Helgersdorf

Helgersdorf City of Netphen Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 10 ′ 48 ″  E
Height :	357  (350-400)  m
Area :	2.38 km²
Residents :	300  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density :	126 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1969
Postal code :	57250
Area code :	02737

Helgersdorf is a district of Netphen in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia with 300 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2013).

geography

Helgersdorf, upstream of the river, downhill from Salchendorf, has an area of ​​2.4 km² and is between 350 and 400  m above sea level. NN . The highest mountain in the immediate vicinity is the Kalte Bären mountain at 465  m above sea level. NN . Through the village flows victory influx Werthenbach , in the Central and Schalkenbach lead.

Neighboring places of Helgersdorf are Grissenbach in the north, Nenkersdorf in the northeast, Werthenbach in the east, Irmgarteichen in the southeast, Gernsdorf in the south, Rudersdorf in the southwest, Anzhausen in the west and Salchendorf in the northwest, where Helgersdorf has already grown to the latter.

history

Helgersdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1340. There was a mill in Helgersdorf as early as the 15th century. The old school was closed in 1886 and converted into a chapel in 1905. At that time the place consisted of 21 houses. The Sausage Commission has been represented here since 1919.

The Jakobus mine existed in the local area from 1857 to 1937. Although it was closed in 1881, it was in operation again from 1899 to 1900, from 1932 to 1933 and in 1937. Mining rights existed from January 5, 1858. From 1950 the pit served as a water extraction system. The nickname of the Jakobus pit is "Nasser Jakob".

On January 1, 1969, the office of Netphen was dissolved and the independent municipality of Helgersdorf was incorporated into the new large municipality of Netphen as part of the municipal reorganization , since 2000 the place has been a district.

Population numbers

Population of the place:

year Residents 1818 92 1871 131 1885 133 1895 141 1897 141 1905 126 1910 122

year Residents 1925 132 1933 158 1939 182 1946 202 1950 200 1958 205 1961 244

year Residents 1967 281 1969 297 1988 397 1994 410 1996 401 2004 396 2005 348

year Residents 2009 324 2012 307 2013 300 2018 318

traffic

The tracks of the Johannland Railway ran through Helgersdorf . The village is connected to the A 45 via the Wilnsdorf exit . VWS takes over the bus transport .

Social facilities

Are social or public institutions

• the community center
• the football field
• a children's playground
• a barbecue hut
• a village square with the memorial bell tower
• and a cath. Chapel “St. Elisabeth ”and a cemetery.

Attractions

Sights in Helgersdorf are the memorial bell tower, the Backes (old bakery), the old mill and chapel “St. Elisabeth ".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map of the Principality of Nassau-Siegen: Documentary evidence of settlement up to 1500 ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. 
2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 71 .
3. ^ Otto Schaefer: The district of Siegen , Siegen 1968
4. ↑ Westfälisches Gemeindelexikon 1887, pp. 110/111
5. ↑ Westfälisches Gemeindelexikon 1897, pp. 112/113
6. ↑ gemeindeververzeichnis.de: District of Siegen
7. ↑ genealogy.net: Office Netphen
8. ↑ ^{a b} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Siegen. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
9. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 197 .
10. ↑ Bernhard Oltersdorf: Netphen ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2014 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. (PDF; 9 MB) , approx. 1995
11. ^ City of Netphen: Helgersdorf / City of Netphen. Retrieved September 1, 2019 .