Alst

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City of Horstmar
Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 53 ″  N , 7 ° 19 ′ 41 ″  E
Height : 71 m above sea level NN
Area : 3.5 km²
Residents : 260  (Aug 31, 2012)
Population density : 74 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 48612
Primaries : 02558, 02552
Alst (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Alst

Location of Alst in North Rhine-Westphalia

The Alst is a farming community in the town of Horstmar in the Steinfurt district in the north-west of North Rhine-Westphalia near Münster .

location

The Alst is located in the Burgsteinfurter Land, which is part of the Münsterland , near the town of Horstmar. The distance to the northern district town of Steinfurt is almost eight kilometers, Münster in the southeast is about 30 km away, the Dutch border at Gronau in the northwest is also about 30 km.

history

Alst was mentioned as early as 1155. Its name originates from alahstedi (sanctuary) and Alstet (around 1319). The name "Alst (Alahstedi)" indicates an early Germanic place of sacrifice. This was probably at the place of today's “Alster Cross”, where a few years ago the remains of a Christ corpus from early Christian times were found between ancient oak roots.

But the story goes way back in time, from which there are no written records. The local history researcher Heinrich Börsting says: "The [Alster] castle undoubtedly goes back to the Saxon time and is older than the castles Horstmar and Schagern." Many historians deduce this old age from the name "Alst".

The inhabitants of the Alst were called half-citizens of Horstmar very early on . This is very likely due to the fact that the lords of Haus Alst were at the same time Burgmanns von Horstmar and were thus obliged to do military service for the bishop and to defend Horstmar Castle. As half-citizens, they paid half the citizen's penny and were obliged to do security and other services.

Culture and sights

In the list of architectural monuments in Horstmar there is one architectural monument for Alst .

House Alst

House Alst

The Alst house, first mentioned in a document in 1217, is a former Burgmannshof in Munsterland and was formerly the seat of the Schorlemer- Alst family . It was built on the site of an older castle complex and was built in the Renaissance style.

Alst Peace Chapel

Alst Peace Chapel

Text of an information card, available in the chapel:

The desire for peace, born from the horror of two world wars, was the motive for building this chapel. The building, which was inaugurated in 1967, was created through the self-sacrifice and personal effort of the 260 residents of the Alst farming community and some friends. In 1988 the couple Erich and Gabriele Büttner donated the crucifix in the middle of the front wall. At the side of the cross is a statue of the Madonna - the Queen of Peace. The group of figures in between should tell us: "Shake hands for peace!" A stele on the left wall, erected in 1985, depicts the Annunciation and the birth of Christ. The statue of the Madonna and stele are the work of artist Gertrud Büscher-Eilert from Horstmar. The altar plate rests on a boulder found near the chapel. The shaped and cut plate from the raw, uncut stone symbolizes the victory of Christianity over the sacrificial stone of our pagan ancestors. At the same time, the boulder creates a connection to the history of the Alst farmers. The name "Alst (Alahstedi)" refers to an early Germanic place of sacrifice. This was probably at the place of today's “Alster Cross”, where a few years ago the remains of a Christ corpus from early Christian times were found between ancient oak roots. The wall on the left side of the chapel bears the names of the fallen and missing from both world wars. Since the inauguration of the chapel, tens of thousands have prayed for peace here and with donations they have helped to alleviate the need in the crisis regions of the world.

Alst school

The first applications to build a school in the Alst go back to 1880. Since the municipal council, the school board and some residents of the village of Leer initially voted against the construction, the start of construction was delayed to 1898. On October 16, 1899, the school was officially opened, during which the residents of the peasantry cheered with flags and Gunshots expressed. Meinolf Sagel was the first teacher to take over his position.

The school district extended beyond the Alst to parts of the neighboring Ostendorf farmers . After it opened, around 50 children attended the Alst school, and in later years the number temporarily rose to 75. In the post-war years, a second post was temporarily set up to teach up to 90 children in shift work after many displaced persons had come to Westphalia.

In 1956 a new classroom, a break hall and a hall were added. In addition, the toilets were relocated, a cellar and a separate sewage treatment plant were built. The inauguration took place on December 20, 1956, during which the school was named Freiherr-von-Schorlemer-Alst-Schule , but the state government had already passed a school regulation law in 1952 , according to which the number of children was decisive for the orderly school operation. Against all the protests of the parents, the school had to be closed in 1968 due to insufficient student numbers. In the almost 70 years of its existence, 737 pupils have attended the school and 515 discharge certificates have been issued.

After the premises had been unused for a few years, the last teacher at the Alst School, Heinz Bienbeck, acquired the original school building in 1974, which is still owned by his family today. The extension from 1956 was also sold in private hands.

Schützenverein Alst eV

Club colors of the Schützenverein Alst eV

The first records about the Alst rifle club can be traced back to 1705, after the founding years 1880 and 1830 were initially kept by historians. The first statutes of the association were written down on February 11, 1880 in five points. On November 1, 1983 a statute for entry in the register of associations was drawn up by four members and approved by the general assembly on November 12, 1983 . The Schützenverein Alst has been organizing the dance in May every year on its festival tent since 1984 . The club colors are green and white. They can be seen on the club flag, which is hoisted annually by club members at the shooting festival, but also at private festive occasions.

We will tosammen staohn
un dat wat right is doan
is then not naon Kopp
do fleit wat up!

(Saying on the rifle flag)

The Alster song

The Alster Lied (originally Dat Älschke Leed ) is the club song of the Schützenverein Alst eV, which, however, is sung by the residents on community events outside of the club's activities. The time when the song der Alst was written can only be narrowed down roughly to the period between 1853 and 1868. The mention of Schorlemer's Busch in the fourth stanza gives an indication of this: The Westphalian baron Burghard von Schorlemer-Alst came to the Alst in 1853. It is also known that the song was sung when the railway line through the Alst (now RadBahn Münsterland ) was built in 1868.

The text of the version known in the Alst is:

Is it really true,
as one has heard,
that so many hundreds of thousands of men
have come to the Alst?
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That so many hundreds of thousands of men
have come to the Alst.

Much
to buy on horseback, much on foot ;
but the thirst was too great:
many had to die.
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But the thirst was too great:
many had to die.

A young officer said:
People, we are lost,
all young, young people
are frozen to death in the snow.
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All young, young people
are frozen in the snow.

Woe to you Napoleon!
How are you doing
Don't you see
the Älschke Rotte in Schorlemers Busch ?
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Don't you see
the Älschke Rotte in Schorlemers Busch ?

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d According to the Festschrift of the Schützenverein Alst eV 300 years
  2. ↑ a b Text of an information card, available in the chapel
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Bien Beck, H., Graf von Westerholt, C., & Greive, H. (1980). 150 years of the Alst shooting club.
  5. ↑ http://tanzindenmai-alst.de/
  6. ↑ Dat Älschke Leed on the Schützenverein Alst eV website, accessed on February 27, 2014

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