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Founding and age

Zülpich goes back to the Roman settlement of Tolbiacum, which lay at the junction of important long-distance roads. The first written mention falls in AD 70 in Tacitus. In the early Middle Ages the place appears in the sources under changing name forms and designations such as civitas and castrum; today’s municipality as a whole arose essentially through the municipal reorganization of 1 July 1969. The Zülpich historical society also emphasizes nearly 2,000 years of continuous settlement in the municipal area; the oldest Roman finds in the market area date to the first half of the 1st century AD. The Rheinischer Städteatlas dates the development of the town-like vicus Tolbiacum from the mid-1st century AD and the fortification with a ring wall to the early 4th century. The parish church of St. Peter is documented for 848 in Wandalbert of Prüm; the historic church building was largely destroyed on Christmas Eve 1944 and rebuilt in the 1950s to plans by Karl Band. For the Clovis year 1996, according to KuLaDig, exhibitions and an international historians’ colloquium took place at Burg Langendorf; in 1999 the Clovis stele by Ulrich Rückriem was inaugurated near the castle.

A classical founding charter is not attested. The settlement developed as an open market settlement (vicus Tolbiacum) on Roman long-distance roads; from the 2nd century a beneficiarius station is attested. The originally open settlement was probably partially fortified in the 4th century. According to the Rheinischer Städteatlas, urban development began in the mid-13th century and was completed in the 1280s; construction of the first town fortification begun in 1275/79 was replaced after 1350 by a wall. In the French period Zülpich lost its urban legal status and regained it in 1856 through the grant of the Rhenish municipal code. Owing to town fires and the consequences of war, according to the Rheinischer Städteatlas Zülpich’s importance declined from the 17th century onward.

In Roman times Tolbiacum was a vicus and road junction with a bathing complex and Matronae cult. Frankish burial grounds and proximity to kingship characterize the early Middle Ages; in 531 the place appears as civitas. In the same century, according to the Zülpich historical society, St. Peter’s Church on the Mühlenberg is first mentioned in writing (AD 848); BauKunst NRW and the Zülpich pastoral area cite Wandalbert of Prüm as the source. In the High and Late Middle Ages a fortified town developed; the visible town fortification dates predominantly from the 14th century and in part stands on Roman foundations. The Electoral Cologne Landesburg on the Mühlenberg was built after the redemption of a pledge under Archbishop Friedrich III of Saarwerden after 1369 in place of a Jülich predecessor and ranks among the last four surviving Electoral Cologne Landesburgen of the 14th century in the Rhineland. In 1864 the railway connection to the Euskirchen–Düren line was established. On 1 July 1969 the town of Zülpich and numerous surrounding municipalities were amalgamated into the new town of Zülpich; the Rheinischer Städteatlas summarizes the municipal reorganization as the amalgamation of 1969/72. Today, according to its own statistics, the town comprises the core town and 24 further localities; the municipal list of districts includes, among others, Bessenich, Bürvenich, Dürscheven, Enzen, Füssenich, Geich, Hoven, Langendorf, Merzenich, Nemmenich, Rövenich, Sinzenich, Ülpenich, Weiler in der Ebene and Wichterich. Into the 19th century, according to the Rheinischer Städteatlas, besides arable farming and livestock husbandry, viticulture was also of importance. The Roman baths were discovered in the late 1920s and excavated in the following decade; as a museum of bathing culture they were made publicly accessible again after reworking. St. Martin’s Church received its pastorate in 1208 for the Abbey of Steinfeld (donation by Count Lothar of Ahr and Hochstaden) and remained there until 1802. After the new ring wall around 1279 under Archbishop Sigfrid of Westerburg, the old church was demolished and rebuilt within the town walls in 1285. Heavily damaged in the Second World War, the tower burned out completely in 1952; today the restored monument serves as a civic meeting place. According to the city’s guided-tour page, the Battle of Zülpich is located on the nearby Wollersheim Heath; in Paris the Rue de Tolbiac recalls the Latin place name.

