Hoppecke (Brilon)

Hoppecke City of Brilon
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 34 "  N , 8 ° 38 ′ 32"  E
Height :	401  (389-641)  m above sea level NN
Area :	7.23 km²
Residents :	1189  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density :	164 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	59929
Area code :	02963
Location of the village of Hoppecke within the urban area of ​​Brilon
Aerial photo (2013)

View over the place, in the middle the villa of District Administrator Heinrich Jansen

The Hoppecke

Evangelical chapel

Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary

The village of Hoppecke is a district of the city of Brilon in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . The place with 1189 inhabitants was an independent municipality until the end of 1974 and was administered by the Thülen office. It is traversed by the Hoppecke river of the same name .

geography

Hoppecke is located in the deeply cut valley of the Hoppecke river of the same name , about 5.5 km as the crow flies southeast of the city center of Brilon. The already mentioned Hoppecke flows through the village in a north-easterly direction. To the north of the village rises the 620.1  m high Bilstein , south of the Orenstein ( 641  m ) and the Great Buttenberg ( 627.4  m ). About 1 km southwest of Hoppecke lies the Hoppecke Berg, which belongs to the village, on a hill . These mountains belong to the northeastern foothills of the Rothaargebirge .

Neighboring towns in the clockwise direction are Bontkirchen in the south, Gudenhagen-Petersborn in the west, Thülen in the north and Messinghausen in the north-east, all of them Brilon districts.

history

middle Ages

From the early place name Hottepe it is concluded that this probably took place between 800 and 900. The von Hottepe family of industrialists and aristocrats also bore this name. The first documentary mention in the name "Hotte" took place in 1101. In a document the Archbishop of Paderborn confirms that the place was part of a donation from Count Erpho from Padberg to the Flechtdorf Monastery. A family "de Hotepe" has been handed down here since 1113. Hoppecke formerly owned a fortified house with a moat in the center of the village, but it has not been preserved. Various Westphalian-Waldeck noble families lived in the castle-like building, such as the Hottepe (Hoppecke), Dorfeld and Padberg. These families were enfeoffed by the Archbishops of Cologne, who, together with the Counts of Waldeck, were the main owners. The "Old Church" was built around 1150. It is therefore one of the two oldest structures in the urban area of Brilon . Popes Hadrian IV and Lucius III. confirm to the Abbot of Corvey the claim to the tithe at the church in Hoppecke. With the consent of his wife Mechthild, Tyleman von Hottepe sold the third part of a small hoof to Konrad and Hermann gnt. Wesseli. A Sweder von Hottepe is documented in the period from 1332 to 1348, he was enfeoffed with a farm in Hottepe and still with two hooves nearby. He managed two hooves in Rösenbeck and one in Radlinghausen. The farm in Hoppecke comprised eight Hufen and was probably the original manor. Part of the estate (one and a half estate) was sold to the citizen Heinrich Wessels from Brilon in 1378 because of the general economic decline in agriculture and because of the plague epidemics. During the Soest feud , the estates were largely devastated, the owner Johann von Hottepe was living in Brilon at the time, and the male family died out with him. The property fell to this family through the marriage of their daughter Elsa to Johann von Dorfeld from Medebach. According to a testimony , there was no house in Hoppecke around 1491 , so the place was deserted for some time .

Modern times

On January 26, 1551, on the occasion of a site visit, several long-established Brilon men over 60 years of age testified that apart from an old desolate church and barriers in the city of Brilon, there had been neither stick nor stone there . A Herman Konecke remembers that his parents lived on the old tower . This statement is also confirmed by the entries in the treasury registers of the Duchy of Westphalia, in which only 14 people were recorded.

A short time later the place must have been settled again, in 1546 the citizens of Brilon complained about excessive logging by the charcoal burner and the ironworks of Hermann von Dorfeld. Franz Wolf von Gudenberg operated in Meiler in 1551. In an agreement between the Briloners and the Thilo Franz Wolff zu Hoppecke, the owner of the Hoppecke house, it was determined in 1562 that he received the Lüth as far as it descends after the Hoppecke and further out the slope to the large stone in the Hoppecke lies, the Oisterbeke, Wankel and the Lichteholz except for the Bremecke, the Diebesthail and some trees that are drawn in the Ruhwenwiese between the Diebesthail and Arnstadt . In the neighboring districts of the city of Brilon, he only received the right to grass pasture and grass shack. Over the centuries, contracts for border security were also concluded with the neighboring communities of Rösenbeck and Bontkirchen.

During the Thirty Years' War , the place was badly damaged, with the exception of a full-span yard, two half-spouses and five kötter, all buildings were destroyed. In 1652 there were only 26 fireplaces left, a church no longer existed and there was no iron industry either. The believing Christians had to visit the church in Thülen. From 1926 to 1927 a water pipe was laid in the place.

