Allendorf (Sundern)

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Allendorf
Allendorf coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 6 ″  N , 7 ° 57 ′ 17 ″  E
Height : 306 m
Residents : 1500  (December 31, 2009)
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 59846
Area code : 02393
St. Antonius Church in Allendorf
St. Antonius Church in Allendorf

Allendorf ( pronunciation ? / I ) is a district of the city of Sundern (Sauerland) in the Hochsauerlandkreis . Today it has over 1500 inhabitants. The patroness of the political community is St. Agatha, the patroness of the parish is St. Anthony the Hermit . The parish church of St. Antonius is characteristic of the site . Audio file / audio sample

history

Barrows from the Bronze Age are among the earliest traces of settlement . The first reliable documentary mention falls in the year 1296. The village belonged to the County of Arnsberg and was listed in 1368 under the Arnsberg Freedoms . The place was fortified in 1407 and has been a town ever since. In 1424, the Archbishop of Cologne, Dietrich II von Moers , granted the "Stat" the same rights as the other towns and castles in the county of Arnsberg. At this time the mayor and the council are verifiable.

On November 7th, 1629, the citizen Kaspar Kellermann , who was found guilty of witchcraft by the judge Nietenstein and was burned alive at the stake on that day, bequeathed his house and property to the school so that the children could in future the mischief of witchcraft and Belief in sorcerers.

In 1747 about half of the village (37 houses) burned down. At that time there was a drapery guild in the place. Wool spinning was operated in many houses.

Seal of the former Allendorf Office

Allendorf retained its position as a city until the end of the Duchy of Westphalia. In 1801 the place had 68 houses. In 1802 Allendorf came with the Duchy of Westphalia to Hessen-Darmstadt and in 1816 to Prussia. During this time the city belonged to the Eslohe office . Yet the 1811 Office Balve the place was assigned to the Prussian era itself seat of an office that the county Arnsberg belonged. In 1858 the place finally gave up the designation “city” when it was classified as a rural community. In 1906 the office was moved to Sundern . In 1961 Allendorf had 1004 inhabitants on an area of ​​13.37 km². Allendorf was incorporated into Sundern on January 1, 1975.

The sights have been made accessible since June 2002 by the 18 km long history hiking trail. The Schnadegang is still a tradition today .

politics

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the former community of Allendorf

Blazon :

Saint Anthony the Hermit standing in blue with a silver robe, gold nimbles, in the right a gold rod, in the left a gold bell.

Description:

A seal stamp from the 15th century shows Saint Anthony, the patron saint of Allendorf, as a figure in a quatrefoil. The colors blue and silver indicate that it was part of the county of Arnsberg. The official approval took place on January 18, 1971.

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Peters, Norbert (born August 5, 1863 in Sundern-Allendorf, † January 20, 1938 in Paderborn) was a Catholic priest and university professor.
  • Droste, Josef (born December 23, 1911 in Sundern-Allendorf; † May 11, 1991 in Paderborn), vicar general in the Archdiocese of Paderborn under Cardinal Lorenz Jaeger .
  • Clute-Simon, Friedrich, 1762–1842, Fuhrmann, who brought the Cologne cathedral treasure in 1795 to the Wedinghausen monastery and in 1803 back to Cologne.
  • Schmidt, Johannes Georg , 1824–1881, priest, known in the popular literature of the Sauerland as Lügenschmidt or Lügenpastor von Calle .
  • Canisius, Theodor, 1826–1885, emigrant in 1848, founder of the Illinois State Gazette , party friend of Lincoln and ambassador of the USA in Vienna and Samoa.
  • Hubert Clute-Simon (born July 5, 1955 - † October 23, 2015) was a German football player.

literature

  • Carl Haase : The emergence of the Westphalian cities. 4th edition, Münster 1984.
  • A. Ludorff: Architectural and art monuments of the Arnsberg district , Münster 1906, reprint Warburg 1994, ISBN 3-922032-58-3
  • Anton Lübke: Allendorfer Lesebuch / Ficktünnes e. V. - 600 years city of Allendorf , 2006, ISBN 978-3-930264-58-2

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eduard Belke, Alfred Bruns, Helmut Müller: Kommunale Wappen des Herzogtums Westfalen, Arnsberg 1986, p. 126 ISBN 3-87793-017-4
  2. ^ Elisabeth Schumacher: The Cologne Westphalia in the Age of Enlightenment, Olpe 1967, p. 267
  3. ↑ Manfred Schöne: The Duchy of Westphalia under Hesse-Darmstadt rule 1802-1816, Olpe 1966, p. 171.
  4. ^ 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. 331 .
  5. ^ Eduard Belke, Alfred Bruns, Helmut Müller: Kommunale Wappen des Herzogtums Westfalen, Arnsberg 1986, p. 126 ISBN 3-87793-017-4

Web links

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