Uckerath – Wikipedia

Catholic parish church Sankt John the Baptist

The church in Uckerath was built in 1892

Uckerath is a district of the city of Hennef (victory) on the Leuscheid at the beginning of the Westerwald. Uckerath includes the districts of Lichtenberg, Daubenschlade, Hollenbusch, Buchholz and Bierth.

In 1131 the place was first mentioned in a document. Pope Innocent II confirms the right to the Cassius-Stift Eclessia Okenrode with the entire tenth (Church Uckerath with the whole tenth). The ending roth comes from the term clearing, which is typical for a location at the beginning of the second millennium.

In 1555, the Honnschafts Uckerath, Bülgenauel and Gierscheid, Adscheid, Wellesberg and Lichtenberg passed in the church game Uckerath. ^[2] 1570 were in the church records of the church game Uckerode But still divided into the Honnschaften Uckerode, Wellesberg, Lichtenberg, Süchterscheid, Bülgenauel, Adscheid and Scheid. ^[3]

It was important for the settlement Frankfurter or Hohe Strasse , today’s B 8. Uckerath was a Bergisches Zollstelle and Thurn and Taxis’s post station. From 1794 to 1796 there were repeated French and imperial troops in the parish and in the surrounding villages. 1796 it came to Battle of Uckerath that ended with a victory of the imperial. ^[4]

The Honchaft Uckerath had 392 inhabitants in 68 families in 1742, in 1791 there were 423 inhabitants in 80 families. In addition to Uckerath, the hammers of Meisenbach, Sommershof, Wasserhess and Harth included ^[5] . In 1807 463 inhabitants were found for the honey and 1374 acres of the area ^[6] .

In 1816 Uckerath became the main town of the Uckerath district. The Siegkreis was formed from the Siegburg and Uckerath districts in 1820 and the district seat was moved to Siegburg.

On February 25, 1923, Uckerath was occupied by French troops ^[7] .

Community Uckerath [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

The municipality of Uckerath belonged to the Mayor’s Easy Uckerath. It had 4099 hectares, including 1941 ha arable, 340 ha meadow and 1397 hectares of forest. ^[8]

The municipality of Uckerath had 3272 inhabitants in 1885 (1634 men and 1634 women). 3249 of them were Catholic with his own parish. Eleven inhabitants were evangelical and belonged to the church in Eitorf, and there were also twelve Jews. ^[8] The further population development of the municipality of Uckerath: 3267 inhabitants were registered in 1925, in 1933 3292 and 1939 3252 people were registered.

In 1885, the municipality had 68 living spaces with 740 houses (including uninhabited) with 714 households. In addition to Uckerath, these were Adscheid, Ahrenbach, Altglück, Beier, Broich, Broich, Buchholz, Büllenauel, Büllesbach, Büllesfeld, Burghof, Busch, Dahlhausen, Darscheid, Daubenschlade, Dennenberg, landfill, Doppelsgarten, Eichholz, Eulenberg, Fernegierscheid, Hahnenhardt, Hahnenhardt , Halmshanf, Hammer, Hanf, Hanfmühle, Heckelsberg, Heide, Hermesmühle, Hollenbusch, Hove, Hüchel, Hülscheid, Hundseich, Issertshof, Kau, Knippgierscheid, Köschbusch, Kraheck, Kuchenbach, Künzenhohn, Lescheid, Lichtenberg, Löbach, Meisenbach, Meisenhanf , Mittelscheid, Niederscheid, Oberscheid, Ravenstein, Röttgen, Rütsch, Schächer, Scheuren, Scheußmühle, Schleheck, Sommershof, Stotterheck, Süchterscheid, Theishhohn, Oühhß, Wasserhess, Wellesberg, Wiersberg and Zurhof. ^[8]

In 1890, due to the well -paid jobs in urban factories, only 3010 inhabitants were registered. ^[9] In addition, 1888 people emigrated to North America between 1859 and 1885. ^[ten] The census on June 16, 1925 found 3268 people in 716 households.

On August 1, 1969, the previously independent community of Uckerath was incorporated into the newly formed municipality of Hennef (Sieg). ^[11] The old church tower, branches with acorns and three hills are shown on the old Uckerather coat of arms.

Population [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Community directors of the community [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

1946–1955 Pantaleon Schmitz

1955–1969 Wilhelm Giersiefen ^[7]

Uckerath is crossed by the B8, which will soon go into the A 560 towards Bonn. Due to the high through traffic, a bypass has been under discussion for decades.

The second church was also consecrated to St. John the Baptist.

The church, which was first mentioned in 1131, was replaced by a new building in 1160. In 1898 the three -aisled main building of this second church was demolished, the tower of the old church was preserved. The basement was provided with windows and converted into a mourning chapel. In 1955 it was prepared as a memory chapel for the dead of the Second World War. On October 5, 1968, the landmark of Uckerath collapsed. Leftover walls were included in a new cemetery chapel.