In 1944, men from the Todt organization , who were to build a hydrogenation plant in the Hoppecketal, were housed in the elementary school in Hoppecke. In three barracks in the school yard lived foreign workers who also had to help build. On October 13, 1944, four houses in Hoppecke caught fire after being hit by phosphorus bombs. Two of the houses burned down, while the other two were extinguished by the fire brigades from Hoppecke and the surrounding area. From January to Easter 1945, allied low-flying aircraft appeared over the village. In February, a British military train was set on fire near the village. On March 2, three British fighter-bombers attacked a freight train in the village using machine gun fire and dropping bombs. Three houses were destroyed, two houses were severely damaged and numerous window panes were broken. On April 4, US troops from the direction of Bontkirchen occupied the village without a fight. A German fighter plane that appeared during the invasion was shot down. Of the three German airmen killed in the process, two were buried in the village cemetery.

In the Second World War , 47 Hoppeckers died as soldiers, most of them on the Eastern Front , or died in captivity.

As part of the local reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia, the municipality of Hoppecke became a district of the city of Brilon on January 1, 1975.

Sorry

A Hoppecker schnade has been known in the village since the middle of the 18th century . The limits were regularly checked and their correctness checked.

Religions

Hoppecke was an independent parish until 1560, because of the impoverishment of the village it became a branch of Thülen . Hooecke is called Waldeck's fiefdom in a document in 1577 . In 1709 the parish became independent again.

A new church was built in 1931. The old and the new church were connected.

Population development

In 1815 there were 312 people in 37 households in the village, 380 in 1829 and 396 in 1841. By 1898 the population had dropped to 336.

In the censuses on June 6, 1961 and May 27, 1970, the place had 1237 and 1197 inhabitants, respectively. On June 30, 1974 there were 1260 inhabitants.

politics

coat of arms

Blazon Two green fir trees in gold on a blue, wavy shield base. description The two fir trees are taken from the trademark of the Hoppecke accumulator factory located here, which in turn wants to use the trees to represent the wooded area of ​​their company. The corrugated shield base points to the eponymous Hoppeckefluß. Official approval took place on November 12, 1953.

Assembly applicant

The existence of mining is documented in an income directory from the 12th century of the Corvey Abbey. The monks were given 50 quintals of lead. This lead deposit must have been mined relatively quickly; later reports about it have not survived. Iron processing is documented for 1536 and 1560, there are mentioned a blower from Swabia, a hammer smith from Gummersbach and a hammer smith born in Nassau. Charcoal burners are also known for this time, together with the water power of the Hoppecke, charcoal was a basic requirement for the operation of iron hammers. The Hoppecker Hütte had existed since the 16th century at the latest . Since there was no reforestation, the large amount of wood required devastated the forests. The iron industry came to a standstill.

Flood

Over the centuries, the Hoppecke has repeatedly overflowed its banks during floods and has caused damage to the village. In November 1890 the houses on the bank were about 3 to 4 feet under water, bridges were destroyed. The meadows and fields were washed away from the river within a radius of 30 to 40 meters.

Culture and sights

Buildings

View from the cemetery over the town

Old church

The old Hoppeckes Church , built around 1250, is one of the oldest buildings in the Brilon city area together with the Thülener Church. In the church, the remains of the Lippoldsberg consoles with Romanesque flat ornaments are particularly noteworthy.

New Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary

The New Church , which was added to the Old Church in 1931, has a Baroque altar from 1705 with the donor's coat of arms and statues of Saints Liborius and Vitus, the patron saints of Paderborn and Corvey. Bricks from a previously broken chimney were sometimes used for the construction.

Peter Hendricks house

The structure of the restored Westphalian half-timbered farmhouse dates back to 1669 and was enlarged in 1798. The framework is provided with various Latin and German inscriptions and ornaments .

Wilme's house

Two streets in Hoppeck have belonged to the Brilon city area since the Middle Ages. Wilme's house was built right on the border. One half of the house is on Briloner, the other on Hoppecker. Until 1900, Roman law applied to marriages in Hoppecke and Prussian law in Brilon. As a result, there was a community of property for the residents of one half of the house and property separation for the other. The historic Briloner Schnade, which touches Hoppecke every ten years, runs right through the house.

Villa of the district administrator Heinrich Jansen

The so-called villa stands below the Bilstein on the northern edge of the village. Because of the tower it resembles a church building. It was built on behalf of the judicial inspector Heinrich Jansen, who was later also district administrator. Jansen bought the Hoppecke manor and built an explosives factory on the site in 1906.

Parks

The area south of the Hoppecke belongs to the Diemelsee Nature Park .

Economy and Infrastructure

Hoppecke batteries GmbH & Co. KG

By far the largest employer is Hoppecke Batteries GmbH & Co. KG, a company that manufactures industrial batteries and employs more than 2,000 people worldwide. The original company was founded in 1906 by the then landowner and district administrator Heinrich Jansen as an explosives factory. Since 1905 there was also a spat mill in town. During this time, the first Italian guest workers came to the area. Various businesses had settled there by 1907: bakeries, sewing shops, a grocery store, a milling shop, a carpenter's shop, a paint shop, an inn, a shoemaker's shop and several farms. Some of the trades mentioned were run as a sideline alongside agriculture. At that time the place was still rural. The explosives factory was destroyed by an explosion on February 15, 1912, four workers were killed. Production was stopped until 1915. During the First World War, the former explosives factory was reopened as a processing center for duds. This facility also exploded, in 1917 several detonations destroyed the facility and parts of the village. Soon after the reconstruction there was another explosion, which in turn caused considerable damage.

traffic

Hoppecke has a stop on the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway . Since December 2018, the Sauerland Express (RE 17) has been stopping every two hours in the direction of Warburg or Hagen .