Year Title Description
70 n. Chr. First written mention as Tolbiacum Tacitus mentions Tolbiacum in connection with the Batavian revolt; the reference is the earliest securely attested written mention of the place.
2. Jahrhundert Beneficiarii station From the 2nd century a beneficiarii station, i.e. a military outpost on the long-distance roads, is attested in Tolbiacum.
4. Jahrhundert Partial fortification of the settlement The originally open market settlement was probably partially fortified in the 4th century; the presumed fort area lies on the Mühlenberg.
531 Designation as civitas In Merovingian sources the place appears in 531 as Tulbiacum and is designated as a civitas.
um 1275/79 Medieval town fortification In connection with the first medieval town fortification, building activity within the walls of the Roman fort is attested around 1275/79 under Archbishop Sifrid of Cologne.
1864 Railway connection In 1864 Zülpich gained a connection to the Euskirchen–Düren railway line and thus a modern transport link in the Börde region.
1. Juli 1969 Municipal reorganization into the new town of Zülpich On 1 July 1969 the previous town of Zülpich as well as, among others, Weiler in der Ebene, Rövenich, Bessenich, Oberelvenich, Nemmenich, Dürscheven, Ülpenich, Enzen, Linzenich-Lövenich, Sinzenich, Merzenich and Langendorf were amalgamated into the town of Zülpich.
2014 State Garden Show Zülpich The NRW State Garden Show 2014 made the lakeside park at the watersports lake and the park at the moat central leisure and tourism areas; it recorded over 500,000 visitors. According to reporting by Wirtschaft Eifel, Zülpich was until then the smallest town ever to have hosted a State Garden Show in NRW.
1. Hälfte 1. Jahrhundert n. Chr. Oldest Roman finds at the market The Zülpich Historical Society dates the oldest Roman finds in the market area to the first half of the 1st century AD and sees in them early evidence of settlement continuity.
spätes 2. Jahrhundert Commissioning of the Roman baths According to KuLaDig, the public baths of Tolbiacum were put into operation in the late 2nd century and used at least into the early 4th century; they are regarded as the best-preserved baths of their kind north of the Alps.
848 First documentary mention of St Peter's Church According to the Zülpich Historical Society, St Peter's Church on the Mühlenberg is first mentioned in a document in 848 AD. BauKunst NRW and the Zülpich pastoral area cite Wandalbert of Prüm as the source.
925 Siege in the context of Henry I The Zülpich Historical Society names for 925 the successful siege of the Grand Duke of Lorraine by King Henry I, the first king of Saxon lineage, as an outstanding event in the town's history.
Mitte 13. Jahrhundert bis 1280er Jahre Emergence of Zülpich as a town According to the Rhenish Town Atlas, the process of becoming a town began in the mid-13th century and was completed in the 1280s.
um 1275/79 bzw. ab 1278 Medieval town fortification In connection with the first medieval town fortification, building activity within the walls of the Roman fort is attested around 1275/79 under Archbishop Sifrid of Cologne. BauKunst NRW dates the construction of the defensive works from 1278 under Archbishop Siegfried of Westerburg on foundations of Roman predecessors.
14. Jahrhundert Curtain wall with four town gates The medieval wall enclosing the town centre with its four town gates was built in the 14th century; according to the Historical Society, Zülpich is among the few towns in NRW that still have a closed medieval curtain wall.
1856 Grant of the Rhenish Municipal Code After Zülpich had lost its municipal legal status in the French period, it regained it in 1856 through the grant of the Rhenish Municipal Code.
1972 Town twinning with Blaye From a school exchange initiated in 1970 by headteacher Dr Theo Rohr arose the town twinning with Blaye in France, which was formally documented in 1972 by mayors Josef Peiffer and Gérard Grasilier.
2006/2007 Opening of the Museum of Bathing Culture Architectural remains of the baths and parts of the late antique town wall were integrated into the museum “Römerthermen Zülpich – Museum der Badekultur”, opened in 2006/2007. museum-digital:rheinland cites the reworking and opening of the Museum of Bathing Culture for the year 2008.
2024 Opening of the Hubert Salentin Museum On 30 September 2024 the Hubert Salentin Museum, supported by the Manfred Vetter Foundation, opened in Zülpich; it presents the foundation's Salentin collection and the collection of the town of Zülpich.
Mitte 1. Jahrhundert n. Chr. Development of the vicus Tolbiacum According to the Rhenish Town Atlas, the town-like settlement vicus Tolbiacum developed from the mid-1st century AD at the junction of important Roman long-distance roads.
Anfang 4. Jahrhundert Curtain wall around the settlement The Rhenish Town Atlas dates the fortification of the settlement with a curtain wall to the early 4th century.
nach 1369 Rebuilding of the Electoral Cologne state castle After redeeming a pledge, Archbishop Frederick III of Saarwerden after 1369 replaced the Jülich predecessor building with the Gothic castle keep visible today.
17. Jahrhundert Loss of importance through fires and wars According to the Rhenish Town Atlas, Zülpich's importance declined from the 17th century due to town fires and the consequences of war.
2003 Private takeover of the state castle Private investors took over the Electoral Cologne state castle in 2003 and restored it in stages; since then commercial and service businesses as well as the Zülpich history workshop have been based on the castle grounds.
2005 Premiere of the Zülpich Clovis Run Since its premiere in 2005, the Zülpich Clovis Run has, according to the town, been a fixed part of the sports calendar of the Euskirchen district; with sometimes more than 1,500 starters it ranks among the region's largest running events by participation.
1602 Completion of the Spicilegium in Tolbiacum In 1602 Heinrich Rost, Zülpich high court assessor, councillor and twice mayor, completed his manuscript “Spicilegium in Tolbiacum”, a central source on the legal, economic and urban history of Zülpich.
1454 Construction of the hospital chapel According to the Zülpich pastoral area, the hospital chapel was built in 1454 from coloured sandstone and added to the first Zülpich hospital for the poor, crippled and blind, first mentioned in 1350.
Ende der 1920er Jahre Discovery of the Roman baths According to museum-digital:rheinland, the Roman baths were discovered in the late 1920s and excavated in the following decade; at first they remained largely unknown as part of the Propstei museum.
24. Dezember 1944 Destruction of the parish church of St Peter In the Allied bombing raid on Christmas Eve 1944, the historic parish church of St Peter was, according to BauKunst NRW and the Zülpich pastoral area, largely or completely destroyed; the Romanesque crypt survived.
1953–1957 Reconstruction and consecration of St Peter After the Second World War, reconstruction proceeded to plans by Karl Band; according to BauKunst NRW and the pastoral area, the foundation stone was laid in 1953, the bell tower was completed in 1957 and the church was consecrated.
1670 Construction of the Rochus Chapel According to the Zülpich pastoral area, the magistrate of the town of Zülpich had the chapel in honour of Saint Roch built in 1670 after 350 people in Zülpich had died of the plague between 1666 and 1669.
1988 Town twinning with Elst According to the town of Zülpich, the town twinning with the Dutch place Elst, which today belongs to the municipality of Overbetuwe, has existed since 1988.
2014–2019 Beginning of the Illuminated Gardens According to Seepark Zülpich and the town, the light festival “Leuchtende Gärten” has taken place since the State Garden Show 2014; from 2014 to 2019 it was staged in the park at the moat by World of Lights.
01.08.2017 Change of sponsorship of the Stephanus School According to the town of Zülpich, the special needs school Stephanusschule transferred to the sponsorship of the Euskirchen district on 1 August 2017.
1208 Pastorship of St Martin's Church granted to Steinfeld Abbey In 1208 Count Lothar of Ahr and Hochstaden granted the pastorship over St Martin's Church to Steinfeld Abbey; it remained there until 1802.
1285 Reconstruction of St Martin's Church within the town walls After Archbishop Sigfrid of Westerburg had a new curtain wall laid out around 1279, the old St Martin's Church was demolished and rebuilt within the town walls in 1285.
1952 Tower fire at St Martin's Church In 1952 the tower of St Martin's Church burned out completely; after war damage the building had long been considered abandoned to decay and was later restored as a monument.
14.–19.08.1978 First contacts with the Finnish municipality of Kangasala At the partnership seminar in Tampere, town director Wolfram Ander established first contacts with Kangasala; this had been preceded in December 1977 by a visit by Finnish youth leaders as part of the International Youth Exchange.
17.07.1993 / 18.06.1994 Town twinning with Kangasala On 17 July 1993 the first act of twinning took place in Kangasala; on 18 June 1994 the partnership was confirmed in Zülpich.
1996 Clovis year in Zülpich To mark the 1,500th anniversary of the legendary Battle of Zülpich and the baptism of Clovis, exhibitions and an international historians' colloquium at Langendorf Castle took place in 1996.
1999 Inauguration of the Clovis stele by Ulrich Rückriem Manfred Vetter and Prof. Henrik Hanstein had the over seven-metre-high granite Clovis stele by Ulrich Rückriem made near Langendorf Castle in memory of the Clovis year 1996 and inaugurated it in 1999.
18.12.2024 Groundbreaking for flood diversion into the watersports lake On 18 December 2024 the Erftverband began construction work on a flood diversion from the Vlattener Bach between Floren and Lövenich into the watersports lake with around 800,000 m³ of retention volume.

