Heinsberg (Kirchhundem)

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Heinsberg
Kirchhundem parish
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 28 ″  N , 8 ° 9 ′ 1 ″  E
Height : 429 m
Area : 23.16 km²
Residents : 943  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 41 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 57399
Heinsberg, behind it a wind farm north of Hilchenbach
Heinsberg, behind it a wind farm north of Hilchenbach

Heinsberg is a village in the southeast of the municipality of Kirchhundem . As of December 31, 2013, the place had 943 inhabitants.

geography

Rothaarsteig signpost

Geographical location

The village of Heinsberg belongs to the southern mountainous region of the Rhenish Slate Mountains , which is also known as the southern Sauerland or Olper country . It belongs to the so-called Bilsteiner Bergland. The village is located on the western foothills of the Rothaargebirge , in a basin between the Milsenberg (669 m) in the northeast, the Habbecke (644 m) in the east, the Riemen (677 m) in the southeast, the golden cone (640 m) in the south, the Lümke (623 m) in the southwest, the Strauchelberg (625 m) in the west and the Schroersberg (610 m) in the northwest. To the north, the valley is drained by the Heinsberger Bach towards the Hundem . Heinsberg lies directly on the watershed between the Rhine and Sieg .

Neighboring places

Neighboring places of Heinsberg are Rüspe and Röspe in the east, Zinse in the southeast, Oberndorf in the south, Brachthausen and Kohlhagen in the west and Albaum in the north. The towns of Oberndorf, Röspe and Zinse are in the neighboring district of Siegen-Wittgenstein .

history

The village of Heinsberg was first mentioned in a document dated February 13, 1345 under the name "Heymersberch". However, it can be assumed that the place is older. The foundation could have taken place in the high medieval clearing phase. According to studies by Günther Becker, there were probably fewer than ten courtyards around 1300 that were probably laid out around the "Brink" - around the chapel built there. In the late Middle Ages a stronger growth of the place can be registered when existing farms in the surrounding mountains were abandoned and possibly joined the village association for reasons of security. Favored by the spacious valley location in Heinsberg, the real division of the farms was also common in the event of inheritance. As a result, the number of farms increased. In the middle of the 16th century there were around 50 residential buildings in Heinsberg. This made the village one of the largest places in what is now the district of Olpe . Almost all houses in the village fell victim to the catastrophic fire incidents in 1796 and 1797. During the reconstruction, the so-called New Village was built 500 meters south of the old town center . The numerous half-timbered houses on Talstrasse still bear witness to the reconstruction of the village after the fires. The village of Heinsberg formed from 1843/44 to 1969 an independent political community in what was then the Kirchhundem office . Since July 1, 1969 (municipal reorganization), the village has been part of the Kirchhundem community.

church

In 1628 the parish of Heinsberg was separated from the mother church in Kirchhundem and has been an independent parish ever since. The church in Heinsberg was built between 1767 and 1774 and consecrated to St. Catherine. The tower comes from the previous church from the middle of the 17th century. A chapel in Heinsberg was mentioned in documents as early as the 15th century. A church wall that was demolished in 1976 previously surrounded the entire church square. The eaves of the much too small tower of the previous church is dominated by the first of the nave. The high altar dates from the second half of the 18th century and shows St. Joseph with the baby Jesus and St. Francis with the cross. In the central area, St. Catherine is the patron saint of the church. Her attributes are the sword and the broken wheel. In 1974 the entire church was extensively restored and got its original color back. The pulpit shows the handwriting of the Sasse family from Attendorn.

  • Altar of St. Catherine

  • St. Catherine organ

  • Sasse Attendorn's pulpit

  • Church view

  • St. Catherine

Religions

In 1994 of the 1153 inhabitants of the village, 1,011 were Catholic, 73 Protestant and 69 of other or no religious affiliation. The village of Heinsberg belonged to the parish (Kirch-) Hundem in the Middle Ages. After efforts to detachment began in the 16th century , the Heinsberg parish was established in 1628. In the center of the village is the Catholic parish church of St. Katharina, which was built from 1767 to 1774 after the previous church was demolished. The steeple was preserved from the old church. According to dendrochronological studies, the base of the belfry in the church tower dates from the middle of the 16th century. The Catholic parish church of St. Katharina in Heinsberg has been registered as an architectural monument in the monuments list of the municipality of Kirchhundem since March 7, 1985.

