Kirchhundem
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Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ' N , 8 ° 5' E |
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| State : | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Administrative region : | Arnsberg | |
| Circle : | Olpe | |
| Height : | 300 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 148.63 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 11,485 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 77 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 57399 | |
| Primaries : | 02723, 02764, 02759 | |
| License plate : | OE | |
| Community key : | 05 9 66 016 | |
| LOCODE : | DE KHD | |
| Community structure: | 37 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Hundemstrasse 35 57399 Kirchhundem |
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| Mayor : | Andreas Reinéry (independent) | |
| Location of the municipality of Kirchhundem in the Olpe district | ||
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Kirchhundem is a municipality that came into being on July 1, 1969 as the result of a municipal reorganization. It is located in the Sauerland, in the southeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, and comprises 37 districts. With 147.91 square kilometers, it is the largest municipality in the district of Olpe . It can be assumed that the area of today's municipality of Kirchhundem from the 8th / 9th Century has been settled. The area was developed by clearing farmers, initially in the area around the Alte Feld near Kirchhundem and in the Olpe Valley. Secure written mentions of the places have existed since the middle of the 13th century. The area was economically shaped for a long time by ore mining, smelting and hammer works that were operated here. The infrastructure was significantly upgraded in 1861 with the construction of the Ruhr-Sieg Railway .
geography
location
The municipality of Kirchhundem is located in the southeast of the Olpe district in southern Sauerland and belongs to the Bilsteiner Bergland. The Kirchhundemer Land includes the Röspe flowing across the Rhine-Weser watershed in the east, the Hohen Waldberge brachthaus in the south, the Rahrbacher Mulde in the west and the Hundemgrund in the north. Over the Rothaarkamm, the main ridge of the Rothaargebirge , runs on the Hohen Hessel ( 743.6 m ), the highest elevation in the municipality, the Rhine-Weser watershed and over the mountains in the south of the municipality the watershed between the Rhine and Sieg runs . The Kirchhundemer Land is drained by the Hundem , which rises at Oberhundem , to the northwest towards the Lenne . To extending in the municipality inflows of Hundem belong from the south, the Marmecke defined by the Heinsberger Bach (Krenkelsbach) fed Albaumer Bach , the at Würdinghausen open, the stream down also considered Bracht Hauser Bach , Wirmebach and Emlinghauser Bach said Flape (Flaperbach) and Olpe , which flow into Kirchhundem. The Olpe takes on the Silberbach (Silberger Bach) near Heidschott . The water of these waters reaches the Rhine through the Hundem, Lenne and Ruhr . The Röspe area to the east of the Rothaarkamm is drained by the Eder and Fulda towards the Weser .
Expansion of the municipal area
With an area of 147.9 km², Kirchhundem is the largest municipality in the district of Olpe. The area is twelve kilometers in north-south direction and 22 kilometers from east to west.
Neighboring communities
The municipality of Kirchhundem is located in the east of the Olpe district. It borders the city of Olpe to the west and north and the city of Lennestadt to the west and north . To the east and south, the towns of Bad Berleburg , Erndtebrück , Hilchenbach and Kreuztal join, all of which are in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district.
Border to Siegerland and Wittgenstein
The southern border of the municipality of Kirchhundem to the neighboring district of Siegen-Wittgenstein presents itself several times: It is the watershed between the Rhine and Weser in the east and between Sieg and Ruhr in the west. At the same time, it describes the course of the Uerdinger as well as the Benrath line , which form the dividing line between the Saxon and thus Low German Sauerland, the Moselle-Franconian Siegerland and the culturally Hessian Wittgenstein , as well as the denominational boundary ( evangelical in the south and Catholic in the north ). Historically, it separated the Electoral Cologne Duchy of Westphalia in the north from the Principality of Nassau-Siegen and the County of Wittgenstein -Berleburg in the south. Today, numerous historical boundary stones and ramparts ( Landwehren ) remind of the border known as " Kölsches Heck ".
Community structure
According to the main statute of the municipality of Kirchhundem of December 28, 2009, the municipality is divided into 12 districts, for which the council elects a local head for the duration of its election period.
- District 1 = Heinsberg
- District 2 = Albaum
- District 3 = Würdinghausen
- District 4 = Kirchhundem, Flape, Herrntrop
- District 5 = Hofolpe
- District 6 = Benolpe
- District 7 = Welschen Ennest
- District 8 = Rahrbach, Kruberg
- District 9 = Silberg, Varste
- District 10 = Brachthausen, Wirme, Emlinghausen
- District 11 = Oberhundem, Schwartmecke, Selbecke, Erlhof, Stelborn
- District 12 = Marmecke, Rinsecke
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climate
The area of the city of Kirchhundem is in the temperate climate zone . The average maximum temperatures reach around 23 ° C in July / August; the lowest temperatures averaged around 0 ° C in January and February. Further monthly and annual averages can be found in the table:
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Climate Kirchhundem (280 m) monthly averages
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On individual days in midsummer temperatures of just over 30 ° C are measured, while in winter they can occasionally drop to around −20 ° C.
Fossil documentation
Numerous organisms from the Devonian Age have been found in the area of Kirchhundem , including trilobites (three lappers), brachiopods (arm pods), bivalvia (mussels) and crinoids (sea lilies).
The trilobites found belong to the order Phacopida .
history
Until about the 8th century, dense deciduous forest covered the area of the municipality of Kirchhundem. Beeches dominated mountains and slopes, oaks, elms, maples and other tree species dominated the valleys. The first settlements are believed to be in the area of the Alter Feld near Kirchhundem and in the Olpe valley. Around the 9th century, more clearing and settlement began, which continued into the 13th century.
The first documentary mention of the Hundem area - "curia nomine homede" - could be found in a document from the emperor Friedrich I. Barbarossa from 1153. However, this assignment is just as controversial as that of other documents. The oldest considered safe document is a document from the parish archives Kirchhundem from the year 1249, in which the conditions are set for which there Vogt Wide child Hundem allowed his and other people to join the Margaret altar to Hundem (medieval name Kirchhundems) adopt to give.
