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| Coordinates:50°43′43″N6°10′41″E / 50.72861°N 6.17806°E /50.72861; 6.17806 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| City | Aachen |
| Borough | Kornelimünster/Walheim |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.48 km2 (1.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 235 m (771 ft) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 3,236 |
| • Density | 722/km2 (1,870/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 52076 |
Kornelimünster (Kölsch:Mönster) is a town in the ruralMünsterländchen area ofKornelimünster/Walheim, adistrict ofAachen,Germany.
TheKornelimünster Abbey was founded in 814 on theInde River byBenedict of Aniane (750–821), at the suggestion ofLouis the Pious, son and successor ofCharlemagne. The cloister was originally called Redeemer Cloister on the Inde (Erlöserkloster an der Inde).
In the middle of the 9th century, the cloister was givenimperial immediacy and subsequently came into possession of a large swath of area surrounding the church.
In 875, certain reliquaries were exchanged for one belonging to the martyr saint,Pope Cornelius (who died in 253). The cloister thereafter became known as Sancti Cornelii ad Indam (St Cornelius on the Inde), and then Kornelimünster. Today, the official title of the abbey is the Abbey of St Benedict of Aniane and Pope Cornelius.
In 1500 the abbey became part of theLower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle, and in 1802, the area fell to the French. Along with other abbeys in French controlled areas, the abbey at Kornelimünster was abolished and the monks were forced to leave.[2] During this time, the community of Kornelimünster came under administration of the French, under the Mairie system. In 1815Prussia came into possession of Kornelimünster and was subsequently administered as part of the old district of Aachen (before the administrative restructuring of 1972). Benedictine monks returned to the Kornelimünster Abbey in 1906 to found the New Benedictine Kornelimünster Abbey. The St Cornelius Church of the former abbey is today theparish church of the community and is the oldest abbey building still used in the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia.
DuringWorld War II U.S. forces reached the area south ofAachen in the fall of 1944. On 19 September Kornelimünster was captured without major damage. The firstsummary court in Germany during World War II opened in Kornelimünster late in September.[3]
In 1971 Kornelimünster joined together with other area communities such as Breinig,Mulartshütte,Roetgen,Venwegen andWalheim to argue in favor of creating a Münsterland district. Instead, on 1 January 1972, the area was divided as follows: the Kornelimünster and Walheim communities were combined into theKornelimünster/Walheimdistrict ofAachen, while Breinig and Venwegen went toStolberg. The remaining communities of Mulartshütte, Rott and Roetgen were combined into the Roetgen district.[4]
Kornelimünster no longer lies along theBundesstraße 258, which connectedAachen to theEifel. The nearest onramp of theAutobahn 44 (E40) is inBrand, another district of Aachen. Kornelimünster is, however, reachable by bicycle along theVennbahn bike path.
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