Elsoff (Bad Berleburg)

Elsoff City of Bad Berleburg Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 25 ″ N , 8 ° 30 ′ 34 ″ E
Height :	383 (320-460) m
Area :	16.39 km²
Residents :	687 (March 31, 2011)
Population density :	42 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	57319
Area code :	02755
	House in Elsoff

Elsoff is a district of Bad Berleburg in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district .

geography

location

The place is in the eastern part of the Wittgensteiner Land . The Elsoff stream of the same name flows through the village .

Neighboring places

history

Evangelical Church Elsoff

The first settlement took place in the 8th century. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1059. In 1194, Elsoff was granted bailiwick rights with the villages of Alertshausen , Beddelhausen and Schwarzenau . The place burned down in 1442 except for a few buildings. From the beginning of the 16th century there were disputes between the Counts of Wittgenstein and the Landgrave-Hessian office of Battenberg . This culminated in 1725 in an uprising that went down in history as the "Elsoff Peasants' War".

Since January 1st, 1975 Elsoff belongs to Bad Berleburg.

Population development

1961: 862 inhabitants
1970: 846 inhabitants
1974: 803 inhabitants
2011: 687 inhabitants

building

The Evangelical Church is a building that defines the townscape . The Michel Elsoff mill was shut down in 1965.

Personalities

Karl Henrich Groos (1771-1858), German administrative officer

literature

Günther Wrede : Territorial history of the county of Wittgenstein. NG Elwert'sche Verlagbuchhandlung (G.Braun), Marburg 1927.

Web links

Official website of Elsoff im Wittgensteiner Land
Elsoff (Bad Berleburg) in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

^ Günther Wrede: Territorial history of the County of Wittgenstein. NG Elwert'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (G.Braun), Marburg 1927, pp. 146–148.
↑ Fritz Kramer: The Elsoff Peasants' War. A contribution to the history of the villages of Alertshausen, Beddelhausen and Elsoff (1721–1729) . In: Wittgenstein. Leaves of the Wittgensteiner Heimatverein , 1968, Issue 1, pp. 45–56; Volume 2, pp. 58-80; Issue 3, pp. 145-163
↑ ^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 .
↑ 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 .

[1] Günther Wrede: Territorial history of the County of Wittgenstein. NG Elwert'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (G.Braun), Marburg 1927, pp. 146–148.

[2] Fritz Kramer: The Elsoff Peasants' War. A contribution to the history of the villages of Alertshausen, Beddelhausen and Elsoff (1721–1729) . In: Wittgenstein. Leaves of the Wittgensteiner Heimatverein , 1968, Issue 1, pp. 45–56; Volume 2, pp. 58-80; Issue 3, pp. 145-163

[Gemeindeverzeichnis1970bis1982-3] 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 .

[4] 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 .