Halingen (Menden)

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Halingen
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Halingen
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 50 "  N , 7 ° 43 ′ 38"  E
Height : 134 m
Area : 11.01 km²
Residents : 1827  (Jul 1, 2017)
Population density : 166 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 58708
Area code : 02378
Halingen (Menden (Sauerland))
Halingen

Location of Halingen in Menden (Sauerland)

Elementary school in Halingen
Elementary school in Halingen

Since the municipal reorganization in 1975, Halingen has been in the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​of Menden (Sauerland) , Märkischer Kreis .

The municipality of Halingen, Amt Menden , Kreis Iserlohn existed until 1974 . In the area of ​​this community was in addition to Halingen Dahlhausen .

geography

Halingen is in the northwest of the urban area of ​​Menden (Sauerland) on the border with Iserlohn in the west and Fröndenberg / Ruhr in the north.

On July 1, 2017, the “district Halingen” had 1827 inhabitants.

history

Halingen was first mentioned in a document in 1096 and celebrated its 900th anniversary for over two weeks in 1996.

The municipality Halingen was until 1975 a merger of three villages Halingen, Evening Siepen and Dahlhausen in the former office Menden , circle Iserlohn .

The coat of arms of the former municipality of Halingen contains - like all coats of arms of the Menden office - a " cow iron " above which a black "fire saw" is depicted on a silver background, which was necessary for the height adjustment of a pot over the open fireplace. The Low German name for such a fire saw is "Haal" or "Hoal". Hence the connection to the name of the village.

The municipality of Halingen, the then city of Menden (Sauerland) and other municipalities of the former Menden office became a new one on January 1, 1975 according to the “Law for the reorganization of the municipalities and districts of the Sauerland / Paderborn area (Sauerland / Paderborn law)” Municipality, today's city of Menden (Sauerland) .

Culture and sights

In Halinger district Dahlhausen located Dahlhausen Castle , which is owned by the family of Fürstenberg.

Economy and Infrastructure

The federal highway 515 runs right past the village , which joins the federal highway 233 shortly before the city limits to the Fröndenberg district of Langschede .

In Halingen there is the “City Day Care Center Halingen”, which is housed in the premises of the former elementary school.

Personalities

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. City of Menden (Sauerland): Population figures for the city of Menden (Sauerland) ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 19, 2018 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.menden.de
  2. ^ 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. 333 .