a beam roof riders with the main shield reichendem sechsseitigem spire, both gable ends and roof skylights sullied with one Tatzenkreuz, in open säulengerahmten portal framed a Gothic shield, it in a Gold rotbewehrter and rotbezungter black lion. "

Flag description: " Blue - White-Blue in the ratio 1:4:1 vertical stripes, with the coat of arms of the municipality in the middle. "

Attractions

  • Good Lützeler in Inden / Altdorf
  • Good Müllenark in Schophoven
  • Lookout mining indene
  • Pesch House in Pier
  • Indeniederung
  • Catholic parish church of St. Nicholas Frenz
  • Catholic parish church of St. Cornelius Lamersdorf
  • Catholic parish church of St. Clement and St. Pancras Inden / Altdorf

Structures

Visible from afar shows the way indene, which is right on the edge of the community power plant located in Eschweiler Weisweiler. There is also the beautiful manor houses and Lützeler Merödgen in Inden / Altdorf and the Good Müllenark in Schophoven that are all worthy of a look. In addition, indene has a new landmark since 2009: the Indemann, a 36 m high observation tower on the Goltsteinkuppe, which offer a spectacular and informative view of the open pit indene and the surrounding area.

On 6 December 2011, the largest solar farm in North Rhine-Westphalia was opened on the former rubbish dump of the municipality of Inden near the power plant Weisweiler.

Sports

Inden / Altdorf has a football club, tennis club and a handball club. For the youth sports the municipality Inden has also funded a skating rink near the main school.

Museum

See local history museum indene in Lucherberg

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Indene is due to the partially disused state road 56 and the motorway 4 The next driveway on the highway is Weisweiler / Eschweiler -Ost.

Bus lines connect indene in all directions with Kirchberg, Jülich, herb Hausen, Lower Trim, Memory, Düren, Luchem, Langerwehe, Weisweiler and Eschweiler.

Indene had until 1983 a connection to the railway network. For one thing, indene terminus of the line Düren - indene. This overland tram from Düren Remember after indene was operated until 1965 by the Duerener Eisenbahn AG. Furthermore, indene had its own railway station on the railway line Stolberg - Jülich, whose entry hall was destroyed in World War 2 air raids and never rebuilt. This was replaced by a small carport house until 1983. This year, the distance between Stolberg and Jülich was decommissioned in passenger and dismantled between Frenz and Jülich. The valley railway line Frenz - Weisweiler is no longer used for public transport, but operated exclusively for freight. It run here Kalkmehlzüge for the coal-fired power plant Weisweiler. Today, the area of the station indene and the corresponding route are dredged, along with the old place.

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