Weidenau office

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Weidenau office in the Siegen district
Office structure

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

history

The office was created in 1843 from the “Weidenau Mayor's Office”, which dates back to Prussian times. In 1878 the municipalities Eiserfeld , Gosenbach and Niederschelden were separated from the office and assigned to the newly formed Eiserfeld office. On April 1, 1937, Achenbach and Buschgotthardshütten were finally completely incorporated. On July 1, 1966, Bürbach, Volnsberg, Kaan-Marienborn, Seelbach and Trupbach went to the city of Siegen and Weidenau, Klafeld, Dillnhütten, Sohlbach and Birlenbach to the new city of Hüttental .

On December 1, 1885, the Weidenau office had an area of ​​43.3 km², on which 11,520 inhabitants lived.

Communities

  1. Achenbach (1937 to Siegen)
  2. Birlenbach
  3. Bürbach
  4. Buschgotthardshütten (1937 to Siegen and Weidenau)
  5. Dillnhütten
  6. Eiserfeld (until 1878)
  7. Gosenbach (until 1878)
  8. Kaan-Marienborn
  9. Klafeld / Geisweid
  10. Niederschelden (until 1878)
  11. Seelbach
  12. Sohlbach
  13. Trupbach
  14. Volnsberg
  15. Weidenau

Population numbers

The population of the Weidenau office:

local community 1818 1885 1895 1905 1939 1950
Achenbach 1 0301 0363 - -
Birlenbach 0052 0161 0169 0209 0457 0554
Bürbach 0235 0426 0448 0567 0552 0741
Dillnhütten 0136 0226 0225 0239 0287 0388
Eiserfeld 0592 - - - - -
Gosenbach 0106 - - - - -
Geisweid / Klafeld 2 0534 2,424 3,546 5,292 8,281 11,039
Kaan-Marienborn 3 0555 1,046 1,061 1,357 2,104 2,288
Niederelden 0289 - - - - -
Seelbach 0155 0257 0281 0364 0633 0865
Sohlbach 0053 0074 0066 0116 0285 0371
Trupbach 0175 0465 0519 0610 1,017 1,359
Volnsberg 0108 0122 0116 0117 0112 0130
Weidenau 4 1,244 6,018 6.212 8,398 12,325 15,026
total 4.234 11,520 13.006 17,269 26,053 32,761
1Achenbach was incorporated into Siegen in 1937 .
2 Consists of the towns of Geisweid (1885: 1078; 1895: 1387 inhabitants) and Klafeld (1885: 1234; 1895: 2149 inhabitants).
3 Consists of the towns of Kaan (1885: 533; 1895: 585 inhabitants) and Marienborn (1885: 444; 1895: 470 inhabitants).
4th Including the six suburbs incorporated in 1888 and parts of the Buschgotthard hut incorporated in 1937 (1885: 515; 1895: 656 inhabitants).

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. ↑ a b Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster (Westphalia) 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 .
  3. ^ T. Hundt, G. Gerlach, F. Roth, W. Schmidt: Description of the mountain areas Siegen I, Siegen II, Burbach & Müsen ; Bonn 1887
  4. ^ Otto Schäfer: The district of Siegen - an expertise for elementary schools , Siegen 1968
  5. ^ Westphalian community dictionary . 1887, pp. 106-113.
  6. ^ Westphalian community dictionary . 1897, pp. 110-115.