Hildfeld

Hildfeld City of Winterberg Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 35 ″  N , 8 ° 33 ′ 54 ″  E
Height :	605 m
Area :	4.91 km²
Residents :	487  (Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density :	99 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	59955
Area code :	02985
Location of Hildfeld in Winterberg
Aerial photo (2013)

Hildfeld is a district of Winterberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . The place with about 491 hectares (status 1964) has a little more than 480 inhabitants.

Panorama view of Hildfeld with the diabase quarry

Geographical location

The first part of the place name should be derived from the Old High German "Hille-a" (= mountain slope water). The "field on the mountain slope" also describes the exact geographical location of the place: the summit of the Clemensberg , at about 837  m above sea level. NHN, the third highest mountain in North Rhine-Westphalia, lies on Hildfeld area; the place is on its slope. The Hoppecke spring rises on the northeast flank of the Clemensberg in the Neuer Hagen nature reserve . The Rhine-Weser watershed runs through Hildfeld . While the water of the Hillebach , which passes south of the village , reaches the Rhine through the Ruhr , the Hoppecke flows into the Diemel and thus reaches the Weser .

history

The place Hildfeld is the oldest documented part of the Winterberg urban area: On July 9th, 1220 the nobles Berthold and Thietmar von Büren donated the estate "Hiltvelde" to the monastery in the neighboring Küstelberg - this process was documented. In a description of the Medebach office from 1548, Hildfeld is named fourth with the villages of Grönebach , Siedlinghausen and Niedersfeld as belonging to the county of Grönebach. At that time the lords of Gaugreben had this county as a fief from the Landgrave of Hesse. In the 18th century the village had twelve farms. The oldest surviving houses date from this period.

From the winter of 1944, Allied aircraft constantly flew over Hildfeld. Bombs were dropped, presumably false or emergency drops of damaged aircraft, on the forest areas around the village. In the event of an air-raid alarm, tunnels in the ground or at Pölz were visited. On the evening of March 30th, a group of Volkssturm from Soest reached the village to make quarters. The next day Wehrmacht combat troops were quartered. On April 1st, the Volkssturm and the Wehrmacht marched southeast towards the US troops. From April 3, German guns fired from the village at the US troops. The US troops shot back massively. Four soldiers and two women were killed and others injured. On April 4, the US troops attacked after another heavy fire. The first attack failed, and the commander was badly wounded. The village was captured in the second attack. Now German artillery shot at Hildfeld. The US combat troops moved on on April 5th. From April 5th to 7th, US guns fired at the area of ​​Bödefeld and Fredeburg from the village area. After the end of the fight, numerous buildings in the village were destroyed or damaged. The killed German soldiers were buried in the village cemetery. In the following period there were attacks by Eastern workers. One resident was shot dead by an Eastern worker on October 31. When a bazooka exploded in the mountains on September 25th, a resident was killed.

During the Second World War , 39 Hildfeld soldiers died as soldiers, most of them on the Eastern Front , or died in captivity.

On January 1, 1975, Hildfeld was incorporated into the city of Winterberg. Previously, the place was assigned to the Niedersfeld office.

In 1987 Hildfeld was awarded the state's gold medal in the competition “ Our village should become more beautiful ”.

Religions

The majority of the Hildfeld population is of the Catholic denomination. Hildfeld's Catholics belong to the Winterberg Pastoral Association; previously the parish had the status of a subsidiary parish that was assigned to the parish of Grönebach.

politics

Local political structure

In the local elections in Hildfeld since the local reorganization in 1975 only candidates from the CDU and the SPD have been elected to the city council of Winterberg. The CDU has always had a majority of the votes on its side with 55 to 70%. Meinolf Ittermann (CDU) represents the interests of the town in the City Council of Winterberg. The office of mayor has been held by Elisabeth Sauerwald (CDU) since 2002.

Partnerships

Hildfeld and the town of Breitenbach im Eichsfeld have been partners since 1989 .

Culture and sights

music

Hildfeld offers an amazing variety of musical activities for its size.

• City fire brigade chapel Hildfeld
• Mixed choir "Do you have tones"

Concerts take place regularly in the Hochsauerlandhalle in Hildfeld.

Buildings

A Marienkapelle built in 1732 was demolished in the 1970s and replaced by a new church: The Church of the Visitation of Mary, built in 1959 for the most part by the residents themselves, has a late baroque high altar from the former Glindfeld monastery, which was attributed to the workshop of Johann Leonhard Falter from Schmallenberg becomes. A precious radiant Madonna is placed in the organ gallery. The Hochsauerlandhalle was built in 1966/67 and has been run independently by the Heimatverein since 2000. It is used for local customs, concerts and other events, but can also be rented for private parties or holiday camps. The Antoniusstein is Hildfeld's oldest cultural monument. It was built in 1708 near the later cemetery.