Würdinghausen was mentioned as a second place in 1270 , and only a few years later, in 1279, Bettinghusen (Bettinghof), Böminghausen , Emlinghausen and Flape . In the two centuries that followed, almost all places in today's municipality were named. However, numerous other settlements are also listed that were later abandoned (fell desolate).
In the beginning, the municipality belonged to the dominion of the noblemen of Gevore-Bilstein. Johann II von Bilstein ceded his claim to power to Count Gottfried IV von Arnsberg as early as 1350 . After Johann's death in 1363, Gottfried was unable to enforce his claim to the land of Bilstein and the area fell to Count Engelbert III. from the mark . As part of the Soest feud , the Bilsteiner Land and thus also the area of the Kirchhundem community came into the possession of the Archbishop of Cologne in 1445. The rule of the Electorate of Cologne only ended in 1802/03 as part of the secularization . The former Duchy of Westphalia fell to the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt . After a good 350 years of church rule, this initiated the end of the Middle Ages in the southern Sauerland with numerous reforms. After Napoléon I abdicated in 1816, Grand Duke Ludwig I also had to cede the possessions he had acquired a few years earlier to Prussia . The area was incorporated into the newly created Prussian province of Westphalia . Under Prussian government further reforms were carried out as part of the introduction is among others in 1843 rural community order the Office Kirchhundem , called the forerunner of today's community of Kirchhundem to life.
After numerous unemployed men were employed during the economic crisis of the late 1920s through so-called emergency work by the voluntary labor service, the Reich Labor Service (RAD) was formed after the National Socialists came to power . In Kirchhundem in 1934 a camp was set up for the labor service district Westphalia-South with the designation “Department 7/209 Kirchhundem”, in which mainly external workers were housed. As a result, there were tensions between the Reich Labor Service and the local Catholic clergy. When a Kirchhundem citizen shot a patrol officer in supposed self-defense on May 1, 1935, this was a welcome occasion for the party and the authorities to take action against Heinrich Rupieper, vicar from Kirchhundem. The shooter was charged with murder, but ultimately only convicted of manslaughter. Vicar Rupieper was also arrested in this context. He was accused of inciting the shooter against the Reich Labor Service. The public prosecutor's office accused him of having been responsible for the “assassination” “as an intellectual author”. In the trial before the Dortmund Special Court from December 11th to 13th, 1935, Vicar Rupieper was sentenced to four years in prison for offenses against the treachery law . In connection with a likewise politically motivated criminal procedure for fraud, the Paderborn Regional Court imposed another prison sentence of 3 years and 7 months on the vicar, which was combined with that of the Dortmund Special Court to a prison sentence of 7 years and 5 years of loss of honor. After serving his sentence, Vicar Rupieper was sent to the Dachau concentration camp , where he remained until the Americans liberated him.
Due to the invasion of American troops on 8/9 In April 1945 the fighting of the Second World War ended in the area of today's Kirchhundem municipality . The balance of the war was 125 civilian deaths, 466 fallen soldiers, 36 missing civilians and 353 missing members of the armed forces.
The municipality of Kirchhundem in its current size was formed on July 1, 1969 on the occasion of the municipal reorganization in the district of Olpe . To the municipality, the areas were formerly the Office Kirchhundem belonging communities Heinsberg , Kohlhagen and Oberhundem , parts of the former community of Kirchhundem and from the former Office Bilstein native community Rahrbach (except the village Fahlenscheid ) and the village Benolpe.
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Religions
Due to the long history of belonging to the possessions of the Archbishop of Cologne, the municipality of Kirchhundem is predominantly Catholic. Despite the close proximity to the predominantly Protestant Siegerland, there were only a few Protestant residents in the past. A significant mix of denominations did not occur until the population shifts as a result of the Second World War.
The Islamic population is not recorded separately in the municipal statistics, but its share can be determined more precisely by the religious affiliation of the pupils in general schools. According to the last data collected for the school year 2011/12, 72.8% (585) of a total of 803 pupils (elementary and secondary school) in Kirchhundem were Catholic and 9.3% (75) were Protestant; 9.7% (78) belonged to Islam and 1.1% (9) professed other religions, 7.0% of the students (56) were without confession.
Catholic
There are twelve Catholic parishes in the municipality (Albaum, Benolpe, Heinsberg, Hofolpe, Kirchhundem, Kohlhagen, Marmecke, Oberhundem, Rahrbach, Silberg, Welschen-Ennest and Würdinghausen). The oldest parishes in Kirchhundem, Oberhundem and Rahrbach have existed since at least the 13th century. Heinsberg (1628) and Kohlhagen (1655) separated from the parish of Kirchhundem as independent parishes in the 17th century.
Due to the lack of priests and money, some pastoral posts could not be filled in recent years. Instead, so-called pastoral associations were set up, which are looked after jointly by several pastors. The parishes of Albaum, Heinsberg, Hofolpe, Kirchhundem, Marmecke, Oberhundem and Würdinghausen form the pastoral association of Hundemtal and the parishes of Benolpe, Kohlhagen, Rahrbach, Silberg and Welschen-Ennest form the pastoral association of Am Cölschen Heck .
On January 1, 2013, the pastoral associations Hundemtal and Am Cölschen Heck formed the pastoral area of Kirchhundem, which encompasses the entire parish area.
At the pilgrimage site of Kohlhagen, a spiritual center will be built in 2020, which will be headed by two Pallottine Fathers. With its offers, it should develop radiance in the South Westphalian region.
Evangelical
The Protestant parishioners in the area of the parish of Kirchhundem are mostly looked after by the parish of Lennestadt-Kirchhundem and to a lesser extent (places: Kruberg , Rahrbach and Welschen Ennest) by the parish of Krombach. The Emmauskirche is in Würdinghausen, it is the only Protestant church in the Kirchhundem community.
