Helminghausen

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Helminghausen
City of Marsberg
Helminghausen coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 59 "  N , 8 ° 43 ′ 47"  E
Height : 344 m above sea level NN
Area : 5.19 km²
Residents : 191  (2017)
Population density : 37 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 34431
Primaries : 02963, 02991
Helminghausen with compensation pond and dam of the Diemelsee
Helminghausen with compensation pond and dam of the Diemelsee
Catholic Church “St. Mary of Perpetual Help "

Helminghausen is a district of the city of Marsberg in the North Rhine-Westphalian Hochsauerlandkreis . Economically, the village is characterized by tourism and tourism due to the nearby Diemelsee . It has about 190 residents.

Geographical location

Helminghausen is located in the southwest of the urban area of ​​Marsberg near the southern border with Hesse . It is located a little below the Diemelsee dam at about 344  m above sea level. NN . Surround the village is next to the equalization pond of the dam (both from the Diemel flows through), among others from Mars Berger Eisenberg ( 594.6  m ) to the southeast and from on the border of Marsberg and Brilon located Eisenberg ( 561  m ) to the northwest.

history

Several variants are known for the origin of the place name Helminghausen. Originally the name consists of a combination of "inghūsen" and "Helmo", which is derived from the root word HELMA (in ancient language 'helmet' <germ. * Helma 'helmet'). In the literature the interpretation is given: 'at the houses of the people of * Helmilo'. The existence of several places with a similar name development is documented. Against this background, the correct identification of the place in documents depends on the context.

Helminghausen belonged to the county or to the lordship of Padberg. A Helmelinchusen mill is mentioned on the site of the village for 1325 . This worked for both the Bredelar Abbey and the Lords of Padberg . Apparently the mill and the nearby lands were in the hands of a knight from Horhusen at that time. He donated the proceeds to the Bredelar monastery.

During the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) the village was destroyed and looted. Around 1680 the raven Josias von Padberg had an estate built in the village. This became the headquarters of a new line of the Padberg family. At the end of the 19th century the estate was sold. It then belonged to the Isphording family.

After the phase under Hesse-Darmstadt rule from 1803, Helminghausen came to Prussia in 1816 . In 1843 the community Helminghausen was formed.

A chapel was not built in the village until 1906/07, but it was still subordinate to the Padberg-Beringhausen parish. The nearby Diemel dam was built from 1912 to 1923, and tourism developed a little after the First World War (1914–1918). From the 17th century until the Holocaust , Jews lived in Helminghausen and under the rule of the Lords of Padberg .

In the Second World War (1939-1945) 13 Helminghausers died as soldiers, most of them on the Eastern Front . The dam of the Diemelsee was attacked several times. In the village there was an anti - aircraft division with blocking balloons . During the attack on the night of May 15-17 , 1943, three British Lancaster bombers were shot down near the village. The wall planned by the Waffen-SS to be blown up at the end of the war did not take place because US troops had occupied the village (April 1) and the surrounding area. In April they were replaced by Belgian soldiers and these in turn by British soldiers in June. There were several attacks by former prisoners at individual farms in the community.

On January 1, 1975, Helminghausen was incorporated into the new town of Marsberg.

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver (white) floating upright blue cloud feh (cloud section) in the form of a boat."

The coat of arms was derived from the coat of arms of the Lords of Padberg , who had an estate built in Helminghausen in 1680/81. They had two rows of floating clouds in the coat of arms, which symbolized the two rivers Diemel and Rhene .

literature

  • Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 - reports from many employees from all over the district. Josefs-Druckerei, Bigge 1955.
  • Michael Flöer: The place names of the Hochsauerlandkreis , published in the Westphalian Place Name Book (WOB) , Volume 6, by Kirstin Casemir, Jürgen Udolph, Publishing House for Regional History, Bielefeld, 2013, 608 pages. (online PDF 1.8 MB) ( Memento from May 4, 2019 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Marsberg: Demographic Development 1997–2017. In: City of Marsberg IKEK. Retrieved September 15, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Michael Flöer: The place names of the Hochsauerlandkreis , pages 229 to 230 (accessed on May 4, 2019).
  3. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, honor roll section Helminghausen, p. 223.
  4. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, section Helminghausen, pp. 97-98.
  5. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, section Helminghausen, pp. 97-98.
  6. ^ 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. 332 .

Web links

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