Drolshagen

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Drolshagen
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Coordinates: 51 ° 1 '  N , 7 ° 47'  E

Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Arnsberg
Circle : Olpe
Height : 353 m above sea level NHN
Area : 67.11 km 2
Residents: 11,783 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density : 176 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 57489
Primaries : 02761, 02763
License plate : OE
Community key : 05 9 66 008
City structure: 31 districts

City administration address :
Hagener Strasse 9
57489 Drolshagen, Germany
Website : www.drolshagen.de
Mayor : Ulrich Berghof ( CDU )
Location of the city of Drolshagen in the Olpe district
Rheinland-Pfalz Hochsauerlandkreis Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein Märkischer Kreis Oberbergischer Kreis Attendorn Drolshagen Finnentrop Kirchhundem Lennestadt Olpe Wenden (Sauerland)map
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Drolshagen is a district town in the Olpe district in the Arnsberg administrative district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Drolshagen was first mentioned in a document in 1214. In the 15th and 16th centuries Drolshagen benefited from the boom in mining in the area. Products from Drolshagen were exported to Cologne and the Baltic Sea region.

In 1838 a fire almost completely destroyed the place. After the reconstruction, Drolshagen became the seat of administration for the municipality of Drolshagen-Land and the municipality of Drolshagen-Stadt in 1841 . The new town of Drolshagen was only formed in 1969 as part of the municipal reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia from the municipalities of Drolshagen-Stadt and Drolshagen-Land.

geography

Geographical location

Drolshagen is located in a low mountain range defined by forests in the southern Sauerland on the edge of the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge nature park . The urban area in the Süderbergland is located in the southern tip of the Mittelbigge-Bergland. The Oberbigge plateau borders to the southeast.

In the district area, the city lies to the southwest and borders in the north on the Märkische and in the southwest on the Oberbergische Kreis .

The villages of Kalberschnacke and Herpel roughly limit the city to the north and are located on the Lister dam . The rose , which rises at Wegeringhausen and flows into the Brachtpe at Berlinghausen, flows through the urban area from west to east in a south-easterly direction .

The Steupingen near Dirkingen with 481 meters, the Rummelsberg west of Berlinghausen with about 430 meters and the Papenberg with about 420 meters belong to the high peaks in the south of the city. The Herrnscheid, southeast of Hützemert, has a height of about 460 meters. In the north of the city, the Ostert rises near Bühren at 469 meters and the Euleneick at around 440 meters near the village of Frenkhauserhöh. The highest point is the Mark near the village of Schlade at 513 meters.

Expansion and land use

Land use (as of December 31, 2009)

The 6712 hectare (ha) urban area has a north-south extension of around 11.6 kilometers and a west-east extension of around 8.9 kilometers. 40.2% (2700 ha) are used for agriculture, 41.8% (2805 ha) are forest. Buildings, open spaces and operating areas take up 6.9% (462 ha), traffic areas 8.6% (578 ha). 0.8% (53 ha) are designated as recreational or cemetery areas. The remaining 1.7% (114 ha) are water areas, mining land and others.

Neighboring communities

Drolshagen borders in the north on the town of Meinerzhagen in the Märkisches Kreis . The neighboring cities of Attendorn in the northeast, Olpe in the east and Wenden in the southeast belong to the district of Olpe . In the south and south-west Drolshagen borders on the municipality of Reichshof , in the west on the city of Bergneustadt and in the north-west on the city of Gummersbach , which together belong to the Oberbergisches Kreis .

City structure

Today's urban area comprises 58 villages of various sizes in the 32 districts defined in the main statute. For each of these districts, the city council elects a mayor who must live in the corresponding district. The mayor represents the interests of the district to the city council.