Important information

Zülpich is a town in the district of Euskirchen with Roman settlement continuity, a medieval town centre and a municipality as a whole that emerged from municipal reorganization, consisting of the core town and numerous localities. Touristically the town positions itself as a gateway to the Eifel with a focus on history, culture and leisure at the Seepark. The Zülpich historical society stresses that Zülpich is among the few places in the Rhineland that have been continuously settled for almost 2,000 years. The Electoral Cologne Landesburg and the Roman baths shape the historic townscape on the Mühlenberg. As a school and social hub the town maintains a school centre, district primary schools, seven municipally run kindergartens and further social offerings. Public art includes the Rückriem sculptures at Burg Langendorf and the Marti Faber sculpture garden in the Seepark. St. Martin’s Church is a restored monument and civic meeting place; tourist information is available in the Roman baths and in the town hall.

Zülpich lies at the northeastern edge of the Eifel in the fertile Zülpich Börde named after the place, in the district of Euskirchen, Cologne administrative district, North Rhine-Westphalia. The place lies at the historic crossing of the Roman long-distance roads Cologne–Reims (in part today’s B 265) with a branch toward Bonn (in part B 56) and Trier–Neuss (in part B 477). The city gives the coordinates as 50° 42′ N, 6° 39′ E. In terms of natural regions, the Zülpich Börde belongs to the Lower Rhine Embayment; to the south, foothills of the Eifel bound the Börde landscape. The Seepark access description cites reachability via the A 1 (exit Euskirchen/Zülpich) and the A 61 (exit Erftstadt) as well as via federal roads B 56n and B 265. As Roman Tolbiacum, according to the city the place lay at the crossing of the long-distance roads from Cologne to Trier and from Bonn to Aachen; the straight road alignment is still partly readable in the townscape. The tourist information office names the Zülpich cycling and hiking station as a starting point for walks and cycle tours.

The landscape is shaped by the gently undulating Börde dominated by arable farming. The town itself lies on a higher Eifel gravel surface around the Mühlenberg; in the wider surroundings Börde plains and proximity to the northern edge of the Eifel characterize the picture. The LEADER region Zülpicher Börde describes a nearly level landscape predominantly used for agriculture with a wide horizon; the loess soil ranks among the most fertile soils and has long been used for arable farming, with a focus on cereals, sugar beet and contract vegetables. The park on the Wallgraben covers, according to Seepark Zülpich, about five hectares and connects the medieval town structure with open landscape. The tourist information office describes a Börde landscape that is largely flat apart from hilly Eifel foothills, with stream meadows as well as nature conservation areas and the Seepark. According to the city, the two lakes near the town are remnants of lignite mining.

On its website the city maintains its own sections on economy and commerce as well as a municipal urban development company, Stadtentwicklungsgesellschaft Zülpich (SEZ), for the development and marketing of building plots. Historically the Börde location with good soils was important for agriculture; viticulture is attested for Zülpich into the 19th century. In the Zülpich Börde, according to the LEADER region, today’s farms average at least 100 ha and are predominantly arable farms; the main crops are cereals, sugar beet and contract vegetables, increasingly also rape and maize. In 2024 the city reported concrete plans to extend the industrial estate “An der Römerallee” by an area of about 12 hectares on the B 265; the aim was to place commercial plots at the end of 2026/beginning of 2027. According to the city, the Zülpich training and study fair takes place every two years in alternation with the training fair at the Euskirchen vocational training centre.

