Bad Laasphe

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Bad Laasphe
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Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '  N , 8 ° 25'  E

Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Arnsberg
Circle : Siegen-Wittgenstein
Height : 330 m above sea level NHN
Area : 135.95 km 2
Residents: 13,504 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 99 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 57334
Primaries : 02752, 02753 , 02754, 02774Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : SI, BLB
Community key : 05 9 70 028
LOCODE : DE LAA
City structure: 24 districts

City administration address : 		Mühlenstrasse 20
57334 Bad Laasphe, Germany
Website : stadt-badlaasphe.de
Mayor : Torsten Spillmann ( independent )
Location of the city of Bad Laasphe in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district
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Bad Laasphe city center panorama
Aerial view of the core town of Bad Laasphe
City structure of the individual districts of Bad Laasphe

Bad Laasphe [ bat ˈlaːsfə ] is a small town in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

geography

Geographical location

The city of Bad Laasphe is located in the Upper Lahn Valley in the former Wittgenstein district . The urban area is located southeast of the main ridge of the Rothaargebirge , part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains , and borders in the north on the city of Bad Berleburg and the municipality of Erndtebrück , in the east on the city of Biedenkopf in Hesse , in the southeast on Breidenbach , in the south on Dietzhölztal and in West to the city of Netphen .

The highest mountain in the city is 694.1  m above sea level. NHN the area near the Heiligenborn preferred compass , which is the highest in the southern mountains of the Rothaargebirge. The streams Bernshäuser Bach , Sohler Bach- Fischelbach , Gonderbach and Ilse flow through the urban area . The Lahn, which flows through the city center, rises near Lahnhof , a small eastern part of Netphen, or not far south-southwest of the Lahnkopf .

There are several nature reserves in the urban area, such as the Wahbachtal .

City structure

The city is divided into a total of 24 districts:

history

City view by Matthäus Merian in his Topographia Hassiae from 1655
Drawing of the city from 1834

The name of the city is derived from Lassaffa , which means salmon water or salmon water and probably comes from the Celtic.

For the time before 1806 see also the older history of Bad Laasphe .

The place, mentioned for the first time in 780, was expanded as the residential town of the County of Wittgenstein in the early 13th century and received city rights before 1277. Wittgenstein Castle was above the city as the residence of the count family of the same name. As a result, the city received a city ​​wall with two gates and six towers, which was removed in the early 19th century with the exception of small remains. When the county of Wittgenstein was divided into the lines Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein in 1605 , Laasphe became the residence of the southern county. In addition to artisans and arable citizens, officials from the count's court lived in the city . There were probably around 100 households. With the end of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation in 1806, the status as a royal seat expired.

Around the middle of the 16th century, the Reformation was introduced in the county of Wittgenstein and thus in Laasphe. Nikolaus Zell (Cellius), trained in Marburg, was the first Lutheran preacher in Laasphe from 1555. From the 1560s, church life in the city and the surrounding area then had clear features that were based on the Heidelberg Catechism published in 1563 , and belonged to the Reformed Church until the 19th century .

During the witch hunts, 16 witch trials were carried out in Laasphe from 1609 to 1630 , including five executions and one banishment. The first victim, Merge Dillmansche, was tortured, sentenced and executed in 1609. Count Ludwig II later determined that the process was not due: she had been sentenced to death against the law. Lucia Reichmann endured all three degrees of torture without confessing. She committed suicide in prison in 1630. On June 26, 2015, the city council passed a resolution to rehabilitate the victims of the witch trials.

Laasphe was initially attached to the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt as part of the former Principality of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein in 1806 , but was then given to Prussia by resolution of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 . Since 1817, the city belonged to the Wittgenstein district in the southeastern part of the Prussian province of Westphalia . In Laasphe, the printing house owner Ernst Schmidt published the Wittgensteiner Wochenblatt in 1876, which later appeared under the name Wittgensteiner Zeitung as the first daily newspaper in the Wittgenstein district.

In 1888 the city of Laasphe was in the Prussian administrative district of Arnsberg in the Wittgenstein district and had a connection to the Kreuztal – Marburg railway line of the Prussian State Railways . In 1888 Laasphe had a preparation institute , a district court (founded in 1878, closed in 1970) and jersey and hosiery factories. In 1885 there were 2225 mostly Protestant residents in Laasphe. Two iron works belonged to Wittgenstein Castle .

