Heidschott

Heidschott Kirchhundem parish Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 7 ″  N , 8 ° 2 ′ 47 ″  E
Height :	341 m above sea level NN
Residents :	17  (Dec. 31, 2015)
Postal code :	57399
Area code :	02723
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Heidschott is a hamlet in the northwest of the municipality of Kirchhundem .

geography

Geographical location

Heidschott is located in the southern mountains of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. It belongs to the so-called Bilsteiner Bergland in the Olper Land area. The location, at 341 m above sea level. located, belongs to the western foothills of the Rothaargebirge. It is located in a valley running from southwest to northeast, which is drained here from the Olpe to the Hundem. To the southwest of Heidschott lies the 545.3 m high mountain "Auf der Höhe", to the west of the 426.4 m high Rußstein and the 599 m high Buscheid, and to the northwest of the 586.1 m high Alberstein.

Neighboring places

Neighboring places of Heidschott are Hofolpe in the east, Breitenbruch , Mark and Varste in the south, Benolpe in the southwest and Kirchveischede and Bilstein in the northwest.

history

The earliest known written mention of the place name can be found in a document from the Graf von Spee's archive in Ahausen from 1454, but here in the usage form as a personal name. The bridal treasure of the daughter of Hermann von Hundem called Pepersack also includes the "lutken unberge, whom dey Heyschoten received" from the brothers Wilhelm and Hermann von Hundem gt. Petersack.

In the appraisal registers of the 16th century, two farms are continuously named for the village of Heidschott: 1536, Heyßkotten - Peter 3 1/2 G (ulden), Johann 1 G; 1543, Heißkotten - Peter and Tilmann his son 4 G, Johann 2 G, 1565, Heißkottenn, Tylmann ibidem 4 G, Hanß Heißkotter 3 G. At the beginning of the 18th century, the hunter of an extensive hunting district belonging to Adolfsburg Castle near Oberhundem lived in Heidschott . The district “Heidschotter Jagd” was named after the hunter's residence. An iron hammer, already mentioned in 1729, which was located southwest of Heidschott on the Olpe and was called "Heidschotter Hammer", could be operated until the 1850s. In the 1860s, however, the work was completely in ruins. After the construction of the Ruhr-Sieg Railway, which opened in 1861 and through which the Hammerglände was cut up, a new operation could no longer be established here. A chapel (oratory, prayer house) mentioned in 1716, which is still marked on the map of the Heidschotter Jagd from 1743, no longer exists today.

Religions

Due to the fact that it belonged to the Electoral Cologne Duchy of Westphalia for centuries, Heidschott's population structure was originally predominantly Catholic. However, this has changed fundamentally in the past few decades. Today 4 Catholic and 4 Protestant Christians live in Heidschott. No information on religious affiliation is available for 9 residents.

Incorporations

Since 1843/44 Heidschott was a village in the Kirchhundem municipality belonging to the Kirchhundem office. With the municipal reorganization, the place came to today's municipality of Kirchhundem on July 1, 1969.

Population development

On July 1, 1969, Heidschott still had 36 residents. The number was kept relatively stable in the following decades: 1974 = 38, 1978 = 32, 1985 = 34, 1990 = 33. As of December 31, 2014, only 17 people still live in Heidschott.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Heidschott is on the B 517. The Ruhr-Sieg railway runs through the town. The next stops are in Kirchhundem and Welschen Ennest.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Otto Lucas: The Olper Land. Work of the Geographical Commission in the Provincial Institute for Westphalian Regional Studies and Folklore. Vol. 4. Münster 1941. p. 22
2. ^ State survey office of North Rhine-Westphalia. Hiking map 1: 25000. Lennestadt Kirchhundem in the Rothaargebirge, Ebbegebirge and Homert nature parks. 2nd edition 1998
3. ^ Inventories of the non-state archives in Westphalia. Inventory of Count v. Spee's archive in Ahausen. Arranged by Horst-Oskar Swientek. Münster 1968. p. 73. Document 200a.
4. ↑ The 16th century appraisal registers for the Duchy of Westphalia. Parts 1 and 2. Münster 1971 and 2000. pp. 202 and 41.
5. ↑ Martin Vormberg: The Hunt districts of Castle Adolf castle. Historical views of the town and landscape elements in the South Sauerland around 1743/44. Kirchhundem 2013. p. 34.
6. ↑ Population statistics for the Kirchhundem community, as of December 31, 2014
7. ^ Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg. Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. Kirchhundem 1994. p. 430.
8. ↑ Population statistics of the Kirchhundem community.