Gahlen (Schermbeck)

Gahlen Community Schermbeck
	Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 52 ′ 30 ″ E
Height :	33 m above sea level NN
Area :	14.57 km²
Residents :	2232 (Dec. 31, 2005)
Population density :	153 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	46514
Area code :	02853
Location of Gahlen in North Rhine-Westphalia

Gahlen is a district of the Lower Rhine community of Schermbeck in the Wesel district with around 2200 inhabitants. The local area includes the villages Beste, Bruch and Heisterkamp.

history

The earliest known mention of Gahlens as "Ganlingas" (Latin personal name plus family suffix in the plural) can be found in the property register of the Echternach Abbey. It goes back to the year 787. The current place name Gahlen results from the resolution of this enigmatic Latin name. In the written source, a Moselle Franconian scribe reports the appointment of an administrator by the name of Wundo (or "Winido") "in pago Gesterean super fluvio Lippia in villa Ganlingas" (transl. "In the Gau belonging to the Roman camps across the river Lippe in the municipality Gahlen ").

As part of a donation to Werden Abbey , 213 years later Gahlen was called "Galnon" in Old High German: Around 900 a noblewoman named Athlgard gave the Werden Abbey four courtyards in the Gahlen, Hardt, Östrich district.

The area on the Lippe has belonged to the Archdiocese of Kurköln since the Christian missionary work. In the 8th century the Bergkamp farm was built near Gahlen, in today's Dorsten-Hardt . The Durstinon settlement later formed around it and gave its name to the future city of Dorsten . The farm becomes the center of a new manorial rule in the Dorsten and Gahlen region. The Durstinon settlement only became an independent place as "villa Durstine" in 1175. In the 14th century the Schölzbach became a border marker between Kurköln and the Duchy of Kleve and thus between Dorsten and the Hardt, which now belonged to Gahlen again.

In 1552 the community of Gahlen and thus also Gahlen-Hardt became Lutheran on its own initiative.

In 1614, in the Treaty of Xanten, the Duchy of Kleve, and thus Gahlen, passed to Brandenburg-Prussia. From 1815, the mayor's office in Gahlen, with its farmers' groups Beste, Östrich and Hardt, belonged to the Dinslaken district . For a long time Gahlen was an independent municipality in the district of Dinslaken (formerly the district of Duisburg or from 1874 the district of Mülheim an der Ruhr / from 1887 the district of Ruhrort ) in the Gahlen district of the same name . On May 21, 1865 Wilhelm Kerckhoff was appointed to the provisional administration of the mayor's office in Gahlen.

The law for the reorganization of the Rheinisch-Westfälische industrial area in 1929 struck the Hardt back to the city of Dorsten.

During the Second World War , Gahlen was occupied by Western Allied troops on March 26 and 27, 1945.

In the course of the regional reform , the place was merged with other municipalities to form the new municipality of Schermbeck in today's Wesel district on January 1, 1975 , and the Hardtberg and Östrich became part of the city of Dorsten due to the municipal reorganization.

The well-known German noble family of the Counts of Galen ( Lords of Gahlen in the Middle Ages ) came from this place.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In gold (yellow) three black wolf rods in a ratio of 2: 1".

The coat of arms was derived from the noble family of the Counts of Galen, who came from Gahlen.

Attractions

Gahlen has become known nationwide through several successes in the competition Our village should be beautiful . The buildings around the mill pond are worth seeing .

The Protestant church in Gahlen is the oldest building in the Schermbeck area. The west tower is from the 12th century, the pulpit of the late Gothic church from 1654. However, some facts suggest that the church was founded before 900.

societies

The largest club in town is the sports club. TuS Gahlen was founded in 1912 and offers a wide range of sports. In addition to tennis, football and volleyball, popular and health sports are also an important component.

The Kneipp water treading basin on the “Im Aap” sports facility at TuS Gahlen, the Protestant youth leisure center and RV Lippe-Bruch Gahlen have also made the district known nationwide. The area of the RV Lippe-Bruch Gahlen, which holds a large horse show at the beginning of the year, then becomes the meeting point for the riding elite from all over Germany and abroad.

The Heimatverein Gahlen has repeatedly committed itself to maintaining and preserving traditions. The care and maintenance of memorial plaques, plantings and much more are the goal and the task of the Heimatverein.

The oldest and most traditional club in the area is the Allgemeine Bürgererschützenverein Gahlen. The first evidence of a rifle guild can be found in old records from around 1525. The rifle chain from 1863 is the oldest evidence still available, which is still worn today by the current king at the annual rifle festival.

Gahlen's sons and daughters

Julius Schult (1885–1948), co-founder of the German Youth Hostel Association
Johannes Schreiber (1927–2016), Protestant theology professor

Footnotes

↑ Franz Schuknecht: In pago Gesteran. Saxony mission and historical topography on the lower lip. In: Vestische Zeitschrift Volume 106 - 2016/17, pp. 17-28. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
^ Koppe, Werner .: Dorsten - small Hanseatic town on the Lippe . City of Dorsten, Office for Urban Development and Public Relations, 1991, OCLC 75358607 .
^ Koppe, Werner .: Dorsten - small Hanseatic town on the Lippe . City of Dorsten, Office for Urban Development and Public Relations, 1991, OCLC 75358607 .
↑ JBC: Official municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany, 1953. (Population and territorial status, December 31, 1953.) By Federal Statistical Office, Wlesbaden, (Stuttgart, Cologne: W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 1954. Pp. Viii, 420, map. Statistics for the Federal Republic of Germany, volume 108. DM 15.) . In: American Political Science Review . tape 49 , no. 3 , September 1955, ISSN 0003-0554 , pp. 891-891 , doi : 10.1017 / s0003055400296809 .
↑ https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Chronology/USA-SS-Chronology-5.html, page 456
^ 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. 297 .
↑ Heimatverein Gahlen
↑ Gahlen shooting club

[1] Franz Schuknecht: In pago Gesteran. Saxony mission and historical topography on the lower lip. In: Vestische Zeitschrift Volume 106 - 2016/17, pp. 17-28. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .

[2] Koppe, Werner .: Dorsten - small Hanseatic town on the Lippe . City of Dorsten, Office for Urban Development and Public Relations, 1991, OCLC 75358607 .

[3] Koppe, Werner .: Dorsten - small Hanseatic town on the Lippe . City of Dorsten, Office for Urban Development and Public Relations, 1991, OCLC 75358607 .

[4] JBC: Official municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany, 1953. (Population and territorial status, December 31, 1953.) By Federal Statistical Office, Wlesbaden, (Stuttgart, Cologne: W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 1954. Pp. Viii, 420, map. Statistics for the Federal Republic of Germany, volume 108. DM 15.) . In: American Political Science Review . tape 49 , no. 3 , September 1955, ISSN 0003-0554 , pp. 891-891 , doi : 10.1017 / s0003055400296809 .

[5] ttps://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Chronology/USA-SS-Chronology-5.html, page 456

[6] 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. 297 .

[7] Heimatverein Gahlen

[8] Gahlen shooting club