Wollersheim

Wollersheim
Wollersheim
Ortsteil of Nideggen
	Location of Wollersheim
	Wollersheim Wollersheim
	Coordinates: 50°40′14″N 06°33′51″E / 50.67056°N 6.56417°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
District	Düren
Town	Nideggen
Area
• Total	10.46 km2 (4.04 sq mi)
Elevation	239 m (784 ft)
Population (2016-12-31)
• Total	633
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	52385
Dialling codes	02425

Wollersheim is a village in the municipality of

Düren in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia

.

Location

Wollersheim lies on the northern edge of the

kuppen

, which are home to numerous rare species of limestone pastures.

Southwest of the village rises the Neffelbach stream.

Wollersheim is bounded by the villages of

Heimbach) and Berg-Thuir

.

History

An immense number of archaeological finds point to an early settlement of the area. In 1931/32 in the source region of the Neffelbach, six pottery

matronae

stones from the Roman era were found which were dedicated to the Matronae Veteranehae.

Wollersheim Heath was reputedly the scene of the

Battle of Zülpich in AD 496 between the Franks under Clovis I and the Alemanni, although many historians now doubt this. The settlement named by Gregory of Tours as Tulbiac may have been somewhere to the south because there were simply not Alemanni this far north.^[2]

Wollersheim was first recorded in 1231 as Wolrisheim. The name is derived from Saint Willibrord. As early as 1184 a ladies house (Frauenhof) is mentioned for the Cologne foundation of St. Maria im Kapitol.

In 1388 the French king, Charles VI and the Duke of Jülich signed the Treaty of Wollersheim (Wollersheimer Frieden) here.

On 1 January 1972 Wollersheim was incorporated into the new borough of Nideggen.^[3] According to the decision of the Oberverwaltungsgericht dated 4 August 1972 Wollersheim remained in Nideggen, and temporarily lost the title of "town" (Stadt).^[3]