Kerken
The municipality is located Kerken the Lower Rhine in the west of North Rhine -Westphalia and is a municipality belonging to a county district of Kleve in the district of Dusseldorf.
- 2.1 Middle Ages and modern times
- 2.2 administrative reform
- 2.3 Population development
- 4.1 municipal
- 4.2 Mayor
- 4.3 Coat of Arms
- 5.1 Museums
- 5.2 Sports
- 5.3 dialect
- 6.1 traffic
- 6.2 Education
- 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 7.2 personalities who have worked on site
Geography
Spatial location
Kerken is on the left bank of the Rhine in the Rhine lowlands, on average, 32 m above sea level. NN. Through the municipal area of the Landwehr stream flows. It flows, even in the municipal area, in the Gelderner Fleuth.
Municipality
The municipal area has a size of 58 km ². The community Kerken divided into the four villages Aldekerk, Eyll (read: Eil), Nieukerk (pronounced Neukerk ) and Stenden. The village Stenden is ², the longest street in the village of North Rhine -Westphalia 10.67 km. To her belongs to the district of cream. The village Eyll divided into upper and Untereyll. The community of Nieukerk include the districts Baersdonk (pronounced Barsdonk ) ( partly to Kerken, partly to money ) Winternam and Poelyck (pronounced Pullk ).
Neighboring municipalities / cities
The community Kerken bordered to the north on the town of funds and to the community Issum, in the east on the community Rheurdt, in the south on the town Kempen and the community Wachtendonk and to the west by the city Straelen.
History
Medieval and modern times
The community is on the churches ( Low German: Kerken ) named. The oldest church in the community is actually in Nieukerk ( nieuwe Kerk = " new church " ) and the younger church in Aldekerk ( alde Kerk = " old church "). The name comes from the mighty construction of the Romanesque church in 1150 Nieukerk, which was built as a parish church of the Bailiwick by the Earl of money in today's dimensions. Until then, the church stood in Winternam, the name " new church " then moved on to the village of " Nieuwe Kerk = Nieukerk ". The presumptive court orchestra in Eyll was then used to " Alden Kerk = Aldekerk " which was abgepfarrt 1252 Nieukerk.
The Kerkener villages formed since the Middle Ages the core of the Bailiwick of Gelderland in the county, or the duchy of Guelders. On Kerkener area has the 1067 mentioned confessed " Ecclesia in Gelre ". Whether this has now been the predecessor of Nieukerker or Aldekerker Church, could not be clearly understood. This regarded as the mother church first church on Kerkener ground claiming both towns like for themselves.
Also documented proven - - independent development of the parish of St. Peter and Paul in Aldekerk in 1252, when these departed from Nieukerk and the southern part of the Bailiwick included with the current locations Tönisberg, Schaephuysen, Rheurdt and Stenden fact, began. The Schietweg ( crossroads ) was parish boundary between Aldekerk and Nieukerk; this limit is divided to this day the peasantry Eyll in lower and Obereyll.
The Gothic Nieukerker St. Dionysius Church is the third at an historic location. It was built in 1421, repeated partially destroyed and finally, decorated in 1680 with the Nieukerker landmark, the onion dome.
For the Kerkener history equally important are the old farming communities Stenden, Eyll, Winternam, Baersdonk, cream and Poelyck. Here the first farming settlers left before the turn of the millennium down on the edge of Aldekerker plate.
The community Kerken belonged until 1713 to the duchy of Guelders, then came to Prussia and was from 1798 to 1814 under French rule until 1815, the entire Lower Rhine at the Congress of Vienna the Kingdom of Prussia was slammed. Subsequently, today belonging to Kerken former municipalities came on April 23, 1816 in the wake of the Prussian administrative organization for county funds as one of over 40 counties of the province of Jülich -Cleves - Berg, who later became in the Rhine Province.
Territorial reform
The community Kerken emerged in its present form 1 July 1969, the first municipal restructuring program in North Rhine -Westphalia. The communities Aldekerk and Stenden the Office Aldekerk and the municipalities Nieukerk and Eyll the Office Nieukerk merged to form the new municipality Kerken.
On 1 January 1975, the old district of Kleve was merged with the former county funds and sub-areas of the circles Moers and Rees as the new Lower Rhine Kreis Kleve United during the second restructuring program in North Rhine -Westphalia.
Population Development
The following information refers to the present territory of the municipality Kerken.
Religion
Until May 23, 2010 existed in the community Kerken three Catholic parishes: In Aldekerk the Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul, in Nieukerk the Catholic Church of St. Dionysius, and in the parish of St. Thomas Stenden. On Pentecost Sunday 2010, these three parishes were merged into one. The name of the parish is after the merger of St. Dionysius. Headquartered Nieukerk, parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Aldekerk. The parish is part of the Dean's Office funds and thus to the diocese of Münster.
The Evangelical church Kerken is represented, each with a church in Aldekerk and Nieukerk. It belongs to the Evangelical Church Kleve district and the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland.
Policy
Parish council
In addition to the nationwide parties represented in the Kerkener local politics a local constituency association Active Citizens Association Kerken (BVK ).
The Council of the Municipality Kerken there including the mayor of a total of 27 members. Since the last municipal election held on 30 August 2009 are in the council CDU ( 49.8 %, 13 seats), SPD ( 20.6 %, 5 seats), BVK ( 17.2 %, 5 seats) and the FDP ( 12.4 %, 3 seats) represented.