Touristically Zülpich is assigned to the Eifel tourism region and promotes itself as a gateway to the Eifel with culture, recreation and leisure. Central attractions are the Roman baths of Zülpich – Museum of Bathing Culture and Seepark Zülpich as the after-use of the 2014 state garden show. Added to these are the Electoral Cologne Landesburg as a landmark and witness to the town’s history, and the Hubert Salentin Museum opened in 2024. The Seepark describes itself as a family and leisure location with sandy beach, adventure golf, Flying Fox Park and year-round events; access is indicated via A 1/A 61, bus line 810 and the Eifel-Bördebahn. During the 2014 state garden show, according to Wirtschaft Eifel, the Roman baths recorded visitor growth of more than 80 percent from 10,600 to 19,200 visitors compared with 2013. The light festival “Leuchtende Gärten” has additionally shaped the park on the Wallgraben or, at times, the Seepark since 2014. According to the city, visitor information is available at the tourist information office in the Roman baths of Zülpich – Museum of Bathing Culture (Andreas-Broicher-Platz 1) and on weekdays in the town hall (Markt 21). Public guided town tours take place from May to September on the last Saturday of each month at 11:00 a.m. on the market square in front of the town hall (participation €5.00); group tours are organized by the city among other themes on the old town, Roman baths, Seepark and lignite mining. The Zülpich cycling and hiking station is regarded as an ideal start and end point for tours. The tourist information office also points to water castles, manor houses and the large sculptures by Ulrich Rückriem as well as to Naturpark Rheinland and the German-Belgian High Fens–Eifel Nature Park.

The city describes itself as a cultural town with historic flair. Visible cultural-historical emphases are the Roman baths, the medieval townscape with ring wall and gates, the Landesburg, and event offerings around the Seepark and town centre. With the Hubert Salentin Museum the work of the genre painter of the Düsseldorf school born in Zülpich is also publicly accessible. Together with the city, the Zülpich historical society runs the Zülpich history workshop and an information point for tourists on the castle grounds. According to the city, the Martinskirche civic meeting place serves among other things receptions in the context of town twinning. In public space sculptures by Marti Faber shape the municipal area; in the Seepark the Marti Faber sculpture garden with more than 70 objects is a distinguishing feature among the garden-design exhibitions of the LAGA after-use. Near Burg Langendorf stand the Clovis stele (1999) and further granite works by Ulrich Rückriem under the motto “Kunst auf dem Feld”. According to the city, St. Martin’s Church has a long tradition and was already before the turn of the millennium the spiritual centre of the Mersburde settlement; today it is used as a civic meeting place. Continuing education, music courses, the municipal archive and the municipal library complement the cultural offering.

Outstanding are the Roman baths of Zülpich – Museum of Bathing Culture with an original Roman bathing complex as well as the Seepark at the water sports lake and the park on the Wallgraben along the historic town fabric. The listed town fortification with Bachtor, Münstertor, Kölntor and Weiertor ranks among the few nearly completely preserved complexes in the Rhineland; the Kölntor is preserved in its overall structure including outer gate, zwinger and gate tower. The Electoral Cologne Landesburg on the Mühlenberg is regarded as the town’s landmark; BauKunst NRW describes it as a plain Gothic brick castellated castle with a rectangular ground plan and corner towers and counts it among the last four surviving Electoral Cologne Landesburgen of the 14th century in the Rhineland. Further visible sacred buildings include, among others, the hospital chapel of 1454, the Rochus chapel of 1670 and the Marienkapelle zum Bildchen built around 1810 into a tower of the town fortification. St. Martin’s Church as a restored monument is one of the few buildings from its period surviving in the town centre. At Burg Langendorf the more than seven-metre-high Clovis stele by Ulrich Rückriem marks the battle site speculative located on the Wollersheim Heath; further Rückriem sculptures form an open stele field there. The Marti Faber sculpture garden in the Seepark comprises more than 70 objects.

Zülpich has municipal facilities such as a citizens’ office, registry office and municipal library. According to statistics, the municipal structure comprises the core town and 24 further localities on an area of 101 km². Besides the core town, the municipal list of districts names, among others, Bessenich, Bürvenich, Dürscheven, Enzen, Eppenich, Floren, Füssenich, Geich, Hoven, Juntersdorf, Langendorf, Linzenich, Lövenich, Lüssem, Merzenich, Mülheim, Nemmenich, Niederelvenich, Oberelvenich, Rövenich, Schwerfen, Sinzenich, Ülpenich, Virnich, Weiler in der Ebene and Wichterich. At the water sports lake, according to the city, there are among other things a motorhome harbour and free car parking; the Seepark cites about 1,500 to about 2,000 free parking spaces at the main entrance. According to its own account the city is the provider of seven schools and seven kindergartens; the special needs school Stephanusschule has been under district responsibility since 2017. As a social offering the city names among other things the Zülpich food bank (Tafel) and the SAJUS facility for youth and social work. Tourist information is available in the Roman baths and in the town hall. According to the city, STADTRADELN will take place in Zülpich for the fifth time in 2026 from 1 to 21 September.

The Zülpich Börde is described as Europe’s largest landscape of water castles; numerous manor farms, mills and water castles arose from former fortified farmsteads along the streams. Half-timbered buildings and brick shape the appearance of many districts. At the Leuchtende Gärten, according to the city, among other things the exclusive Zülpich Weiertor wine is offered. As a special feature of public art the city names the Marti Faber sculpture garden in the Seepark and the Rückriem sculptures at Langendorf.

