Elpe

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Elpe

Elpe is a district and place of the city of Olsberg in the Sauerland , Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia . As of December 31, 2017, Elpe had 522 inhabitants.

history

Location of Elpe and Heinrichsdorf in Olsberg

On March 6, 1945, 3,000 foreign workers, including women and children, were brought to the village from Ramsbeck in foot-deep snow under the supervision of the police and the Volkssturm . These had to be taken care of by the community. In the morning the wretched train moved on on foot, sometimes with handcarts and carts. Some separated from the train and returned to the village. An Italian prisoner died in the village and was buried in the cemetery. Foreign workers went through another eight days. On March 29, the Volkssturm was called in the village. The Volkssturm was supposed to move to Olsberg. After a day on the railway guard, everyone returned. On March 31, the village was occupied by German soldiers. On April 4th General Field Marshal Walter Model , commander of all units in the Ruhr Basin , appeared in the village to coordinate the deployment of the troops. The Volkssturm will be called again on April 5th. The men were now hiding in the forest. Now the village was shelled by US troops. One civilian was killed and one wounded. The population fled to the Lüttenberg tunnels and the Ries tunnels. 1,600 shell impacts were counted, 180 of them in the village. Twelve houses were damaged. At the Bükers farm, seven military horses were killed by direct hits. The soldiers blew up trees in the street to slow the advance of the US troops and withdrew. On April 6, the Wehrmacht reappeared and carried out an attack in the direction of Brunskapel. There were also two King Tiger tanks . After an unsuccessful attack, the Wehrmacht finally withdrew. Again the village was shot at. On April 7th, the US soldiers moved into the village. Because of a feared counterattack, the population had to stay in the tunnels for another day. Twelve German soldiers had to be buried. The bulk of US troops moved on April 12th. The rest followed on April 19th.

Small debris from the Learjet about 110 m east of the Elpe development

In the Second World War , 41 men from the Elpe community died as soldiers, most of them on the Eastern Front .

On January 1, 1975, Elpe was incorporated into Olsberg.

On December 31, 2006, the village had 619 inhabitants, 16 fewer than at the beginning of 2006. The Elpe River flows through the village. On August 10, 2007, the Laurentius fountain was inaugurated in the center of the village.

On June 23, 2014, a Learjet 35 crashed in the Sauerland of the Society for Flight Targets at the edge of the village.

building

The center of the place is the St. Lucia Church.

politics

Dominic Beule has been the mayor since 2014.

Personalities

literature

  • Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939–1945: reports from many employees from all over the district. Josefs-Druckerei, Bigge 1955.

Web links

Commons : Elpe (Olsberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Olsberg: Facts and Figures , accessed on July 7, 2018
  2. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, section Medebach, pp. 77-81.
  3. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, honor roll section Elpe, pp. 161–163.
  4. ^ 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. 332 .
  5. ↑ Numbers and facts (on olsberg.de) ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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.olsberg.de
  6. ↑ Airplane crashed after collision with Eurofighter jet in Sauerland. Spiegel online, June 23, 2014, accessed June 24, 2014 .
  7. ↑ https://www.die-elper.eu/der-ortsvorsteher/

Coordinates: 51 ° 16 '  N , 8 ° 27'  E