Homer (Raesfeld)

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Homer
municipality Raesfeld
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 56 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 7 ″  E
Area : 4.6 km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 46348
Area code : 02865
Homer (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Homer

Location of Homer in North Rhine-Westphalia

Homer is an old Westphalian peasantry and a district of Raesfeld in the Borken district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1969 Homer was an independent parish.

geography

Homer is located in the northwest of Raesfeld and is separated from the rest of the municipality by the Issel . The peasantry is a largely agricultural scattered settlement without a densely populated settlement core. The former parish of Homer had an area of ​​4.6 km².

history

Homer made a since the 19th century rural community in the Office Marbeck of Borken . On July 1, 1969, Homer was merged with Raesfeld to form the new municipality of Raesfeld by the law on the reorganization of municipalities in the Borken district , which in 1975 was expanded to include the municipality of Erle .

Population development

year Residents source
1858 194
1871 172
1885 184
1910 187
1925 221
1939 211
1950 223
1969 197

Culture and sights

Natural monument sermon elm

As natural monument (AJ2) reported and in the prominent list and old tree specimens registered elm stands in the yard reasons (formerly angle Schulte) within the peasantry.

Once a pilgrimage from Borken to Wesel led directly past the elm. In Dietmar Sauermann's book “Legendary Places” it is noted: Pilgrims often stopped under this tree on their way. Therefore a pulpit was built in the tree on the lowest horizontal branches, from which the pastors said their prayers . - The tree probably owes its name to this fact.

The age of the striking tree veteran is given as around 600 years. In autumn 1959 a fire destroyed the residential and farm buildings of the farm. The elm was also badly damaged, as a large part of the mighty trunk was charred. As a result, the tree is now divided into two separate trunk fragments. To prevent it from breaking under the weight of its own crown, the elm was first cut in 1949/50 and again in 2001 , that is, it was cut back completely on the trunk like a pollarded willow tree . The total circumference of the two remains of the trunk is approx. 9 m. A laser-based height determination carried out in 2014 showed a tree height of 13.50 m.

societies

Bearers of local customs are:

  • the Homer shooting club .
  • the Homeraner Carnival Association (HKV)

literature

  • Hans Joachim Fröhlich Ways to Old Trees Volume 4: North Rhine-Westphalia . WDV Wirtschaftsdienst, Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-926181-18-4 .
  • Dietmar Sauermann and Sabine Greilich Legendary places. A companion through the legendary world of Westphalia . Ardey, Münster 1993, ISBN 3-87023-040-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Hans-Walter Pries: Homer. In: HIS-Data. Retrieved May 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Official Gazette for the Münster administrative district, 1844, page 82. Accessed on September 3, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Statistical news about the government district of Münster, 1860
  4. ↑ 1871 census
  5. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia 1885
  6. ↑ Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on February 2, 2017 .
  7. ^ A b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. borken.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  8. ↑ "The Predigtulme in Raesfeld-Homer" tourism in the Borken district, at www.tourismus-kreis-borken.de
  9. ↑ “Ulme in Homer - Predigtbaum” in the tree register at www.baumkunde.de
  10. ↑ "White elm 'Predigtulme' on the Grunden farm (formerly Winkelschulte) in Homer in Raesfeld" in Monumental Trees at monumentaltrees.com
  11. ↑ The peasantry of Homer