Tetz is the second-largest

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in the

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Linnich Linnich is a town in the Düren (district), district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the Rur, River Rur (Roer river), approx. 10 km north-west of Jülich. Economy Linnich is the home of Schweizeris ...

, Düren district,

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History

Originally, Tetz was a

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o -

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settlement. The name is attributed to a "Deciacum", a "Good Roman." Through different

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transformations, that name became Titzich, then Titze, and finally Tetz. Between the

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s of Boslar and Tetz, remains of a former

manor were found. In the

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, Tetz first belonged to the

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Jülich Jülich (; in old spellings also known as ''Guelich'' or ''Gülich'', nl, Gulik, french: Juliers, Ripuarian: ''Jöllesch'') is a town in the district of Düren, in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. As a border region betwe ...

. After several ownership changes, Tetz finally came into the possession of the Lords of Brachel. The last owner of the castle,

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Maximilian Freiherr von Brachel, died in 1964. Tetz once had a

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, the holy Consecrated Lambertus, that dated to 1291. It was destroyed by German soldiers in

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before their withdrawal and the

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troops. The reconstruction of the church continued into the 1950s.

Clubs

Because of the municipal reorganization in 1969, the former

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of Tetz is now part of the

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of Linnich. The town has grown steadily in recent decades by the construction of numerous new business and residential areas. Many clubs have become established. There are modern

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facilities and a multipurpose hall, the Rurauenhalle, which hosts

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acts and important meetings. Some of the other clubs include: * FC turf sports Tetz *

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society "Fidele Brothers" Tetz * Church

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of St. Joseph Tetz * Schutterij St. Lambertus Tetz *

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club green and white Tetz * TTC Tetz *

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club Tetz 1975 e. V.

References and Links

Tetz - City of Linnich
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