district Name of the district Place / s in the district Residents
1 Benolpe Benolpe
Wormberg
342
18
2 Gelslingen Gelslingen 43
3 Gipperich Feldmannshof
Gipperich
Stupperhof
65
36
14
4th Iseringhausen Iseringhausen
Eltge
Heiderhof
642
3
43
5 Half cough Half cough 201
6th to cough to cough 211
7th Brachtpe Brachtpe
Potzenhof
Fohrt
115
7
110
8th Dirkingen Dirkingen
Buchhagen
35
23
9 Berlinghausen Berlinghausen 326
10 Oak trees Oak oak
mill
179
20
11 Öhringhausen Öhringhausen 100
12 Frenkhausen Frenkhausen
Frenkhauserhöh
Alperscheid
454
21
33
13 Wintersohl Wintersohl
driving bulkheads
31
4
14th Siebringhausen Siebringhausen
Wenkhausen
41
53
15th Dumicke Dumicke
fees
269
46
district Name of the district Place / s in the district Residents
16 Schreibershof Schreibershof
Brink
Bruch
523
16
27
17th Herpel Herpel
veal snacks
243
13
18th Schürholz Schürholz
stuff
99
8
19th Heimicke Heimicke 99
20th Schützenbruch Schützenbruch 23
21st Junkernhöh Junkernhöh
Köbbinghausen
91
11
22nd Germinghausen Germinghausen 284
23 Sendschotten Sendschotten 95
24 Essinghausen Essinghausen 116
25th Sheets Sheets 421
26th Scheda Scheda
Schlenke
196
31
27 Neuenhaus Neuenhaus
Hammerteich
Beul
18
28
37
28 Lüdespert Lüdespert
Hespecke
75
24
29 Schlade Schlade 68
30th Wegeringhausen Wegeringhausen
Breitehardt
Grünenthal
346
12
1
31 Hützemert Hützemert
Hustert
1064
26

Division into districts and assignment of the localities: Main statute of the city of Drolshagen from May 9, 2014

Population figures as of December 31, 2014

history

middle Ages

Waldenburg ruins , view to the south-west

Settlement could begin in the early 9th century. The parish is considered a subsidiary of Olpe. The first church building is said to go back to Archbishop Anno II in the 11th century. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1214. Closely connected to the Waldenburg , it was owned by the Counts of Sayn in the 13th century ; the Ravensbergers had previously owned there. The von Sayn founded a Cistercian convent in 1235 . After the death of Count Heinrich von Sayn , his widow sold the "castrum" Waldenburg with the associated Drolshagen estates to Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden on January 13, 1248 . Since then, Drolshagen has belonged to the Cologne property in the southern Sauerland, from which the Duchy of Westphalia emerged . Drolshagen was the seat of the Drolshagen court and the Drolshagener Land without the city of Drolshagen belonged to the Waldenburg office . The place was still considered a village at the end of the 14th century, was called a city in 1445, but in 1462 only as freedom ( minor city ). Remains of fortifications were sometimes interpreted as an indication of an earlier city quality. The freedom possibly goes back to Archbishop Dietrich II von Moers in the years 1437 to 1445.

The ministerial family of those von Drolshagen is mentioned for the first time in the 13th century. This once respectable family owned land in the parish of Drolshagen in the 15th century. Before that, the Lords of Drolshagen appeared as witnesses and seals in documents relating to legal transactions from the parish of Drolshagen. At times the von Drolshagen were also lords of the Waldenburg.

Drolshagen received its town charter from Archbishop Ruprecht of Cologne on March 2, 1477. This was not only confirmed in 1485, but also reinforced. Linked to the city charter was the privilege of building city walls and holding a market. There were several reasons for the town elevation, some of which were mentioned in the town charter. The place was in the border area to the counties Berg and Mark . In this respect, a fortified place fulfilled a fortress function. On the other hand, the citizens had supported the archbishop in his power struggle with the Cologne cathedral chapter. The town elevation was thus also a gesture of thanks.

Early modern age

During the 15th and 16th centuries, Drolshagen benefited from the boom in mining in the area. The main time of ore mining in the village of Iseringhausen was around 1850. As a result, the metalworking industry in the city took off. Above all, the wide forge and the manufacture of harnesses played a major role. The products were exported to Cologne and the Baltic Sea region. The mining rights of the "Henriette" mine did not expire until 1990. Apparently, the textile industry was also important. A fulling mill existed near Drolshagen in the 15th and 16th centuries. Leather processing was also of great importance. In Drolshagen the tanners , shoemakers and saddlers organized themselves into their own guild based on the example of Olpe . The Breitschmiede belonged to the Breitschmiedeamt, founded in 1669, for the dishes Olpe, Drolshagen and Wenden. This is probably one of the reasons why Drolshagen was a member of the Hanseatic League in 1604 . However, by this time the high point of commercial development had already passed. Since the late 16th century, the place stagnated and economically fell behind the nearby Olpe. In 1795 there were only 78 houses in Drolshagen, whereas there were 253 houses in Olpe and 200 in Attendorn. Even at the beginning of the Prussian era, there were only 79 houses with 464 inhabitants.

