Lessenich (Mechernich)
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Lessenich is a place on the northern edge of the Eifel, part of the city Mechernich in the district of Euskirchen. It is located approximately in the center of the triangle Mechernich, Euskirchen and Bad Münster Eifel. The Roman Eifel aqueduct to Cologne and the A1 runs immediately outside the local area. Near Lessenich are the three castles Zievel, Veynau and Satzvey. Due to the location of the cooling stream flows.
History
The founding Lesse ego was probably after the Frankish period. Archaeological findings indicate the end of the 7th century.
The first mention Lesse ego is in documents from the Benedictine Abbey of St. Maximin in Trier, which had in Lessenich goods and rights, but from the year 1116 which refer to 1023 or later.
Giselbert Count of Luxembourg, who was in office 1047-1059, donated to St.. Maximin " Lezenihe ". Godfrey of Zievel was in 1169 as a vassal of Henry III. Lord of Limburg at Castle Zievel while Vogt on the estates of the abbey in Lessenich, he had several of these goods to the fief. The Church of St. Stephen is also from this period, as Gottfried demonstrably related to the abbey to goods and rights of patronage denied ( = the right to propose the pastor ).
The Archbishop of Cologne, Philipp von Hein Hill, Castle Zievel bought with the associated goods ( ie, among other Lessenich ) in 1190 by Henry III. of Limburg.
1234 Castle Zievel was a free reign of the Lords of Daun, the vassals of the Counts (later Dukes ) of Jülich were. To 1377 the castle Zievel is owned by Johann Ritter Schmeich of Lissingen.
1794 the Rhineland was conquered and annexed by the French. This Lessenich 1798 came along with Burg Zievel to the Mairie ( town hall ) guard the village, Canton Zuelpich, Arrondissement Cologne, Département de la Roer and was for some years to France. After the French occupation Lessenich came in 1815 to the Official Satzvey and the Rhine province of Prussia.
Thanks to that Lessenich had to wear no losses in the war 1870/1871 against France, the St. Michael Chapel ( K44 ) was established on way between Lessenich and guard the village.
As of July 1, 1969 made Lessenich - Rißdorf together with Antweiler, Kommern Obergartzem, Satzvey - Firmenich, Schwerfen, guard the village and hamlet in the mountains the new community Veytal.
On 1 January 1972 the municipality Veytal was incorporated with the exception of the district Schwerfen in the community Mechernich. Mechernich was raised on 23 July 1975 on the city.
The name
There are a number of possible interpretations for the name Lessenich. It is striking first of all, that many of the place names are ending with - I in the near vicinity of Zuelpich. The place-name researchers Mürkens believed that all of these place-names are Celtic- Roman origin, that existed prior to the Frankish or even before the Roman colonization of the Rhineland. According to him, one called a farmstead mostly by their owners and hung the suffix '- acum ' or '- iniacum ', which originated from the Celtic ' ACON '. Later, by sound shift from the '- acum ' a '- I '. Lessenich could from " Laciniacum " / " Latiniacum " / " Lassoniacum " / " Liciniacum " = Good or of Lacinius Licinius have arisen.
Church of St. Stephen
The church is a single quarry stone, 18.20 meters long and 9 meters wide. The tower, with its late Gothic portal rundbogigem, which bears the date 1581, covered four floors and an extremely slim, the octagonal form out helmets. Above the second floor of a fine Gothic cornice Haustein is attached; the belfry after each side has a double window with Mittelsäulchen without chapiter. The tower hall shows a cross vault, which bears the arms of Metternich - Müllenark. The tower is up to the belfry 13 m and 45.15 m high throughout. The simple ship has three windows on each side and is provided with flat, gepliesterter ceiling. The late Gothic choir and the sacristy are two lancet windows, the latter with groined vaults. The tracery of the chancel window is broken. The choir has a delicate star vaulted ceiling, the capstone and the Metternich'sche coat of arms is carved. Tower, choir and sacristy are the oldest parts of the church; they originated in the 16th century, in the heyday of the v. Metternich family on Zievel, which apparently has plenty donated to the Build. The sacristy was originally very small and was partially rebuilt in the 19th century. Particularly noteworthy is the triumphal arch in the church, which still arose in the late Roman period. However, it already shows the pointed arch shape of the dawning Gothic. The present nave was completed from 1724 to 1734.
The bells were 1532, 1952 and 1953 cast. The inscription of the oldest bell is " STEPHANI HEYSCHEN ME, IN DYE ERE invited GOTZ ME, THE DONRE VERDRYVEN ME, Jan van tryer GOVS ME ANNO XXXII ".
Traffic
The national road 499 starts behind Satzvey runs over Lessenich, Rißdorf and hamlet on the mountains to the feeder road L 165 The county road 44 leads from Lessenich guard over the village until after Iversheim.