Enkhausen

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Enkhausen
Enkhausen coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 22 ″  N , 7 ° 57 ′ 42 ″  E
Height : 240 m
Area : 2.5 km²
Residents : 845
Population density : 338 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 59846
Area code : 02935
View of Enkhausen
View of Enkhausen
Enkhausen

Enkhausen is a district of the city of Sundern (Sauerland) in the Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia . Neighboring towns are Hachen in the east, Langscheid am Sorpesee in the south and Estinghausen in the west.

location

The place is north of Sundern. Federal road 229 leads past the village to the west .

history

Enkhausen is mentioned for the first time in 1173.

On January 1, 1975 Enkhausen was incorporated into Sundern (Sauerland) .

politics

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the former municipality of Enkhausen

Blazon :

Split by blue and silver, at the front half a silver, gold-armored eagle at the crack, at the back a free-floating black rust.

Description:

The colors blue and silver with half an eagle and the colors silver and black represent the former sovereigns, the Counts of Arnsberg and the Electors of Cologne. The black rust is a mark of Saint Laurentius, the church patron of Enkhausen. The coat of arms was officially approved on August 19, 1965.

Attractions

Parish Church of St. Laurentius

The draft of Paderborn Diocesan architect Arnold Güldenpfennig including the Romanesque tower in the Gothic Revival style newly built parish church of St. Lawrence was inaugurated 1896th

The exhibition in the Heinrich-Lübke-Haus , located in the center of the village, provides information about the origins of the town's great son and provides impressions of his work. The medals and gifts of honor that the Federal President received during state visits are particularly worth seeing.

societies

  • Caritas Conference St. Laurentius Enkhausen
  • German forest youth
  • Catholic women's community (kfd) Enkhausen
  • Church choir Cäcilia Enkhausen
  • Schützenbruderschaft St. Laurentius Enkhausen 1935 eV
  • Social association VdK war and military service victims, local group Enkhausen
  • SuS Langscheid-Enkhausen
  • Tambour corps Enkhausen
  • Tourist office Hachen-Enkhausen

Festivals

High festivals of the year

  • The shooting festival on the weekend of Pentecost, in the shooting hall
  • The Laurentius Festival with farmers' market on the 2nd Sunday in August, on the church square

More festivals

  • Carnival, on the weekend before Weiberfastnacht, in the Schützenhalle

Personalities

Heinrich Lübke's birthplace

Others

A line operated by Busverkehr Ruhr-Sieg GmbH (BRS) ensures local public transport .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 331 .
  2. ^ Eduard Belke, Alfred Bruns, Helmut Müller: Kommunale Wappen des Herzogtums Westfalen, Arnsberg 1986, p. 143 ISBN 3-87793-017-4

Web links

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