Laasphe has been a Kneipp health resort since 1960. Since January 1st, 1984, the city of Laasphe has been known as Bad Laasphe as a Kneipp spa and climatic health resort. Due to the innovative development of the offer and the ambience, Bad Laasphe was accepted into the Kneipp Premium Class group in 2006 by the Association of German Kneipp Spas and Kneipp Spas .

Since September 2015, the former Schlossbergklinik has housed refugees from the Arnsberg district government. Up to 500 asylum seekers are to be accommodated in the so-called central accommodation facility.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1975, the municipalities of Amtshausen, Banfe, Bermershausen, Bernshausen, Feudingen, Fischelbach, Großenbach, Heiligenborn, Herbertshausen, Hesselbach, Holzhausen, Kunst-Wittgenstein, Niederlaasphe, Oberndorf, Puderbach, Rückershausen, Rüppershausen, Saßmannshausen, Steinbach, Volkholz and Weide dissolved and incorporated into the city of Laasphe. A 61 hectare area from Amtshausen was reclassified to Erndtebrück.

Population development

The former municipalities that make up the city of Laasphe had a total of 14,858 inhabitants on June 6, 1961 (census), 15,710 inhabitants on May 27, 1970 (census) and on June 30, 1974 (determination of the population by the State Statistical Office on the occasion of upcoming territorial reform) 15,356 inhabitants. The core city has 5585 residents (2019).

Population development of Bad Laasphe.svg Population development of Bad Laasphe - from 1871
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Population development of Bad Laasphe. Above from 1682 to 2017. Below a section from 1871
Population development
year Residents
1682 603
1817 1,350
1900 2,330
1939 9,822
1950 14,838
1961 14,858
1970 15,710
1974 15,356
1986 14,332
1996 15,574
2006 14,981
2012 14,039
2015 14,276
2016 13,802
2017 13,639

politics

City Council

The Bad Laasphe City Council consists of 32 seats. The local elections on May 25, 2014 produced the following result:

Political party % Seats
SPD 40.5% 13
CDU 39.0% 12
FDP 11.7% 04th
Green 08.8% 03

mayor

In the election on May 25, 2014, the incumbent mayor Torsten Spillmann (non-party), nominated by the SPD, was re-elected with 55.3 percent of the valid votes. The CDU candidate, Günter Wagner, achieved 44.7 percent.

coat of arms

Bad Laasphe coat of arms
 Blazon : "In black, a silver (white) city wall with an open gate tower, surmounted by two silver (white) tin towers, between which a silver (white) shield covered with two black stakes hovers."
Justification of the coat of arms: An imprint of the city seal of the city of Laasphe from the 14th century has been preserved, which shows the same representation as the coat of arms shown here. The small shield contains the original coat of arms of the city lords, the Counts of Wittgenstein . When checking the coat of arms in 1908, the city presented a representation that, apart from some changes in shape, probably due to misunderstandings, showed the same picture, but the small shield squared, in the first and fourth fields in red a silver castle, in the second and third field the Wittgenstein piles. The castle, the coat of arms of the Homburg lordship, which also belongs to the Wittgenstein family , is apparently an ingredient from more recent times. Even then, the city archives suggested that the old Wittgenstein coat of arms should be placed in the shield as in the oldest seal. No decision was made at the time. It was not until 1936 that the city decided to return to the traditional representation. This was confirmed on March 10, 1937.

Town twinning

Rue de Bad Laasphe in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Bad Laasphe train station

The federal highway 62 crosses the city ​​area with around 11,000 vehicles every day. Due to the high volume of traffic, there have been plans for a bypass for a long time . Implementation was suspended by the state government. A new, more precise traffic count is planned for 2016 in order to better analyze long-distance traffic as well as destination and source traffic. This could bring new impulses for the local area. The bypass is intended to bypass the narrow valley to the south with three tunnels and some bridge structures.

Other state and district roads lead from the federal road to the individual districts and the neighboring communities. From the city center these are, for example, the L 718 (to Sassenhausen or Hesse), the L 903 to Richstein , the L 719 to Walpersdorf , the K 33 to Erndtebrück or the K 36 (called " Poor Man ") to Hesselbach.

