Dollendorf

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Dollendorf
Ortsteil of Blankenheim
Location of Dollendorf
Dollendorf is located in Germany
Dollendorf
Dollendorf
Coordinates: 50°22′20″N 06°42′27″E / 50.37222°N 6.70750°E / 50.37222; 6.70750Coordinates: 50°22′20″N 06°42′27″E / 50.37222°N 6.70750°E / 50.37222; 6.70750
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
DistrictEuskirchen
MunicipalityBlankenheim
Area
 • Total18.13 km2 (7.00 sq mi)
Elevation
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 • Total820
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
53945
Dialling codes02697

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).

History[]

Dollendorf was incorporated into Blankenheim on 1 July 1969.[1]

Sights[]

Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist
  • Catholic parish church of (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)
  • ruins
  • not far from , below Schloßthal (wall remains)
  • Haus Vellen or Vellerhof (Clemens-Josef-Haus), courtyard building from the 18th century with chapel and its own cemetery.

References[]

  1. ^ Martin Bünermann (1970), Die Gemeinden des ersten Neugliederungsprogramms in Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German), Köln: Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, p. 99

Literature[]

  • 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

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