Tranchot-Karte: den Kirchweg im Gelände erkennen
Roetgen
The exact course of the Old Church Path can no longer be clearly defined today. What remains are traces in the landscape – and historical maps that help to read them.
One of these maps is the Tranchot map, a detailed land survey from around 1800. It shows various paths, ridges, and connections that were already in use at that time. Sections of the presumed Old Church Path can also be recognized here.
Much points to a route over the heights of Rott, Venwegen, the Breiniger Berg, and the Schlangenberg. For the climate was cooler and wetter than it is today. Higher paths were therefore considered more reliable, as water drained better there. Valleys, on the other hand, quickly became boggy and thus difficult to traverse.
Thus, the Tranchot map does not show the Old Church Path as a single line, but as part of a larger network of paths. A network shaped by landscape, climate, and the demands of everyday life.
Map view: Take a look around. Where does the terrain naturally rise? Where does water collect? And which path would you choose if you had to avoid wet depressions?
One of these maps is the Tranchot map, a detailed land survey from around 1800. It shows various paths, ridges, and connections that were already in use at that time. Sections of the presumed Old Church Path can also be recognized here.
Much points to a route over the heights of Rott, Venwegen, the Breiniger Berg, and the Schlangenberg. For the climate was cooler and wetter than it is today. Higher paths were therefore considered more reliable, as water drained better there. Valleys, on the other hand, quickly became boggy and thus difficult to traverse.
Thus, the Tranchot map does not show the Old Church Path as a single line, but as part of a larger network of paths. A network shaped by landscape, climate, and the demands of everyday life.
Map view: Take a look around. Where does the terrain naturally rise? Where does water collect? And which path would you choose if you had to avoid wet depressions?
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