Odenthal

Odenthal is a town in North Rhine -Westphalia in the west of the Rheinisch -Bergisch - circle.

• 5.1 municipal
• 5.2 Mayor
• 5.3 Coat of Arms
• 5.4 community partnership

Geography

Odenthal is located on the western edge of the Bergisch land and is characterized by its forests. The most important river in the municipality is the Dhünn. Part of the Dhünn dam belongs to Odenthaler municipality.

The highest point in the municipality of Odenthal located on the L 310 at Great Heath with 253 m and the lowest at the outlet of the municipal district of Dhünn at Hoverhof with 69 m.

Connected to the German motorway network is in each case a few kilometers away in Burscheid for A 1, A 3 in Leverkusen, and Bergisch Gladbach to the A 4

Community structure

Altehufe - Altenberg - Blecher - Busch - Bülsberg - Bömberg - Bömerich - Eikamp - Erberich - Field - Glöbusch - Grimberg - United Grimberg - Green tree - Hahnberg - Wood - Höffe - hut - Classic Mill - Küchenberg - Kümps - Landwehr - Menrath - Neschen - Oberodenthal - Oberscheid - Osenau - Pistershausen - sounds Mich. - Scherf - Scheurenstraße - Schmeisig - Schöllerhof - Black Broich - Strauss - Steinbach - Steinhaus - Voiswinkel.

As part of the municipal reform in 1975 Schildgen was delivered to Bergisch Gladbach.

Neighboring cities and communities

Adjacent are the cities Leverkusen, Burscheid, Wermelskirchen and Bergisch Gladbach and the community Kürten.

Name

The name Odenthal probably goes back to the place name " Udindarre ", which in turn is supposed to be due to a knight named Udin, in the present village was a hamlet. This is Odenthal have dried up, hence the name " kiln ", that was it, " Udindarre " and over the years, the name then became Odenthal.

History

Odenthal is characterized by the typical bergischen scattered settlements. The town itself dates back to clearing Frankish settlers in the 10th century. The hamlets and farmsteads were mostly owned by lords and monasteries, especially Strauweiler and Altenberg. Odenthal is the cradle of the Bergische Land. In the district of Altenberg was from the mid-11th century on a rocky spine above the river Dhünn a castle that was to become the namesake for the entire region. This castle was called the Castle Mountains. In the period following the noble family living there named after the castle, the Count of Berg. In 1133, Count Adolf II the castle to the Cistercian order. At this point, the Berger had already built with Schloss Burg on the Wupper a new headquarters, this was wearing the name "New Mountain ". The newly founded Cistercian abbey, however, was given the name " Montis veteris ", ie Altenberg. The abbey had in 1803 lasted until the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss.

In April 2009, the Rheinisch- Bergisch district in Odenthal hosted the second day of the Rheinisch -Bergisch history.

Demographics

Policy

Parish council

The municipal council of Odenthal is made up of 38 council women and councilors together plus the mayor.

• CDU 16 seats
• SPD 6 seats
• GREEN 5 seats
• FDP 5 seats
• UWG 4 seats
• BR -O ( citizens Round Odenthal ) 2 seats

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

Mayor

Wolfgang Roeske (independent) dissolved on 21 October 2009, longtime mayor and previous community director John Untermaubach (CDU ) from the office.

Coat of arms

The Scheffen Sigil to Odenthal ( The aldermen seal to Odenthal ) is the transcription of a seal with the above coat of arms, whose stamp is still owned by the municipality Odenthal. But since the money seal next to the blazon, the year is 1617, the stamp is apparently a recut of this year for an older stamp from 1556.

The lion in the upper field is the Bergische, the antlers with the scab of the lower panel is not to be interpreted as a rule of Arms and refers perhaps to the former abundance of wildlife in the area. For this field, the color green was chosen free!

Community partnership

Odenthal has since 1996 partnered with Cernay- la -Ville in France and, since October 2011 Paimio in Finland.

Personalities

• Jürgen Becker ( born 1932 ), writer and poet
• Eugen Heinen (1901-1981), the Altenberg Cathedral guide and local historian
• Ulrike Meyfarth ( born 1956 ), Olympic champion in high jump
• Fritz Roth (1949-2012), funeral and author

Attractions

Attraction for tourists is the district with the Altenberg Altenberg Cathedral, which is used simultaneously today, and the former Cistercian monastery. For children, the nearby cathedral at Fairy Tale Forest ( German fairy tale forest GmbH) is a popular destination. This has been in existence since 1931, is probably the oldest fairy tale park in Germany and with more than 20 scenes also one of the largest. A manually recorded water organ in the Brothers Grimm Hall thrilled the accompanying parents and grandparents. The fairytale forest is not a hectic amusement park, its nostalgic appearance invites you to walk more.

The place Odenthal has an historic town center with half-timbered houses and the Romanesque St. Pancras church in the center. The tower of this church is the oldest still in use bell of the Rhineland.

Education

The gymnasium Odenthal, the newly established full-day junior high school 2013 and expiring main school Odenthal form the centrally located large school complex on the Dhünn loop in Odenthal. At the school complex also includes a kindergarten, a primary school and Dhünntalstadion. The large modern 3 -fold gym, as well as the sports field are regularly used by sports clubs, as well as other events such as the large, one regional music festival "Rock in the valley ", the 100th anniversary of the volunteer fire department Odenthal or proms.

Clubs

In addition to the traditional Maypole set on May 1, a play is performed annually since 1981 by the theater and Maiverein Eikamp. The demand on local maps from neighboring communities for more than a dozen ideas regularly so great that the anecdotes that come in the hall of Eikamper Court's performance, are all always sold out.

Traffic

Odenthal is served by a total of six bus routes and two night bus routes and is part of the collective territory of the transport association Rhein -Sieg ( VRS). There are the following compounds:

• Line 212: LEV center - LEV Schlebusch - Odenthal Glöbusch - Odenthal Blecher ( - Altenberg )
• Line 430: Bergisch Gladbach S - GL Hebborn - Odenthal center - Odenthal Glöbusch - Burscheid
• Lines 431/433: Bergisch Gladbach S - GL In Aspert - Odenthal Voiswinkel - In the Follmühle / - Odenthal Küchenberg
• Line 432: Bergisch Gladbach S - GL Hebborn - Odenthal center - Scheurenstraße - Neschen - Schmeisig
• Line 434: Cologne Wiener Platz - K candlestick road - GL Schildgen - Odenthal center - GL In Aspert - Bergisch Gladbach S
• N 41 ( roundabout ): Bergisch Gladbach S - In Aspert GL - GL hand - GL Paffrath - GL Schildgen - Odenthal center - GL In Aspert - Bergisch Gladbach S
• N 42 ( roundabout ): Bergisch Gladbach S - GL Hebborn - Odenthal center - Odenthal Blecher - Altenberg - Odenthal center - Schildgen GL - GL Paffrath - GL hand - GL at the Flora - Bergisch Gladbach S