Population development
When the Kirchhundem community was formed in 1969, it had 12,203 inhabitants. In the following years there was a slight increase, in 1974 the population was 12,742. This level was roughly maintained until the mid-1980s. The high on December 31, 1990 is likely to be related to the turnaround and opening of the Eastern bloc states. In the following years the population fluctuated around 13,000. Since 2004 the development of the population has decreased significantly. While more than 13,000 residents lived up to this year, the number has continuously decreased since then and stood at 11,686 as of December 31, 2014. Due to the refugee crisis from the Middle East, the population increased again in 2015 and stood at 12,103 as of December 31, 2015.
The disproportionate decline in the age groups under 5 years (2004 = 683; 2009 = 485) and from 5 to under 10 years (2004 = 824; 2009 = 647) is striking. A weaker decline can be observed in the age group from 10 to under 15 years (2004 = 869; 2009 = 798), while the age group from 15 to under 20 years appears relatively stable (2004 = 886, 2009 = 840). The demographic change is particularly evident in the middle to older age groups. There was a clear increase in people aged 45 to under 50 (2004 = 962, 2009 = 1136). This also applies to the age groups from 50 to under 55 years (2004 = 833; 2009 = 933) and from 55 to under 60 years (2004 = 587; 2009 = 782). In the 60 to under 65 year olds, on the other hand, a decrease in population can be observed again (2004 = 715; 2009 = 567), which also applies to the group of people aged 65 to under 70 (2004 = 758; 2009 = 649). There are increases for the levels from 70 to under 75 years (2004 = 537; 2009 = 670), 80 to under 85 years (2004 = 302, 2009 = 341) and 85 to under 90 years (2004 = 109; 2009 = 171 ), while the group of people aged 75 to under 80 looks relatively stable (2004 = 467; 2009 = 443).
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politics
Municipal council
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| CDU | 54.27% | + 3.89% | 14th | ± 0 | |
| SPD | 18.47% | −3.65% | 5 | −1 | |
| Free Voters (UK) | 17.75% | + 0.22% | 5 | +1 | |
| Green | 9.51% | −0.45% | 2 | ± 0 | |
mayor
The non-party Andreas Reinéry has been mayor of Kirchhundem since June 2014. He prevailed in the 2014 local elections in the runoff election against the CDU's competitor, Councilor Tobias Middelhoff. From March to June 2014, Middelhoff was entrusted with maintaining official business, because the last mayor elected, Michael Grobbel, had retired at the end of 2013.
Mayor of the mayor's office and the Kirchhundem office
- 1829–1830: Schwermer (Heinsberg)
- 1830–1851: Johann Adam Engelbert Sommer (Kirchhundem)
- 1851–1859: Carl Haverkamp (Würdinghausen)
- 1859–1872: Engelbert Brüning (Vasbach)
- 1872–1902: Friedrich Brüning (Vasbach)
- 1902–1912: Clemens Statzner
- 1912–1931: Johann Henken
- 1931–1934: Adolf Marx (on leave since 1933)
- 1934–1945: Siegfried Hucke (called up for military service from 1942)
- 1942–1943: Wurm (Wenden) provisionally
- 1943–1945: Fritz Contzen (Attendorn) provisional
- 1945–1945: Josef Schmidt (Altenhundem)
- 1945–1946: Adolf Marx
In 1946 there was a separation of administration (office director) and representation (mayor).
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Honorary mayor
- 1946–1946: Bernhard Oppenheim (Kirchhundem)
- 1946–1948: Wilhelm Deitmer (Saalhausen)
- 1948–1961: Johann Stangier (Altenhundem)
- 1961–1969: Karl Nöcker (Altenhundem later Selbecke)
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Full-time office directors
- 1947–1961: Ernst Großheim
- 1961–1969: Franz-Josef Hackmann
In 1969 the Kirchhundem office was dissolved. Large parts of the official area went into the newly created Kirchhundem community. At the same time, the official titles also changed.
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Honorary Mayor
- 1969–1994: Karl-Josef Luster-Haggeney
- 1994–1999: Elmar Greiten
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Community directors
- 1969–1982: Franz-Josef Hackmann
- 1982–1992: Rudolf Lange
- 1993–1999: Hans-Adolf Bender
Full-time mayor
- 1999-2004: Elmar Greiten (CDU)
- 2004–2013: Michael Grobbel (SPD, since 2009 as a single applicant)
- 2013–2014 (provisional): Tobias Middelhoff (CDU)
- since 2014: Andreas Reinéry (independent)
coat of arms
The coat of arms was given to the municipality of Kirchhundem on February 24, 1972 with the description "In black, two crossed, five-end golden stag poles, surrounded by nine horizontal golden shingles, between the shingles an upright golden wolf tang." It is the coat of arms of the former office of Kirchhundem . The shingles make the historical reference, they are taken from the coat of arms of the Knights of Hundem. The stag sticks indicate the abundance of red deer in the Kirchhundemer Land, the wolf fishing rod is a symbol of the agricultural character of the community.
Town twinning
Since 1989 there has been a twinning with the French city of Houplines . The partner municipality is located in north-eastern France near Lille. Contacts between Kirchhundem and Houplines mainly take place at club level. On the occasion of a visit by members of the Kirchhundem municipal council to Houplines in November 2006, the residential area Residence Kirchhundem was inaugurated by the mayors of both municipalities. The association "Friends of Houplines" was founded to consolidate the town twinning.
Culture and sights
Due to its location on the Rothaarsteig , which leads from Brilon to Dillenburg , Kirchhundem offers an interesting leisure activity for hikers. In addition to the Rothaarsteig, there is the Kirchhundemer Rundwanderweg , which runs for a length of around 90 kilometers along the municipal boundaries. A popular hiking destination is the Rhein-Weser Tower near Oberhundem , from which you can overlook the southern Sauerland.
Also in Oberhundem are the Adolfsburg Castle , a baroque moated castle and the Panorama-Park Sauerland amusement park , which can also be visited in winter. It is then possible to enter the wildlife park area free of charge.
natural reserve
The Biological Station Initiative Oberhundem e. V. is active in the field of nature conservation. It supports schools, organizes exhibitions and advises on the ecological redesign of the spa park. This association is in the process of being dissolved.
theatre
- The Oberhundem theater association, an amateur play group, performs a folk play every year at Christmas in the village community hall in Oberhundem.
