Berchum

Protestant church

Youth Education Center

Berchum is the name of a local part of the independent city Hagen in the eastern Ruhr area , which in 1975 together with Hohenlimburg has been incorporated.

Today Berchum belongs to the statistical district Lennetal .

In the Middle Ages and in the early modern period, Berchum was a peasantry in the parish of the same name . The lords of Berchum (also: Berchem) are mentioned in a document for the first time in the 13th century. Their small castle complex is a ruin on the edge of today's district.

Before Berchum was a district of Hagen on 1 January 1975 the place was a municipality in the Office Ergste in county Iserlohn with (1967) 1,439 inhabitants. The former coat of arms shows three red hills and a red wheel on a silver shield.

The organ of the Berchumer Church , a small baroque church from 1731, has a baroque prospect from 1732, one of the rare historical mirror prospectuses with partly hanging pipes.

At the end of the town, the Berchum youth education center for Protestant schoolwork in Westphalia (esw) was located until September 2017. The facility had 146 beds spread over three houses. The main building is named after Kurt Gerstein . The house is still waiting for a new use.

Web links

Commons : Berchum - collection of images, videos and audio files

Private homepage about Berchum

Individual evidence

↑ § 1 Sauerland / Paderborn law
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 329 .
↑ According to http://www.heimatverein-ergste.de/ortsgeschichte/amt-ergste-1808-1975 , accessed on June 23, 2020
^ Organ of the Petrikirche Dortmund . In: Rudolf Reuter: Organs in Westphalia. Inventory of historical organs in Westphalia and Lippe . Bärenreiter, Kassel, Basel, Paris, London, New York 1965, p. 32.
^ Archives of the Ev. Berchum parish, edited in: Peter Ulrich Schmithals: The old organ . In: 250 years of Berchum Church. Hagen-Berchum 1981, p. 31.

51.38726 7.53611Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ' N , 7 ° 32' E

[1] § 1 Sauerland / Paderborn law

[2] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 329 .

[3] According to http://www.heimatverein-ergste.de/ortsgeschichte/amt-ergste-1808-1975 , accessed on June 23, 2020

[4] Organ of the Petrikirche Dortmund . In: Rudolf Reuter: Organs in Westphalia. Inventory of historical organs in Westphalia and Lippe . Bärenreiter, Kassel, Basel, Paris, London, New York 1965, p. 32.

[5] Archives of the Ev. Berchum parish, edited in: Peter Ulrich Schmithals: The old organ . In: 250 years of Berchum Church. Hagen-Berchum 1981, p. 31.