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[[File:Erftstadt Verwaltungsgliederung Ahrem hergehoben mit Beschriftung.svg|thumb|250px|Location of Ahrem in the city of Erftstadt]]
'''Ahrem''' was a village in [[Germany]] near [[Cologne]].  Ahrem is now part of the town [[Erftstadt]]. Geographical location {{coord|50|47|N|6|46|E|}}, population 1,103 (2003).

The first written documentation about Ahrem was in 1256, when the [[archbishop of Cologne]] mentions ''Ainhem''. However the name of the village points to roots in the time of the [[Franks]]; it 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 a 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 1968 the village was incorporated into the new city of Erftstadt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ahrem |url=http://www.erftstadt.de/Ortsteile/ahrem.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030213231204/http://www.erftstadt.de/Ortsteile/ahrem.htm |access-date=2017-11-28 |archive-date=2003-02-13 }}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Erftstadt]]


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