Gloamwood

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Gloamwood
Community Schermbeck
Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 20 "  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 41"  E
Height : 35–45 m above sea level NN
Area : 14.73 km²
Residents : 231  (Dec. 31, 2005)
Population density : 16 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 46514
Area code : 02865
Dusk Forest (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Gloamwood

Location of Dusk Forest in North Rhine-Westphalia

Dusk Forest is a district of the municipality of Schermbeck in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Geographical location

The single-farm settlement Dämmerwald is 12 km northwest of the core town of Schermbeck on the district road  13 north of the forest area Dämmer Wald , from which the place name was derived. The district is limited to the west by Marienthal and Weselerwald , to the north by Raesfeld , to the east by Alder and to the south by Damm . The entire local area is part of the Hohe Mark-Westmünsterland Nature Park .

history

Dusk forest was first mentioned in 1163 as "Demmerwalt". Until the end of 1974, Dämmerwald was an independent municipality in the office of Schermbeck, Rees district . On January 1, 1975, as part of the reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia, the communities Schermbeck, Altschermbeck, Bricht, Damm, Dämmerwald, Gahlen, parts of Overbeck and Weselerwald form the community Schermbeck.

Population development

  • 1910: 183
  • 1931: 203
  • 1961: 194
  • 1970: 198
  • 1974: 200
  • 2005: 231

Education and sport

There is no school in Gloamwood. The district is a member of the Brünen-Weselerwald-Dämmerwald school association. The schools are located in Brünen . In the local area there is a shooting community that celebrates its shooting festival every third weekend after Whitsun.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of Weselerwald on www.wir-sind-schermbeck.de ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wir-sind-schermbeck.de
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 297 .
  3. ^ 1900 parish register, Rees County
  4. ↑ The Office Schermbeck on Gen-Wiki
  5. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 53 .
  6. ^ Bylaws of the Brünen-Weselerwald-Damerwald School Association

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