The only rail route in the city is the Obere Lahn Valley Railway . There is an hourly service to Marburg and Erndtebrück on weekdays . The Bad Laasphe station is a central transport hub. In addition to the tracks, all bus lines of the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Westfalen-Süd stop at the bus platforms and open up the surrounding areas. These are the lines SB 5 to Siegen , R 30 to Erndtebrück, R 31 to Bad Berleburg , R 32 to Mandeln , R 35 to Wallau , L 182 to Wittgenstein Castle , A 380 to Puderbach and Wittgenstein Castle, A 381 to Rittershausen and the citizen bus to Wilhelmsplatz and Puderbach.

There are also train stops in Feudingen, Niederlaasphe and Oberndorf. The stations Amtshausen and Bermershausen were closed in 1962, Amalienhütte in 1978. Until 1996, Saßmannshausen and Friedrichshütte were also served.

In May 2016, the regional passenger transport association Westphalia-Süd announced that it would initially set up a night bus offer until December 31, 2016 as a market test. The buses of the trial offer ran on the nights from Friday to Saturday and Saturday to Sunday between Siegen , Erndtebrück and Bad Berleburg . In Bad Berleburg there was a direct connection to the night bus line 8 to Bad Laasphe. The offer was discontinued due to a lack of demand.

energy

Photovoltaic systems

In July 2013, the Bad Laasphe eG energy cooperative was founded, which now operates as the Wittgenstein energy cooperative. This civic initiative operates three photovoltaic systems with an installed capacity of around 150 kilowatts in the city area (as of June 2018). The systems are located on the roofs of the municipal high school, the former sewage treatment plant in Feudingen and the Wahbach sports park.

The largest photovoltaic system in the city is located on the roofs of the Osterrath company with an installed capacity of 567 kilowatts.

Wind turbines

The Hesselbach wind farm has been in the city since 2013, with ten wind turbines after two extensions. These are of the Vestas V112 and V126 types and have a total output of almost 31 MW. The construction of the wind farm on the Sohl with seven wind turbines was stopped by a court. The project is currently on hold; the project developer would like to submit a new application for approval (as of June 2018).

In September 2014, plans for the construction of three wind turbines on the Großer Bohnstein were announced. The Siegen-Wittgenstein district has postponed the decision for the time being. The city administration also decided to postpone another application for the construction of wind turbines until June 25, 2016. By designating wind energy priority zones, the city wants to prevent the encirclement of Hesselbach and has rejected the application with this reason. The three planned priority zones essentially cover the areas of the Hesselbach and Sohl wind farms. In January 2017, the application for three wind turbines south of Hesselbach was rejected by the Siegen-Wittgenstein district.

Local heating

In 2015 the city became a " KWK model municipality ". The laying of a local heating network - especially in the area of ​​the old town - is being funded with public funds . Construction of the network began in mid-2016. This is carried by the Bad Laaspher energy. The project company belongs to half of the municipality and the district heating supply Niederrhein. The first natural gas-powered combined heat and power plant went into operation in November 2016 . The work should be completed by the end of 2018 [obsolete] .

Established businesses

The following companies have locations or their headquarters in Bad Laasphe:

  • EYOT
  • Heinrich Wagner Sinto machine factory
  • Bosch brewery
  • The discounter company Aldi Nord is based in Bad Laasphe with one of its regional branches, plus a large central warehouse.

Industrial and commercial area

The industrial area In der Stockwiese is located on the southeastern edge of the city center. Further industrial and commercial areas are available in the intermunicipal industrial park Wittgenstein in Erndtebrück-Schameder .

Culture and sights

Bad Laasphe

Bad Laasphe offers its visitors many sights; For example, the almost completely preserved historic old town with its half-timbered houses , continuous cobblestone paving, the old town fountain and fragments of the old city wall. The city is a member of the historical city centers in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Rothaarsteig, created in 2001, also runs through the area of ​​the city of Bad Laasphe . In addition, there are numerous themed hiking trails, such as the “Laaspher Bierwegelchen”, the “Myth and Legends Trail”, the “Man & Dog Adventure Trail” or the “Little Rothaar Fairy Tale Trail”.

Museums

The “Mushroom Science Museum” with over 1,000 freeze-dried mushroom exhibits and the “International Radio Museum Hans Necker” with an extensive collection of historical devices and curiosities from radio history are unique in Germany. With the Amalienhütte there is an industrial museum . The local history museum Banfetal and the local history museum Oberes Lahntal present local history in the district of Banfe and Feudingen.

