Dollendorf is a village in the municipality of Blankenheim in the district of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It gives its name to the surrounding limestone depression (Kalkmulde).
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| Coordinates: 50°22′20″N 06°42′27″E / 50.37222°N 6.70750°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| District | Euskirchen |
| Municipality | Blankenheim |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.13 km2 (7.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 820 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 53945 |
| Dialling codes | 02697 |
History
editDollendorf was incorporated into Blankenheim on 1 July 1969.[1]
Sights
edit- Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist (14th century tower; nave built 1732–1736)
- War memorial to the fallen of the First World War; inaugurated on 30 May 1926
- Typical farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua (on the stations of the cross between Dollendorf and Schloßthal)
- Dollendorf Castle ruins
- Neuweiler Castle not far from Ahrhütte, below Schloßthal (wall remains)
- Haus Vellen or Vellerhof (Clemens-Josef-Haus), courtyard building from the 18th century with chapel and its own cemetery.
References
edit- ^ Martin Bünermann (1970), Die Gemeinden des ersten Neugliederungsprogramms in Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German), Köln: Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, p. 99
Literature
edit- Franz-Josef Außem: Die Pflanzenwelt in der Dollendorfer Kalkmulde in der Eifel. Cologne, 1994. ISBN 3-88094-745-7
- Johannes Becker: Geschichte der Pfarreien des Dekanats Blankenheim. Cologne, 1993, pp. 461 ff.
- Christoph Bungartz, Ralf Gier, Peter Scheulen: Von der Eifel nach Amerika. Auswanderung nach Nordamerika 1840–1914. Euskirchen, 2005. ISBN 3-935221-55-X
- Hermann Bungartz: Dollendorf/Eifel. Landschaft und Geschichte., 2nd expanded edn., Hillesheim, 1989
- Dollendorf. Bilder eines Eifeldorfes., Cologne, 1993
- Peter Neu: Rheinischer Städteatlas. Dollendorf, Bonn 1976
- Ernst Wackenroder: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Schleiden, Düsseldorf, 1932, pp. 98–108