Albersloh

Albersloh City of Sendenhorst
Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 7 ″  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	55 m above sea level NN
Area :	48.76 km²
Residents :	4218  (2019)
Population density :	87 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	48324
Area code :	02535
Location of Albersloh in North Rhine-Westphalia
Panorama view of Albersloh from the south

Albersloh ( Low German Abschlau ) is one of the two districts of the city of Sendenhorst in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Warendorf .

Albersloh is divided into the districts / farmers village, Sunger, Rummler, Berl, West I, West II, Storp, Alst and Ahrenhorst.

The name Albersloh is first documented in an episcopal document in 1171. This year Woldericus de Albrecteslo (Albersloh) testifies to the transfer of a tithe to the Cappenberg monastery .

geography

Albersloh is located on the Werse and borders the municipalities and districts of Münster-Angelmodde , Münster-Wolbeck , Alverskirchen (municipality of Everswinkel), Sendenhorst , Drensteinfurt , Rinkerode (city of Drensteinfurt) and Hiltrup (city of Münster).

Albersloh is surrounded by fields, meadows and a large wooded area, the Hohe Ward . The Hohe Ward is a forest area that is mainly overgrown by conifers due to its sandy soil. In addition to local recreation, the forest area is primarily used to produce drinking water for the city of Münster. Together with a well-developed network of cycle paths and the many field and farm roads, the typical image of the " Münsterland park landscape " results .

Data

• Height above sea level: 55.5 m above sea level
• Highest point: Alst 64.1 m
• Lowest point: Wersetal 48.7 m

history

In the first written evidence of the settlement in the later municipality of Albersloh, an Erulf in Arnahurst (Ahrenhorst) is mentioned, who is liable to the Werden monastery (around 880). The first church was built in the 12th century. The name Albersloh is first documented in an episcopal document in 1171. In the 13th century the construction of today's hall church began. The village was looted both in the Spanish-Dutch War and in the Thirty Years War . During the Seven Years' War , the French army camped near Albersloh. In the 19th century Albersloh came under Prussian, French and then again under Prussian administration. In 1903 Albersloh was connected to the railway network.

In the course of the municipal reorganization, the municipality of Albersloh and the city of Sendenhorst merged on January 1, 1975 to form the city of Sendenhorst, whereby Albersloh large areas, u. a. many forest areas of the Hohen Ward, had to give up to the city of Münster In the event that the planned airport was built, Drensteinfurt, Albersloh, Rinkerode and Sendenhorst would have been merged to form a larger city of Drensteinfurt.

The Catholic parishes of St. Ludgerus (Albersloh) and St. Martin (Sendenhorst) merged in 2006.

traffic

Due to the location of the municipality between the cities of Münster and Hamm or Beckum , the place is heavily used in terms of traffic. Since December 6, 2019, the place has been closed to the passage of trucks with a total permissible mass of more than 3.5 tons, which was caused, among other things, by a petition from the citizens. No distinction is made here between non-resident and non-resident trucks, provided that passage through the town can be avoided. The delivery traffic for the resident retailers is excluded from this regulation.

Bus and rail transport

The place is connected to Sendenhorst and Beckum as well as Münster by means of a regional bus and an express bus line.

The Münster – Warstein railway crosses the town; it is currently used for freight traffic. In the coming years, preparations are being made to reactivate the line for public transport between Sendenhorst and Münster Central Station. Commissioning is scheduled for 2023.

International Airport

With the planned Westphalia Airport , Albersloh would have been integrated into a much larger traffic concept in the early 1970s. A major airport was planned between Albersloh, Sendenhorst and Drensteinfurt. In the final stage, the airport would have had five runways. The costs amounted to an estimated DM 1.1 billion  . The planning was discontinued in 1973; the reason for the failure were the deep flight lanes of the British armed forces , which at that time still had occupation rights in Germany.

Sports

The place has a single and a modern double sports hall, which are approved for championship games, a football and tennis facility and a private tennis hall.

The sports club DJK GW Albersloh offers football, tennis, table tennis, badminton, cycling, volleyball, darts, gymnastics / gymnastics and “non-competitive sports”.

The Reit- und Fahrverein Albersloh eV offers equestrian sports for young and old at the club's own riding facility on the Hohe Ward. There are two riding halls and two large outdoor arenas available for this. The big horse show always takes place on the third weekend in September.

The women's community offers women's gymnastics.

The Albersloher Kanu Club is a canoe club that practices canoe riding on the rivers of the Münsterland and Sauerland.

Attractions

The hall church of St. Ludgerus has its first beginnings in the 13th century. The Sunger house , a noble residence from the 15th century, was built by the Lords of Kerckerinck zur Borg.

Schulze-Dernebockholt courtyard: courtyard from the 11th century with partially preserved graves; Also preserved: gatehouse and sheep barn from the 16th century as relics of architectural significance from a timber construction tradition that goes back well into the late Middle Ages; Gatehouse and sheepfold are among the oldest rural outbuildings in the Münsterland and are listed as historical monuments.

Associated with Albersloh

• Aloys Röhr (* 1887 in Münster , † 1953 in Albersloh), sculptor of German post-war expressionism
• Adolph von Randow (* 1801 in Albersloh; † 1891 in Potsdam ), soldier and orphanage director
• Christoph Butterwegge (* 1951 in Albersloh), political scientist
• Chiara Hoenhorst (* 1997 in Albersloh), volleyball player

literature

• Werner Dobelmann : Albersloh . History of a rural community, Münster in Westphalia 1976.
• Heinrich Petzmeyer: Sendenhorst . History of a small town in the Münsterland. Ed .: Stadt Sendenhorst, 1993, ISBN 3-923166-43-5 .
• City of Sendenhorst: 1171–1996, 825 years of Albersloh. Ed .: City of Sendenhorst, 1996.
• City of Sendenhorst: Albersloh. Ed .: Aschendorffsche Buchdruckerei, Münster Westfalen 1976.

Web links

• City of Sendenhorst
• History of Albersloh
• Albersloh in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 312 .
2. ↑ The airport on Sendenhorstergeschichten.de