The connection to the city center and the more frequently used stations in Brilon Wald and Bredelar are provided by buses.

education

One of Brilon's ten primary schools is located in Hoppecke, as well as a kindergarten.

leisure

Next to the primary school there is a sports hall and a soccer field with volleyball field as well as a tennis court and an indoor swimming pool.

societies

• The Turn- und Sportverein 1920 eV offers popular sports, children's gymnastics, leisure football, volleyball and other sports.
• The St. Hubertus Schützenbruderschaft was founded in 1850. The rifle hall was built in 1947 near the Catholic Church.
• The second oldest club in town is the Carnevals-Gesellschaft-Hoppecke, which was founded in 1860.
• The Hoppecke Musikverein has existed since 1921, with a focus on brass and folk music.
• Hoppecker Dorfjugend 2012 eV

Mayor

The following mayors have been occupied since 1809:

• 1809–1817: a man by the name of Hildebrand was the only one to serve as mayor
• 1844–1853: Bernhard Becker
• 1853–1854: Johann Stratmann (as deputy)
• 1854-1860: Franz Stratmann
• 1860–1864: August Schmelter (he went bankrupt and then lost municipal rights)
• 1865–1867: Heinrich Becker (as deputy)
• 1867–1874: Caspar Schmelter
• 1874–1877: Wilhelm Lahme (as deputy)
• 1877–1883: Heinrich Becker
• 1883–1887: Rudolph Kloke
• 1887–1888: Heinrich Becker
• 1888–1891: Franz Kitzhöfer
• 1891–1919: Franz Mund
• 1919–1934: Wilhelm Lahme
• 1934–1946: Aloys Mund
• 1946–1949: Karl Schmelter
• 1949–1952: Franz Kitzhöfer
• 1952–1956: Ferdinand Kleinschnittger
• 1956–1964: Wilhelm Mund
• 1964–1969: Josef Osthoff
• 1969–1974: Wilhelm Mund

literature

• Hugo Cramer (Red.): The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939–1945. Experience reports from many employees from all over the district . Published by the Brilon district administration, Josefs-Druckerei, Bigge 1955.
• Alfred Bruns : Office of Thülen history and tradition . Karl Hecker printing works, Brilon 1974.

Web links

• Hoppecke on brilon.de
• Hoppecke website with information - dates - photos
• Hoppecke (Brilon) in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population statistics as of December 31, 2013. (PDF) City of Brilon, accessed on January 19, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Topographic map 1: 25,000
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Hoppecke. City of Brilon, accessed January 19, 2014 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Bernhard Hogrebe: Briloner Heimatbuch . tape II , p. 47 .
5. ^ ^{A b} Eduard Belke, Alfred Bruns, Helmut Müller: Kommunale Wappen des Herzogtums Westfalen, Arnsberg 1986, p. 154 ISBN 3-87793-017-4
6. ^ Alfred Bruns, inventory of the Brilon City Archives, inventory A, 1970, ed. from the State Office for Archive Maintenance, Verlag Aschendorff, Münster, p. 19.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Alfred Bruns : Office Thülen history and tradition . Karl Hecker printer, Brilon 1974, p. 343 .
8. ^ Josef Rüther: History of the Brilon district . Regensberg Verlag, Münster 1957, p. 367 and 368.
9. ↑ ^{a b} Alfred Bruns : Office Thülen history and tradition . Karl Hecker printer, Brilon 1974, p. 346 .
10. ^ ^{A b c d} Alfred Bruns : Office Thülen history and tradition . Karl Hecker printer, Brilon 1974, p. 347 .
11. ↑ ^{a b} Alfred Bruns : Office Thülen history and tradition . Karl Hecker printer, Brilon 1974, p. 348 .
12. ^ Hugo Cramer (Red.): The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939–1945. Experience reports from many employees from all over the district . Published by the Brilon County Council, 1955; therein the section on Hoppecke, pp. 73–74.
13. ^ Hugo Cramer (Red.): The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939–1945. Experience reports from many employees from all over the district . Published by the Brilon County Council, 1955; in it the "Honor Roll", on Hoppecke pp. 239–240.
14. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 332 .
15. ↑ 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. 128 .
16. ^ Alfred Bruns : Office Thülen history and tradition . Karl Hecker printer, Brilon 1974, p. 349 .
17. ↑ Gymnastics and sports club
18. ↑ Schützenverein ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
19. ^ Carnevals Society
20. ↑ Musikverein ( Memento of the original dated September 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
21. ^ Alfred Bruns : Office Thülen history and tradition . Karl Hecker printer, Brilon 1974, p. 352 .