Holtwick (Bocholt)

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Holtwick is a district and residential area of Bocholt in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until it was incorporated on January 1, 1975, Holtwick was an independent parish in the Liedern-Werth district .

Location, population

Holtwick is located between the Hemden district in the north, the Lowick district in the southwest, the former Bocholt district in the southeast and the Spork district in the west. In 2012, Holtwick had 1005 residents.

history

In Holtwick which was located to 1841 House Horst family, from 1802 manor and from 1816 principal residence of the princely Salm-salm'schen Hofkammerrats and manufacturers Anton Diepenbrock (1761-1837), who from 1811 to 1814/1815 as mayor of Canton Bocholt officiated would have. Among his many children, Apollonia Diepenbrock , who would later be the founder of the hospital, and Melchior Diepenbrock , who would later become the Prince-Bishop of Breslau, grew up there . The poets Clemens Brentano and Luise Hensel frequented the Diepenbrock family .

literature

  • Müller's Large German Local Book 2012. Complete local dictionary . De Gruyter Saur, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-027420-2 , 33rd edition, volume 1 (index of places A – M), p. 628 ( Google Books ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Section 51 of the Münster / Hamm Act
  2. ^ Contributions to the history of the diocese of Regensburg . Verlag des Verein für Regensburg Bishopric History, Regensburg 2003, Volume 37, p. 206 ff.
  3. ^ Johannes Baptista Diel: Clemens Brentano. A picture of life based on printed and unprinted sources . Volume 2: 1841-1842 . Herder'sche Verlagshandlung, Freiburg im Breisgau 1878, p. 377 ff. ( Google Books )