Miel (Swisttal)

50.6700556.914853147Koordinaten: 50 ° 40 ' 12 " N, 6 ° 54' 53 " O

Location of Miel in North Rhine-Westphalia

Parish Church of St. George in Miel

Miel is a village in the municipality Swisttal in the North Rhine-Westphalian Rhein- Sieg district, and is located in the Voreifel. Until 1969 Miel was a separate municipality.

History

About a kilometer northeast of the local situation of Miel was since the Roman period a settlement with the crossing of the Swist named Lützermiel. Building of this settlement were available until well into the 19th century. Today there is the entrance to a recycling plant. Get remained of Lützermiel the foundations of a Prussian bridge over the district road Bonn- Schleiden of 1823., The historical route of the road a few yards north of the present B 56 can still recognize. The Prussian milestone there is a semi-finished product, the year should have been carved later.

On August 1, 1969 Miel was incorporated into Swisttal.

Policy

Mayor of Miel is Rolf Esch ( CDU).

Attractions

The Catholic parish church of St. George are the ruins of Romanesque wall paintings. On the legend of the patron saint St. George also reminded the coat of arms of the former municipality: "In a green field with a sword in the chest pierced golden dragon ".

The baroque Schloss Miel remodeled by Electoral Cologne Minister of State Caspar Anton von Belderbusch from the old knight's seat to a moated castle is now used as a residence of a golf club.

The formerly established as a primary school 1831-1834 and subsequently used as a rectory building in the center is from 31 May 1991 under monument protection.

Remains of a bridge over the Prussian Swist at Lützermiel

Prussian milestone on the old bridgehead at Lützermiel

Swisttal - Miel, Aerial View from the northeast