Dotzlar

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Dotzlar
City of Bad Berleburg
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 53 ″  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 41 ″  E
Height : 437  (390-600)  m
Area : 6.36 km²
Residents : 812  (June 30, 2018)
Population density : 128 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 57319
Area code : 02751
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Location of Dotzlar in the urban area of ​​Bad Berleburg
Street in Dotzlar
Street in Dotzlar

Dotzlar is a district of Bad Berleburg in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

location

Dotzlar is about 3.5 km south-southeast of the town center of Bad Berleburg as the crow flies, the area of ​​which is in the northeast of the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in the middle of the Rothaar Mountains . The border in the west is also the border with the Olpe district . The Hochsauerlandkreis joins in the north . The eastern border also forms the state border with the state of Hesse . The town of Bad Laasphe borders in the south and the municipality of Erndtebrück in the south-west.

mountains and valleys

Dotzlar lies at an altitude of 390 to 600 meters above sea level. The lowest point is in the river lowlands of the Eder , on the right, southwestern bank of which it borders with the associated leafy red. The highest elevations around Dotzlar are the Dotzlarer Burg (551 m above sea level), the Feuerloh (593 m above sea level), the Eisenstein (580 m above sea level) and the Sassenkopf near Sassenhausen (606 m above sea level).

Neighboring places

Dotzlar borders Arfeld in the east . In the south, the border then continues past Sassenhausen and past Weidenhausen . Hemschlar and Raumland follow to the west . In the north, the border to the core city of Bad Berleburg joins.

history

The village of Dotzlar is one of the oldest settlements in the Wittgensteiner Land. The final syllable lar comes from the Celtic, as do the names of the villages Hemschlar, Schüllar etc. The old Fliehburg, which still bears the name of the Berg Burg, should prove the old age of the village. Dotzlar is first mentioned in documents in 1418; but it is assumed that it was founded 500–600 years earlier.

On the night of March 30th to 31st, 1944, the Royal Air Force launched an air raid on Nuremberg. On approach, a Lancaster crashed on the Meisbach. The crew died.

Since January 1, 1975, the former municipality of Dotzlar has been a district of Bad Berleburg , one of the largest cities in Germany, due to the local reorganization .

Population development

year Residents source
1961 (June 6) 648
1970 (May 27) 709
1974 (June 30) 707
2003 (December 31) 847
2004 (December 31) 855
2007 (Nov. 30) 857
2008 (July 31) 821
2010 (Jan. 31) 821
2011 (November 30th) 805
2012 (June 30th) 800
2013 (May 31) 796
2014 (March 31) 824
2015 (March 31) 845
2016 (December 31) 829
2018 (June 30th) 812

politics

The current mayor and city councilor for Dotzlar is Dirk Jung.

Culture and sights

Evangelical chapel in Dotzlar

The Evangelical Chapel is well worth seeing .

religion

Dotzlar belongs to the Raumland parish.

Events

An Easter bonfire as well as the "Bärentanz" and "Bäreleerer" events take place in Dotzlar every year.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Landstrasse 553 crosses the village from east to west and connects Dotzlar with Hatzfeld in the east and Raumland in the west. Highway 718 crosses the town from north to south and leads from the north from Bad Berleburg to the south to Bad Laasphe.

Industry and commerce

A number of trade and craft businesses are based in Dotzlar. These include a roofing company, a heating construction company, a firewood trade and a grocery store.

literature

  • Karl Pöppel (Hrsg.): The middle Edertal - a home book for Dotzlar, Arfeld, Richstein. Bad Berleburg 1982
  • Peter Schneider: Death at Meisbach: Crash of the Lancaster ND441 near Dotzlar. In: Wittgenstein. Leaves of the Wittgensteiner Heimatverein , 2007, p. 130 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 337 .
  2. ↑ 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. 138 .
  3. ↑ a b Population figures . Status: December 31, 2016. (PDF) In: City of Bad Berleburg. bad-berleburg.de, January 2017, accessed on January 19, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b Dotzlar. In: City of Bad Berleburg. bad-berleburg.de, accessed on January 26, 2017 .
  5. ↑ contact person. In: Parish Raumland. kg-raumland.de, accessed on January 26, 2017 .