The new church, a three -aisled, neuromanic basilica with a transept and built -in west tower, was blessed on October 30, 1892. The construction plans were already presented by the Cologne architect August Carl Lange from 1878 to 1882 and only realized after his death. The approaching front in World War II added serious damage to the Church. On March 11, 1945, several grenades hit the nave, on March 19 the upper part of the tower was destroyed. Further impacts hit the left aisle on March 23. A fire destroyed the roof structure and the organ stage. Soon the service was held back in the ruins. In 1946 the ship received a roof and until 1952 the final repair took place. The tower was partially removed and provided with a new helmet. In 1959 the church also received two new bells, in 1978 a church tower clock and a third bell from the Mark in Brockscheid. ^[13] The church windows were mostly designed by the Cologne artist Manfred M. Ott. ^[14]

Evangelical Stephanuskirche, in the background of the tower of St. Johannes

Pastor Krupp [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

The Reformation in Uckerath is due to a pastor Krupp. He preached many years after the Catholic faith since 1573, but then (with his community) changed to the reformed faith. Shortly afterwards he married his housekeeper. The monks from the Bödingen monastery caused a counter -reformation and moved pastor Krupp and thus his community again to the Catholic faith. After the death of the pastor Krupp (around 1617), the monks of Bödingen took over the church in Uckerath to set the Catholic faith.

Uckerather pulpit murder [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

This was not only the case in Uckerath. Notes like In 1623 the churches Uckerath and Blankenberg were re -accepted are reminiscent of a war -like state. The Uckerather still tell an example of this today, the so -called “Uckerather Kanzelmord”. Since the Bödinger monk was late for the service, a Protestant hiking preacher from Altenkirchen rose the pulpit and began preaching the new gospel. When the monk arrived, he dragged the counter -speaker from the pulpit with helpers and closed him in front of the church with a hatchet. After that hardly performed Protestants in Uckerath.

post war period [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

However, their number grew again through immigration and war refugees. After the Protestant community of Eitorf struck for a long time, a separate Protestant church was inaugurated in 1954.

In 1828, eight Jews were counted in the mayor’s office in Uckerath. Nevertheless, Uckerath was 1864 Special synagogenic And is also responsible for the care of the Jewish citizens in Eitorf until they were able to enforce their own community. In 1887 the Uckerather synagogue community was merged with the Geistinger community.

• The Uckerath e. V. takes care of the design and care of various facilities and playgrounds in the place. In addition, she organizes a handicraft market and the local Sankt Martins train once a year.
• SC Uckerath plays football in the district league. The tennis department with several teams takes part in the competitions of the Middle Rhine tennis association.
• The Westerwald stars placed the German champion twelve times with the mixed carnival gardens and the carnival dance couples.

1. ↑ Hennef: List of living space , Inhabitant registration office of the city of Hennef
2. ↑ W. Harleß: The inquiry about the court constitution in the Duchy of Berg from 1555. In: Journal of the Bergisches History Association 20. 1884, S. 131.
3. ↑ Helmut Fischer and Johannes Buchholz: Uckerath 1131–1981, parish council of the parish of St. Johannes the Baptist Uckarth.
4. ↑ Senior district director Paul Kieras (ed.): The Rhein-Sieg district. Stuttgart 1983, S. 272.
5. ↑ H. Goldschmidt: Official statistics on the Lower Rhine in the 18th century. In: Yearbooks for national economics and statistics 103. III. Episode 53, 1917.
6. ↑ Church pension book of the parish church of Uckerath, HSTA Düsseldorf Maps III: No. 12/14.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Johanes Buchholz: Dörfliche life in the parish of Uckarth. In: Helmut Fischer/ Johannes Buchholz: Uckerath 1131–1981. 1981.
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Community Exicon for the Kingdom of Prussia from 1885
9. ↑ B. Schneider: The population movement in the last century. In: Home leaves of the Siegkreis 4. 1928.
10. ↑ J. Walterscheid: Emigrants from the Siegkreis. Bonn 1939, S. 87–95.
11. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher municipal publisher, Cologne 1970, S. 84 .
12. ↑ Counting results from 1816 to 1970 of the cities and municipalities . Contributions to the statistics of the Rhein-Sieg district, Vol. 17/ Siegburg 1980, pp. 46–47.
13. ↑ St. John the Baptist Uckerath. Accessed on April 11, 2022 .
14. ↑ Research center of the 20th century stained glass e.V: Hennef-Bröl, St. Mariä Ascension, window by Manfred M. Ott. July 8, 2008, accessed on April 11, 2022 .