Monastery and church

The monastery and the city fought for years from 1550 over the right to the St. Clement Church, which itself led to a trial in Rome . Like other places, Drolshagen was sacked by the troops of Archbishop Gebhard I von Waldburg, who had converted to Protestantism, during the Saxon war . In the 16th century, the place was in the direct sphere of influence of the landdrosten Kaspar von Fürstenberg , who at his time was one of the main initiators of the witch hunt in the Duchy of Westphalia. In Drolshagen, too, there were several death sentences in witch trials in 1575.

Like other places, Drolshagen suffered from the consequences of the Thirty Years' War, for example in the form of contributions. In order to strengthen the Obermarsberg Fortress , the Drolshagen residents also had to perform extraordinary manual and tensioning services. Mayor Finck was captured by the Swedish troops and had to be triggered by his brother-in-law from Cologne. The city treasurer Peter Butz was shot by Sweden in Belmicke in 1635 . The so-called Swedish Cross commemorates him there. It was long remembered that an apparently Protestant officer organized target practice at sacred objects. It is noteworthy that the residents themselves reacted against attacks with violence against soldiers. The elector ordered the citizens to be punished. The Landdrost refused to do so, pointing out that if the soldiers allowed themselves to attack, they would have to expect "to be fought off by the residents." The place was partially destroyed by fire in 1646.

19th and 20th centuries

In the course of the Peace of Lunéville , the city came into the possession of the Grand Duke of Hesse - Darmstadt in 1803 . Since 1816 the place was part of the Prussian government district Arnsberg and the district of Olpe. Since 1841 Drolshagen was the seat of the administration for the municipality Drolshagen-Land and the municipality Drolshagen-Stadt.

In 1838, Drolshagen was almost completely destroyed by fire. During the reconstruction, attention was paid to a right-angled road system. The city wall was removed except for small remains.

In the 19th century until well into the 20th century, the place remained largely agricultural and forestry. The number of inhabitants remained small. In 1873 599 people lived in Drolshagen-Stadt. Of these, 590 were Catholic and 9 Protestant. There were no Jewish residents. 2338 people lived in Drolshagen-Land.

As a result of the Prussian rural community order , the two communities Drolshagen-Land and Drolshagen-Stadt were established in 1841. Since 1856 Drolshagen had the title of titular town . Due to its history, the place was thus allowed to use the name city without falling legally under the city regulations.

At the beginning of the second half of the 19th century, small industrial companies emerged, some of which still exist today. A cigar factory had existed in the former monastery since 1885, employing 71 women.

In 1878 a consumer association was founded and in 1895 a hospital was opened with the St. Gerhardus Hospital. In 1901 a new town hall was built.

It was not until 1903 that Drolshagen was connected to the railway network. Only at the beginning of the 20th century were stone houses built alongside the half-timbered buildings. Only in the period after the Second World War did immigration movements lead to major structural changes, later the construction of the motorway and the associated commercial development.

During the November Revolution , a Christian-oriented workers and soldiers council was formed . Drolshagen was particularly hard hit by unemployment as a result of the global economic crisis . The high number of commuting workers, who were the first to be affected by layoffs, may have played a role.

Politically, the Center Party clearly dominated the 19th and early 20th centuries . This came to 93.34% in the Reichstag election in 1920 . That was the highest value for the Catholic party of all parishes in the Arnsberg , Brilon , Meschede and Olpe districts. The share sank dramatically to only 64.67% by the 1928 Reichstag election . The losses were greater than in hardly any other municipality in the region.

The background was a general crisis of the Center Party in the Olpe district. The starting point for the disintegration phenomena were the local elections of May 4, 1924. In the run-up to the district elections of November 30, 1925, the municipalities of Drolshagen and Rhode were considering drawing up their own list, because when listing the district council candidates, pressure from the trade associations, the workers' association and the agricultural representation of the northern district area was not sufficiently represented. As a result, representatives of small peasant interest parties in the area managed to win supporters.

