Office Eiserfeld

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Office Eiserfeld in the district of Siegen
Office structure

The Eiserfeld office was an office in the Siegen district in North Rhine-Westphalia . It administered until June 30, 1966 an area with three independent communities .

history

The office was created in 1878 when the three communities were separated from the Weidenau office . The seat of the administration was in Niederschelden. On July 1, 1966, from the office to the living up to Office Wilnsdorf belonging Eisern and the Office Freudenberg belonging Oberschelden formed the new city Eiserfeld. Since January 1st, 1975 all places belong to the city of Siegen . In 1930 the Siegen district council refused to merge the offices of Wilnsdorf and Eiserfeld into one office. Thus the Eiserfeld office remained the smallest in the circle.

As of December 1, 1885, the Eiserfeld office had an area of ​​19.5 km², on which 5989 inhabitants lived.

coat of arms

Official coat of arms (1939–1966)

The coat of arms was awarded on August 18, 1937 by the President of the Prussian Province of Westphalia. It shows the diminished Nassau lion and the entrance to the Reinhold-Forster-Erbstollen in Eiserfeld as well as the miners ' count as a sign of iron mining.

Blazon : “Raised, divided by blue and gold (yellow), above a growing red armored golden (yellow) double-tailed lion surrounded by seven golden (yellow) shingles, below a portal-like blue tunnel mouth hole, in which a black mallet and a black iron crossed at an angle. "

Communities

  1. Eiserfeld
  2. Gosenbach
  3. Niederelden

Population numbers

The population of the Eiserfeld office:

local community 1885 1895 1905 1939 1950
Eiserfeld 3.214 3,602 5,292 6,578 8,635
Gosenbach 1,027 1,078 1,430 1,585 2,050
Niederelden 1,751 2,080 2,909 3,644 5,028
total 5,992 6,760 9,631 11,807 15,713

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia, Volume 12: District of Siegen. (PDF) Schöningh, Münster iW 1903.
  2. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster (Westphalia) 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 .
  3. ^ Elmar Schneider: 800 years Wilnsdorf 1185–1985 . Self-published, Wilnsdorf 1985
  4. ^ T. Hundt, G. Gerlach, F. Roth, W. Schmidt: Description of the mountain areas Siegen I, Siegen II, Burbach & Müsen ; Bonn 1887
  5. ↑ Stadler, Klemens: Deutsche Wappen, Volume 7 . Angelsachsen Verlag, Bremen 1972, p. 36 .
  6. ↑ Otto Schäfer: The Siegen district - a subject for elementary schools . Wins 1968
  7. ↑ Westfälisches Gemeindelexikon 1887, pp. 106–113
  8. ↑ Westfälisches Gemeindelexikon 1897, pp. 110–115