- The municipality of Kirchhundem is located in the catchment area of the cultural community Hundem-Lenne e. V., which usually offers high-quality theater and concert programs in the educational center in Lennestadt-Meggen .
Museums
- The Oberhundem Embroidery Museum presents embroidery work from several centuries in the historical surroundings of the 300-year-old former pastorate.
- On June 18, 2009 the local community museum was opened in Silberg in the main building of the former Schrabben Hof. The museum presents exhibits on the subjects of crafts, agriculture and mining.
Memorials
In October 2011, the artist Gunter Demnig set stumbling blocks in the ground for three euthanasia victims of the Nazi regime on the village square in Albaum and on December 10, 2015 for a victim of the Nazi justice system in front of the town hall in Kirchhundem .
See also the list of stumbling blocks in Kirchhundem
In various villages there are also memorials for the fallen and missing of the First and Second World Wars. The memorials created by the sculptor Franz Belke from Grevenbrück in Kirchhundem and on Kohlhagen are registered as monuments in the monuments list of the municipality of Kirchhundem . The latter was designed in 1923/24 as the burial place of Christ (XIV. Station) of the Stations of the Cross around the parish and pilgrimage church Mariae Heimsuchung Kohlhagen .
There are other memorials in Albaum, Heinsberg, Hofolpe, Marmecke, Oberhundem, Rahrbach, Varste, Welschen Ennest and Würdinghausen.
The memorials are commemorated on the occasion of the annual rifle festivals and the memorial day of the fallen and missing soldiers of the First and Second World Wars.
music
There are 16 choirs, five music associations, two drum corps and several modern music groups in the community.
Historical organs:
- Brachthausen, Nikolaus-Kapelle, historical organ prospectus around 1700. The origin is unclear, possibly it comes from Düren in the Rhineland.
- Kirchhundem, parish church St. Peter and Paul , baroque organ from 1701 by the Bielefeld organ maker Peter Henrich Varenholt . 1814 major changes by Christian Roetzel . Magnificent baroque case by the carpenter Johann Viegener from Netphen with carvings by the sculptor Johann Sasse , Attendorn . The instrument has 13 registers on a manual and pedal .
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- Kohlhagen , parish and pilgrimage church of St. Mariae Visitation, Baroque organ from 1745, probably by Johann Heinrich Kleine from Eckenhagen . At the beginning of the 19th century, the disposition was changed and the gaming table, which was originally attached behind the housing, was moved to the northern narrow side. An additional drawer was probably added at the same time.
- Oberhundem , parish church St. Lambertus, Renaissance organ built in 1650 for the parish church in Stockum / Sauerland and brought to Oberhundem in 1811. The organ underwent several changes, such as an expansion of the wind chest to 49 tones in 1772 and the installation of an additional chest for five tones and an independent pedal with four registers in 1811 by the organ builder Gerhard Nohl . In 1907, Gerhard Peekel from Hagen made a radical change in the disposition and added a subsidiary work of four stops with a pneumatic action .
- Rahrbach , parish church St. Dionysius, baroque organ of the organ builder Ruhm from 1700/1701. In 1835 Christian Roetzel carried out a major reconstruction , who removed or redesigned some registers . He also relocated the console to the narrow southern side of the instrument. After several changes, the most serious of which was carried out in 1953 by the company Kemper , Lübeck , a comprehensive restoration took place in 1992 from the point of view of monument preservation.
Buildings
97 buildings are currently registered in the monuments list of the municipality of Kirchhundem, including the parish churches in the districts of Albaum, Benolpe, Heinsberg, Kirchhundem, Kohlhagen, Oberhundem, Rahrbach and Welschen Ennest as well as the chapels in Brachthausen, Emlinghausen, Kruberg and Selbecke. The private chapel of the Vasbach estate near Kirchhundem is also a registered monument. One of the most outstanding architectural monuments is the Adolfsburg near Oberhundem , which was built in the 1670s . Important buildings in the municipality of Kirchhundem are the town hall , built in the Art Nouveau style between 1903 and 1905 , and the many half-timbered houses in the individual towns. The Heitmickeviadukt in Kirchhundem, the reception building of the Kirchhundem-Flape train station, the aqueduct in the Krenkeltal near Heinsberg and the portals of the Heinsberger tunnel are reminiscent of the former Altenhundem – Birkelbach railway line , which mostly ran through the area of today's Kirchhundem community. The community's landmark is the Rhein-Weser-Turm , which was built in 1932 as a viewing tower on the watershed between the Rhine and Weser .
Church of St. Peter and Paul
As the oldest parish in the eastern part of the Bilstein rulership, separated from the mother parish of Wormbach , the own church in "Hundem" was named as early as 1261. Two yokes and the substructure of the tower are still standing from the previous building, which are occupied according to the foundation stones in 1340 and 1470.
The old organ with carvings from the Sasse sculptor's workshop in Attendorn dates from 1701/1702 . The church also has an organ from Feith, Paderborn, built in 1940, which is committed to the sound ideal of German late romanticism .
Today's neo-Gothic parish church was built in 1915–1917 by the building contractor Anton Sunder-Plassmann from Förde (today: Grevenbrück ) according to the plans of the architect Joseph Buchkremer during the First World War across the old Romanesque church. The old church had three naves, each with four bays. The western yoke of the south aisle had two storeys, cross vaults with ridges and crowns between ogival belts and wall panels on pillars, pillars and pillars with semicircular templates.
Entrance portal and organ stage
Choir of the old church
Interior view of the altar
Entrance portal inside
Parks
The municipality of Kirchhundem is located in the Sauerland Rothaargebirge Nature Park, which was established in 2015.