In the 1928 Reichstag election, 27% of the voters voted for the federal state. Against the background of the incipient National Socialist rule , the majority of the voters returned to the Center Party in the Reichstag election in March 1933 , which came in at 83.25%. Apart from the municipality of Wenden , this was the party's highest figure in the Cologne Sauerland. The left hardly played a role in the agricultural community. Between 1920 and 1933 the SPD and KPD together came to around 5%. The share of votes of the bourgeois parties ( DDP , DVP and DNVP ) was even lower . Together they reached their highest value in 1933 with less than 2%. Again with the exception of the municipality of Wenden, the NSDAP's share of 9% in 1933 was the lowest in the Cologne Sauerland.

Marketplace

On April 10, 1945, the place was liberated by American troops. 3 civilians were killed during the Second World War. 163 soldiers from Drolshagen fell and another 165 were reported missing. A total of 1,500 people evacuated from other areas were cared for and accommodated in 1945.

Due to immigration as a result of war and displacement, the number of Protestant residents increased, so that in 1951 a Protestant church was inaugurated. In 1955 there was a typhoid epidemic caused by pollution. A new elementary school was built in 1957 and a sports hall in 1963. The local hospital closed in 1967. The CDU continued the strong position of the Center Party in the Catholic community after 1945 , which always achieved very high election results here.

As part of the municipal reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia, the city of Drolshagen and the municipality of Drolshagen-Land were merged to form the new city of Drolshagen on July 1, 1969.

In 1969 the extension of the parish church was consecrated by Cardinal Lorenz Jaeger . In 1972/73 the market square was renewed and in 1975 the indoor swimming pool at Herrnscheid was opened. In the following years a new industrial area was developed. Another business park was built in 1999/2000.

City name

Droileshageno, Droleshagen, Drulyshagen, Drulshaen, Drulshagen, Drulshain, Drulshan ( Low German Draulzen) are different spellings throughout the history of the place. There are various theories about the development of the name. An interpretation of the name of the city is described in the Chronica Drolshagensis , according to which a knight named Drogilo put on a hag in today's Drolshagens area , which he called Drogileshagino . Drolshagen is said to have developed from this over the centuries .

Religions

Belonging to the former Electoral Cologne Duchy of Westphalia is still reflected in the religious affiliation of the residents. In 2010, 8950 inhabitants (73%) were Catholic, 1616 (13.2%) were Protestant and 1665 (13.6%) belonged to another denomination / religion or were non-denominational.

The catholic pastoral association parish Drolshagen belongs to the dean's office of South Sauerland in the Archdiocese of Paderborn and includes several parishes. These include St. Josef in Bleche, St. Clemens in Drolshagen, St. Antonius Einsiedler in Iseringhausen and St. Laurentius in Schreibershof.

There is also an evangelical parish that belongs to the evangelical parish of Olpe. The district belongs to the church district Siegen of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia . The Johannes Chapel in Drolshagen is available for Protestant services.

Incorporations

In the course of the local reorganization in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the two municipalities of Drolshagen-Stadt and Drolshagen-Land, which were combined in the Drolshagen district, were dissolved on July 1, 1969 and have since formed the current city of Drolshagen. At the same time, two uninhabited parts of the municipality of Lieberhausen ( Oberbergischer Kreis ) and Rhode were added.

Outsourcing

On January 1, 1975, an area with then slightly less than 100 inhabitants was ceded to the neighboring town of Meinerzhagen ( Märkischer Kreis ).