  • Roman settlement continuity as Tolbiacum
  • Location at historic long-distance road junctions
  • Gateway to the Eifel in the Eifel tourism region
  • Roman Baths Zülpich – Museum of Bathing Culture
  • Seepark Zülpich as after-use of the State Garden Show 2014
  • Location in the Zülpich Börde
  • Overall city consisting of the core town and 24 localities
  • Battle of Zülpich 496/497 as an event of supra-regional significance
  • Closed medieval wall ring with four city gates
  • Electoral Cologne state castle as a landmark
  • Hubert Salentin Museum and birthplace of the genre painter
  • Town twinning with Blaye, Elst and Kangasala
  • Fertile loess Börde with low-precipitation lee climate
  • Wallgraben Park as after-use of the town moat
  • Zülpich Chlodwig Run since 2005
  • Flying Fox Park and sandy beach at the Seepark
  • Eifel-Börde Railway and motorway access A 1/A 61
  • Industrial estate An der Römerallee
  • Zülpich History Workshop on the castle grounds
  • Spicilegium in Tolbiacum by Heinrich Rost of 1602
  • School location with school centre and district primary schools
  • Seven kindergartens under municipal sponsorship
  • Illuminated Gardens since the State Garden Show 2014
  • Inn chapel of 1454 at the historic hospital
  • Romanesque crypt and reconstruction of St. Peter
  • Town twinning with Elst since 1988
  • Smallest city with an NRW State Garden Show until 2014
  • Park am Wallgraben with around five hectares
  • Museum building by architect Markus Ernst
  • Rochus Chapel as plague memorial of 1670
  • Watersports lake with 85 ha water surface and up to 38 m depth
  • Neffelsee as nature reserve and flood retention
  • Flood diversion of the Vlattener Bach into the watersports lake from 2024
  • Tourist Information in the Roman Baths and town hall
  • Cycle and hiking station Zülpich
  • Public city tours May to September
  • Chlodwig stele and Rückriem sculpture field at Burg Langendorf
  • Marti Faber sculpture garden with more than 70 objects in the Seepark
  • St. Martin's Church as a civic meeting place and restored monument
  • Town twinning with Kangasala since 1993/1994
  • Seepark and lakes as after-use of lignite mining
  • STADTRADELN for several years in Zülpich
  • Rue de Tolbiac in Paris as a name reminder of Tolbiacum
  • Lee climate with particularly sunny locations according to Tourist Information
  • Euskirchen
  • Düren
  • Köln
  • Bonn
  • Jülich
  • Nideggen
  • Heimbach
  • Nörvenich
  • Mechernich
  • Weilerswist
  • Erftstadt
  • Vettweiß

Notable events

For Zülpich in particular the Tacitean first mention in the Batavian revolt, the Battle of Zülpich in the late 5th century, medieval urban development and fortification, the municipal reorganization of 1969, the 2014 state garden show and the Franco-German town twinning with Blaye are well attested. Added to these are wartime turning points from the Thirty Years’ War to the American capture in March 1945, the rebuilding of the Electoral Cologne Landesburg after 1369, the establishment of the Clovis Run since 2005, the destruction and rebuilding of St. Peter, the discovery of the baths and the town twinning with Elst since 1988. Further come the Clovis year 1996 with colloquium and the inauguration of the Rückriem stele in 1999, the Finnish twinning with Kangasala in 1993/1994, the lignite after-use of the lakes and the groundbreaking for the flood diversion into the water sports lake in December 2024.