Natural monuments

Neuer Hagen nature reserve from the air

The nature reserve Neuer Hagen or Niederfelder Hochheide is north of Hildfeld, but belongs to Niedersfeld. The high heath is characterized by alpine vegetation and a high moor area. On the initiative of Hildfeld, a herd of Heidschnucken grazes on the Hochheide , which ensures the preservation of the heathland by biting young trees. On the Hille there is the nature reserve Irrgeister.

Club life and customs

Hildfeld is characterized by a lively club life. The umbrella organization of the clubs is the Hildfeld Heimatverein. The largest association in town is the St. Sebastianus 1900 Schützenbruderschaft, which organizes the annual Schützenfest (date: Wednesday to Friday at Ascension Day ). The music association is the organizer of the lake festival and the children's shooting festival. Other events include the traditional roast potatoes by the choir, volunteer fire brigade and Kolping family. Carnival is also celebrated in Hildfeld: In addition to a splendid session with the prince couple on Carnival Saturday, the Carnival Association also organizes a procession on Rose Monday followed by sauerkraut dinner. The traditional Easter fire is lit in the afternoon of Easter Sunday .

Culinary specialties

The bone sausage is a specialty of the Upper Sauerland . Mention should also be made of the custom of roasting potatoes, in which potatoes are placed directly in beech wood embers (i.e. without aluminum foil or the like). The potatoes are eaten with onion butter including the skin.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Hildfeld is a place with no through traffic; the road  872 from Niedersfeld to Grönebach leads past the place. Hildfeld is connected to local public transport by buses operated by the Ruhr-Lippe Transport Association. Hildfeld and Grönebach had a station on the Steinhelle – Medebach small railway , which was closed in 1953.

tourism

Tourism is of great importance to Hildfeld. In addition to some holiday apartments, there are pensions, a hotel and two restaurants. A ski lift on the slope of Clemensberg also makes the place attractive for winter sports enthusiasts. Due to the proximity to the Rothaarsteig , many hikers are also guests in Hildfeld.

Establishments

Aerial view of the quarry on Clemensberg

The Mitteldeutsche Hartstein-Industrie (MHI) operates a diabase quarry with asphalt plant in Hildfeld . Ready-mixed concrete is also produced there.

Agriculture

After the Second World War, the importance of agriculture decreased significantly. There are no longer any full-time farms in Hildfeld. Part-time farmers specialize in milk and meat production.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

• Father Silvester Padberg, OFM (born March 30, 1906 in Hildfeld as Heinrich Padberg) was ordained a priest on August 7, 1932 in Paderborn. He was murdered on June 14, 1938 in the Chinese province of Shantung while on a mission trip .
• Roman Hankeln (* 1965), professor of music history at the University in Trondheim (Norway), grew up in Hildfeld. After studying in Regensburg (among others with Detlef Altenburg and David Hiley ), Hankeln received his doctorate with a thesis on medieval manuscripts from Aquitaine offerings. In 2005 he completed his first habilitation at the University of Music Franz Liszt in Weimar with a thesis on ancient meters in Johann Friedrich Reichardt's lieder .

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.
• Gerhard Becker; Paul Aust: Charming winter mountain with its villages. A foray through the highest city in Northwest Germany with texts by Paul Aust . Kräling, Winterberg 1996. ISBN 3-9803156-4-9
• Heimatverein Hildfeld (ed.): 775 years Hildfeld. 1220-1995. Golddorf an der Hochheide . Self-published, Hildfeld 1995.
• Heimatverein Hildfeld (ed.): 800 years of Hildfeld. A journey through the history of a village . Self-published, Hildfeld 2020.
• Carl F. Padberg: To the Chronicle of Hildfeld . Self-published by the Hildfeld community, Hildfeld 1970.
• Burkhard Sauerwald: On the history of Hildfeld . In: Aust, Paul (Red.): Winterberg and his villages. Experienced in pictures. Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Winterberg eV, Winterberg 1987, p. 241 ff.
• ders .: Hildfeld celebrates the village anniversary. 1220 a property of the noble lords of Büren - the new Hildfeld from 1975. In: De Fitterkiste 7 (1995), pp. 81-90.
• Heinrich Sauerwald: Field crosses and wayside shrines in the Hildfeld district . In: De Fitterkiste  12 (2003), pp. 62–70.
• Westfälischer Heimatbund (Ed.): Westfälische Kunststätten, issue 64: Winterberg with the villages on the Kahlen Asten , Münster 1992.

Web links

Commons : Hildfeld  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The official website of the Hildfeld Heimatverein
• Hildfeld in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City of Winterberg: Winterberg in facts and figures , accessed on December 30, 2019
2. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, section Medebach, pp. 112-114.
3. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, honor roll section Hildfeld, p. 234.
4. ^ 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 .