Canstein (Marsberg)

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Canstein
City of Marsberg
Canstein coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 56 ″  N , 8 ° 55 ′ 19 ″  E
Height : 315 m
Area : 5.79 km²
Residents : 301  (2017)
Population density : 52 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 34431
Area code : 02993
View of Canstein
View of Canstein
Catholic Church of St. Laurentius

Canstein is a village and a district of Marsberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). The village name was previously written Kanstein.

geography

Former castle, today 's Canstein Castle

Canstein is located within Westphalia in the eastern part of the Sauerland around 8 km (as the crow flies ) southeast of the Marsberg city center. It is located in the mostly forestless hilly landscape of the Red Land around 500 m south of the confluence of the Kleppe , which flows through the village from the southwest and bends north in the village into the Diemel tributary Orpe , which comes from the south , which connects the village Trending south-north direction happened a bit to the east.

In the southern part of the town center at 316.4  m above sea level. NN Cansteins located is the Canstein Castle , which in turn is on a steep, but only a few meters over the village uplifting limestone cliffs, a northern spur of 409.5  m represents high mountain "On the owls Church." In addition, Canstein is partially surrounded by lightly wooded valley flanks.

history

The Canstein area has been settled for a long time, which can be seen in particular in the "cultural monument former castle Schwedenschanze " east of the village and in Canstein Castle, which dates back to the 11th and 12th centuries. The “St. Laurentius Chapel ”has long been part of the village landscape.

It was not until March 31, 1945 that US soldiers passed through the village for the first time. The western area had already been occupied on March 29th. From April 4, Canstein had US troops billeted for three weeks. In the period that followed, there were several thefts and assaults by former prisoners. At the end of May the first German prisoners of war returned to the village.

During the Second World War 33 Cansteiners lost their lives as soldiers, most of them on the Eastern Front or in captivity and from their wounds. A man from the Reich Labor Service fell in Nuttlar.

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

Witch hunt

Considerable witch hunts took place in the Marsberg area . In the archives of the rule Canstein a voluminous file is No. 1296, in which documents from 19 witch trials are collected. In 1656 and 1658 nine women and one man were executed in witch trials . The outcome of a further eleven processes is unknown. In the trial documents there are references to these nine (of the ten?) Death sentences:

  • 1656 Edeling Gronen
  • 1656 Stone Clara
  • 1656 Friedrich Rehling's wife Trine
  • 1656 Thielen Anna from Leitmar
  • 1656 Gerta die Boltin (also Jutten Grete), Georg Noeckens (Georgen Norikens) wife from Udorf
  • 1656 Anna Möllers
  • 1656 in the application Gerta the Boltin are mentioned as executed:
    • Eva Bohlen
    • Eddeling Mronos (identical to Edeling Gronen? S. Above)
  • 1658 Anna Schulten, Curdt Schulten's wife, the school desks
  • 1658 Elisabeth Hempelmann

Nature reserve on the edge of the village

A special feature of Canstein is that there are three nature reserves on the edge of the village. The northern part of the Klebberg nature reserve is located on the northern edge of the village, directly on the Zur Agatha Strasse road . The western part of the area begins exactly west of the edge of the village on the L 870 towards Gut Forst. On the southern edge of the village, directly west of the Kleppwiese road, is the An der Kleppwiese nature reserve . These two nature reserves are limestone grasslands . To the east of the Kleppwiese road , a little back from the road, lies the Auf der Eulenkirche nature reserve , a red beech forest with rare plant species.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the former municipality of Canstein

Blazon :

In silver, a black, gold-armored and gold-crowned striding raven.

Description:

The raven is the heraldic animal of the Rabe von Pappenheim family, who ruled Canstein from 1342. The community adopted the bird in their coat of arms. The official approval took place on May 23, 1960.

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

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Marsberg: Demographic Development 1997–2017. In: City of Marsberg IKEK. Retrieved September 15, 2018 .
  2. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, section Kanstein, pp. 89-90.
  3. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, honor roll section Kanstein, p. 224.
  4. ^ 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 .
  5. ↑ Alexander Josef Freiherr von Elverfeldt : From the shameful vice of magic. Witch trials in the patrimonial court of Canstein in the second half of the 17th century , Canstein 2006
  6. ^ Eduard Belke, Alfred Bruns, Helmut Müller: Kommunale Wappen des Herzogtums Westfalen, Arnsberg 1986, p. 140 ISBN 3-87793-017-4