Hewingsen

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Hewingsen
municipality Möhnesee
Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 11 "  N , 8 ° 2 ′ 41"  E
Height : 208 m
Area : 4.57 km²
Residents : 232  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 51 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 59519
Area code : 02928
View of Hewingsen
View of Hewingsen

Hewingsen is a district of the municipality of Möhnesee in the Soest district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

Hewingsen is located on the foothills of the hair strand , which extends here in a northerly direction into the Soester Börde . To the east, Hewingsen borders on Meiningserbauer, in the south on Theiningsen, in the south-west on Ense-Bittingen and Ense-Bilme and in the north on Soest-Epsingsen. The closest medium-sized center is the district town of Soest with around 50,000 inhabitants.

history

Hewingsen was first mentioned in a document in 1072. In the 13th century there was a von Hevinchusen family . Hewingsen has been part of the Electorate of Cologne since the Middle Ages . It was administered from Drüggelte, even when the place fell to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. The mayor district of Hewingsen, which belonged to the office of Körbecke, had existed since 1808. In 1815 the office of Körbecke fell to the Kingdom of Prussia and the Soest district . The community of Hewingsen was initially headed by a mayor, who was later called the mayor of the community and from 1945 mayor. Hewingsen has been part of the Möhnesee community since July 1, 1969. At the same time there has been a mayor again since that time. In 2017 the village took first place in the municipal competition "Our village has a future".

Residents

About 200 people currently live in the small village.

religion

Court cross

In Hewingsen there is a Catholic chapel, the “St. Marien "means. A chapel association had already been founded in 1904. However, it was not until October 23, 1947 that the construction of a chapel began. After just over a year, on December 12, 1948, the new building was inaugurated. The chapel received a new organ on August 8, 1999. Finally, on December 22, 2001, the building received a new ambo and a new sideboard.

societies

  • Theater association Dai Hiewinger Theaterluie , founded in 1993
  • Hewingser Male Choir HMC, founded in 1993
  • St. Hubertus Hewingsen Rifle Brotherhood, founded in 1818
  • Spielmannszug Hewingsen 1908 e. V.

Infrastructure

Facilities

traffic

A few kilometers north of Hewingsen runs the federal highway 44 and the federal highway 1 . Bundesstrasse 516 is located south of Hewingsen .

Hewingsen is connected to bus routes 531 (Ense-Bremen, Ense-Oberense, Ense-Bittingen, Hewingsen, Meiningsen, Soest) and 601 (Körbecke, Wippringsen, Delecke, Günne, Hewingsen).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Möhnesee community: Population statistics , accessed on March 6, 2018
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 91 .

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