Nature reserves
In the municipality of Kirchhundem, the following areas are designated as nature reserves: Albaumer Klippen , Stelborner Klippen , Schwarzbach system with Haberg and Krenkeltal , Wacholderheide Kihlenberg , Krähenpfuhl , Dollenbruch , Sellenbruch , Rimmert and beech and quarry forests near Einsiedelei and Apollmicke (partly). Most of the nature reserves are juniper heaths . At the Sellenbruch nature reserve there is a larger occurrence of king fern . The Albaumer cliffs consist of silicate rocks with crevice vegetation that is worth protecting and is surrounded by mixed sloping forests rich in ravines and oaks. The Stelborn cliffs are only moderately shaded, made of ash and crystal tuff , silicate rocks with crevice vegetation and partly beech / oak forests on top of rubble heaps . The protection of some areas goes back to the initiative of Wilhelm Münker from Hilchenbach.
Sports
A large number of clubs have been founded in the community for various sporting activities.
Artificial turf pitches were built in Albaum, Brachthausen, Heinsberg, Kirchhundem, Oberhundem and Rahrbach. Gyms exist at the community secondary school in Kirchhundem (triple gym) and the elementary schools in Heinsberg, Kirchhundem, Oberhundem and Welschen Ennest. TuS Silberg-Varste e. V. also has a gym in Silberg. The community high school in Kirchhundem has an athletics sports facility, the TC Rot-Weiß Kirchhundem has a tennis facility.
In winter there are numerous groomed trails and lifts for skiing around the Rhein-Weser Tower . These winter sports facilities have been part of the Sauerland winter sports arena, which was founded at the time, since 2003 .
Regular events
The regular events in the municipality of Kirchhundem include the shooting festivals , which are celebrated every year in all major districts.
The Silbergstone Grand Prix is held in Kirchhundem-Silberg every year on May 1st . The event is the origin of the now Europe-wide bobby car races .
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Kirchhundem is located with the Kirchhundem and Welschen Ennest train stations on the Ruhr-Sieg route from Hagen to Siegen . There are also bus routes operated by VWS and BRS to Lennestadt, Olpe and Hilchenbach. Since June 2012, a citizens' bus association has offered trips twice a week between Kirchhundem and Altenhundem and from Hofolpe into the Rahrbach valley .
The federal highway 517 coming from Kreuztal meets the municipality of Kirchhundem south of Rahrbach and leaves it again at Kirchhundem on the border with the city of Lennestadt. In Kirchhundem the L 553 branches off from it, which leaves the municipal area again at Rüspe and leads in the direction of Bad Berleburg and on to Hatzfeld (Eder) . From the L 553, the L 728 branches off in Kirchhundem and the 713 in Würdinghausen, through which the valleys of the Flape and the Albaumer Bach stream are opened up. Both country roads connect the municipality of Kirchhundem with the town of Hilchenbach in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district. From the B 517, the L 711 branches off in the Welschen Ennest district and leads to Olpe. In addition, the municipal area is developed through municipal and district roads. An important district road is the K 18, which branches off the L 711 at Kruberg and meets the B 55 at Hohenwald (city of Olpe). The B 517, the L 711 and the K 18 in connection with the B 55 are feeders to the motorway entrances to the A 45 near Olpe and the A 4 near Kreuztal and Olpe.
media
The Westfalenpost and the Westfälische Rundschau appear in Kirchhundem as daily newspapers. Furthermore, the advertising papers Sauerlandkurier and Sauerländer Wochenanzeiger appear on Wednesdays and Sundays .
Kirchhundem belongs to the editorial area of the Siegen studio of Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). News from the administrative district of Arnsberg (excluding the Ruhr area ) is broadcast on WDR 2 Regional (news for South Westphalia) and local time in South Westphalia on WDR television .
Public facilities
The Kirchhundem community has its town hall in the Kirchhundem district. The citizen's office on the ground floor is the point of contact for citizens. There is a registry office for the municipality of Kirchhundem, which, in addition to weddings in the town hall, also has other wedding rooms at various locations in the municipality. For health care, the population is primarily dependent on the hospitals in the neighboring municipalities of Lennestadt and Olpe. In addition, the hospitals in Siegen, especially the children's clinic there, are used. Albaum is the seat of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia with the departments 26 Fisheries Ecology , Department 55 and 51, formerly the State Institute for Ecology, Land Management and Forests North Rhine-Westphalia , Department of Fisheries and Water Ecology and the State Institute for Fisheries North Rhine-Westphalia . With regard to financial management, the municipality belongs to the catchment area of the Olpe tax office; in the area of the judiciary to the district of the Lennestadt District Court.
Companies
Economic life in the municipality of Kirchhundem is divided into manufacturing (approx. 55%), trade and transport (18%), agriculture and forestry (11%) and other areas (16%). For the manufacturing industry there are specially developed industrial areas in the districts of Welschen Ennest and Würdinghausen. Various companies are important beyond the region, such as Mennekes Elektrotechnik GmbH & Co., which is based in the Kirchhundem district. The plant is innovative and operates worldwide. With the development of a connector system for electric cars, which was defined as a standard in the European Union , it last achieved a significant success in early 2013. Other companies in the municipality of Kirchhundem operate as suppliers for the automotive industry, in the electrical industry and metal processing. The Grünewald brothers paper mill is located in the Hofolpe district. Due to the abundance of forests in the municipality, there are also several forest tree nurseries and wood processing companies. The large Hesse bakery, located in the Welschen Ennest industrial park, has sales branches throughout the South Westphalian region.
A considerable part of the purchasing power flows outwards. According to the data on trade centrality (= ratio of retail sales per inhabitant to retail purchasing power per inhabitant) evaluated by the Siegen Chamber of Commerce and Industry , the figure for Kirchhundem in 2018 was 45.8, indicating a loss of purchasing power of significantly more than half down. Beneficiaries of this unfavorable situation are likely to include the nearby towns of Lennestadt and Olpe with retail centralities of 107.5 and 133.7 for 2018, respectively.
education
Kindergartens
Kindergartens are operated in various parts of the Kirchhundem community. The Catholic Church is responsible for the facilities in the districts of Hofolpe, Kirchhundem, Oberhundem and Welschen Ennest. The kindergartens in the districts of Brachthausen, Heinsberg and Würdinghausen as well as the Montessori children's house in Welschen Ennest are sponsored by parents' associations.
