Heimatverein Burgsteinfurt
The Heimatverein Burgsteinfurt is a registered association for the promotion of local research and home care in Steinfurt , the preservation and care of the cultural property in the region as well as for the protection of nature, the environment and the landscape. Among other things, he looks after the city museum , the historic Niedermühle and one of the few remaining blueprint workshops .
history
The association was founded on September 28, 1901 by Mayor Terberger as a tourist association. In 1927 the association was renamed the Verkehrs- und Heimatverein. In 1979 the tourist office was founded in Steinfurt. The separation of tasks and the associated better pursuit of the goals in the various areas now made it necessary to rename the association again. The current name has therefore been "Heimatverein Burgsteinfurt eV" since May 6, 1980
The domicile of the association is the Niedermühle. In 2001 the website of the Heimatverein was realized, which has been represented there with a homepage since then. The Heimatverein Burgsteinfurt eV currently has around 550 registered members.
activities
The groups and activities of the Heimatverein include:
- Emigration history, genealogy and family research
- Building and monument preservation
- Customs care
- Local history research, local history working groups
- Monthly women’s meeting in the Niedermühle
- Mill and work group
- Museum circle Stadtmuseum Steinfurt
- Public events of the Heimatverein
- Cycling, hiking and traveling (evening and long-distance cycling tours, hikes, adventure bus tours).
In 1995, after ten years of planning, the Heimatverein Burgsteinfurt thoroughly restored the historic Niedermühle from 1697 and reinstalled an operational mill wheel. Since then the mill has been the seat of the Heimatverein.
The Heimatverein Burgsteinfurt operates a nationally known workshop for blueprint . In the completely furnished old workshop, more than 300, sometimes centuries-old printing pieces (models) are used to print blue fabrics in the typical Münsterland style. This takes up an old Burgsteinfurt tradition, as the existence of such workshops in the city has been proven since the Middle Ages.
In addition, the Heimatverein has been looking after the Steinfurter Stadtmuseum opposite the high school for 20 years. A former municipal home collection from 1911 was expanded by numerous private foundations and donations. The city museum offers an overview of the local history from the early Middle Ages to the beginning of the 19th century. The economic, social and territorial historical developments of Steinfurt are given special consideration here.
The association also takes care of the old gatekeeper house Posten 23. The "Posten 23" stood until 1997 on the Münster-Gronau railway line near the Sellen-Veltrup shooting range and until the end of 1994 was the accommodation for a railwayman who operated the barrier. In 1997/98 the house was relocated to the current cycle path by the Heimatverein.
The local researchers regularly inspect the old border and Schnat stones to the other regions around Steinfurt. As part of its genealogy activities, the association was also significantly involved in research into the emigration of Westphalia to the USA in the 18th and 19th centuries.
literature
The following literature listed as examples was initiated by the Heimatverein or its working groups and members.
- Karl Döhmann, The seal and coat of arms of the city of Burgsteinfurt. 1938
- Hermann Reckels, folklore of the Steinfurt district. - Greven 1983. (Series of publications of the district home association Steinfurt. Vol. 1)
- Hans-Walter Pries u. a., Fateful Years - The Steinfurt Area 1939-1950. - Greven 1985. - (Series of publications of the district home association Steinfurt. Vol. 3)
- 400 years of Arnoldinum 1588-1988. Festschrift. Greven 1988. - (Series of publications of the district home association Steinfurt. Vol. 6)
- Hans-Walter Pries, The Steinfurter Bagno. - Greven 1988. - (Series of publications of the district home association Steinfurt. Vol. 5)
- Willi Alff / Gottfried Bercks, The warehouse buildings in the Burgsteinfurt farmers' associations Hollich, Sellen and Veltrup (Steinfurter Schriften 19). - 1991 -
- District Steinfurt Yearbook Our District '(appears annually)
- Wolfgang Lübbers, The Bagno near Burgsteinfurt - Attempt at a reconstruction - Steinfurt 1992
- ders. - The Bagno in Steinfurt - A garden from the time of Goethe. - Steinfurt 1997.
- Burgsteinfurt - A journey through history; 650 years of city rights 1347-1997. - Horb am Neckar 1997.
Footnotes and individual references
- ↑ Hans-Walter Pries: "75 years Heimatverein Burgsteinfurt - A short chronicle" on the homepage of Heimatverein Burgsteinfurt eV, accessed on April 10, 2011
- ↑ Membership: 2011
- ↑ Hilgemann, Eine Eineige Chance, Münstersche Zeitung on January 13, 2006
- ↑ Michael Hagel, Bahnnostalgie, Münstersche Zeitung on August 6, 1994
- ↑ Emigration in the 19th century ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2011 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. , u. a. Willi Alff
