Holtum (Werl)

Holtum City of Werl Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 1 ″  N , 7 ° 51 ′ 29 ″  E
Height :	96 m
Area :	5.35 km²
Residents :	1026  (December 31, 2014)
Population density :	192 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	59457
Area code :	02922
The shooting hall in the middle of the village

War memorial at the Agatha Church

Holtum is a district of the city Werl in the district of Soest in Arnsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The district with its 1,088 inhabitants (status: 2010) is located directly on the B 1 and is the westernmost village in the Soest district .

Holtum has a total area of ​​5.35 km². The center of the village is the St. Agatha Church , the shooting hall, the fire station and a restaurant.

history

Around 890 the village was first mentioned as "Holthem". In the Middle Ages, the execution site Galgenplatz was located here on the Birkenbaum , which is reminiscent of today's Henkerstrasse.

On July 1, 1969, the previously independent municipality of Holtum was incorporated into the city of Werl.

Population development

year	Residents
1910	519
1933	537
1939	462
1961	501
1969	486
2001	1027
2002	1064
2003	1072
2004	1064
2005	1049
2006	1066
2014	1026

Personalities

• Wilhelm Diek , Catholic clergyman, born on January 2, 1846 in Holtum

Web links

Commons : Holtum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Holtum website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ village center
2. ^ Heinrich Josef Deisting in Werl yesterday-today-tomorrow yearbook of the city of Werl and the new home and history association Werl eV, 2002, publishing house of A. Steinschen Buchhandlung GmbH Werl, page 48
3. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 93 .
4. ↑ Municipal directory 1900: Soest district
5. ^ ^{A b} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. soest.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
6. ↑ 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. 202 .
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} City of Werl: Administrative report ( memento of the original from June 11, 2008 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.