Überwasser (Münster)

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Until 1903, Überwasser was a municipality in the Münster district of the Prussian province of Westphalia . Today your area belongs to the city of Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

The community of Überwasser in the 19th century

The municipality of Überwasser comprised the western and north-western area around the city of Münster. It initially had an area of ​​43.3 km² and after 1875 an area of ​​39.6 km². The Münster districts of Gievenbeck , Kinderhaus , Kreuzviertel , Sandrup , Sentrup , Sprakel and Uppenberg are located in the former municipal area .

history

The community of Überwasser emerged from the parish of Überwasser , to which the four old farmers Gievenbeck, Sandrup, Sprakel and Uppenberg belonged. The Überwasserkirche , eponymous parish church of the parish, was not located in the territory of the municipality of Überwasser, but has always been in the city of Münster.

After the Napoleonic era , the area of ​​the municipality of Überwasser initially belonged to the Mauritz mayor in the Münster district founded in 1816. With the introduction of the Westphalian rural community order in 1843, the Mauritz mayor's office became the Mauritz office .

Since the middle of the 19th century, the urban development of Münster expanded increasingly to include the community of Überwasser. In 1875 the urbanized outskirts of Überwasser were incorporated into the city of Münster. In 1903 the community was finally dissolved. Kinderhaus, Gievenbeck, Sentrup and Uppenberg were incorporated into the city of Münster, while Sandrup and Sprakel came to the municipality of St. Mauritz .

Population development

year Residents receipt
1832 1530
1858 2518
1874 3848
1885 1980
1895 2115

Today's Überwasser district

Today, Überwasser is the name of a district (Statistical District 12) in the city center of Münster in the Mitte district . It encompasses the old town around the Überwasserkirche and is not in the area of ​​the former municipality of Überwasser.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hans-Walter Pries: About water. In: HIS-Data. Retrieved January 21, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Official Gazette for the Münster administrative district in 1844, p. 48: Formation of the Mauritz Office. Retrieved February 2, 2014 .
  3. ^ Westphalia Lexicon 1832-1835 . In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Reprints for the Westphalian archive maintenance . tape 3 . Münster 1978, p. 234 (reprint of the original from 1834).
  4. ↑ Statistical news about the government district of Münster, 1860
  5. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia 1885
  6. ↑ Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on February 2, 2014 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 58 '  N , 7 ° 35'  E