Borntosten

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Borntosten
City of Marsberg
Borntosten coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 28 "  N , 8 ° 50 ′ 50"  E
Height : 401  (370-430)  m
Area : 3.59 km²
Residents : 97  (2017)
Population density : 27 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 34431
Area code : 02993

Borntosten is the smallest district of the city of Marsberg , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) , with 97 inhabitants . Until the municipal reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1975, the village was an independent municipality in the Niedermarsberg district .

geography

Borntosten is about 7.5 km south of the core city of Marsberg in the western edge of the Waldecker Tafelland. With an altitude between about 370  m above sea level. NN and 430  m above sea level NN has Borntosten with a moderately-heavily hilly relief a pronounced plateau character. Larger bodies of water cannot be found in the area of ​​the district.

Neighboring villages are in the northwest Giershagen and in the northeast Leitmar , both districts of Marsberg. In the south, Borntosten borders on the North Hessian community Diemelsee , whose district Adorf is about 4.5 km in the southwest.

history

St. Elisabeth Chapel

In older documents the place was called Ostheim . In a document from the 15th century it was mentioned as a Canstein property. Ostheim fell desolate around 1490 . The period in which it was repopulated is not documented.

From the beginning of 1945 bomber squadrons and low-level planes flew over the village every day. The low-flying fighter-bombers and fighter planes hindered traffic and field cultivation, as they immediately attacked all vehicles and individuals. On March 29, the first US soldiers from the direction of Adorf suddenly appeared in the village. The following day, large units of troops drove past Borntosten. A group of around 1,000 soldiers set up camp around the village for a few weeks. Two local Wehrmacht soldiers who were hiding in the village were betrayed by foreign workers and transported to a camp. The Americans left the mayor in office. He had been mayor since 1929 and had never belonged to a party.

In the Second World War , nine Borntosten were killed as soldiers, most of them on the Eastern Front . Maria Silberg died in a concentration camp .

On January 1, 1975 Borntosten was incorporated into the new town of Marsberg.

politics

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the former Borntosten municipality

Blazon :

In black, a blue fountain rising from the middle of the lower edge of the shield and sloping down to both sides in the middle of the shield, beneath three silver (white) rows of stones filling the head of the shield, the bottom of which is slightly arched.

Description:

The place owes its name to the fountain. Black and silver are references to the former sovereigns, the electors of Cologne. The official approval took place on August 8, 1966.

literature

  • Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 - reports from many employees from all over the district. Josefs-Druckerei, Bigge 1955.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Marsberg: Demographic development table 1997-2017. In: City of Marsberg IKEK. Retrieved September 12, 2018 .
  2. marsberg.de about Borntosten
  3. a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
  4. Home history of the Brilon district by Josef Rüther, 1957, Regensberg Verlag, Münster, page 367
  5. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, section Medebach, pp. 76-77.
  6. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, Honor Roll Section Borntosten, p. 219.
  7. ^ 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. 332 .
  8. ^ Eduard Belke, Alfred Bruns, Helmut Müller: Kommunale Wappen des Herzogtums Westfalen, Arnsberg 1986, p. 137 ISBN 3-87793-017-4

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