Ahrem
Ahrem is a little village in
Germany near
Cologne. Ahrem is now part of the city
Erftstadt. Geographical location , population 1,103 (2003).
The first written proof about Ahrem was a in
1256 by the arch-bishop of
Cologne, which mentions
Ainhem. However the name of the village points to roots in the
Franks time and means "village of Arn (or Arno)". This dating is supported by a cemetery which was dated to the
6th century.
Ahrem belonged to the clerical state of Cologne, in the
Amt Lechenich. Originally it was few separated farm buildings, but during the centuries grew a core settlement around the main street and the small brook
Lechenicher Mühlengraben. The village remained small - in
1801 it had just 215 citizens.
During the communal reform of
1969 the village was incorporated into the new city Erftstadt.
* In German: http://www.erftstadt.de/Ortsteile/ahrem.htm