Population development

Population development of Drolshagen from 1858 to 2018 according to the adjacent tables (red the upper, blue the lower table)
Population figures according to various sources
year Residents source
1858 3179
1871 2938
1885 3312
1895 3716
1905 4025
1925 5298
1933 5780
1939 6130
1961 8173
1970 9269
1974 9622
year Residents source
1975 9,973
1980 10.184
1985 10,542
1990 11,220
1995 12.101
2000 12,358
2005 12,559
2010 12,231
2012 12,209
2014 12,228
Population figures according to information from the State Statistical Office
date Residents
12/31/2007 12,244
December 31, 2008 12,202
December 31, 2009 12,158
December 31, 2010 12,041
December 31, 2011 11,803
December 31, 2012 11,787
date Residents
December 31, 2013 11,848
December 31, 2014 11,791
December 31, 2015 11,874
December 31, 2016 11,837
December 31, 2017 11,824
December 31, 2018 11,779

politics

town hall

City Council

The CDU has been the strongest political force in Drolshagen since the local reorganization in 1975. It was only when new competition emerged in the 1990s from two independent voting communities that the party lost its two-thirds majority in the city council, which in Drolshagen is called the city ​​council . In the local elections in 2009, the CDU did not achieve an absolute majority of the votes for the first time, but defended it in relation to the mandates, which was no longer possible in 2014.

2014 2009 2004 1999 1994 1989 1984 1979 1975
Political party Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats %
CDU 12 47.7 13 49.2 14th 53.3 18th 56.0 18th 54.4 68.4 70.4 69.6 80.7
UCW 1 4th 15.8 5 21.5 6th 23.4 7th 21.4 5 15.0 - - - - - - - -
UDW 2 5 18.3 5 18.7 3 11.8 2 5.3 3 7.6 - - - - - - - -
SPD 5 18.1 3 10.6 3 11.5 5 16.4 8th 23.1 31.6 29.6 25.8 19.3
Green - - - - - - 0 0.9 - - - - - - - - - -
FDP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.6 - -
Total 3 26th 100 26th 100 26th 100 32 100 34 100 100 100 100 100
voter turnout 56.26% 62.2% 59.5% 66.7% 86.0% 70.9% 76.6% 81.9% 92.6%
1 Independent Christian constituency
2 Independent community of voters in Drolshagen
3 Without taking into account rounding differences

mayor

Theo Hilchenbach (CDU) was the first full-time mayor of Drolshagen since November 3, 1994. Hilchenbach was elected full-time city director in 1993 and thus head of administration. A year later, the change in the municipal code in North Rhine-Westphalia made it possible to elect a full-time mayor to replace the two-tier municipal mayor and city director that had existed up to that point. The Drolshagen city council then elected Hilchenbach as the successor to the previously voluntary mayor. In 1999 it was first confirmed by citizens with 72.7 percent of the vote. In the 2004 election, Hilchenbach won 75.7 percent without an opponent. Five years later, the CDU politician defended his office against the UDW candidate Gaby Demnig with a 56 percent share of the vote. In 2015 Hilchenbach did not stand for election again and retired on October 20, 2015 after more than 22 years in office.

Ulrich Berghof (CDU) has been the acting mayor of Drolshagen since October 21, 2015. In the mayoral election on September 13, 2015, he received 46.99% more votes than his competitors Angelika König (SPD, 24.52%) and Christoph Lütticke (independent candidate, 28.49%), but he had to get his majority in one Claim runoff again. He won this with 62.54% against Christoph Lütticke. Ulrich Berghof was officially sworn in on October 21, 2015 and was introduced to his office.

The two deputy mayors Thomas Gosmann and Andreas Wigger also take on representative tasks.

Results of the last parliamentary elections

Drolshagen belongs to the Bundestag constituency Olpe - Märkischer Kreis I and the state constituency Olpe . The citizens of Drolshagen elected the members of the European Parliament, the Bundestag and the Landtag with the following proportions:

Political party European Parliament
May 25, 2014
Bundestag *
September 22, 2013
State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia *
May 13, 2012
CDU 59.5% 61.4% 49.0%
SPD 19.7% 17.5% 24.2%
Green 5.2% 4.1% 6.2%
FDP 3.3% 5.6% 8.8%
PDS / The Left 2.4% 3.0% 1.6%
Pirates 0.8% 1.5% 5.7%
AfD 5.4% 4.3% -
Others 3.9% 2.6% 4.5%
voter turnout 57.9% 75.8% 60.9%

* Second votes

coat of arms

Blazon

City arms

The coat of arms shows in the first and fourth fields of the shield, which is quartered by a black cross, three bars of blue diamonds on a golden background, in the second and third fields on a silver background, a fallen black anchor covered by a black arrow pointing to the left.

