Mayoress of Herchen

Herchen once belonged to the Siegen district

The mayor's office in Herchen was an administrative district in the Siegkreis . Herchen belonged to the Windeck district until 1806 , then to the canton of Eitorf . This later became the parish of Herchen .

In addition to its own parish, the parish of Leuscheid, which was incorporated in 1808, belonged to the formerly independent community of Herchen .

In 1830 the mayor's office consisted of two villages, 27 hamlets and three farms. It contained six churches and chapels, seven public buildings, 467 private houses and five mills. Of the 2553 inhabitants, 1557 were Protestant, 783 Catholic and 13 Jewish.

In 1845 the parish of Herchen included the localities

Altenherfen , Bitzerhof , Engelsbruch , Gerressen , Gutmannseichen , Herchen, Herchermühle (grinding mill), Lüttershausen , Neuenhof , Nieder- u. Ober-Rieferath , Ohmbach , Onkelmühle (watermill), Richardshohn , Ringenstellen , Röcklingen , Stromberg and Übersehn . Engelsbruch and Bitzerhof were not yet listed in 1830.

The parish of Leuscheid then consisted of the localities

Bitze , Bonhof , Dahlhausen , Ehrentalsmühle , Eutscheid , Himmeroth , Hundhausen , Kocherscheid , Kuchhausen , Leidhecke , Leuscheid, Locksiefen , Mittelirsen , Niederalsen , Niederleuscheid , Niedersaal , Oberalsen , Obersaal , Reidershof , Röhrigshof , Schabernack , Schneppe , Werfen and Werfermühle (Wassermühle) .

In 1888 the municipality / mayor's office had 4619 hectares of land, 1680 hectares of which were arable land, 270 hectares of meadows and 2266 hectares of wood. The community had 45 places with 746 residential buildings and 696 households. There were 3311 inhabitants, of which 2412 were Protestants. 872 people were Catholics, 23 other Christians, and there were four Jewish citizens. Ottofeld and Ottohof near Herchen and Sangerhof near Leuscheid were newly added as districts.

Residents

Population of the municipality of Herchen:

year	Residents
1808	2,728
1910	3,514
1925	3,756
1933	3,644
1939	4.018

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality of Herchen showed the upright, double-tailed mountain lion.

Bergischer lion in the form of a coat of arms

Maire or mayor of the municipality of Herchen:

year	mayor
1811 - 02.15.1815	Johann Gerhard Anton Überzezig
1815-1819	Johann Peter Schildgen
1819-1846	Friedrich Lenz
1846-1851	Heinrich Wilhelm Otto
1851-1864	Karl Theodor Comp
1864-1868	Ludwig Heuser
1868-1871	Josef Commer
1871-1873	Wilhelm Gansäuer
1873-1887	Guido Alberty
1887-1893	Mr. Lichtenthäler
1893-1930	Philipp Dörmer
1930-1931	Mr. Manner
May 01, 1931 - October 13, 1932	Walter Tersteegen
06/01/1933 - 1935	Otto Simon
1935-1937	Karl Schmidt
03/01/1938 - 23/09/1938	Mr. Esser
09/23/1938-1939	Dr. Orth
06/01/1939 - 06/24/1940	Mr. Brüning / Karl Schmidt
03/11/1940 - 1944	Karl Schmidt
1944-1946	Alfred Kuttenkeuler
02/06/1946 - 09/30/1946	Armin Vogel
10/01/1946 - May 1947	Albrecht Land
May 1947 - April 30, 1960	Municipal director Josef Dahmen

As early as October 5, 1932, Adolf Hitler became an honorary citizen of the mayor's office in Herchen. The application had come from Robert Ley and the strong NSDAP faction of the local council.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich von Restorff: Topographical-statistical description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province . Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin / Stettin 1830, p. 304 ( digitized version ).
2. ↑ Royal Government of Cologne (Ed.): Overview of the constituent parts and list of all the localities and individually named properties of the government district of Cologne, according to districts, mayorships and parishes, with information on the number of people and the residential buildings, as well as the Confessions, Jurisdictions , Military and earlier country conditions. Cologne 1845, p. 85 ( digitized version ).
3. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Rhineland 1888, p. 116
4. ^ Karl Schröder: Rise and Fall of Robert Ley , Ruppichteroth Citizens Association, Verlag Franz Schmitt, Siegburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-87710-342-5 , p. 79