Fewo Köln introduces: Eil

The district Eil has a total area of 16.25 km² and approximately 9301 inhabitants. It is located southeast of Cologne in the Porz district. Eil is the largest district of Cologne.

Location structure

The center is in the southwest. Eil borders on the large industrial area to the north. The Wahner Heide is also largely in a hurry, in the east of the village. The Wahner Heide is a nature reserve. The local recreation area Gut Leidenhausen is also in a hurry. The Schloss Röttgen is also at home in a hurry. The castle is not open to the public.

History in a hurry

In 1268, the district was first mentioned in a document. The people of Eil were poor people. They were day laborers and made a living on Röttgen and Leidenhausen. In the Middle Ages, Eil came to the Porz office. In the 19th century, Eil was part of the Heumar Mayor's Office and was the largest town here. The Church of St. Michael was built from 1903 to 1905. The architect was Theodor Kremer. It was built in the Gothic Revival style. The Eil district first got its own parish in 1917. The mayors Heumar and Wahn were merged. Thereupon Eil belonged to the municipality of Porz. An industrial area was established in the 1960s. Many Cologne companies settled here. The prices for the land were cheap. For example, Deutz AG settled in this industrial area. The Plaza shopping center (today's Real) was built in the 1970s. It was one of the first large shopping centers in Cologne . There is also a drive-in cinema : Köln-Eil. Eil was incorporated in 1975.

Local recreation area Gut Leidenhausen

The local recreation area Gut Leidenhausen is right next to the Röttgen Castle. There are sights to see:

• the former manor house
• the bird of prey protection station of the Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald Köln e. V.
• the Cologne Fruit Museum
• the house of the forest
• a game reserve
• the Leidenhausen racecourse

You want to turn the threshing floor of Gut Leidenhausen into a multimedia exhibition hall. A small restaurant with a cafe is also being planned. The exhibition hall is meant to represent the city and nature and to contrast the two. The planned project is expected to cost two million euros. The estate was awarded the A stamp of "Regionale 2010" in 2009.

Wahner Heide

The Wahner Heide is known as a nature reserve. However, until 2004 it was mainly used as a military training area.

Sport

In 1928 the association "Table Tennis Association Green-White 1928 Porz-Eil eV" founded. The table tennis club is one of the oldest table tennis clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Personalities

Bernhard Meller (1880 - 1971) was a Catholic priest and also a librarian.

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