Gevelinghausen
Gevelinghausen is a district of the city of Olsberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis . As of December 31, 2017, Gevelinghausen had 576 inhabitants.
geography
Gevelinghausen is located on a saddle between Elpetal in the west and Ruhrtal in the east. The place has a height of about 380 to 410 m and is surrounded by mountains with a height of up to 700 m.
history
By chance, a 36.2 cm high bronze jug from the 8th century BC was discovered in 1961 . Discovered in the 5th century BC. Was used as an urn . It is considered to be one of the most important bronze vessels north of the Alps . The vessel, also known as an amphora, belongs to the group "Gevelinghausen-Vejo-Seddin" described by A. Jockenhövel. The lavishly restored original is in the LWL Museum for Archeology in Herne .
Today's Gevelinghausen emerged from a settlement that belonged to the Gevelinghausen estate and later Gevelinghausen Castle . The place was first mentioned in 1277. In 1299, Count Ludwig von Arnsberg exchanged Gevelinghausen with Gut Ostwig , which he received from the abbess of the Meschede monastery . Hermann III. von Gevelinghausen came under the protection of the archbishops in 1371 after the transfer of the county of Arnsberg to the Archdiocese of Cologne .
The watermill in Gevelinghausen was first mentioned in 1562. The castle chapel was first mentioned in 1543/44. The fortified property was hardly damaged in the Thirty Years War , but the place was completely destroyed except for two courtyards.
In 1632 a new palace chapel was built and on July 15, 1633 it was consecrated to Maria Magdalena . The chapel was expanded in 1879 (choir and transept) and in 1899 (new building of the nave). The building was now 21 meters long. In 1990 the organ was renovated. The chapel served as a parish chapel for the residents of the village.
Between 1658 and 1796 the estate was owned by the barons of Siegen. Then it was sold together with Wiggeringhausen to Simon August Freiherr von Wendt-Papenhausen . He was the father-in-law of Werner-Constantin von Droste zu Hülshoff , whose sister, the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , visited Gevelinghausen.
It was only after 1821 that the farms that had previously belonged to the estate became hereditary leaseholds, which had been fully owned by the farmers since the middle of the 19th century.
The Wendt family moved to the neighboring Bigge after purchasing the Schellenstein estate . The castle in Gevelinghausen remained uninhabited until 1867.
The place was spun off from the municipality of Velmede around 1865 and thus became an independent municipality.
Development in the 20th century
In 1908 it was connected to the power grid and in 1911 a separate cemetery was set up.
Karl-Josef Freiherr von Wendt's plan to build an international racetrack with the Sauerland-Ring failed due to objections from the state government. Instead, von Wendt began to expand the tourist infrastructure. This included in particular the establishment of the Fort Fun amusement park in 1972 , the site of which belonged to Gevelinghausen until the municipal reorganization. On January 1, 1975 the place was incorporated into Olsberg. After 1985, after Baron von Wendt went bankrupt, the castle was rebuilt and partly converted into a hotel and partly into an academy for occupational safety.
Facilities
In the village there is a small museum of the local heritage association and a private Africa museum.
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Olsberg: Facts and Figures , accessed on July 7, 2018
- ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 236 .
- ^ 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 .
Web links
- Homepage of Gevelinghausen
- Image of the bronze amphora
- Gevelinghausen in the Westphalia Culture Atlas
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ' N , 8 ° 26' E