Buchholz Kämpen
Buchholz-Kämpen is a statistical district of the city of Witten in the Ennepe-Ruhr district in North Rhine-Westphalia . It covers the area around the Hammertal . Until 1966, Buchholz was an independent municipality in the Ennepe-Ruhr district.
On January 1, 1975, the city of Herbede was incorporated into the city of Witten as part of the municipal reform of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia . If the city of Herbede consisted of six districts (including the center) until 1974 , all districts were merged into one district called Herbede after the municipal reorganization, while all former districts were given the status of a district (district). In the course of this reorganization, the Buchholz-Kämpen district was created. From 1970 to 1975 Buchholz and Kämpen were independent districts of Herbede.
On December 31, 2015, the statistical district had a total of 2,788 inhabitants.
Buchholz
history
Early days
From archaeological research it can be concluded that in the area of today's Witten district of Buchholz the first settlers settled 2000 years ago. These settlers settled by a stream called the Welpe. The date of the first documentary mention is unknown. However, there is no evidence that the settlement was ever abandoned after it was established. If Buchholz can actually look back on 2000 years of settlement history, the Witten district would be one of the oldest settlement areas in today's Ruhr area .
18th century
Buchholz, or "im Bockholt" as it was called at the time, was under the jurisdiction of the Lords of House Kemnade and had to pay Hude to Blankenstein . At that time, almost exclusively farmers lived in Buchholz.
French occupation
The occupation of the region by Napoleonic troops during the coalition wars ended all jurisdictions and tax obligations. In 1809 new mayor's offices were founded under French rule, including Mairie Blankenstein , to which Buchholz also belonged. After the end of French rule in 1813, the newly founded province of Westphalia retained most of the reorganizations carried out by the French at the municipal level, and the Blankenstein mayor's office in the newly founded administrative district of Arnsberg was assigned to the Bochum district .
industrialization
In the middle of the 19th century a number of small mines were built in Buchholz . The settlement of seven hammer mills in Buchholz was even more significant . The first hammer mill, "Ibachs Mühle", was founded towards the end of the 16th century, but in the 19th century Buchholz developed into the stronghold of hammer mills in the region. Since Buchholz is geographically located in a kind of funnel between Blankenstein and Kämpen, Buchholz was given the nickname Hammerthal or Hammertal , although Buchholz does not exactly match the Hammertal in its actual extent. This name is not only present to this day, it is the slang term for Buchholz. Even in the local media, Buchholz is repeatedly mentioned in the reports. In addition to the hammer mills and the mines, several quarries were built in Buchholz .
The United Blankenburg colliery was the most important colliery in the area from 1865 to 1925.
Affiliations
From 1844, Buchholz belonged to the Blankenstein office in the Bochum district . This district was divided into three districts in 1885 . Including the district of Hattingen , from which Buchholz was also administered from then on. With the community reorganization of 1929, the district of Hattingen was dissolved. Some of the communities were incorporated into the city of Bochum , the other communities became part of the newly founded Ennepe-Ruhr district . Part of this new circle was also the Blankenstein office, to which Buchholz continued to belong.
City of Blankenstein / City of Herbede / City of Witten
On April 1, 1966, the Buchholz community was incorporated into the town of Blankenstein together with Holthausen and Welper . As early as January 1, 1970, the town of Blankenstein was dissolved again as part of the reorganization of the Ennepe-Ruhr district. Blankenstein, Welper and Holthausen were incorporated into Hattingen and Buchholz became a district of Herbede. Buchholz has been part of Witten since January 1st, 1975.
Oddities
The frequent change of affiliations has left its mark. To this day , citizens of Buchholz use the Hattingen prefix 02324 and not 02302 from Witten. The Protestant church was interwoven with that of Hattingen-Blankenstein, until this (decline for financial reasons church tax revenue was dissolved) of 2006. The Blankenstein area was assigned to the parish of Welper and the Buchholz area to the parish of Herbede.
Perception as a district
The Buchholz-Kämpen district is a purely administrative construct that is hardly noticed by the citizens. Even if the two districts moved closer together due to heavy development, especially in the 1980s, the residents still consider themselves Buchholzer (or Hammertaler) or Kämpener. Interestingly, both Buchholz be as well to the local champion inputs on entrance signs expressly areas marked. The local newspapers also regard Kämpen and Buchholz in their reporting as separate, independent districts (and not as districts or districts that belong together). Buchholz was also listed separately as part of the planning for the creation of a new land use plan for 2009.
Fighting
history
The area that includes Kämpen today consisted of several lands and forests in the cadastre of 1823 . Not only a few farmers lived in the area, but more and more small mines settled there . For the first time, however, a “district of Kämpen” was not officially mentioned until July 8, 1926 in the log book of the Herbede municipality, which was founded a year earlier.
Oddities
Although it is a comparatively young district, it is not clear where the name Kämpen comes from. There are two theories. 1. Kämpen was named after the oldest farmer in the area, Dietrich Kämpen, or 2. it is a colloquial term ( "up on the Kampe" - in relation to the hillside location of Kämpen).
literature
- Paul Brandenburg, Karl-Heinz Hildebrand: Witten. Streets, paths, squares . With a contribution to the history of Witten settlement by Heinrich Schoppmeyer . Ed .: Heinrich Schoppmeyer (= VOHM [Hrsg.]: Contributions to the history of the city of Witten . Volume 1 ). Witten 1989, ISBN 3-920611-13-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population by statistical districts. (PDF; 30 kB) (No longer available online.) In: witten.de. December 31, 2015, archived from the original on February 18, 2016 ; Retrieved February 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 216 .
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, OCLC 1072420528 , p. 111 f .
- ^ 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. 330 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ' N , 7 ° 16' E