Elementary schools
Due to the demographic development, various primary school locations in the municipality of Kirchhundem have been given up in recent years, namely in Brachthausen, Oberhundem and Würdinghausen. Today there are still the Catholic primary schools in the districts of Heinsberg, Kirchhundem and Welschen Ennest, with the latter being converted into a community primary school in the future.
Secondary schools
The community secondary school in Kirchhundem was established for the school year 1969/1970. The school building, which is still in use today, was moved into in 1974. The community secondary school has a triple gym and an auditorium, which are also used for extracurricular events. The secondary school will in future run out in favor of the secondary school Lennestadt-Kirchhundem.
Realschule and grammar schools
The Kirchhundem community does not have secondary schools or grammar schools. The students attend secondary schools and grammar schools in the neighboring municipalities of Lennestadt and Olpe .
Secondary school
From the 2014/15 school year, a joint secondary school will be set up by the city of Lennestadt and the Kirchhundem community. The new secondary school replaces the previous secondary schools in Meggen and Kirchhundem and the Realschule Meggen; these are broken down by year. The 4-class main location of the secondary school is Lennestadt, Kirchhundem is a two-class sub-location.
Colleges
Kirchhundem is in the catchment area of the University of Siegen .
music school
The Lennestadt-Kirchhundem music school is operated within the framework of inter-municipal cooperation. The music school offers in particular all common wind, string, percussion, keyboard and plucked instruments; Singing lessons; Early education / basic training for four to six year olds; Music garden for children from 18 months, music teaching and ear training. About 800 students are currently attending the music school. Classes take place in the primary schools in Lennestadt and Kirchhundem.
Senior facilities
The privately operated Haus Sauerland nursing home is located in the Kirchhundem district . The Bremm'sche Stiftung retirement home in the Silberg district is located in the building of the former miners' home of the Glanzenberg mine union. From the Caritas of the Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul Kirchhundem operates a day care for seniors in the parish center.
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes (born September 5, 1934 in Kirchhundem) is cardinal emeritus of the Roman Catholic Church , was President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum until 2010 and is considered one of the founding fathers of the World Youth Day . He was granted honorary citizenship on December 13, 2007.
- Josef Schmelzer (* July 30, 1876 in Oberhundem ; † October 8, 1962), known in his hometown only as Tiennes Papa , was a member of the Prussian state parliament (1920-1933), from September 1930 to July 1932 a member of the German Reichstag for the German Center Party and member of the state parliament (1946–1950). He participated in the reform of the Fideikommiss dissolution of the so-called Lex Schmelzer and was a tireless advocate for the development of the mountain regions. In addition, he was one of the initiators in the construction of the Rhein-Weser Tower .
- Wilhelm Arnoldi (civil servant) (born December 30, 1884 in Siegen , † April 18, 1965 in Altenhundem ) was a central politician and ministerial director from Altenhundem. As the Prussian representative in the regional committee for agricultural emergency programs, he ensured a livelihood for many local families during the global economic crisis at the end of the 1920s by having a test and model station for bird protection at Altenhundem and a model farm built in the former municipality of Rahrbach , which later became Arnoldihof in his honor was called. In addition, he was the driving force behind the construction of the observation tower on the Hohe Bracht .
Sons and daughters of the church
- Jacob von Albaum (before 1500–1548), Abbot of the Grafschaft monastery
- Heinrich Steinhoff (around 1540–1611), abbot of the Grafschaft monastery
- Heinrich Bals (1868–1952), writer
- Dorothea Becker (1536–1609) survived a witch trial despite severe torture.
- Chrysologus Heimes (1765–1835), organ expert
- Johann Friedrich Joseph Sommer (1793–1856), court attorney
- Caspar Berens (1836-1912), Cath. Clergyman, poet of the Kolping Song
- Caspar August Neuhaus (1860–1926), cigar manufacturer and politician
- Wilhelm Liese (1876–1956), Catholic priest, writer, editor and archivist
- Albert Kleffmann (1882–1965), philosopher, engineer, editor, local historian and dialect poet.
- Johannes Hatzfeld (1882–1953), musician
- Josef Balve (1883–1961), Reich judge
- Maria Elisabeth Stracke (1883–1963), missionary and founder of the order
- Friedrich Stracke (1889–1967), Catholic missionary
- Martin Volmert (1893–1958), local politician and honorary district administrator
- Wilhelm Fischer (1906–1965), politician (NSDAP)
- Willi Weiskirch (1923–1996), Defense Commissioner of the German Bundestag
- Horst Limper (1924–1984), District Administrator of the Olpe district
- Helmut Josef Patt (1926–2003), clergyman
- Helmut Kumpf (1928–1973), politician (CDU)
- Joachim Grünewald (1933–2012), politician (CDU)
- Paul Josef Cordes (* 1934), cardinal
- Gerhard Eberts (* 1938), religious, journalist and author
- Dieter Mennekes (1940–2020), entrepreneur and environmentalist
- Ulrich Braukämper (1944–2018), ethnologist
- Hartmut Schauerte (* 1944), politician
- Michael Wurm (1945–2016), judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- Ulla Hahn (* 1945), writer
- Ina-Maria Mihályhegyi-Witthaut (1946–1987), artist
- Gerhard Beckmann (1948–2015), agricultural scientist and director of the Westphalia-Lippe Chamber of Agriculture
- Dorothee Döring (* 1949), author, communication and conflict consultancy
- Joachim Klewes (* 1954), honorary professor
- Helmut Pulte (* 1956) is a German philosopher, science theorist and historian.
- Kordula Kovac (* 1957), member of the Bundestag
- Benedikt Lindemann (* 1958), Dept.
