Ratingen-Homberg is that part of the city of
Ratingen
Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf.
Administration
With a communal reform of 1975 the independent m ...
, in
Mettman district,
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...
that, until the bringing of industrialisation to the city, was the independent village of Homberg - at that time being in the district Homberg-Meiersberg, with its scenic churches, one Protestant and one Catholic.
Landmarks
The older, Catholic church is devoted to
Saint James Saint James or St. James may refer to:
People Saints
*James, brother of Jesus (died 62 or 69), also known as James the Just
*James the Great (died 44), Apostle, also known as James, son of Zebedee, or Saint James the Greater
**Saint James Matamoro ...
. Both church towers together form the characteristic silhouette of Homberg ("Wiesnasen") in the surrounding meadows in the
Bergisches Land
The Bergisches Land (, '' Berg Country'') is a low mountain range region within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, east of Rhine river, south of the Ruhr. The landscape is shaped by woods, meadows, rivers and creeks and contains ov ...
.
Residential areas
Homberg consists of an older (northern) part with about 1000 inhabitants, three taverns and two churches and a new residential area for about 5000 residents and one restaurant.
History
The first documented reference to Homberg goes back to the year 1067.
In the twelfth century the Catholic Church devoted to James of Zebedee was built.
By middle of the 14th century Homberg was part of the district "Rheinamt Angermund" and had its own jurisdiction.
1684 the first Protestant church in Homberg was built, north of the village in "im Grund".
In 1685 - opposite to the Protestant church - a Protestant school was built.
The current Protestant church was built in 1912.
On August 14, 1959 new waterworks which continue to operate were opened.
In 1968 the school in Meiersberg closed, so did the confessional schools in Homberg and a common school was founded, using the common building of the former confessional schools within the settlement at Alt-Homberg.
In the 1970s Homberg was extended with residential areas south of the country road L2422 from
Ratingen
Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf.
Administration
With a communal reform of 1975 the independent m ...
to
Wülfrath (Meiersberger Straße), to occupy parts of the former Meiersberg area. Today, Homberg's only school ("Christian-Morgenstern-Schule") is in that southern area, as the former school was closed in the meantime.
Administrative history
As part of an ongoing restructuring of municipalities, Homberg-Bracht-Bellscheid became part of the new district "Amt Hubbelrath" in the county (land) Düsseldorf-Mettmann on 29 July 1929.
By 1. April 1967 the municipalities Homberg-Bracht-Bellscheidt and Meiersberg voluntarily merged to become Gemeinde Homberg-Meiersberg. It consisted of the village of Homberg as well as Hofermühle and Oberheide plus some solitary farms; it belonged to the jurisdiction of local court or "Amtsgericht"
Ratingen
Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf.
Administration
With a communal reform of 1975 the independent m ...
.
[GV. NW. 1967, Drucksache Nr. VI 462 (North Rhine-Westphalia Authority Print) page 38]
By 1968, the municipalities of Amt Hubbelrath (Hasselbeck-Schwarzbach, Homberg-Meiersberg, Hubbelrath, Metzkausen) planned to merge in 1968 to be one single municipality named Hubbelrath. The great official North Rhine-Westphalia restructuring of that year stopped these plans.
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Homberg-Meiersberg as a municipality only lasted for a short time and was split according to the restructuring law of 10 September 1974 effective 1 January 1975. Counties of the area of ]Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach (, li, Jlabbach ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.
Geography Municipal subdivisions
Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladba ...
/Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in ...
/Wuppertal
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were affected.[GV. NW. 1974 (North Rhine-Westphalia Authority Print) page 890] Homberg village (both north and south area) was joined into Ratingen
Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf.
Administration
With a communal reform of 1975 the independent m ...
(together with the municipalities of Breitscheid, Eggerscheidt, Hösel und Lintorf) to be the new city of Ratingen in Mettmann County. Hofermühle was to be part of the city of Heiligenhaus, while some areas of Oberheide came to county-city Mettmann
Mettmann () is a town in the northern part of the Bergisches Land, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Mettmann, Germany's most densely populated rural district. The town lies east of Düsseldorf ...
.
Traffic
Homberg is connected to Ratingen
Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf.
Administration
With a communal reform of 1975 the independent m ...
via country road L422 (west) as well as to the federal highways A3 (Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
-Oberhausen
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) and A44 (Velbert
Velbert ( Low Rhenish: ''Vèlbed'') is a town in the district of Mettmann, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The town is renowned worldwide for the production of locks and fittings.
Geography
Velbert is located on the hills of 'Niede ...
-Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in ...
-Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach (, li, Jlabbach ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.
Geography Municipal subdivisions
Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladba ...
), while L422 east goes to Wülfrath. Country Road L156 leads to Heiligenhaus (north) as well as Mettmann
Mettmann () is a town in the northern part of the Bergisches Land, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Mettmann, Germany's most densely populated rural district. The town lies east of Düsseldorf ...
(south). Public transport access is done via the VRR regional transit bus lines 748 ( Wülfrath-Mettmann
Mettmann () is a town in the northern part of the Bergisches Land, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Mettmann, Germany's most densely populated rural district. The town lies east of Düsseldorf ...
), 761 (Homberg-Ratingen
Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf.
Administration
With a communal reform of 1975 the independent m ...
) and 771 (Velbert
Velbert ( Low Rhenish: ''Vèlbed'') is a town in the district of Mettmann, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The town is renowned worldwide for the production of locks and fittings.
Geography
Velbert is located on the hills of 'Niede ...
-Ratingen) - with switching via 759 in Ratingen
Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf.
Administration
With a communal reform of 1975 the independent m ...
to Düsseldorf International Airport
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...
(EDDL, DUS).
Since the Wülfrath industry sites are connected to highways mainly along L422 through Homberg, the heavy duty transport crossing the little village has been the focus of public debates and politicians' promises. Despite noise and accidents, no substantial improvements have been achieved.
Leisure
Homberg is the starting point of biking or hiking tours in the Angertal (valley of the Anger river), which is reached via a scenic country road from the north end of the village. The valley itself is about from Ratingen to Wuelfrath, without a road for motor traffic but with a hiking path, the river and a remote railway line. A full tour would start at Ratingen and follow the Anger river upstream to Wuelfrath-Rohdenhaus via Flandersbacherstrasse K34, uphill through Wuelfrath and then return via road L422 back to Homberg.
A Glider airfield can be found 2 miles east of Homberg.
References
Coordinates 51° 17' 45" North and 6° 55' 15" East
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Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia