Uehledoemche in Dueren-Distelrath
The Distelrather Ühledömche stands along the Kölner Landstraße. Translated 1:1 it means the Rhenish expression of the chapel: small cathedral with owls. Barn owls nesting in the tower gave the chapel its name. The small church is under the protection of the apostles Simon and Judas. Today the church belongs to the parish St. Bonifatius in Düren-East and is Üren's oldest, still conserved church building. The verifiable oldest part is the spire, which was built as a fortified tower before the 11th-century.
The old nave was demolished due to dilapidation and newly built in 1873. The tower was still standing. Only 110 years later, namely on the 23. April 1983, was the chapel inaugurated. When, after over 10 years after the chapel's renovation, owls no longer nested in the tower in the beginning 1980ties, honorary carers set up two nesting boxes in the tower to attract the raptors again in the mid-1990ties. They were successful. It does happen sometimes that even two pairs of birds settle down in the tower.