Period Title Category Description Significance
69/70 n. Chr. Mention of Tolbiacum in the Batavian revolt History In the course of the Batavian revolt, Tolbiacum is mentioned by Tacitus; the reference anchors the place early in the Roman historiography of Lower Germany. The mention is the oldest securely attested written record of the place and documents its location in the Agrippinensian territory as well as its importance on the long-distance roads.
496/497 Battle of Zülpich Politics The Ripuarian Franks under Sigibert of Cologne, with the support of Clovis I, won a victory over the Alemanni. Sigibert was wounded in the knee in the process and received the epithet the Lame. Gregory of Tours also records Clovis’s vow to be baptized in the event of victory. The victory decisively weakened Alemannic expansion; the battle made Zülpich a lasting point of reference in Frankish and European memory.
1864 Railway connection Euskirchen–Düren Economy Zülpich was connected to the railway line Euskirchen–Düren. The railway connection linked the Börde town to the modern transport development of the 19th century and strengthened regional accessibility.
1. Juli 1969 Formation of the new town of Zülpich Politics As part of the municipal reorganization of the district of Euskirchen, the previous town of Zülpich and numerous surrounding municipalities were merged into a new town of Zülpich. This created today’s large overall municipality with a core town and many localities on about 101 km².
2014 State Garden Show Zülpich Culture The NRW State Garden Show ran for 180 days and counted more than 500,000 visitors. The lakeside park at the water sports lake and the park at the moat were developed into central show and leisure areas. According to Wirtschaft Eifel, Zülpich was the smallest town that had until then hosted a State Garden Show in NRW; the Roman baths recorded a visitor increase of more than 80 percent. The garden show increased Zülpich’s supra-regional prominence and, with the lakeside park, created lasting tourist infrastructure.
612 East and West Frankish conflict near Enzen Politics The Zülpich historical society names for the Merovingian period the East and West Frankish conflict of the year 612 at Schievelsberg near Enzen as an outstanding event in local history. The evidence shows the continued strategic importance of the Zülpich area in the early medieval power struggles.
925 Siege in the year 925 Politics According to the Zülpich historical society, King Henry I succeeded in 925 in the successful siege of the Grand Duke of Lorraine in the Zülpich context. The event places Zülpich within the imperial history of the 10th century and the consolidation of Henry I’s rule.
1275/79 bzw. ab 1278 Construction of the medieval town fortifications History Under Archbishop Siegfried of Westerburg, construction of the first medieval town fortifications began; the visible fabric largely dates from the 14th century and in part stands on Roman foundations. The defensive works still shape the townscape today and are among the few nearly completely preserved town fortifications in the Rhineland.
1856 Granting of the Rhenish Municipal Code Politics After Zülpich had lost its municipal legal status in the French period, it regained municipal rights in 1856 through the granting of the Rhenish Municipal Code. This restored the town’s modern municipal legal status in the 19th century.
März 1945 American capture of Zülpich Disaster In the course of the Allied offensive in the Rhineland, on 3 March 1945 a combat group of the U.S. 9th Armored Division attacked Zülpich and met little resistance there; on 4 March Euskirchen also fell. The capture of the road junction of Zülpich was part of the advance to the Rhine and to the Remagen bridgehead.
1972 Town twinning Blaye–Zülpich Culture From the school exchange initiated by Dr. Theo Rohr in 1970 grew the official town twinning with Blaye; it was certified in 1972 by Josef Peiffer and Gérard Grasilier and renewed in 2023 with a reception and tree planting in the lakeside park. The partnership remains to this day a central element of Zülpich’s international town relations and of Franco-German friendship on the ground.
2006/2007 Opening of the Roman baths as a museum Culture The excavated and conserved baths as well as parts of the late antique town wall were made publicly accessible in the newly opened museum of bathing culture. Thus the best-preserved Roman bath complex north of the Alps became the core of a museum site unique nationwide.
30. September 2024 Opening of the Hubert Salentin Museum Culture The museum run by the Manfred Vetter Foundation opposite Hubert Salentin’s birthplace was opened and unites the foundation’s and the municipal painting collections. Thus the genre painter of the Düsseldorf school who came from Zülpich received a permanent museum location in his birthplace.
nach 1369 New construction of the Electoral Cologne Landesburg History After redeeming the pledge, Archbishop Frederick III of Saarwerden had the Jülich predecessor building demolished and the Gothic castellated castle visible today erected. The complex remains a landmark of the town to this day and is among the last four surviving Electoral Cologne territorial castles of the 14th century in the Rhineland.
2005 Premiere of the Zülpich Clovis Run Culture The Zülpich Clovis Run was held for the first time and developed, with sometimes more than 1,500 starters and schools from the municipal area, into one of the best-attended running events in the district of Euskirchen. The run combines sport, school participation and the brand “Laufarena Römerstadt” with the lakeside park as the venue.
1602 Completion of the Spicilegium in Tolbiacum Culture Heinrich Rost, high court lay assessor and twice mayor, finished his manuscript on Zülpich’s history, constitution, and legal and economic history. The manuscript is a central early modern source on the town’s history and was later edited and annotated by Bernhard Wißmann.