description

The coat of arms of the city of Drolshagen contains the coat of arms of the former municipality of Drolshagen-Land in the first and fourth fields and the coat of arms of the former municipality of Drolshagen-Stadt in the second and third fields. The individual fields are separated from each other by the so-called "Cologne Cross". This symbol is supposed to represent the centuries-long sovereignty of the Electorate of Cologne , which existed until 1803. The blue diamonds on a gold-colored background in the first and fourth fields show the coat of arms of the now extinct Lords of Drolshagen. The fallen black anchors on a silver-colored background in the second and third fields are the symbol of St. Clement , who was martyred as Pope in 97. The arrow in the middle of the fallen anchor points to the martyr's death. Saint Clemens is the patron saint of the parish of Drolshagen. The depiction of the symbols of St. Clement in the city coat of arms is intended to document the special bond between church and commune.

Boards at Jourer Platz with information about the town twinning

Town twinning

After initial contacts between citizens of the Dutch city ​​of Joure , the capital of the municipality of Haskerland, and Drolshagen, the council and administration of the city of Drolshagen made official contact with the municipality of Haskerland for the first time in October 1967. On June 26, 1969, the partnership document between the city of Drolshagen and the municipality of Haskerland was signed in Drolshagen, which is now part of the municipality of De Fryske Marren with the main town of Joure.

There is also a friendship with Helmsdorf in Thuringia .

Culture and sights

Theater and concerts

There is an organizer of concerts, readings, art exhibitions and theater performances with the Drolshagen cultural association. The Drolshagener Musiktage has existed since 1987. There is no city library. Instead, there is the Catholic library "Buchube Heinrich Bone" in the Heimathaus, which holds around 3,500 media. There is a local homeland association for the Drolshagener Land. He runs an archive, publishes a series of publications and implements projects. This included the recording and maintenance of old ravines or the "Drolshagener Labyrinth."

music

In 1987 the local music school was founded. She teaches about 343 students.

In the district of Drolshagen and the surrounding districts there are 14 choral societies and one choir community that are affiliated with the North Rhine-Westphalia Choir Association . Women's and men's choirs are roughly in balance, and there are two children's choirs and three mixed choirs. The history of the MGV Liedertafel goes back to 1865. The majority of the clubs were founded from the mid-1950s. There are also music clubs and fire brigade music trains in the villages of Frenkhausen, Iseringhausen, Wegeringhausen, Schreibershof and Drolshagen.

Parish Church of St. Clement
Eichener mill
House Schürholz

Buildings

The tower of the Catholic parish church of St. Clemens Romanesque design dates from 1491 and houses a seven-part bell, which is one of the largest and most musically important bells in Westphalia. The baptismal font was built in the 13th century. It is said that the Archbishop of Cologne consecrated the church between 1050 and 1075.

To the monasteries that Mechthild von Sayn and her husband Heinrich III. von Sayn donated, the Cistercian monastery Drolshagen , which she founded in 1235, also belongs . According to the wording of the deed of foundation from 1235, it was not a deed of foundation, but a deed of gift with the character of an atonement foundation. The monastery of the Cistercians was dissolved in 1803 in the course of secularization and completely renovated between 1975 and 1987. Today it houses the municipal building authority and the music school as well as rooms for special cultural events.

The city's oldest stone building is located on the market square in the city center and now houses a café. It was built at the beginning of the 20th century and is decorated with stucco ornaments that are atypical for Drolshagen. The square is also surrounded by numerous half-timbered buildings that were built after the city fire of 1838. These include today's Sparkasse building with a mansard roof and the former Hotel Schürholz , which is now a listed building.

The first documentary mention of the Eichener Mühle , the former grain mill "Im Kreuzohl", dates from 1512. The listed building is now used by a private owner as a residential building. In addition to the water wheel, the granary and a saw gate have been preserved.

The Marienkapelle Hünkesohl is a place of pilgrimage in the Drolshagener Land and is used every year for May prayer. In the Marian year 1954, the chapel was built in wooden blocks after a shelter built in 1919 could no longer be preserved. The veneration of Mary goes back to a story according to which the Drolshagener Theresia Berg was blown a picture of Mary while fetching wood in the forest. She pinned this picture on a tree and then returned regularly to pray.

