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| Missing image Map-huerth_in_germany.png Karte Hürth in Germany |
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| Federal state: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Administrative district: | Rhein-Erft-Kreis |
| Area: | 51,173 km² |
| Population: | 54.568 (December 31 2003) |
| Population density: | 1009.3 inhabitants/km² |
| Height: | 54.4 - 154.6 m above sea level |
| Postal code: | 50354 |
| Area code: | 02233 |
| Geographic location: | 50° 52' 39" N 06° 52' 34" E |
| License plate: | BM |
| Website: | www.huerth.de |
| Politics | |
| Major: | Walther Boecker (SPD) |
| Ruling party: | CDU/FDP |
Hürth is a city in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Geography
Hürth is situated to the southwest of Cologne, at the northeastern slope of the natural preserve Kottenforst-Ville.
Coat of arms
Hürth's coat of arms show the eagle from the family coat of arms belonging to the Knight Hurth von Schönecken, the cross of Cologne and a cogwheel that refers to the heavy industry. It was awarded to the community on October 26 1934 by a verdict of the Prussian Ministry of State.
Districts
- Alstädten/Burbach
- Alt-Hürth
- Berrenrath
- Efferen
- Fischenich
- Gleuel
- Hermülheim
- Hürth-Mitte
- Kalscheuren
- Kendenich
- Knapsack
- Sielsdorf
- Stotzheim
Partner cities
- 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), Hermühlheim 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 city.
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 on September 3, 1993.
The Bundessprachenamt, constructed starting of July 4 1969, is located in Hürth.
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 Catholics first humbled themselves with a plain wooden church. On June 6, 1869, this church was replaced with a solid building, consecrated by suffragan bishop 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 Evangelic church, designed by architect Jürgen Körber. Two years later, on November 25, 1956, a new Roman Catholic church, which was designed by the Cologne architects Wolfram Borgard and Fritz Volmer, was consecrated by suffragan 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.
Hermülheim is host to the two gymnasiums of the city: the Ernst-Mach-Gymnasium (http://www.emg-huerth.de/) and the Albert-Schweizer-Gymnasium (http://www.asg-huerth.de/).
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.
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 aqueduct which supplied the city of Cologne with drinking water, went through Hürth. A couple of 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
Sons and daughters of the city
- Michael Schumacher, Formula One driver
- Ralf Schumacher, Formula One driver
Other
- Anne Will, moderator
Public transport
Since September 29 1997, Hürth has a 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, Stadtverkehr Hürth (http://www.svh-direkt.de), 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 AG 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 Köln-Bonner Verkehrsbetriebe (http://www.kvb-koeln.de/), 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 Verkehrsbund Rhein-Sieg (http://www.vrs-info.de/), which is a 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