Real houses
Real houses
Wickede (Ruhr) municipality
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Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 40 ″ N , 7 ° 53 ′ 52 ″ E | |
Height : | 173 (130-240) m |
Area : | 6.82 km² |
Residents : | 1511 (Jan 31, 2019) |
Population density : | 222 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | 1st July 1969 |
Postal code : | 58739 |
Area code : | 02377 |
Village square with the parish church of St. Vinzenz
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Echthausen is a 6.82 km² district of Wickede in the Westphalian district of Soest with 1,511 inhabitants as of January 31, 2019.
geography
location
Echthausen lies southeast of Wickede exactly in a loop where the Ruhr reaches its northernmost point. Neighboring towns in the east are Waltringen , Bremerheide, Hünningen and Lüttringen . In the south , Echthausen borders on Vosswinkel . Wimbern is located in the west, separated by the Echthauser Berg.
history
The first documentary mention of Echthausen dates from the year 1036 from a document in the registry of the Werden Abbey . Here the name Ahtisberga is mentioned, from which the current name Echthausen emerged from 1565 via Athise , then Etese , Egtesen and Echthuißen . On July 1, 1969, Echthausen was incorporated into Wickede (Ruhr).
coat of arms
Blasonierung : A gold (yellow), and blue in the cut-wave split field with two to Andrew's Cross placed flags, of which the right of silver shank the arms of the counts of Arnsberg , a silver eagle on a blue field, the left of the red shaft a rose on golden background showing the coat of arms of the Counts of Berg . The coat of arms commemorates the battle at the "Egteser Bridge" in 1185.
Worth seeing
House real houses
The house Echthausen is a moated castle . It once belonged to the Counts of Arnsberg , and from 1835 to the von Böckenförde family called Schüngel . 1909 came to Erbsälzerfamilie of lilies , which in the 1924 Freiherr von Boeselager sold. In 1991, his descendants sold the very dilapidated property to the entrepreneurial family Bente, who extensively renovated all buildings and the associated park and has since used it as a residence.
Personalities
- Alfred Baum , three times German champion and Olympic fifth in a single kayak
Individual evidence
- ^ Municipality of Wickede (Ruhr): Figures, data & facts , accessed on January 21, 2020
- ^ "History of the village of Echthausen", Association for History and Homeland Care of the Wickede (Ruhr) community, 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-036212-5
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 93 .