Worth mentioning are the Catholic Church of St. Josef , it was built in 1953 and has white plastered masonry, and the Catholic Church of St. Laurentius in the Schreibershof district.

Medieval ravines in the region are called keys. Many of these are still preserved in the Drolshagener Land. These are still clearly visible in the village of Junkernhöh. A key educational trail has been laid out there.

Parks

In the west of the Drolshagen city center is the city park "Lohmühle" with a pond and children's playground. There is also one of the few labyrinths in western Germany in Drolshagen . It was laid out in 2007 near the village of Stupperhof and is planted with red beech hedges . The path to the center of the labyrinth is about 780 meters long.

Sports

There are numerous sports clubs in Drolshagener Land. The largest are the TuS 09 Drolshagen, the Hützemerter Sportverein 1951, the SC Drolshagen 1962 and the SpVg 1982 Iseringhausen.

The SC Drolshagen was founded in 1962 under the direction of the former CEO Peter Jeck. The SC Drolshagen football club has a total of 15 teams. In addition to the men's teams, there are youth teams in areas A to G, as well as two women's and one girls' teams. The Sport-Club Drolshagen eV is also involved in community life and organizes public events such as the harvest festival.

The Hützemerter sports club includes both a football and its own tennis and gymnastics department. The association was founded in 1951. Due to the number of players, a syndicate between the Hützemerter and the Drolshagener Altliga was brought into being. Furthermore, two men's teams and one women's team belong to the club.

Regular events

The goose riding, which has been taking place since 1948, is unusual, in which the riders on unsaddled horses try to tear off the head of a rubber goose. The event year begins in February or March with the Dräulzer Weiberfastnacht - a carnival parade that has been going through the city every year since the 19th century. The market square festival is organized every two years by the Drolshagen Action Group and includes a two-day stage program.

At the harvest and animal show festival on the third weekend in September, around 200 animals from local breeders are judged by judges every year. The event of the "Agricultural Local Association for the City of Drolshagen" goes back to the year 1853 and has taken place every year since 1864 with interruptions during the World Wars. The festival is now connected to a fair . At the “Dräulzer Landfrauenkaffee”, which has been taking place on the following Tuesday since 1930 in the tent of the animal show festival, the so-called gossip medal is awarded every year .

The five Drolshagen brass bands present themselves every three years at the Drolshagen brass music festival, which has been celebrated in September since 1997. The bands are also represented at the Schützenfest , which is celebrated every year. In December, the Christmas market on the market square closes the event year.

Economy and Infrastructure

Cafe on the market and St. Clemens church tower

economy

Like almost all of the Sauerland, the economy is characterized by medium-sized businesses. The main sectors of the Drolshagen economy are mechanical engineering, the metalworking and electrical industries, paper processing, stone works, tool making, automotive supplies, the construction industry and handicrafts. Two “ hidden champions ” are based in Drolshagen : Krah Unternehmensholding (world market leader for power resistors in the automotive industry) and Berghoff GmbH & Co. KG (world market leader in the field of mechanical processing of workpieces for the metalworking industry). Sondermann Brot GmbH & Co. KG with 1,100 employees and 152 locations is headquartered in Drolshagen.

As of June 30, 2012, 3,521 people were employed in Drolshagen subject to social security contributions. There were 25 people in agriculture and forestry (0.7% of the workforce), 2,195 people in manufacturing (62.3%), 805 people in trade, hospitality and transport (22.9%) and 496 in other services People (14.1%).

A considerable part of the purchasing power flows outwards. According to an evaluation by the Siegen Chamber of Commerce and Industry on trade centrality (= ratio of retail sales per inhabitant to retail purchasing power per inhabitant), the ratio for Drolshagen in 2016 was 54.6 and indicates a loss of purchasing power of around half. One of the beneficiaries of this unfavorable situation is the neighboring town of Olpe with a retail centrality of 126.9 for 2016.

traffic

railroad

Former
Hützemert train station

In 1903 the Aggertalbahn was opened in the section between the neighboring towns of Bergneustadt and Olpe. A direct connection to Cologne was added in 1910, which helped the economy of the city of Drolshagen to flourish. In addition to this state railway line , there was also a narrow-gauge railway from Meyer + Teubner. With the construction of the federal motorway 4 in the 1970s, the importance of the railway line decreased. Eichen station had been an unoccupied stop since 1957. 1979 the passenger traffic was stopped. Today only the listed entrance building in Hützemert is left of the three former train stations in the city. From 2012 to 2014, the building was completely renovated by the Hützemert eV village association and, as the "old station", now houses rooms for the village community and a snack bar. The "Alte Bahnhof" is located directly on the "Bergisches Panoramaradweg", which runs nearby through the former Wegeringhausen railway tunnel (724 meters).

