Wachtberg
Encyclopedia
Wachtberg is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg
district, of North Rhine-Westphalia
, Germany
. It is situated approximately 15 km south of Bonn
. In 2005 the Wachtberg municipality had approximately 20,000 inhabitants.
The municipality was formed 1969 as a merger of 13 now incorporated villages. The town-hall is in the village of Berkum, approximately in the center of the area.
The Rodderberg
mountain is in the east of the Wachtberg district.
The municipality is named after another volcanic mountain, the Wachtberg, (extinct for 25 million years, now with a height of 258 m) that is situated near the centre of the municipality.
Four water castle
s are still inhabited:
Several water mills are situated on the stream
s, of which the Broicher Mühle near Villip is in continuous use since 886
.
At the top of the mountain Wachtberg there is a cenotaph
, built in 1923 by 10 of the 13 villages.
The radome
near Berkum has a diameter of 49 m.
In contrast to this several villages have ensembles of timber framed
houses.
Rhein-Sieg
The Rhein-Sieg-Kreis is a Kreis in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Oberbergischer Kreis, Altenkirchen, Neuwied, Ahrweiler, Euskirchen, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, the urban district of Cologne...
district, of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated approximately 15 km south of Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
. In 2005 the Wachtberg municipality had approximately 20,000 inhabitants.
The municipality was formed 1969 as a merger of 13 now incorporated villages. The town-hall is in the village of Berkum, approximately in the center of the area.
The Rodderberg
Rodderberg
The Rodderberg is an extinct volcano in the east of the municipality of Wachtberg near Bonn, Germany. The last eruption was 250,000 years ago....
mountain is in the east of the Wachtberg district.
The municipality is named after another volcanic mountain, the Wachtberg, (extinct for 25 million years, now with a height of 258 m) that is situated near the centre of the municipality.
Landmarks
Water castle
A water castle is a castle or stately home whose site is entirely surrounded by moats or natural waterbodies. Topographically water castles are a type of lowland castle.There is a further distinction between:...
s are still inhabited:
- Burg Münchhausen (near Adendorf)
- Wasserburg Adendorf (near Adendorf)
- Burg Gudenau (near Villip)
- Burg Odenhausen (near Berkum)
Several water mills are situated on the stream
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
s, of which the Broicher Mühle near Villip is in continuous use since 886
886
Year 886 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :...
.
At the top of the mountain Wachtberg there is a cenotaph
Cenotaph
A cenotaph is an "empty tomb" or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been interred elsewhere. The word derives from the Greek κενοτάφιον = kenotaphion...
, built in 1923 by 10 of the 13 villages.
Radome
A radome is a structural, weatherproof enclosure that protects a microwave or radar antenna. The radome is constructed of material that minimally attenuates the electromagnetic signal transmitted or received by the antenna. In other words, the radome is transparent to radar or radio waves...
near Berkum has a diameter of 49 m.
In contrast to this several villages have ensembles of timber framed
Timber framing
Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...
houses.