Oberkassel (Bonn)

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Location of Upper Kassel in Bonn

Upper Kassel ( official spelling to 14 August 1936: Upper Cassel ) is a district of the city of Bonn Beuel district and lies on the right bank of the Rhine at the edge of the Seven Mountains. Upper Kassel has about 7000 inhabitants.

Geography

Upper Kassel is the southernmost town of the city of Bonn Beuel district and lies on the right bank of the Rhine at the edge of the Seven Mountains. The Rhine forms the border with the district of Bad Godesberg. In the north of Upper Kassel is adjacent to the town of Ramer village and shares with this, the new development area Bonner Bogen. In the north - east it borders on the Ennert, on the southeast by the Dollendorfer Hardt. In the south of Upper Kassel borders Oberdollendorf, in the southeast, there is a smooth transition to the upper Dollendorfer district Römlinghoven. This is also the border town between Bonn and the city of King Winter the already belongs to the Rhein- Sieg-Kreis.

The highest point on the ground of Bonn, and thus also of Upper Kassel is the Paffelsberg with 194.8 meters.

History

In an early settlement of the space, the double grave found in 1914 in a quarry of Upper Kassel towards the oldest find of modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Germany.

As Cassele Upper Kassel was 722/723 and clearly as Cassela first mentioned in 1144, the name probably derives from the Celtic word " Cassola ," the marsh, creek and marsh means. Likewise, a derivative of the Roman " Castel " is conceivable. To Oberkassel the previously independent settlements mountain Hoven include (first 873 mentions ), Büchel (first mentioned in 1202 ), Broich (first mentioned in 1306 ) and Meerhausen (first mentioned in 1442 ).

The Buschhof was slammed as a farm in 1144 the parish Vilich, after 1283 it belonged to the Archbishop of Cologne from 1459 to the monastery angel valley, and from 1807 to Count Salm- Dyck Reifferscheidt, which bought up several farms. The economic basis of the individual villages is still readable in part to the historic buildings. In addition to the old farm buildings that served as focal points for the agrarian settlement areas, especially the wine growing and quarrying activities have left their mark in Upper Kassel. This is evident not only in the shaping of the landscape, but also in the system of marked routes for example, from the quarries to the Rhine and in the frequent winegrowers' houses with the necessary cellars. Until 1964 Upper Kassel was wine -growing region.

The latest from 1555 was chief Kassel Honschaft and parish in Bergisch Office Löwenburg. The parish belonged to the resolution of the Duchy of Berg in 1806 the district of the court and Botamtes Dolldorf, to the parish of Upper Kassel included the Honschaft mountain Hoven. 1770 Upper Kassel seat of the Counts and later Princes of Lippe- Biesterfeld, who resided referred to in the lip today cal country house estate.

After the takeover of the Rhineland by the Kingdom of Prussia (1815 ) was Oberkassel seat of the mayor of the same name in a circle Siegburg ( 1825 "Victory Circle" ), who was assigned to the management of community Heisterbacherrott, Niederdollendorf, Oberdollendorf and Upper Kassel.

The predominantly rural, small-scale settlement situation took place in the second half of the 19th century, especially along the Königswinterer road in the area of ​​Catholic and Protestant churches a more urban character. The Königswinterer road is the old Oberkasseler main road that runs parallel to the Rhine and is part of the historic right of the Rhine valley section. It crosses the city from the northern to the southern border. The in Urkataster out as a village road routes connecting Beuel after King Winter is already 1818 registered a map. 1833 was paved within the village.

Through the development of economic and material foundations of life, the population grew from 240 inhabitants in 1789 about 709 in 1861 to 1 884 inhabitants in 1890 skyrocketing. In the context of this development emerged in the south and north of the historic town center, numerous villas of the local factory and quarry owners. Through the charming scenic location on the Rhine at the foot of the Seven Mountains, the place also became a popular residence of foreign industrialists.

1870 reached the construction of the railway line on the right upper Rhine route Kassel; on the ferry Bonn -Oberkassel created a connection to the left of the Rhine route. 1898 received the mayor's Upper Kassel a newly erected City Hall at the former main road. As part of a state job creation measure the Oberkasseler bank of the Rhine was in 1930 redesigned. There was at that time in the border area between the upper and Kassel Oberdollendorf a lido, which as the (or one of) the largest ( n ) in Germany was (Summer 1929: 64,000 guests) and was destroyed in the Second World War.

From 1949 to 1955, the municipality of Upper Kassel also belonged to the enclave of Bonn, one of the Allied High Commission working under the special area around the seat of government of the Federal Republic of Germany. The determination of Bonn's seat of government had in Upper Kassel erratic population growth result, it was from 1951 to 1954, the federal settlement in the trench warriors. During the municipal reorganization of the space Bonn the office and municipality Oberkassel were disbanded on 1 August 1969. While the church Oberkassel burst into the newly formed city of Bonn, the other three communities came to the newly formed city of King Winter. The district Oberkassel within the limits of the former municipality is today.

The most famous Oberkasseler modern times, Gottfried Kinkel, who was born here in 1815.

Population Development

Facilities

In Upper Kassel is a site of the German Centre for Aerospace (the former German Agency for Space Affairs and the promoter in the DLR) and the headquarters of the Federal Agency for Post and Telecommunications German Federal Post Office. In the north of the district on the border of the district Ramer village, the site of the Bonner Bogen ( former cement factory) is the luxury hotel Kameha Grand Bonn.

In close proximity to these facilities, the Ernst- Kalkuhl High School, one of Ernst Kalkuhl 1880 based private school with boarding school is located. There is in Upper Kassel Gottfried- Kinkel - primary school. The previously existing in Upper Kassel urban Carl- Schurz- school - high school - was closed in the early 1990s.

Traffic

In the east, Upper Kassel State Road 42, which has a connection point on the border of Königswinterer district Oberdollendorf runs. The South East Upper Kassel is under crossed by the B 42 in a 500 -meter-long tunnel.

The station Bonn -Oberkassel is located on the right Rhine line. Here hourly train service to the RB 27 and the RE 8

Upper Kassel is by the tram line 66 and tram line 62 is connected with the three stops " Upper Kassel Nord ", " Upper Kassel middle " and " upper Kassel Sud / Römlinghoven " to the public transport system of the Bonn Stadtbahn. Here, the line 62 terminates in the South of Upper Kassel, the line 66 is traveling the seven mountain railway continues in a southerly direction and thus establishes a connection to King Winter and Bad Honnef. In addition, the bus line 541 through upper Kassel, so there is a bus service to Oberpleis and King Winter. At night is an hourly bus instead of by line N8.

By 1962, ran between upper Kassel and Plittersdorf ( Höhenhaus Carstanjen ) a person Rheinfähre. On the banks of the Rhine there is a boat landing. The investor was laid in 2000 with the support of Oberkasseler clubs around 1 km from the railway station height upstream closer to the center back. Operator is the Bonner Personenschiffahrt (BPS ) on the Rhine.

Attractions

• Arboretum Park Härle
• Ridge Ennert with the highest Bonn survey, the Paffelsberg and Juffernberg, Rabenlay, Kuckstein, Dornheckensee, Blue Lake and Märchensee
• Reference Oberkasseler man
• Steiner house
• Cal lip farmhouse
• Evangelical Church ( 1683 )
• Evangelical Church ( 1908; design: Otto March )
• Catholic Church of St. Cecilia
• Gottfried Kinkel Memorial

Trails

The Rhine rising from Bonn to Wiesbaden also performs Oberkassel about the most beautiful parts of the Seven Mountains, such as the right bank Rheinhöhenweg.