Thingden

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Thingden
City of Hamminkeln
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Dingden
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 10 ″  N , 6 ° 36 ′ 43 ″  E
Height : 24  (20-47.5)  m
Area : 41 km²
Residents : 7114  (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density : 174 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 46499
Primaries : 02852, 02871
Dingden (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Thingden

Location of Dingden in North Rhine-Westphalia
Dingden, the St. Pankratius Church and Gasthof Küpper
Dingden, the St. Pankratius Church and Gasthof Küpper

Dingden is a district of the city of Hamminkeln . In addition to the village of Dingden, the village also includes the Berg, Nordbrock and Lankern farmers and the village farmers .

history

In 1161 the knight Gerlach, a member of the noble von Dingden family, was mentioned in a document. Several descendants call themselves Sueder. Sueder I. took part in the Damiette crusade in 1217 . In Egypt he gave away his main court in Lankern to the Teutonic Knights . The Dingdeners became ministerials to the Bishop of Munster , court officials of the episcopal administration. Important documents of the bishop, who had meanwhile become a strong secular ruler, bore the signature of a lord from Dingden. For a long time, there was great tension between the Bishop of Munster and the Duke of Kleve . The Dingdeners got into this conflict and increasingly lost influence and property.

There are three known courts of law for the Dingden court lords, namely in Dingden, Brünen and Bocholt . At the point where the “Neutor-Platz” shopping mall is located in Bocholt today, the people of Dingden were sitting in court . In old maps this place is still referred to as "at the ding banks". It is not known exactly where the court was located in Dingden at that time, but there are indications that the meeting took place near the church. Thingstraße runs next to the church, i.e. the street on the Thing .

Dingden, villa Dingede , was first mentioned as a village in 1330 .

Meaning of the name

Different spellings existed for the place name over the centuries: Dingede, Dingethe, Dinkethe or Thingethe. In all forms, however, the term thing or thing is included. In Germanic times it was used to designate the people's assembly of free and defensive men and the places of justice.

Settlement history

Dingden station

The Dingden farming community in Lankern is probably the oldest settlement area in Dingden. In the 10th century, a property in Longhere (Lankern) was mentioned under the ownership of the Werden an der Ruhr monastery . The village of Dingden was first mentioned in 1330 . The village peasantry formed next to the village. Further peasant communities emerged in Berg and Nordbrock. The communities of Dingden and Brünen fought over the affiliation of Nordbrock until the 19th century. In the age of industrialization, Dingden shed part of its agricultural character, with the result that trade and industry settled. The opening of the Bocholt Railway from Wesel via Bocholt to Winterswijk with the railway stations Dingden and Lankern contributed to this in 1876 . The latter was abandoned after the Second World War .

Territorial and administrative affiliation

Dingden has always belonged to Westphalia. After the dissolution of the Principality of Münster , the community came under the rule of the Principality of Salm . After its annexation by the French Empire , it achieved political independence as Mairie in 1811 , which it retained until December 31, 1974. In 1816 the municipality of Dingden was incorporated into the Prussian old district of Borken in the province of Westphalia . As part of the municipal reorganization (Section 5 of the Lower Rhine Act ), the municipality of Dingden was dissolved on January 1, 1975. Since then, Dingden together with Brünen , Hamminkeln , Loikum , Mehrhoog , Ringenberg and Wertherbruch has formed today's town of Hamminkeln in the Wesel district of the Lower Rhine .

politics

coat of arms

The thing of the coat of arms, which was designed in the 1930s, is supposed to commemorate this time. On either side of a linden tree, under which court was previously held, there is a red sword, which should make it clear that the death penalty could also be imposed. There are several hallway names that indicate that Dingden actually took place, e.g. B. the Galgenschlatt on the Küning, the Galgenschlatt in the Heide or the Galgenbaum on the Ißhorst. In Dingden, court was held until 1803 .

mayor

  • 1811 to 1833: Johann Heinrich Franz Hoffmann (born August 30, 1768 in Dingden, † March 17, 1833 in Dingden), lives in the house at Am Kirchplatz 6, today Villa Kunterbunt
  • 1833 to 1851: Otto Held, Mayor of Rhede , or from 1843 bailiff
  • 1851 to 1858: Alexander Franz Mathias Conrads (* May 4, 1827 in Borken , † 1897)
  • 1858 to 1862: Otto Held († May 18, 1862 in Rhede), bailiff in Rhede
  • 1862 to 1867: Anton Bernard Hubert Theben (born October 16, 1836 in Borken, † September 1, 1882 in Drensteinfurt )
  • 1867 to 1881: Albert Effing, bailiff in Rhede
  • 1881 to 1883: Grote, bailiff at Rhede
  • 1883 to 1913: Clemens August Carl Christoph Lehmeyer (born September 26, 1844 in Werne , † January 17, 1913 in Dingden)
  • May 1, 1913 to May 15, 1919: Josef Vrede, bailiff in Rhede since 1901
  • 1919 to November 19, 1921: Otto Schöttler, Amtmann zu Rhede (* December 25, 1881 in Rheinbach , † October 15, 1944 in Bonn )
  • 1921 to 1945: Josef Dörner, Amtmann zu Rhede (born December 13, 1899 in Wissen, † March 9, 1973 in Borken)
  • 1945: Bernhard Freesmann (* December 7, 1898 in Freckenhorst , † October 25, 1987)
  • October 3, 1945 to October 26, 1948: Heinrich Johann Schlütter (born December 30, 1899 in Dingden, † May 11, 1976 in Dingden)
  • October 26, 1948 to November 8, 1956: Johann Heinrich Theodor Klein-Hitpaß (born May 14, 1895 in Dingden, † October 8, 1965 in Dingden)
  • November 8, 1956 to November 25, 1969: Heinrich Johann Schlütter
  • November 25, 1969 to December 31, 1974: Bernhard Hoffmann (born December 1, 1912 in Dingden, † July 15, 1979 in Dingden)

Sports

The women's volleyball team of SV Blau-Weiß Dingden is playing its 5th season in the 2nd Bundesliga North with the 2017/2018 season. The female volleyball youth teams took part in German championships a total of 43 times up to 2018. The 2nd women's volleyball team made it into the 5th highest German division, the Oberliga, for the first time in 2018.

church

The late Romanesque church tower of the Catholic St. Pankratius Church dates from the 12th century . The central nave was renewed after the Second World War , as the previous one was destroyed by the effects of the war. The inhabitants of Dingden originally belonged to the Bocholt parish . The separation from the mother church and the establishment of an independent parish in Dingden seems to have happened in the 12th or maybe 11th century. Dingden existed as a separate parish before 1230 and was first designated as such in documents in 1316 . Even during the Reformation , the community of Dingden and Loikum remained true to the Catholic faith. Until 1923 the few Protestant Christians in Dingden belonged to the parish of Bocholt, after which the responsibility lay with the Protestant community of Ringenberg . After the Second World War, the number of Protestant citizens increased more and more as they took in refugees . This led to the fact that a Protestant church was built in 1964 .

Personalities

Daughters and sons

Further

See also

  • Humberghaus , memorial and museum for a former Jewish family in the village

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lower Rhine Act (§ 5) Website of the Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Accessed January 2, 2016.
  2. ^ 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 .