Buildings

The Evangelical Church of Bad Laasphe dates from the 13th century and was refurbished inside with a last supper table, pulpit, galleries and royal box after the Reformation. In the 18th century, a barn was converted into a synagogue in downtown Laasphe (Wallstrasse) . It is now profaned and can only be viewed from the outside. The Catholic Church of St. Peter and Anna dates back to the 20th century. Furthermore, Wittgenstein Castle, which was probably founded in the 12th century and expanded in the Baroque , rises above the city .

In the old town of Laasphe there are numerous half-timbered houses built from the 16th century onwards.

Natural monuments

There are over 20 natural monuments in the urban area.

Sports

The Hesselbach ski area is located in the urban area . Football pitches are available in the districts of Hesselbach ( Halberg-Arena ), Niederlaasphe, Feudingen ( Tannenwaldstadion ), Banfe and the city center ( Wabach-Stadion ). There are outdoor pools in Feudingen and Hesselbach as well as the city center. The latter is the largest of the three and was visited by around 37,000 guests in the 2015 season.

Stumbling blocks

Of the more than 46,000 Stolpersteine ​​laid worldwide , 82 Stolpersteine ​​are in Bad Laasphe .

Regular events

The potato frying festivals in late summer and early autumn as well as the numerous shooting festivals have a long tradition. Easter, autumn and Christmas markets also take place regularly in Bad Laasphe; there are also events such as the fountain festival in the old town, “Bad Laasphe tafelt” or the Bad Laaspher “evening of lights”. Since 2009, the musical open-air event series “Fridays in Bad Laasphe” has also been taking place on the Brauereihof and Wilhelmsplatz in July and August.

The Bad Laaspher Altstadtfest, one of the largest festivals in the region since 1979, has been on hold for an indefinite period since 2016.

education

There are two grammar schools in Bad Laasphe , the municipal grammar school and the Schloss Wittgenstein grammar school . Furthermore, the school offer in the core city consists of a secondary school , a primary school and a special needs school (Lachsbach school); there are also elementary schools in the districts of Feudingen, Banfe and Niederlaasphe. The secondary school in the city center was closed in 2014 due to the decreasing number of students.

societies

Bad Laasphe has a rich cultural and sporting offer.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Other personalities associated with the city

See also

literature

  • Jochen Karl Mehldau : Old Laaspher families and their houses. House chronicles ~ 1600–1875. Bad Laasphe 2013.
  • Dieter Pfau: Traces of time in Siegerland and Wittgenstein, the early and high Middle Ages (750–1250). Bielefeld 2009.
  • Eberhard Bauer: Pictures from Laasphe. A historical tour of the city. Bad Laasphe 1993.
  • Reinhard Schmidt: From the history of Jews and Christians in Laasphe. Bad Laasphe 1991.
  • Eberhard Bauer: The professions of the citizens of Laasphe and Berleburg in the 18th century. In: Wittgenstein 1971, 35 issue 2, pp. 70-76.
  • Joachim Naumann: Inventories and assets in the Laaspher farm citizen house of the 17th century. Materials on a socio-historical folklore of the Wittgensteiner Land. In: Wittgenstein: 1. The food supplies, their preservation and storage. Wittg. Vol. 33/1969 / H. 1 / S. 5–13: 2. Clothing and linen. Wittg. Vol. 33/1969 / H. 2 / S. 75-92; 3. Valuables u. am, Wittg. Vol. 33/1969 / H. 4 / S. 169-174.
  • Gustav Bauer: The Reformation in the County of Wittgenstein and its implementation up to the death of Count Ludwig the Elder. In memory of the 1st Wittgenstein Church Ordinance of November 4, 1555 . Laasphe 1954.
  • Wilhelm Hartnack: On the older topography of the city of Laasphe. In: Festschrift Männer-Gesang-Verein Liedertafel-Eintracht Laasphe. Laasphe 1953, pp. 13-33.
  • Laasphe . In: Topographia Hassiae ( Matthäus Merian )

Web links

Commons : Bad Laasphe  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Bad Laasphe  - travel guide