- Michael Gleich (* 1960), journalist and science journalist
- Georg Kneer (* 1960), sociologist
- Hansjörg Weißbrich (* 1967), film editor
- Petra Weschollek (* 1973), biathlete
- Kerstin Szymkowiak (* 1977), skeleton athlete and Olympic participant
- Christina Graf (* 1985), sports reporter
- Hanna Scholz (* 1992), actress
Personalities who have worked on site
- Jobst Edmund von Brabeck (1619–1702), prince-bishop and mining entrepreneur
- Johann Adolf von Fürstenberg (1631–1704), canon in Münster, Hildesheim and Paderborn, Drost of the offices of Bilstein, Fredeburg and Waldenburg, builder of the Adolfsburg near Oberhundem.
- Karl Broermann (1878–1947), educator and writer
- Heinrich Luhmann (1890–1978), writer. In his novels Wo die Wälder Wache (1920) and Walddoktor Willibald (1921), Luhmann describes life in fictional villages in the Rüsper Forest, i.e. in what is now the municipality of Kirchhundem.
- Peter Grebe (1896–1962) was a pastor in the Kohlhagen parish and a victim of the Nazi justice system
- Angela Autsch (1900–1944) was a religious sister and victim of National Socialism.
- Georg Jöstingmeier (1905-1994), the advisory co-founder of the CDU, was Mayor of Marmecke in 1945 .
- Robert Schmelzer (1914–1996) was a journalist and editor of the Westfalenpost.
- Peter Hattig (1939–2017), German handball player and teacher
- Enis Alushi (* 1985), German soccer player
literature
local community
- Anton Overmann: The church monuments of the Olpe district. (= Die Kunst im Kreis Olpe, Volume 2.) Frey, Attendorn 1940.
- Handbook of the German Art Monuments , North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume II: Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1969.
- Ralf Breer, Otto Höffer: Churches and chapels in Attendorn, Lennestadt and Kirchhundem. Attendorn 1999.
- Albert Ludorff , Franz Hölscher: The architectural and art monuments of the district of Olpe. Schöningh, Paderborn, Münster 1903.
- Wilhelm Liese : History of the parish Kirchhundem and its daughter parishes Altenhundem, Heinsberg, Kohlhagen. Bonifacius printing works, Paderborn 1920.
- Otto Lucas: The Olper Land - Work of the Geographical Commission in the Provincial Institute for Westphalian Regional and Folklore. Coppenrath, Münster 1941.
- Albert K. Hömberg : home chronicle of the district of Olpe. Archive for German Homeland Care, 2nd edition, Cologne 1967.
- Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem in old views. European Library, Zaltbommel 1983, ISBN 90-288-2320-4 .
- Martin Vormberg: Contributions to the history of mining in the Olpe district - Part 1: Mining in the Kirchhundem community. In: The Oberkreisdirektor des Kreis Olpe (Hrsg.): Series of publications of the district Olpe No. 11. Olpe 1985, ISSN 0177-8153 .
- Ernst Henrichs (Red.): The protocol books of the former office of Kirchhundem, the associated municipalities and the former municipality of Rahrbach, Volume 1: The protocol books from 1843 to 1869. Publisher: Verkehrs- und Verschönerungsverein Kirchhundem 1881, Kirchhundem 1988.
- Ernst Henrichs (Red.): The protocol books of the former office of Kirchhundem, the associated municipalities and the former municipality of Rahrbach, Volume 2: The protocol books from 1870 to 1899. Published by: Verkehrs- und Verschönerungsverein Kirchhundem 1881, Kirchhundem 1989.
- Ernst Henrichs (Red.): The protocol books of the former office of Kirchhundem, the associated municipalities and the former municipality of Rahrbach, Volume 3: The protocol books from 1900 to 1924. Publisher: Verkehrs- und Verschönerungsverein Kirchhundem 1881, Kirchhundem 1990.
- Claus-Dieter Clausen: Explanations for sheet 4914 Kirchhundem - Geological map of North Rhine-Westphalia 1: 25,000. Geological State Office of North Rhine-Westphalia, Krefeld 1991.
- Günther Becker, Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem - history of the office and the community. Community director of the Kirchhundem community, Kirchhundem 1994, ISBN 3-923483-15-5 .
- Martin Vormberg: 100 years of Kirchhundem town hall. Festschrift for the Open Monument Day on September 11, 2005. Kirchhundem 2005.
- Martin Vormberg: The hunting districts of Schloss Adolfsburg. Historical views of the town and landscape elements in the South Sauerland around 1743/44 . Kirchhundem 2013.
- Martin Vormberg (edit.): Document book. Medieval and early modern documents for the municipality of Kirchhundem. Kirchhundem 2019. ISBN 978-3-7494-2262-3
Individual places
- The local history of Albaum and Böminghausen. 700 years Albaum 1313–2013. Published by the Heimat- und Förderverein Albaum eV OOuJ (Albaum 2013)
- Living Stones - Living Church. 100 years of St. Elisabeth Benolpe. 1912-2012. Church and local events through the ages. Published by the church council of the parish of St. Elisabeth Benolpe and by the Benolpe Home and Friends Association OOuJ (Benolpe 2012)
- Claus Heinemann: A small village and a great history - Herrntrop in the Sauerland. Hilbeck 1981
- Heinsberg. A village in the Sauerland. Published by the working group “Our village should become more beautiful”, Heinsberg. Heinsberg 1995.
- 500 years pilgrimage church Kohlhagen. Contributions to the past and present. Published by the parish council of the parish Mariae Visitation Kohlhagen. Kohlhagen 1990.
- Various authors: Our village Kruberg - 1340–1990 - Contributions to the 650th anniversary. Published by the village community Kruberg e. V., Kirchhundem-Kruberg 1990
- Parish of Oberhundem. Timeline. Published by the local archive Oberhundem eV OOuJ (Oberhundem 2008).
- Jochen Krause: Stories from the Sauerland - a village tells - Würdinghausen in the Hundemtal. Heike Schriever, Plettenberg, 1998, ISBN 3-9806543-0-3 .
Web links
- Official website of the Kirchhundem community
- Kirchhundem in the Westphalia Culture Atlas
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 . ( Help on this )
- ↑ Becker / Vormberg, Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community, Kirchhundem 1994, pp. 23–27.
- ^ State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia. Statistical review for the districts of North Rhine-Westphalia. District of Olpe. Düsseldorf 1982. In it: overview map of the district of Olpe.
