Braunshausen (Hallenberg)
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Braunshausen
City of Hallenberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 51 ″ N , 8 ° 40 ′ 48 ″ E
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| Height : | 380 (356-405) m |
| Area : | 9.08 km² |
| Residents : | 316 (Jan 31, 2010) |
| Population density : | 35 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1975 |
| Postal code : | 59969 |
| Area code : | 02984 |
 Aerial photo (2013)
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Braunshausen is a district of the city Hallenberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia .
location
The place Braunshausen is approx. 4.5 km east of Hallenberg in the south of the Hochsauerlandkreis, on the foothills of the Rothaargebirge and was built on a hillside sloping to the north. In the valley floor runs at around 356 m above sea level. NN the "Wehlenbach", at around 405 m above sea level. NN. the residential buildings are located at the southwest exit of the village.
In terms of traffic, Braunshausen is only accessible via district roads (K54, K55, K76). The district road 54 (K54) coming from Hallenberg runs directly through the village and serves local and through traffic here.
history
The place was first mentioned in 1474 when the Antoniushof was sold. At first the village consisted of only six farms , three of which were so-called hereditary estates. In 1899 the Catholic parish church of St. Anthony was in neo-Gothic style church built. A restoration took place in 1989.
Braunshausen belonged to the Brilon district until 1974 . Since the reorganization by the Sauerland / Paderborn law , which came into force on January 1, 1975, Braunshausen has belonged to the Hochsauerlandkreis and is a district of the city of Hallenberg.
Second World War
On March 29, 1945 at around 9 a.m., the first US unit with a captured German tank , four trucks and motorcycles reached Braunshausen and drove through the town without a fight. Until April 3, numerous US troops passed through or camped in Braunshausen. On April 1, around 3,000 US soldiers were encamped in the village at the same time. On March 30, US troops searched Braunshausen for soldiers, registered the male population and confiscated weapons, cameras and binoculars. A Wehrmacht unit with Turkestan volunteers, which was stationed as a construction unit in Braunshausen, was captured on their return from their construction site, an ammunition dump in Hesse. Gun batteries were positioned around the city and fired at targets in Züschen and Winterberg until they were moved 2 km north of the village on the morning of April 3 . A field in the village became an airfield for several small-engine aircraft, which served as observation aircraft for the artillery and directed their fire. On the night of April 1, a US vehicle hit a land mine on the road to Neukirchen and exploded. This mine barrier was laid by the US soldiers themselves to protect themselves from attacks by German units. On April 9, the last US troops moved on.
In the Second World War , 24 Braunshausers died as soldiers, mostly on the Eastern Front , or died in captivity.
Others
- There is a community center with a youth room in the village .
- From the Kreuzberg chapel you have a wide view of the place and the Wehlenbach valley.
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.
Web links
- Homepage of the city of Hallenberg
- Braunshausen (Hallenberg) in the Westphalia Cultural Atlas
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 .
- ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, section Braunshausen, pp. 26-28.
- ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, honor roll section Hallenberg, pp. 202–203.
