Hülsdonk (Moers)

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Hülsdonk
City of Moers
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 17 ″  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 35 ″  E
Height : 22  (20-30)  m above sea level NN
Residents : 5584  (December 31, 2015)
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 47441
Area code : 02841
Hülsdonk (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Hülsdonk

Location of Hülsdonk in North Rhine-Westphalia

Hülsdonk , also known as "Hulßdunck or Hülsdonck" in old documents, is a residential area, officially a living space, in the Moers district of the city of Moers in the Wesel district , North Rhine-Westphalia . The Hülsdonk residential area is currently one of the areas in Moers in which there is no longer any increase in population, as it decreased by 19 people from the end of 2014 to the end of 2015.

Residential places in Moers:

location

The town of Neukirchen-Vluyn limits Hülsdonk to the west, while other residential areas in Moers surround the residential area. These are Genend in the north, Utfort in the north-east , Moers-Mitte in the west , the historic urban area of ​​Moers in the former county of Moers , Vinn in the south- west and Bettenkamp in the south . In terms of traffic, Hülsdonk is on the BAB 40 and BAB 57 motorways. The BAB 40, which runs from west to east, is the border to Bettenkamp in the south with the Moers motorway junction. The BAB 57 motorway runs from north to south. In the northern areas it runs to the west outside of Hüsdonk and in the south through the local area.

history

Traces of the at least temporary stay of people in the higher areas of Hülsdonk have existed since the Stone Age. Extensive finds in the area of ​​a plateau between Hülsdonker Fleutgraben and Weyersgraben come from settlements and their burial fields from the Stone Age to the Younger Bronze Age and the Early and Middle Iron Age. In addition to ceramic shards that came from Germanic tribes who settled here during Roman times, the remainder of a wood-framed fountain from around 800 AD also documents a settlement in the early Middle Ages .

Spiritual property in Hülsdonk by Werden Abbey in the early Middle Ages can be verified. There is only limited clear evidence of farms and their inhabitants in the High Middle Ages. One of the oldest documentary evidence for this is given in a register of the Kamp monastery from 1234. According to this register, a "Gerhard von Hülsdonk", in the presence of Count Dietrich II. Von Moers, returns the goods given to his brother by the Kamp monastery . This brother "Knight Reinold von Hülsdonk" had confirmed in a document to the Kamp monastery in 1230 that he had received the goods for usufruct. Other mentions of Hülsdonk are the information from 1374 that a Hermann Hoensolaer lived on the Hülsdonk and in 1501, when the transfer of Bernhard von Moers' body from Kraków Castle to the city of Moers, was stopped at a barrier in front of Hülsdonk.

Map of the county of Moers by Gerhard Mercator 1591 with Hülsdonck

In a list of the settlements and peasant communities from 1624 for which the Moers City Court was responsible, the settlement of Hülsdonk was also mentioned. Hülsdonk belonged to the parish of Moers and until the beginning of the 20th century was an area characterized by agriculture, which was located in the historic county of Moers and was separated from the city of Moers by the Moersbach, which ran eastwards as the border. From 1797 the place became temporarily French in the department de la Roer and canton Moers. In 1800 the Mairie Moers was formed. In addition to the city, this Mairie was also responsible for Asberg, Fünderich, Hochstraß, Hülsdonk, Vinn and Schwafheim.

From 1814, as before the French interlude, the Prussians were again the sovereigns. In a description of the administrative district of Düsseldorf in the Rhine Province from 1836, Hülsdonk belonged to the mayor's office of Moers and, as one of the six parts of the municipality, had its own special household together with the hamlets of Sandfort and Herck. In 1834, a total of 279 residents lived in 35 residential buildings in the hamlet of Hülsdonk. The data for Sandfort were 43 residents and 7 residential buildings and Herck 28 residents and 4 houses. Except for three Catholics, the total of 350 residents belonged to the Protestant faith.

Towards the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, coal mines were built in the area of ​​the mayor's office in Moers, which increased the need for workers. This led to new settlements and the abandonment of farms in the closer areas of the collieries, as their land was needed for both the colliery premises and the settlements for the workers. Since no colliery was built in the Hülsdonk area, agriculture remained the main source of income for the residents until early 1900 and the number of newcomers remained low. In 1896 almost three quarters of the workforce were employed in agriculture.

