Hofolpe

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Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Arnsberg administrative district
County : District of Olpe
Municipality : Kirchhundem
Height : 324 m above sea level NN
Residents : 740 (December 31, 2014)

Hofolpe is a village in the northwest of the municipality of Kirchhundem .

geography

Geographical location

Hofolpe is located in the southern mountains of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. It belongs to the so-called Bilsteiner Bergland in the Olper Land area. The location belongs to the western foothills of the Rothaargebirge. The village is located in a valley running from southwest to northeast, which is drained here from the Olpe to the Hundem. It lies at an altitude of around 320 to 380 m above sea level. In the east lies the 505 m high Hohe Lohe, in the southwest the 545 m high, in the northwest the 586 m high Alberstein and the 581 m high Hohe Bracht and in the north the 482 m high Krähenberg.

Neighboring places

Neighboring villages of Hofolpe are Kirchhundem in the northeast, Flape in the east, Berghof in the southeast, Wirme in the south, Heidschott in the west, Bilstein in the northwest and Altenhundem in the north.

history

The first written mention of Hofolpe from 1454 with the spelling Hoeffoelpe is relatively late. The basic word of the place name is a water body name, which means something like "creek in a river valley". With the defining word “Hof”, the place name can be interpreted as “Hof an der Olpe”.

Early clues about the size of the place can be found in an appraisal register (used to collect taxes) for the year 1543. According to this, there were 11 appraisers in “Hoffolpe” (the highest taxes were due to Hanß Stelken); this number could have coincided with the farms or houses existing at the time.

Religions

Due to the fact that it was part of the Electoral Cologne Duchy of Westphalia for centuries, Hofolpe is still predominantly Catholic. The place belonged to the Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul Kirchhundem. After the construction of the Catholic Church of St. Antonius in 1905/06, the village received its own clergyman in 1910 and was finally separated from Kirchhundem as a parish vicarie in 1923. The religious structure of the population changed in Hofolpe, in particular due to the flight and expulsion of people from the former eastern regions of the German Empire after the Second World War. Further changes in this regard have occurred due to recent migratory events.

As of December 31, 2014, 575 Catholic and 55 Protestant Christians live in Hofolpe. In the population statistics, 110 people are also named without information on a religious affiliation, including those who do not belong to any religion as well as those who are Muslim.

Incorporations

From 1843/44 until the municipal reorganization on July 1, 1969, Hofolpe was a place in the Kirchhundem municipality belonging to the Kirchhundem office. With the municipal reorganization, the place came to today's municipality of Kirchhundem.

Population development

At the time of the municipal reorganization on July 1, 1969, Hofolpe had 1,047 inhabitants. Until 1974 the population increased slightly to 1,095, but then decreased in the following years: 1978 = 1007, 1985 = 943, 1990 = 919. According to the population statistics of the municipality of Kirchhundem as of December 31, 2014, the village still had 740 inhabitants.

Economy and Infrastructure

The townscape of Hofolpe is shaped by the paper mill of the Grünewald brothers, which was built at the end of the 19th century on the site of the former Hofolper ironworks. The company is one of the most important industrial locations with numerous jobs within the Kirchhundem community.

traffic

The village is criss-crossed by two important traffic connections in South Westphalia, namely the B 517 and the Ruhr-Sieg Railway . There is no longer a train stop here. On the railway line opened in 1861 there was a 63 m long tunnel in the village, which was cut open in 1963. In this context, the main road was laid parallel to the railway line and the now separated parts of the village were connected by two bridges. The construction work for these measures lasted until 1977.

education

Hofolpe has a kindergarten sponsored by the Catholic Church. The town no longer has its own school. Primary school students attend the cath. Primary school St. Christophorus in Kirchhundem. There are secondary schools in Kirchhundem and Altenhundem (Lennestadt). Hofolpe is located in the catchment area of ​​the University of Siegen.

Culture and sights

music

Hofolpe has an active male choir, the MGV 1918 Hofolpe eV, which has been the master choir and folk song performance choir in the North Rhine-Westphalia Choir Association several times.

Another music association is the Hofolpe drum corps, founded in 1921.

Natural park

The border between the Ebbegebirge and Rothaargebirge nature parks runs in Hofolpe . Both went up in 2015 in the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge Nature Park .

Sports

The Hofolpe sports club has its own ash area.

Regular events

The shooting festival of the Heimatschutzverein 1919 eV Hofolpe-Heidschott is one of the highlights of the year in the village of Hofolpe. The festival is celebrated on the last weekend in June.

swell

  1. ↑ Otto Lucas: The Olper Land. Work of the Geographical Commission in the Provincial Institute for Westphalian Regional Studies and Folklore. Vol. 4. Münster 1941. p. 22
  2. ↑ Landesvermessungsamt NRW, hiking map 1: 25000. Lennestadt-Kirchhundem in the Rothaargebirge, Ebbegebirge and Homert nature parks. Based on the topographic map 1: 25000. 2nd edition 1998.
  3. ↑ Landesvermessungsamt NRW, hiking map 1: 25000. Lennestadt-Kirchhundem in the Rothaargebirge, Ebbegebirge and Homert nature parks. Based on the topographic map 1: 25000. 2nd edition 1998.
  4. ↑ Inventories of non-governmental archives. Inventory of Count v. Spee's archive in Ahausen. Arranged by Horst-Oskar Swientek. Münster 1968. No. 200a, p. 73.
  5. ↑ Michael Flöer. The place names of the district of Olpe. Bielefeld 2014. pp. 134 - 135 and 186 - 188.
  6. ↑ Estimation register 1543 for the Sauerland region of Cologne (Internet file ) Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PDF p. 30 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heimatverein-finnentrop.de
  7. ↑ Herbert Rauterkus: From the history of the village Hofolpe. In: 1918 - 2008. 90 years MGV Hofolpe.Festbuch. OOuJ (Hofolpe 2008)
  8. ↑ Population statistics of the Kirchhundem community
  9. ^ Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. Kirchhundem 1994. p. 430.
  10. ↑ Landesvermessungsamt NRW, hiking map 1: 25000. Lennestadt-Kirchhundem in the Rothaargebirge, Ebbegebirge and Homert nature parks. Based on the topographic map 1: 25000. 2nd edition 1998.
  11. ↑ https://eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de/lb/inhalt/tunnelportale/2800.html#hofolpe
  12. ↑ Herbert Rauterkus: From the history of the village Hofolpe. In: 1918 - 2008. 90 years MGV Hofolpe.Festbuch. OOuJ (Hofolpe 2008)

Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′  N , 8 ° 4 ′  E