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Wrede, Günther: Territorialgeschichte der Grafschaft Wittgenstein (= Marburg studies on older German history, series 1, vol. 3) . Marburg 1927, p. 4, 164 .
  3. ^ Andreas Kroh: The rediscovery of the Heidelberg Catechism after the storm and stress of radical Pietism. A contribution to the history of the Reformed Church in Wittgenstein. Rödingen 2011, here pp. 17–76.
  4. ↑ Names of the victims of the witch trials / witch hunt Laasphe . (PDF; 80 kB) accessed on May 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ Jürgen Schmidt: Glaube und Skeptis , Die Kurpfalz and the occidental witch hunt 1446–1685 , Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, Bielefeld 2000.
  6. ^ Gustav Bauer: Witch persecution and witch madness in Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein magazine, Vol. 20/1956, H. 1, H. 2, pp. 54-61. H. 3, pp. 107-117. Issue 4, pp. 154-157.
  7. ↑ Heinrich Dellori: The mountain homes witch trial from 1612 to 1615. in: Wittg. Vol. 43/1979, H. 4, pp. 137-146. H. Müller: The witchcraft . In: Das Schöne Wittgenstein , local supplement of the Wittgensteiner Zeitung, December 24, 1938, No. 12, p. 90 f.
  8. ^ G. Hinsberg, pastor of Berleburg. Hette Claus and other victims of witchcraft. A home book. 1919, self-published. Pp. 89-105.
  9. ↑ Lars Peter Dickel: Controversy on witch judgments . In: Westfalenpost , Wittgensteiner Zeitung Heimatteil, June 30, 2015
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  12. ↑ Schlossberg Clinic Bad Laasphe. Accommodation for asylum seekers must start at the weekend. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Arnsberg district government, September 2015, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on February 28, 2016 .
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  15. ↑ a b SPD becomes the strongest force in the Bad Laasphe council
  16. ↑ 11,000 vehicles daily on the B 62. derWesten , December 13, 2015, accessed on December 18, 2015 .
  17. ↑ I built the approach lane myself. (No longer available online.) Siegener Zeitung, archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; Retrieved December 18, 2015 .
  18. ↑ Route variants B62 OU Bad Laasphe (V7 and V2-B). (PDF) (No longer available online.) City of Bad Laasphe, archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; Retrieved December 20, 2015 .
  19. ↑ Junction point Bad Laasphe, train station. (PDF; 307 kB) Regional Passenger Transport Association Westphalia-South, accessed on March 19, 2012 .
  20. ↑ Bus N7-N9: Night bus trial offer for Wittgenstein and Neunkirchen - Burbach ( Memento from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  21. ↑ Test failed: express bus in Wittgenstein is discontinued. (No longer available online.) In: Westdeutscher Rundfunk . Archived from the original on October 14, 2017 ; Retrieved March 5, 2017 .
  22. ^ Energy cooperative Wittgenstein eG. Retrieved June 12, 2018 .
  23. ↑ Wittgenstein's largest photovoltaic system is built. Energiegenossenschaft Wittgenstein eG, August 25, 2016, accessed on June 12, 2018 .
  24. ↑ howe: preliminary building request to the district postponed . More wind turbines at Hesselbach? Siegener Zeitung, September 3, 2014, accessed on September 6, 2014 .
  25. ↑ Investor is on hold. Siegener Zeitung, accessed on June 30, 2015 .
  26. ↑ City of Bad Laasphe relies on three priority zones. Do not completely surround Hesselbach. Siegener Zeitung, August 19, 2016, accessed on October 2, 2016 .
  27. ^ Wind power: Siegen-Wittgenstein district refuses permits. derWesten.de, January 3, 2017, accessed on January 23, 2017 .
  28. ↑ Partner found for CHP project. "Altstadtkraft" model in Bad Laasphe. siegener-zeitung.de, January 28, 2015, accessed on November 3, 2016 .
  29. ↑ The first block-type thermal power station is in trial operation in Bad Laasphe. derwesten.de, November 3, 2016, accessed on November 3, 2016 .
  30. ^ Working group on historic city centers in North Rhine-Westphalia. (No longer available online.) In: hist-stadt.nrw.de. Archived from the original on December 31, 2015 ; accessed on January 7, 2016 .
  31. ↑ Holger Weber: The outdoor pool welcomed 37 043 guests . In: Siegener Zeitung . Wittgenstein edition. December 12, 2015, p. 8 .
  32. ^ Project "Stumbling Blocks" shortly before completion. In: derwesten.de. January 20, 2009, accessed January 7, 2016 .
  33. ↑ Events in Bad Laasphe. In: Tourism, health resort and urban development Bad Laasphe GmbH. Tourismus-badlaasphe.de, accessed on January 23, 2017 .
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  35. ↑ Bad Laasphe secondary school at the end. derWesten.de, September 13, 2013, accessed April 27, 2016 .