Even after the end of the French period in 1815, Hülsdonk remained an independent village until 1906 and belonged to the mayor's office of Moers. In 1901 the community consisted of the village of Hülsdonk and the associated farming communities Herk and Sandfort and the number of residents was 564. On April 1, 1906, the community was incorporated into Moers together with Asberg , Hochstraß , Schwafheim and Vinn . At that time the village had 531 residents.

After 1945 the number of farms in Hülsdonk decreased. In the meantime, agriculture is only practiced in the areas south, west and north of the core area. In the northern local area below the area of ​​Sandfort, both north and south of Rheurdter Straße, a large industrial area has been created in which many medium-sized companies have settled. In contrast, the central and western area of ​​Hülsdonk is a popular residential area of ​​Moers with many individual houses. There has been little or no construction of apartment blocks and workers' housing estates.

Attractions

In the list of architectural monuments in Moers , one architectural monument is listed for Hülsdonk :

  • the Ueltgesforthof (Zum Ueltgesforthof), a large Lower Rhine farm

Web links

Commons : Hülsdonk  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Grafschaft Moers  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wensky, Margret, in: Moers. The history of the city from the early days to the present . 2000, Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Volume 1, p. 407. ISBN 3-412-04600-0
  2. ↑ Wensky, Margret, in: Moers. The history of the city from the early days to the present . 2000, Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Volume 1, pp. 419 to 421. ISBN 3-412-04600-0
  3. ↑ Wensky, Margret, in: Moers. The history of the city from the early days to the present . 2000, Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Volume 1, p. 481. ISBN 3-412-04600-0
  4. ↑ Wensky, Margret, in: Moers. The history of the city from the early days to the present . 2000, Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Volume 1, p. 76. ISBN 3-412-04600-0
  5. ↑ Wensky, Margret, in: Moers. The history of the city from the early days to the present . 2000, Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Volume 1, p. 97. ISBN 3-412-04600-0
  6. ↑ Keussen, Hermann. In: Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine, in particular of the old Archdiocese of Cologne. Booklet 21. and 22. In: Studies on the history of Moers . 1870, p. [241] 232. Online version
  7. ^ In: Niederrheinischer Geschichtsfreund . 1880, No. 10, p. [62] 58. Online version
  8. ↑ Keussen, Hermann. In: History of the City and Glory of Crefeld . 1865, p. [299] 273. Online version
  9. ↑ Hirschberg, Carl. In: History of the County of Moers . 1904, p. [119] 113. Online version
  10. ↑ Wensky, Margret, in: Moers. The history of the city from the early days to the present . 2000, Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Volume 2, p. 77. ISBN 3-412-04600-0
  11. ↑ Vierbahn, Johann Georg von. In: Statistics and topography of the Düsseldorf administrative district. Second part . 1836, p. 106.
  12. ↑ Wensky, Margret, in: Moers. The history of the city from the early days to the present . 2000, Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Volume 2, p. 300. ISBN 3-412-04600-0
  13. ↑ Berenberg. In: Grosses Landes-Adressebuch . 1901, Hannover, p. [1188] 1114. Online version
  14. ↑ Municipal directory 1910, Moers district. Retrieved June 24, 2016 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ The area indicated with Meerfeld on the map is the Rheinkamp-Mitte residential area . Meerfeld is not an official name for a residential area , but is used as a historical local name by municipal institutions and sports clubs in this area.
  2. ^ A "Rittergut Hülsdonk" was cited in connection with the transfer from the heiress "Mechthild von Holthausen" to her husband Johann von Wachtendonk in 1585. Confirmations for this fief were given in 1612 for "Johann Arnold von Wachtendonk" and in 1672 and 1699 for "Adolf Freiherr von Wachtendonk". However, this manor was near Grefrath in the historical office of Oedt and is therefore not identical to the area Hülsdonk near Moers except for the name. Whether members of the family of the knight von Hülsdonk, which can be verified for 1230, moved their residence in the Hülsdonk area to this manor cannot be proven. Evidence: Keussen, Hermann. In: Annals of the historical association for the Lower Rhine in particular of the old archdiocese of Cologne. 1882, No. 4 p. [31] 27 and No. 17 p. [134] 130.