Holzhausen (Georgsmarienhütte)

Monastery church and monastery in Ohrbeck

Holzhausen is a district of the independent municipality Georgsmarienhütte in Lower Saxony .

geography

Geographical location

Holzhausen is located in the Osnabrück region between the city of Osnabrück in the north and the Teutoburg Forest in the south.

Neighboring communities

Starting from the north clockwise:

• Osnabrück
• Georgsmarienhütte
  • Malbergen
  • Alt-Georgsmarienhütte
• Hagen am Teutoburg Forest
• Hasbergen

history

When in 1147 the affiliation of the farmers to the Osnabrück churches was reorganized and several former farmers were assigned to the parish of St. Johann , Holzhausen (Holthusen) was first mentioned in a document. In 1856 the Georgs-Marien-Bergwerks- und Hüttenverein built an ironworks in the municipality of Malbergen , which is also part of Georgsmarienhütte today . In 1886, citizens founded the Sutthausen / Holzhausen shooting club . Holzhausen became its own Catholic pastoral care district in 1924. In the same year the football club DJK Holzhausen was founded, which is now called BSV Holzhausen 1924 eV. In 1938 Malbergen and parts of Holzhausen were incorporated into Georgsmarienhütte. In 1970 the rural communities of Oesede , Oesede Monastery, Harderberg, Holsten-Mündrup, southern Holzhausen and the industrial village of Georgsmarienhütte merged to form the town of Georgsmarienhütte. The north of the community, Sutthausen, became part of the city of Osnabrück.

Population development

• 1512 - 0024 residents subject to treasury
• 1601 - 0027
• 1651 - 0041
• 1772 - 0084
• 1821 - 0140
• 1858 - 0461 (with Sutthausen and Wulften )
• 1885 - 0414
• 1905 - 0500
• 1939-2777
• 1951-4161
• 1961 - 5643
• 2006 - about 5500
• 2007 - about 4950

Buildings

House of Ohrbeck

In Haus Ohrbeck there is a folk high school of the state of Lower Saxony sponsored by the Diocese of Osnabrück and the Franciscan Order in the Ohrbeck Monastery .

The Roman Catholic St. Antonius Church is worth seeing . The Augustaschacht Ohrbeck is a memorial to commemorate the labor education camp from the time of National Socialism .

Sports

• BSV Holzhausen 1924 eV

education

• Antonius School (primary school)
• City Library KÖB Georgsmarienhütte (extension)

Personalities

• Ernst-Otto Meyer (1927-2010), football player
• Werner F. Ebke (born 1951), law professor

Web links

• City of Georgsmarienhütte
• Detailed city history as pdf up to 1999 (160 kB)
• Holzhausen in the Stadtwiki Georgsmarienhütte
• House of Ohrbeck

Individual evidence

1. ^ Source: "City history in annual numbers", compiled by Rudolf Richter

Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ′ 15.47 "  N , 8 ° 0 ′ 41.17"  E