Dreißigjähriger Krieg und Pfälzischer Erbfolgekrieg Destruction of the Landesburg in the early modern period Disaster According to BauKunst NRW, after destruction in the Thirty Years’ War and the War of the Palatine Succession the Electoral Cologne Landesburg increasingly lost strategic importance and fell into decay. The wartime destruction explains the later conversion of the castle for residential, economic and factory purposes as well as the present ruinous state of the fortifications.
2006/2007 bzw. 2008 Opening of the Roman baths as a museum Culture The excavated and conserved baths as well as parts of the late antique town wall were made publicly accessible in the newly opened museum of bathing culture. KuLaDig cites 2006/2007, museum-digital:rheinland the opening for 2008; the new building is by Markus Ernst. Thus the best-preserved Roman bath complex north of the Alps became the core of a museum site unique nationwide.
24. Dezember 1944 Destruction of the parish church of St. Peter Disaster In the Allied bombing raid on Christmas Eve 1944 the historic parish church of St. Peter was largely destroyed; the Romanesque crypt survived. The loss marks one of the severest wartime destructions in the historic town centre and led to the reconstruction of the 1950s.
1953–1957 Reconstruction and consecration of St. Peter Culture To plans by Karl Band, reconstruction began in 1953; in 1957 the bell tower and consecration were completed. Renovations followed in 2012/2013. The new building links the historic settlement core around Mühlenberg, baths and Landesburg with postwar architecture and secures the Roman crypt.
Ende der 1920er und 1930er Jahre Discovery and excavation of the Roman baths History The Roman baths were discovered at the end of the 1920s and excavated in the following decade; at first they remained part of the Propstei museum. The uncovering laid the foundation for the later museum site and for the supra-regional perception of Zülpich as a Roman town.
1988 Town twinning Elst–Zülpich Culture The town of Zülpich establishes the official partnership with the Dutch place Elst, which today belongs to the municipality of Overbetuwe; mutual visits and club contacts maintain the relationship to this day. Beside Blaye and Kangasala, Elst is one of the three official partner towns and a fixed part of the international town relations.
1666–1670 Plague years and construction of the Rochus chapel Disaster From 1666 to 1669, according to the Zülpich pastoral area, 350 people died of the plague; in 1670 the magistrate had the Rochus chapel built and vowed an annual procession of intercession. The chapel is a lasting testimony to the early modern plague catastrophe and to municipal piety history.
seit 2014 Leuchtende Gärten as a permanent format Culture Emerging from the State Garden Show, the light festival was first held in the park at the moat and later for a time in the lakeside park; World of Lights staged the editions 2014–2019. The format prolongs the LAGA effect and links the park at the moat, the Landesburg and the town centre as a nocturnal cultural offering.
1996 Clovis year and historians’ colloquium at Burg Langendorf Culture In remembrance of the legendary Battle of Zülpich and the baptism of Clovis, exhibitions were held in 1996; at Burg Langendorf near the Wollersheim heath an international historians’ colloquium met under the hospitality of Manfred and Juliane Vetter. The Clovis year strengthened the supra-regional culture of remembrance and prepared the way for the Clovis stele as a lasting artistic and historical marker.
1999 Inauguration of the Clovis stele by Ulrich Rückriem Culture The more than seven-metre-high granite stele by Ulrich Rückriem, initiated by Manfred Vetter and Prof. Henrik Hanstein, was inaugurated near Burg Langendorf at the speculative battle site; later further sculptures followed as art in the field. The stele combines contemporary sculpture with Frankish memorial history and makes Langendorf a draw for art and cultural tourism.
1993/1994 Town twinning Zülpich–Kangasala Culture After contacts by town director Wolfram Ander in 1978, the first twinning act was performed on 17 July 1993 in Kangasala and confirmed on 18 June 1994 in Zülpich. Thus Zülpich received, beside Blaye and Elst, a third official partner town in Finland.
18. Dezember 2024 Groundbreaking for flood relief into the water sports lake Disaster The Erftverband began construction of a flood relief channel from the Vlatten brook between Floren and Lövenich into the water sports lake; about 800,000 m³ of retention volume on roughly 83 ha of storage area are planned within the Intermunicipal Flood Protection Cooperation Erft. After the experience of the July 2021 flood, the measure is intended to reduce flood risk on the Rotbach and beyond without impairing use of the sports lake.
1285 und 1952 Reconstruction and fire history of St. Martin’s church History In 1285 St. Martin’s church was rebuilt within the new town walls; after severe wartime destruction the tower burned out completely in 1952 before the building was newly used as a restored monument and civic meeting place. St. Martin’s church documents the medieval emergence of the town and the recovery of a central architectural monument for present-day urban life.
seit Rekultivierung / LAGA 2014 Reuse of the lignite residual lakes Economy The lakes near the town originated from lignite mining or as open-cast residual lakes; the water sports lake became a leisure water body and lakeside park, the Neffelsee a nature reserve and flood retention area. The reuse shapes the landscape, tourism, nature conservation and flood protection of today’s town of Zülpich.

