Niederkassel

Lower Kassel, official spelling to 14 August 1936: Lower Cassel, is a town in the Rhein- Sieg-Kreis in the south of North Rhine- Westphalia.

• 2.1 Population development

• 3.1 City Council
• 3.2 Coat of Arms
• 3.3 Town twinning

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 See also
• 4.3 Sport
• 4.4 Conservation
• 4.5 Natural Monuments

• 5.1 Education
• 5.2 traffic

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.2 Other personalities who are associated with the city

Geography

Geographical location

The city Niederkassel extends almost 12 km along the right bank of the Rhine, the district Niederkassel is Rheinkilometer 666 low- Kassel is situated between the major cities and regional centers of Cologne, Bonn and Troisdorf, which can be reached by convenient transport within 20 minutes. In the south of the city, at Mondorf, leads the victory in the Rhine.

Boroughs

Niederkassel consists of the districts Lülsdorf, Mondorf, Lower Kassel, Ranzel, Rheidt, Uckendorf and Stockem.

History

Due to the geological conditions and the few Alluvialrinnen of the Rhine there were early on a swamp -free level, people may have moved around 1000 BC, to settle temporarily in the range of low- Kassel.

Due to the rather troubled Rhine stream covered by flooding large parts of the settlement country, their places gave the early settlers of the Bronze Age 2000-800 BC on soon. In the Iron Age, these conditions have obviously changed since the settlement is provable by some finds from Lülsdorf, Lower Kassel and Mondorf. The Romans were advancing in the last century BC to the Rhine and fastened the left bank of the Rhine with castles, only the bridgeheads as Cologne -Deutz and Mainz- Kastel also the right bank. The Bonn auxiliary fort in the area of ​​Bonn Market Square dates from the second half of the 1st century BC, about 60 years later arose over the estuary of the victory a legion camp - the Castellum, Bonna - with a square side length of 500 m. During the Roman Empire ( BC to 400 AD) the settlement area on the outskirts of low- Kassel was abandoned a few exceptions.

In the 5th century broke the rule of the Romans and the Frankish conquest began. A veritable colonization began in the 6th century by the Franks and the Merovingian rulers on the Rhine. This incipient normal habitation led later to the establishment of today's villages.

Its oldest mentioning that refers to Cassele From the year 722. Mondorf is mentioned 795 and 832 Rheidt. The settlements low Kassel, Rheidt and Mondorf included in the Carolingian period to Auelgau, Lülsdorf to Deutzgau. Lülsdorf was pooled end of the 14th century with the parishes Bergheim, Mondorf and Volberg to bergischen Office Lülsdorf. The parishes low Kassel and Rheidt fell in 1484 to the definitively bergische Office Löwenburg.

The Lülsdorf castle was the administrative seat of the Bailiwick and the later Office Lülsdorf and was managed from 1553 together with the Office Lowenberg by a bailiff, who had his seat at Castle Lülsdorf.

The end of the 18th century onset of French rule brought great changes of management and living conditions with it. The possessions of the Church and the State domains were often squandered for little money. The same division of the parental material was enforced among the children. By the Congress of Vienna it was decided in 1815 that the Rhineland came to Prussia. Under the Prussian administrative district of Siegburg in the district of Cologne in 1816, newly formed, which was part of 1822 in the Rhine province. Also in 1816 the mayor's low- Kassel was formed to manage the communities Lülsdorf, Lower Kassel, Mondorf, Rheidt Stockem and Uckendorf. The mayor had initially based in Uckendorf (today 's third smallest district ), but then constantly in Lower Kassel. 1927, the mayor's office was renamed " Office Niederkassel ". During the municipal reorganization, the Office low- Kassel was born on August 1, 1969 dissolved and merged its six municipalities of the new official free community Niederkassel.

On 1 January 1981 low- Kassel was appointed to the city. Since 1975, the population of the city of about 24,300 has increased by over 50% to approximately 37,500 today.

Population Development

Policy

City ​​council

The 40 seats in the city council spread from 21 October 2009 is as follows:

• CDU 19 seats
• SPD 9 seats
• FDP 7 seats
• GREEN 4 seats
• LEFT 1 seat

(As at municipal election held on August 30, 2009 )

Coat of arms

In a semi-circular sign with a red background and green Wellenschildfuß rises in silver a castle. Between two towers, the coat of arms of which is of Lülsdorf with red Gegenzinnbalken on a silver background. Together with the Wellenschildfuß connects this representation, the location of today's city on the Rhine with the meaning of the former governors of Lülsdorf and its castle, which later became the seat of the ducal bailiffs. The Lords of Lülsdorf led the red battlements change bars in gold, the first race of the Bergisch Count to 1225 as a double battlements bar in black.

Twinning

Lower Kassel is twinned with Limassol in Cyprus and with Premnitz in Brandenburg.

Culture and sights

Structures

• Parish Church of St. Matthew with a Romanesque tower in 1200

Chapel in the cemetery

Half-timbered houses

Retirement home for Elisabeth