Meckenheim (Rhineland) - Meckenheim (Rheinland)

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Meckenheim
federal stateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Residents
24.684 (2019)
height
180 m
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Meckenheim

Meckenheim is a city in the Pre-Eifel in the south North Rhine-Westphalia.

background

The following districts belong to the city of Meckenheim:

  • 1 AltendorfAltendorf in the encyclopedia WikipediaAltendorf in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsAltendorf (Q436998) in the Wikidata database
  • 2 ErsdorfErsdorf in the encyclopedia WikipediaErsdorf in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsErsdorf (Q1361781) in the Wikidata database
  • 3 LüftelbergLüftelberg in the encyclopedia WikipediaLüftelberg in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsLüftelberg (Q1880258) in the Wikidata database
  • 4 MerlMerl in the encyclopedia WikipediaMerl in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMerl (Q1921877) in the Wikidata database

getting there

By plane

Next airport is Cologne-Bonn AirportWebsite of this institutionCologne-Bonn Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaCologne-Bonn Airport in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryCologne-Bonn Airport (Q157741) in the Wikidata database(IATA: CGN) .

By train

  • The 1 Meckenheim train station (Bz Cologne) is on the railway line Bonn - Euskirchen

In the street

A location cannot be positioned more conveniently in terms of road traffic. Two motorways (A61 and A565) with one exit each flow around the town and meet at the motorway junction Symbol: KNMeckenheim. The two motorways in the village are not visible and usually not audible either. High noise barriers and incisions, lined with strips of forest, provide excellent protection.

mobility

Map of Meckenheim (Rhineland)

Tourist Attractions

Headquarters BWI GmbH
Half-timbered house and processional altar in the Ersdorf district
Parish Church of St. Jakobus, Ersdorf

Meckenheim actually has no sights, Meckenheim is a sight - but maybe only for architects and urban planners.

The city is a testament to how modern living was imagined in the 1970s: Lower thoroughfares are bridged by an independent pedestrian and cycle path system - ideal for local schoolchildren, but difficult for non-residents. As a pedestrian you cannot orientate yourself on the streets, there are often no sidewalks. The new Meckenheim was created because the ministerial bureaucracy in the young federal capital Bonn needed good-middle-class living space that should also be affordable for young families. So they drew an ellipse around two old town centers near Bonn, Meckenheim and Merl, and filled them with terraced and detached houses. These gently surround the few compact apartment buildings. Architecturally very interesting areas were created in the process. The whole thing was lushly greened and garnished with many playgrounds. A new center was created between the two old town centers, with a school center, cultural center, an indoor swimming pool, many sports facilities and, above all, a modern shopping center with a parking garage in the middle. The style certainly does not correspond to today's fashion, but it is representative of the taste and zeitgeist of the time.

A historically grown village center with old buildings can be found in the Ersdorf district (half-timbered houses; Catholic parish church of St. James the Elder with a wooden Pietà from around 1600; seven stone stations of the cross; stone grave crosses from the 17th / 18th centuries in the cemetery) .

  • 1  Lüftelberg Castle. Lüftelberg Castle in the Wikipedia encyclopediaLüftelberg Castle in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryLüftelberg Castle (Q1013053) in the Wikidata database.A moated castle, first mentioned in 1260. Rebuilt in the 15th century and provided with round towers and a moat. Remodeled in the Baroque style in the 18th century.last change: Aug. 2020
  • 2  Lüftelberger mill. Lüftelberger Mühle in the encyclopedia WikipediaLüftelberger Mühle in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsLüftelberger Mühle (Q47492295) in the Wikidata database.next to the Wasseburg, is used as a residential building.last change: Aug. 2020
  • 3  St. Peter (cath. church), Petrusstrasse 17, 53340 Meckenheim. Tel.: 49 (0)2225 2237. last change: Aug. 2020
  • 4  St. Michael (District Merl). cath. Church, built around 1980.last change: Aug. 2020
  • 5  Half-timbered house with two stations of the cross, Altendorf Kirchstrasse 7. last change: Aug. 2020
  • 6  St. James the Elder (cath. Parish church) (Ersdorf). St. James the Elder in the Wikipedia encyclopediaSt. James the Elder in the Wikimedia Commons media directorySt. James the Elder (Q2318983) in the Wikidata database.last change: Aug. 2020

activities

shop

  • 1  Orchard grocer (Organically grown apples), Bonner Str. 1, 53340 Meckenheim. last change: Aug. 2020

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

health

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literature

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