Population development

The following population development can be demonstrated for the village of Heinsberg:

year Residents
1818 463
1843 579
1858 667
1871 581
1885 686
1895 769
1905 614
1925 817
1933 826
1939 11 (?)
1946 1015
1950 1039
1969 1073
1974 1128
1978 1097
1985 1085
1990 1136
1994 1153
2006 1050

Culture and sights

music

Two choirs operate in Heinsberg, the women's choir “Concordia Heinsberg” and the men's choir “MGV Concordia Heinsberg”. The local music association Heinsberg provides musical accompaniment for religious and secular festivals .

Krenkelsbach aqueduct

Nature park and nature reserve

The Heinsberg district is located in the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge nature reserve . It is touched by the Rothaarsteig , a national hiking trail from Dillenburg to Brilon . The nature reserve Schwarzbachsystem with Haberg and Krenkeltal lies in the district .

Sports

The village has a modern artificial turf pitch with an athlete's home. A gymnasium was also built at the Catholic primary school, in which club sports are also possible.

Regular events

On the third weekend in July, the Heinsberg shooting club celebrates the shooting festival every year. The streetscape of the village is then shaped by the riflemen for three days. In addition, the Musikverein Heinsberg organizes the so-called 5-party meeting every 5 years (next time in 2023).

traffic

Old Heinsberg train station

The place is opened to traffic by the L713, which begins in Würdinghausen and leads to Hilchenbach . The railway line from Altenhundem to Birkelbach , which was inaugurated in 1914, was destroyed in the Second World War and not reopened for Heinsberg. The station building in Heinsberg, the aqueduct in the Krenkeltal and the two walled-up portals of the Heinsberg tunnel have been preserved . The aqueduct and tunnel portals are registered as architectural monuments in the monuments list of the municipality of Kirchhundem.

education

The village of Heinsberg has a kindergarten run by a parents' association as well as the Catholic elementary school St. Katharina. Further education opportunities exist with the community secondary school in Kirchhundem, the secondary school in Lennestadt-Meggen, the municipal high school in Lennestadt-Altenhundem and the private high school Maria-Königin in Lennestadt-Altenhundem. Heinsberg is in the catchment area of ​​the University of Siegen .

literature

  • Wilhelm Liese: History of the parish Kirchhundem and its daughter parishes Altenhundem, Heinsberg, Kohlhagen . Bonifacius printing works, Paderborn 1920.
  • Günther Becker: Heinsberg. Past and present of a mountain village in the Sauerland. Heinsberg / Westf. 1968.
  • Eberhard Linnhoff: Parish Church of St. Katharina zu Heinsberg. Werl 1981.
  • Various authors: Heinsberg - A village in the Sauerland. Editor: Working group “Our village should be more beautiful”, Heinsberg, Heinsberg 1995.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kirchhundem parish: Places , accessed on January 13, 2015
  2. ↑ Otto Lucas: The Olper Land. Work of the Geographical Commission in the Provincial Institute for Westphalian Regional Studies and Folklore. 4. Münster 1941. Sn 4f and 22f
  3. ↑ a b c Lennestadt Kirchhundem in the Rothaargebirge, Ebbegebirge and Homert nature parks . Hiking map 1: 25000, published by the State Surveying Office of North Rhine-Westphalia on the basis of the official topographic map 1: 25000. 2nd edition 1998
  4. ↑ Christoph Henrichs: The image of the settlement Heinsbergs. In: Heinsberg. A village in the Sauerland. Heinsberg 1995. pp. 41f
  5. ↑ Martin Vormberg: The political community Heinsberg. In: Heinsberg. A village in the Sauerland. Heinsberg 1995. pp. 231ff.
  6. ^ Anni Siebert: History of the parish Heinsberg. In: Heinsberg. A village in the Sauerland. Heinsberg 1995. p. 313ff.
  7. ↑ a b List of monuments of the Kirchhundem community
  8. ^ Schwarzbach system with Haberg and Krenkeltal
  9. ^ Martin Vormberg: The Ruhr-Sieg Railway. A pioneering act of traffic development in Westphalia. In: Railway in the Sauerland. Edited by the Schmallenberg-Holthausen Slate Mining Local History Museum. Schmallenberg-Holthausen 1989. p. 41ff