The railway bridge , which was located in the middle of Drolshagen from 1903 to 2008 , was demolished on December 2, 2008.

Road traffic

Drolshagen is on the A 45 motorway (Sauerland line) . The Drolshagen exit is located in the north of the urban area near the district of Germinghausen, and the Olpe exit is just beyond the city limits. Furthermore, the leads A 4 through the south of the city. The closest motorway exit is Eckenhagen / Drolshagen in the neighboring municipality of Reichshof .

In addition, the federal highways B 54 and B 55 run through Drolshagen. Coming from the north and west, each coming from the city limits of Gummersbach, both roads will merge in Wegeringhausen and continue together via the core town of Drolshagen to Olpe.

Local public transport

Drolshagen has only been connected to bus traffic since 1979. The 144 bus stops are served by Verkehrsbetriebe Westfalen-Süd (VWS) and Oberbergische Verkehrsgesellschaft (OVAG).

media

Local editions of the Westfalenpost and the Westfälische Rundschau appear in Drolshagen and are produced jointly by the WP editorial team in Olpe. At the Siegener Zeitung , a local editorial office in Olpe also reports on Drolshagen. The Sauerlandkurier and the Sunday and Weekly Anzeiger appear as free advertising papers on Wednesdays and Sundays .

In addition, Drolshagen belongs to the broadcasting area of ​​the WDR Studio Siegen . There is no local radio . The local newspaper Drolshagen appears on the Internet and the ARKM online publisher based in Gummersbach publishes the Südwestfalen-Nachrichten.

education

There are two Catholic primary schools in the city (Gräfin-Sayn-Schule Drolshagen and primary school Schreibershof) as well as a community primary school in Hützemert. There is also a community secondary school with the Herrnscheidschule. Together with the city of Olpe, Drolshagen is the sponsor of an association secondary school in Olpe. Gymnasiums, comprehensive schools or special needs schools do not exist on site.

In addition, Drolshagen belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Volkshochschule in the district of Olpe. The Drolshagen Music School operates classrooms in the Old Monastery and in the Gräfin-Sayn-Grundschule.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

  • Heinrich Bone (1813–1893), Catholic pedagogue, author of textbooks and hymns, editor of Catholic church hymn books
  • Otto Hellinghaus (1853–1935), philosopher and writer
  • Emilie Engel (1893–1955), teacher, religious, provincial superior of the Schoenstatt Movement ; a beatification process was initiated in 1999
  • Hubert Görg (1903–1991), politician
  • Rupert Lay (* 1929), philosopher and theologian
  • Hubertus Halbfas (* 1932), Catholic theologian, a. a. Author of religious books for school lessons
  • Stefan Hundt (* 1958), politician (CDU), mayor of Lennestadt
  • Heinrich Wigger (1827–1908), Catholic theologian, vicar general, provost and honorary citizen of Paderborn
  • Josef Hesse (1918–2010), administrative officer, local politician and local history specialist. Winner of the Golden Ring of Honor of the city of Drolshagen

literature

  • Josef Hesse: History of the parish and monastery Drolshagen . City of Drolshagen (ed.), FX Ruegenberg, Olpe 1971.
  • Dirk Thiede, Joachim Nierhoff: Drolshagen , Verlag Stadt-Bild, 2005, ISBN 3-937126-22-8
  • City of Drolshagen: Think about Drolshagen. Mayor of the city of Drolshagen, Lower Monument Authority, accessed on March 15, 2011 .
  • The new painting of the old, Romanesque part of the parish church of St. Clemens (Drolshagen) , publisher: Clemens Hillebrand , Cologne and the Catholic parish of Drolshagen, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Drolshagen  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Drolshagen  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

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