- ^ Günther Becker: The Hundem area up to the beginning of the Prussian period. In: Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. Kirchhundem 1994. p. 13.
- ^ Günther Becker: The Hundem area up to the beginning of the Prussian period. In: Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. Kirchhundem 1994. p. 56 ff.
- ^ Gustav Siebel: The Nassau-Siegener Landhecken. An investigation of the Cologne hedge and similar weir systems near Siegen. Issue 12 of the Siegerland contributions to history and regional studies. Wins 1963
- ↑ Main statute of the Kirchhundem community of December 28, 2009, § 3 Division of the community area into districts.
- ↑ Residents' registration office in Kirchhundem, as of January 2nd, 2020. The figures refer to residents with sole or main residence.
- ↑ Weather in Kirchhundem , queried April 24, 2015
- ↑ G. Becker, M. Vormberg: Kirchhundem, history of the office and the community.
- ^ Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. Kirchhundem 1994. pp. 322-328 and pp. 359-365
- ^ Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. Kirchhundem 1994. p. 400. The figures also include those of the localities of Altenhundem, Kickenbach and Langenei in the former municipality of Kirchhundem.
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 89 .
- ^ Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. 1994.
- ↑ State Office for Data Processing and Statistics: Students at general education schools in North Rhine-Westphalia according to religious affiliation. ( Memento of the original from June 9, 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. (PDF; p. 131).
- ↑ Information about the Kirchhundem community in the middle of the Rothaarsteig. 2007. p. 26 f.
- ^ Günther Becker: The Hundem area up to the beginning of the Prussian period. In: Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. Kirchhundem 1994. p. 63 f.
- ↑ a b Information about the Kirchhundem community in the middle of the Rothaarsteig. 2007. p. 27.
- ↑ Pastoral area Kirchhundem . (As of February 4, 2013)
- ↑ https://www.wp.de/staedte/kreis-olpe/kohlhagen-wird-geistliches-zentrum-fuer-suedwestfalen-id209258265.html , as of February 14, 2020
- ^ Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. 1994, p. 430.
- ↑ State database NRW, population according to age groups of 5, as of March 30, 2011. The population for 2011 was communicated by the registration office of the municipality of Kirchhundem.
- ^ Result of the 2014 council election
- ↑ Result of the runoff election for mayor on June 15, 2014 , last accessed: June 15, 2014.
- ↑ a b c Volker Eberts: Mayor Grobbel retired. In: DerWesten.de . November 27, 2013, accessed February 11, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Martin Vormberg: The recent history of Kirchhundemer country. In: Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. Kirchhundem 1994. Passim.
- ^ Martin Vormberg: The modern history of the Kirchhundemer country. In: Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. Kirchhundem 1994. pp. 406 f., P. 414.
- ^ Martin Vormberg: The modern history of the Kirchhundemer country. In: Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. Kirchhundem 1994. p. 424 ff.
- ↑ Grobbel remains mayor in Kirchhundem , Sauerlandkurier , September 1, 2009, accessed on May 26, 2014
- ↑ Resolution minutes of the meeting of the municipal council on June 24, 2014, last accessed: July 22, 2014.
- ^ Martin Vormberg: The modern history of the Kirchhundemer country. In: Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. Kirchhundem 1994. p. 434.
- ↑ Kirchhundem municipal archive, partnership agreement between the Kirchhundem municipality and the city of Houplines. "Houplines" collection in the Kirchhundem municipal archive. Collection of the Bulletin Municipal D'Information (Houplines) in the Kirchhundem municipal archive.
- ↑ Martin Vormberg: Embroidery Museum Oberhundem - Example of the conversion of a monument. In: Sauerland. Journal of the Sauerland Heimatbund. No. 3, September 2009. p. 147.
- ^ Hans-Werner Voß: Heimatchronik from April 1, 2009 to June 30, 2009. In: Südsauerland. Voices from the Olpe district. 3/2009. Episode 236, p. 289.
- ↑ Westfalenpost, home part of the Olpe district, from October 3, 2011
- ↑ List of monuments of the Kirchhundem community
- ^ Opinion by Winfried Schlepphorst. Organ expert from the Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Westphalia, Münster. 2001
- ^ Joseph Rinscheid: History of the parish Kohlhagen . 1933. p. 62.
- ^ Westfälische Kunststätten, Issue 22: Historical organs in the Olpe district. Münster 1982. p. 11.
- ↑ Information on the disposition of the organ ( Memento of the original from August 26, 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. , P. 126 (PDF; 3.4 MB)
- ^ Westfälische Kunststätten, Issue 22: Historical organs in the Olpe district. Münster 1982. p. 10 f.
- ^ Westfälische Kunststätten, Issue 22: Historical organs in the Olpe district. Münster 1982. p. 12 f.
- ^ Westfälische Kunststätten, Issue 22: Historical organs in the Olpe district. Münster 1982. p. 8 f.
- ↑ Albrecht Jung: The organ of Rahrbach. History and restoration of the historic organ in the parish church of St. Dionysius zu Rahrbach in the Sauerland. Iserlohn 1992.
- ^ Concerts on historical organs in the Olpe district. Summer 1997 program of the series of events of the district of Olpe. P. 14.
- ^ Günther Becker: The parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Kirchhundem. A church leader. Kirchhundem 1993.
- ↑ Sauerland-Rothaargebirge Nature Park. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
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- ^ Website of the winter sports arena Sauerland
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- ↑ State survey office NRW. Hiking map 1: 25000. Lennestadt-Kirchhundem in the Rothaargebirge, Ebbegebirge and Homert nature parks. 2nd edition 1998
- ^ Website of the Kirchhundem community
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- ↑ Georg Giersberg: The Mennekes plug is a European standard. On www.faz.de from February 3, 2013
- ↑ cf. Website ihk-siegen.de , section: Economic job market and statistics / statistical data / overview in figures 2018 (accessed January 6, 2020)
- ^ Günther Becker, Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. Kirchhundem 1994. p. 424 f.
- ^ Website of the Kirchhundem community , as of September 17, 2014.
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