Hürth: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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Hürth: Guide
Hürth is a small town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Hürth is situated about 9 km to the southwest of Cologne, at the northeastern slope of the natural preserve Naturpark Kottenforst-Ville|Kottenforst-Ville.
The city, consisting of thirteen formerly independent villages, is essentially made up of numerous subdivions and commercial centers distributed over a relatively large area, intermittened by lakes and streches of forest.
Coat of arms
Hürth's coat of arms shows the eagle from the family coat of arms belonging to the Knight Hurth von Schönecken, the cross of Cologne and a gear|cogwheel that refers to the industry|heavy industry. It was awarded to the community on October 26 1934 by a verdict of the Prussia (state)|Prussian Ministry of State.
Districts
Alstädten/Burbach
Alt-Hürth
Berrenrath
Efferen
Fischenich
Gleuel
Hermülheim
Hürth-Mitte
Kalscheuren
Kendenich
Knapsack
Sielsdorf
Stotzheim
Twin Towns
Argelès-sur-Mer (France) since 1988
Kabarnet (Kenya) since 1988
Skawina (Poland) since 1996
Spijkenisse (Netherlands) since 1966
Thetford (England) since 1966
History
On April 1, 1930, the rural communities Hürth (with Alstädten and Knapsack), Berrenrath, Fischenich, Gleuel (with Sielsdorf and Burbach), Hermülheim and Kendenich (with Kalscheuren) were united into a new country community called Hürth. After same year's failed attempt of the city Cologne, with their then-major Konrad Adenauer, to incorporate Efferen, Efferen was associated to Hürth in 1933, in tandem with Stotzheim. This made Hürth the largest rural community of Germany until 1978, when Hürth ceased being a rural community and became a suburb of Cologne as new developments in Efferen closed the gap between the city of Cologne and Hürth.
The country administration of the rural district Cologne was seated in Hürth since November 22, 1963. Previously - starting 1816 - it was seated in the city of Cologne itself. The administration moved to Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia|Bergheim on September 3, 1993.
Hürth is home of the Bundessprachenamt which was founded on July 4 1969.
Alstädten
Alstädten was first mentioned documentarily in 1185.
Burbach
Burbach was first mentioned documentarily in 1233.
Berrenrath
Berrenrath was first mentioned documentarily in 922. The resettlement of Berrenrath onto a former and now abandoned brown coal mine 600 metres off was decided on February 27, 1952. This was necessary due to mining plans of the Roddergrube AG. The resettlement was completed in the September of 1995.
Efferen
The Efferen district had its first documentary mention as a pastoral town in 1189. The Roman Catholic Church|Catholics first humbled themselves with a plain wooden church. On June 6, 1869, this church was replaced with a solid building, consecrated by auxiliary bishop Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri|Baudri.
On October 31, 1944, large parts of Efferen, including the church and the hospital, were destroyed in an air raid. 36 people died.
On December 20, 1953, Boue, a member of the church assembly, consecrated the newly-built Evangelicalism|Evangelic church, designed by architect Jürgen Körber. Two years later, on November 25, 1956, a new Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic church, which was designed by the Cologne architects Wolfram Borgard and Fritz Volmer, was consecrated by auxiliary bishop Wilhem Cleven.
Fischenich
Fischenich was first mentioned documentarily in 1189.
Gleuel
Gleuel was first mentioned documentarily in 898.
Hermülheim
Hermülheim was first mentioned documentarily in 943.
In Hermülheim the town's two grammar schools are located: the and the .
Hürth (Alt-Hürth)
Hürth was first mentioned documentarily in 1185.
Hürth-Mitte
The building of the residential area Hürth-Mitte, that was begun in 1964 according to a decision from the year 1960 of the municipal council, had the aim of establishing a "city center" in the approximate geographic center of Hürth. The decision was evidently benefitted by the constantly raising population in those times. A certain sense of completion was achieved in 1985, when the new town hall and community centre had been erected. Hürth-Mitte is also the site of the Hürth Park, Germany's first shopping mall, which serves as the town's economic and social center.
Kalscheuren
Kalscheuren was first mentioned documentarily in 1305.
Kendenich
Kendenich was first mentioned documentarily in 941.
Knapsack
Knapsack, its first documentary mention in 1566, started to emerge into a notable town after 1900 due to establishment and development of industry (1906 the Knapsack-Griesheim AG, later known as the Hoechst AG; 1913 construction of the brown coal power plant Goldenberg-Werk)
Due to environmental constraints, 4000 citizens had to be resettled between the years 1969 and 1979.
Sielsdorf
Sielsdorf was first mentioned documentarily in 898.
Stotzheim
Stotzheim was first mentioned documentarily in 1223.
Sights
In former times, the Eifel aqueduct, a Roman Empire|Roman aqueduct which supplied the city of Cologne with drinking water, went through Hürth. A couple of spring (hydrosphere)|springs and streams in today's municipal area were used for that purpose before the Eifel aqueduct was built. Remnants of the aqueducts can still be found in the underground of the city.
Personages
Famous People from Hürth
Michael Schumacher, Formula One driver
Ralf Schumacher, Formula One driver
Other
Anne Will, moderator
Public transport
Since September 29 1997, Hürth has an bus|omnibus network that covers most of the city's area. There are six bus lines, labelled 711 through 716, by the city's public transport corporation, , and another five lines that are not associated with the SVH, having only a number of bus stops in Hürth.
There is a train station of the Deutsche Bahn in Kalschueren, where regional trains to Cologne, Bonn and Euskirchen stop, and some inter-regional trains pass through.
Additionally, Hürth is connected to Cologne and Bonn via the tram line 18 of the , which is responsible for the tram and bus lines of Cologne.
All local public transport, including that of the Deutsche Bahn, is subject to the , which is a corporation|combine of public transport organizations, setting unified prices for the whole of the combine.
Literature
Clemens Klug: "Hürth - wie es war, wie es wurde" (1961)
Herbert Sinz: "Auf der grünen Wiese"
Herbert Sinz, Heinrich Schnitzler: "Hürth in alten Bildern" (1980), ISBN 3-88265-052-4
Heinrich Schnitzler: "50 Jahre Ortsgemeinschaft Hürth-Gleuel" (1985)
Helmut Neßeler: "Hürth wie es früher war" (1999), ISBN 3-86134-585-4
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