The next municipal election will be held in 2014.
Mayor
To the Mayor of the municipality in 2009 Kerken Dirk Möcking (independent, supported by the SPD / BVK / FDP) elected with 50.4 % of votes. His opponent was Jürgen Baetzen ( CDU 49.6 %).
The next mayoral election will take place in 2015.
Coat of arms
The heraldic description ( blazon ) reads: " Split of red and silver ( white), is about one each Mispelblüte a church in confused colors. "
Explanation: The churches stand for Nieukerk ( = new church ) and Aldekerk ( = old church ). The Mispelblüten, also called cash Generic Rose, remember Eyll and Stenden and their former affiliation with the old duchy of Guelders. The coat of arms was designed by the municipal reorganization in 1969 by Edwin Arnold Pleiner.
Culture and sights
Museums
- The house Lawaczeck is operated as a museum and meeting place since 1999 by the Historical Society for money and its environs. It reserved for temporary exhibitions, lectures and concerts. The house was built in 1859 by the industrialist family Lawaczeck who operated a dye works in Kerken since 1809.
Sports
In the municipality there are four sports and gyms (2 × Aldekerk, 1 × Nieukerk and Bailiwick hall). The villages Aldekerk and Nieukerk each have two sports fields (FC Aldekerk and TSV Nieukerk ) and several football fields, one tennis court and an indoor tennis court. The TV Aldekerk is known about the Lower Rhine and beyond for its handball department. The club plays both with seniors, as well as with youth teams in high-class leagues for many years. Thus, for example, the female B- youth of the association in 2013, German Vice Champion and the female 's youth played in the 2013/2014 season in the Handball - Bundesliga youth.
In Eyll is the Waldfreibad Eyller lake. It is used by bathers and clubs. The lake is the venue of the annual triathlon of Aldekerker gymnastics club. On ( up to 14 meters deep ) lake there is a diving school in which, among other things disabled people can learn to dive. Dog owners may bring their animals because of this, a separate field is available. For anglers on Lake Eyller a fishing club established.
In addition, lying on Kerkener area an airfield for microlight aircraft and airfield for model aircraft. In Nieukerk there is a skateboard area.
Dialect
In the Kerkener part of communities is " Platt" spoken in respective local nature. Kerken dialect is historically in the low Franconian dialect area north of the so-called Benrather line ( with the maache - Maake distinction ) that delineates the southern Central Franconian (also called Ripuarian ) from the northern part of Lower Franconia. The Kerkener districts located north of the Uerdinger dialect line that passes coming from the Rhine to sleeve over Kempen to Venlo. This Uerdinger line (also called ek - ech - border ) differentiates the Südniederfränkische ( eg, in Krefeld Uerdingen and spoken ) from the northern Lower Franconian from, for example, the in sleeve (see Hölsch Plott ) and north of it is spoken in different shades of Stenden - Aldekerk Nieukerk - up funds and Kleve.
One of the main differences is the pronunciation of the Personalpronomenes " I ", which is spoken in Südniederfränkischen as " genuine " or " ish " in the North Lower Franconian but as " ek ". Even the word " also " is pronounced differently, namely as " ook " " OOCH " in the north and as far south. Also, " have ", the verb is spoken in different ways: in space Kerken they say eg "We häbbe ". Further south, it says " we hant ". Although the dialect is in retreat, as Platt to Carnival, on dialect and evenings in clubs is maintained. Also there is a rich vernacular literature.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
The stations Aldekerk and Nieukerk are on the left Lower Rhine route, on weekdays and every half hour on weekends as on weekdays after 20 clock hour of " Nier - Express" ( RE 10 ) of Kleve wrong Krefeld to Dusseldorf. The rail passenger transport is carried out by the North Western Railway ( NCA ), which DMUs of type LINT 41 used in single to triple traction.
Within the municipal area and in the adjacent municipalities take a number of bus routes.
Kerken is connected through the federal highways 9 and 510 and the federal highways 40 ( E 34 ) and 57 ( E 31 ) to the national road network.
The nearest airports are the Niederrhein Airport Weeze Airport and Dusseldorf.
Education
In the district Aldekerk the St. Peter's School, a Catholic elementary school, and the Kardinal-von -Galen - school, a primary school located. In the district Nieukerk is Mary's School, a Catholic elementary school.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Gerhard Ackermans (1926-2011), founder of Allkauf (now Real) and ProSieben (as Eureka TV)
- John Ackermann (1887-1962), local politicians
- Michael Buyx (1795-1882), father of the Lower Rhine History
- Hermann op den Graeff (1585-1642), leading figure of the Krefeld Mennonite
- Franz Grobben (1904-1994), conservative politician
- Bruno Henn ( born 1950 ), Handball - Bundesliga players
- Karl Olie (1915-1987), painter and stained glass artists
- Eduard Poell (1836-1904), dialect poet
- Remelé Philipp (1844-1883)
- John Scheifes (1863-1936), auxiliary bishop in Muenster
- Hermann -Josef Stoke (* 1954), writer
- Michael Semrad (1963-2009), comic producer ( Fix & Foxi, and others)
- Guido Winkmann (born 1973 ), football league referee
Personalities who have worked on site
- Fritz Lewerentz, (1878-1945), SPD politicians and victims of the Nazi dictatorship