Offermannsheide

The oldest mention of the place is in connection with the construction of a chapel in the 13th century.

The name goes back to the "Offermann", who collects the offerings during church services. He lived on site. He played an important role in the remote location of the chapel. In later years, the tenant of the chapel estate was obliged to take on the duties of the "Offermann" = sexton.

Offermannsheide has belonged to the parish of Kürten from the very beginning. As the village lies on the outermost edge of the parish, mass services are only held on high feast days, otherwise people have to walk the long way to the church in Kürten.  At the end of the 18th century, Offermannsheide was given its own vicar in the form of the so-called "hero pastor" Johann Peter Ommerborn, who built the rectory, which still exists today, in 1793. The dilapidated old chapel was demolished in 1882 and replaced by today's church.

Offermannsheide has always had good relations with Georghausen Castle and the von Landsberg family (grist mill, church services, resting place of the von Landsbergs).
In 1905 the village had 5 houses and 24 inhabitants.