Notable people

Closely linked with Zülpich are figures of Frankish history around the battle of 496/497, Electoral Cologne builders of the town fortification and Landesburg, the genre painter Hubert Salentin, the early modern town chronicler Heinrich Rost and municipal actors from town twinning to today’s municipal leadership. Added to these are architect Markus Ernst, mayor Albert Bergmann as LAGA office holder and the early church chronicler Wandalbert of Prüm. Further attested personalities are town director Wolfram Ander as pathfinder of the partnership with Kangasala, sculptor Ulrich Rückriem, entrepreneur and patron Manfred Vetter, art auctioneer Prof. Henrik Hanstein, sculptor Marti Faber and Theo Helmink as mayor of Elst at the founding of the partnership.

Name Role Lifespan Relation to place Why notable
Sigibert von Köln Rhenish Frankish petty king um 500 wirkend; Beinamenbildung nach 496/497 He fought the Alemanni at Zülpich in 496/497 and was wounded there in the knee. Through the wound he received the byname the Lame; the Battle of Zülpich is a central event in early Rhenish history.
Chlodwig I. Salic Frankish king 466–511 He supported the Rhenish Franks under Sigibert in the Battle of Zülpich against the Alemanni. Gregory of Tours links the victory with Clovis’s baptismal vow; thus Zülpich is tied into one of the most influential narratives of Frankish Christianization.
Ulf Hürtgen Mayor of the city of Zülpich He heads the municipal administration of Zülpich and, together with the general deputy and the city treasurer, forms the administrative board. He has represented the city among other occasions at partnership visits with Blaye and at the opening of the Hubert Salentin Museum. As the incumbent mayor he is the publicly documented head of the city’s municipal self-government.
Heinrich I. East Frankish or Roman king The Zülpich historical society associates him with the successful siege of the Grand Duke of Lorraine in 925 in the Zülpich context. As the first king of Saxon lineage he stands for Zülpich’s incorporation into the imperial history of the 10th century.
Siegfried von Westerburg Archbishop of Cologne / builder of the town fortifications Under his rule, from 1278 onward, Zülpich’s medieval defensive works were built on the foundations of Roman predecessor structures. He is the documented builder of the town fortifications that still shape the cityscape today.
Hubert Salentin Genre painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting 1822 Zülpich – 1910 Düsseldorf He was born in Zülpich in 1822; his restored birthplace stands opposite the Hubert Salentin Museum opened in 2024. The city holds a significant collection of his paintings and maintains his honorary grave. Rising from nail smith to a well-known painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting, he is the most prominent artistic figure born in Zülpich; his work has been exhibited on site in a museum since 2024.
Karl Band Architect 1900–1995 He designed the modern church building of St. Peter in the immediate vicinity of the Roman baths on the Mühlenberg; reconstruction began in 1953 and led to consecration in 1957. His church building links the historic settlement core around St. Peter with 20th-century architecture and secured the site above the Romanesque crypt.
Josef Zander Mayor of Zülpich As predecessor in office he worked to ensure that Hubert Salentin’s estate passed to the city and arranged for the painter’s honorary grave; in 2024 Mayor Hürtgen noted that with the Salentin Museum Zander’s dream had become reality. His initiative is the basis for the city’s Salentin collection that still exists today and for the museum commemorations in Zülpich.
Dr. Theo Rohr Headmaster of the Zülpich Progymnasium On his initiative a school group first travelled to Blaye in 1970; from this the town twinning arose. He is regarded as the initiator of the German–French twinning relationship between Zülpich and Blaye.
Josef Peiffer Mayor of Zülpich In 1972 he jointly certified the town twinning with the mayor of Blaye, Gérard Grasilier. As the signing mayor he anchored the partnership institutionally.
Josef C. Rhiem Former mayor, honorary citizen and honorary mayor He attended the reception marking the 50th anniversary of the partnership with Blaye at the Seepark and is listed by the city as honorary citizen and honorary mayor. His honorary titles document a long-term municipal imprint on the city of Zülpich.
Hans-Gerd Dick Town historian / cultural officer At public guided tours he explains the history of the Electorate of Cologne territorial castle and has spoken on Hubert Salentin’s childhood and youth in Zülpich. At the presentation of the Wißmann book he appeared for the district historical society. As a publicly documented town historian he conveys local history to residents and visitors.
Friedrich III. von Saarwerden Archbishop of Cologne / builder of the territorial castle After redeeming the pledge, from after 1369 he replaced the Jülich predecessor building with the Electorate of Cologne territorial castle visible today. He is the builder of the Gothic castellated castle that is still regarded as a landmark of Zülpich.
Heinrich Rost High court lay assessor, councillor and mayor; author of the Spicilegium in Tolbiacum wohl spätestens 1538 – 12. Dezember 1602 From about 1585 he was a high court lay assessor in Zülpich and mayor in the terms of office 1585/86 and 1593/94; in 1602 he completed his manuscript on Zülpich’s town history. His Spicilegium in Tolbiacum is a central early modern source on the town’s constitution, law and economic life.
Bernhard Wißmann Historian and author Over more than 17 years he evaluated the documentary holdings of the Zülpich town archive and, with “Neue Beiträge zur Geschichte Zülpichs von der Römerzeit bis zum Ende des Kurstaates”, produced the first medieval town history meeting scholarly standards; later he edited Heinrich Rost’s Spicilegium. According to the historical society of the district of Euskirchen, his works set standards for future research into Zülpich’s town history.
Ottmar Voigt Economic development officer of the city of Zülpich Together with Mayor Ulf Hürtgen he accompanied on-site appointments on the expansion of the industrial estate An der Römerallee and on funding prospects with state and district levels. As a publicly named economic development officer he stands for the city’s current commercial and land development.
Albert Bergmann Mayor of the city of Zülpich As incumbent mayor he assessed the conclusion of the state garden show in 2014 and emphasized that Zülpich was the smallest city ever to host a state garden show in North Rhine-Westphalia. He is the publicly documented municipal representative of the LAGA phase and of the tourist reorientation through Seepark and wall moat.
Markus Ernst Architect According to museum-digital:rheinland he designed the modern museum building of the Roman Baths Zülpich – Museum of Bathing Culture, which in part takes up the dimensions of the Roman original building. His building gives the baths museum its architectural frame and has made the find site widely visible since the redevelopment.
Wandalbert von Prüm Benedictine monk, deacon, theologian and poet According to BauKunst NRW and the Zülpich pastoral area, the first documentary mention of the church of St. Peter in the year 848 is found in his writings. His evidence anchors St. Peter’s Church on the Mühlenberg in early medieval written tradition.
Silvia Wallraff Deputy mayor of the city of Zülpich She has represented the city among other occasions at the reception of the twin town Elst in St. Martin’s Church and at commemorations in Overbetuwe/Driel. As publicly documented deputy mayor she stands for maintaining the Dutch partnership and for municipal representation.
Wolfram Ander Town director of the city of Zülpich At the partnership seminar in Tampere in 1978 he established first contacts with the Finnish municipality of Kangasala, from which the later town twinning emerged. As town director at the time he is regarded, according to the city’s official gazette, as the initiator of the friendly relations with Kangasala.
Ulrich Rückriem Sculptor geboren am 30.9.1938 He created the Clovis stele inaugurated in 1999 at Burg Langendorf and further granite sculptures that Manfred Vetter had installed under the motto Art in the Field. As an internationally known stone sculptor he shapes contemporary art in the municipal area with the stele field at Langendorf.
Manfred Vetter Entrepreneur, art patron and lord of Burg Langendorf He hosted the historians’ colloquium in 1996 at Burg Langendorf, financed the Clovis stele and further Rückriem sculptures, and stands behind the Manfred Vetter Foundation, which sustains the Hubert Salentin Museum. As a patron he links Burg Langendorf, Clovis remembrance, public sculpture and the Salentin Museum with the city of Zülpich.
Prof. Henrik Hanstein Art auctioneer and co-founder Together with Manfred Vetter he prompted the commissioning of Ulrich Rückriem for the Clovis stele for the Clovis year 1996. As adviser and co-founder he is involved in the creation of the Rückriem stele field at Langendorf.
Marti Faber Sculptor and designer She has lived in Zülpich for many years, installed steel sculptures in the municipal area and created in the Seepark the Marti Faber sculpture garden with more than 70 objects for the 2014 state garden show and thereafter. According to the city, her sculpture garden is regarded as a unique feature among the garden-design exhibitions and still shapes the Seepark today.
Theo Helmink Mayor of Elst In 1988 he sealed the town twinning between Elst and Zülpich together with Josef C. Rhiem. As the Dutch contractual partner he anchored the partnership that still exists today institutionally.
Michael Höhn General deputy of the mayor of the city of Zülpich He took part in the groundbreaking for the flood relief discharge into the watersports lake on 18 December 2024 and belongs to the city’s administrative board. As publicly documented general deputy of the mayor he stands for the municipal implementation of flood protection.
Graf Lothar von Ahr und Hochstaden Count / donor of the pastorate of St. Martin’s Church In 1208 he donated the pastorate over St. Martin’s Church to Steinfeld Abbey. The donation anchors St. Martin’s Church early in the ecclesiastical ownership history of the place.

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