Irmgarteiche

Irmgarteiche City of Netphen Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 23 "  N , 8 ° 11 ′ 52"  E
Height :	408  (380-440)  m
Area :	2.51 km²
Residents :	825  (December 31, 2014)
Population density :	329 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1969
Postal code :	57250
Area code :	02737

Irmgarteichen is a district of Netphen in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia with 825 inhabitants (December 31, 2014).

geography

Geographical location

Irmgarteichen has an area of ​​2.5 km². The development is at a height between 380 and 440  m above sea level. NHN , while the highest mountain in the district, the Pfarrbergskopf a height of 512.8  m above sea level. Reached NHN . The Geiersgrundbach flows through the village and joins the Werthenbach a little further north . The Seifenbach flows into the village .

Neighboring places

Neighboring places of Irmgarteichen are Nenkersdorf in the north, Werthenbach in the northeast, Hainchen in the east, Offdilln in the southeast, Dillbrecht in the south, Gernsdorf in the southwest, Anzhausen in the west and Helgersdorf in the northwest.

history

On August 30, 1270 Irmgarteichen was first mentioned in a document as "Irmengartechen". In the past, the Irmgarteichen community was of great (ecclesiastical) importance, the parish was dependent on Netphen until 1349 and, according to records, appeared to have equal rights from then on. In 1725 a new one was built on the site of the old church .

On January 1, 1969, the office of Netphen was dissolved and the place was incorporated into the new large municipality of Netphen in the course of the municipal reorganization , since 2000 Irmgarteichen has been a district.

In April 2008 the listed building of the “Ley” inn burned down, but was rebuilt true to the original.

Population numbers

Population of the place:

year Residents 1818 203 1885 243 1895 219 1905 233 1910 258 1925 329

year Residents 1933 336 1939 334 1950 333 1961 508 1967 470 1994 862

year Residents 2006 921 2009 888 2012 840 2013 828 2014 825

traffic

The place is connected to the Autobahn 45 via Wilnsdorf. In the area between Irmgarteichen, Helgersdorf and Werthenbach the line of the Kleinbahn Weidenau – Deuz ended , a train station is in Helgersdorf. The building of the terminus in Werthenbach still exists and is privately owned. The bus traffic was taken over by VWS .

Social and public institutions

Social and public facilities in the village include a youth home, a rifle house, a barbecue hut, a football field, three children's playgrounds and a cemetery. There is a public library in the parish.

Events

Irmgarteichen is regionally known for the "small animal, farmers, eco and junk market" that takes place four times a year. This is a mixture of a flea market and a small animal market, which also has food stalls and market stalls from commercial traders.

The "Drette Krestach" has been held annually since 1950. The bachelors gather on December 27th, go through town and tell village stories.

In addition, there is an "Oldie Night" (since 1998), an Easter fire and a Christmas market in Irmgarteichen every year .

Web links

• irmgarteichen.net
• Irmgarteiche in the Westphalia culture atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Siegener Urkundenbuch Volume I, Siegen , 1887, pp. 27–28, No. 40.
2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 71 .
3. ↑ Gasthof Ley - From fire to reopening
4. ^ Otto Schaefer: The district of Siegen , Siegen 1968
5. ↑ Westfälisches Gemeindelexikon 1887, pp. 110/111
6. ↑ Westfälisches Gemeindelexikon 1897, pp. 112/113
7. ↑ gemeindeververzeichnis.de: District of Siegen
8. ↑ genealogy.net: Office Netphen
9. ↑ ^{a b} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Siegen. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
10. ↑ 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. 207 .
11. ↑ Bernhard Oltersdorf: Netphen ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2014 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. (PDF; 9.0 MB) , approx. 1995