Church linden tree

Church linden tree City of Dortmund Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	100 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.48 km²
Residents :	11,027  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	3,165 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	April 1, 1928
Postcodes :	44379, 44388
Area code :	0231
Statistical District :	84
Location of Kirchlinde in Dortmund

Kirchlinde ( Low German : Keärklinne) is the statistical district 84 and at the same time a district in the north-west of the city of Dortmund . It belongs to the Huckarde district .

history

There are partly contradicting information about the first written mention of Kirchlinde. The certificate of the Werden monastery from the year 880, in which "a completely free man Egilmar in Linni" is listed as a taxpayer, is considered the most reliable source today.

In 1231, the Counts of Dassel sold their Kirchlinder property, which dates back to Rainald's time and which included the farm, fields and chapel, to the Katharinenkloster Dortmund .

In the 13th century, the name Kercklinde or Kericlinde appeared for the first time next to the neighboring communities Frohlinde and Merklinde, which today belong to Castrop-Rauxel . This suggests that there was already a church in town at that time. The name Linne or Lynne is derived from the linden tree consecrated to the goddess Frija (Frigga) in pagan times . For centuries there were several old linden trees on the street Im Dorloh , the last of which was felled in 1877 by a heavy storm. The old field name Dorloh also allows the conclusion that in earlier centuries there was a grove sacred to the Teutons at this point. The syllables Dor ( Thor ) and Loh (forest or wood) indicate this. A settlement in Kirchlinde in pre-Christian times is therefore extremely likely.

According to old tradition, in the source area of ​​the Widey brook there was a sacred forest, also consecrated to the Germanic gods, in which sacrifices were made. The sacrificial altar was located in the area of ​​the intersection of Frohlinder Strasse and Hilgenloh.

Until the construction of the Zeche Zollern I / III began in 1857 , Kirchlinde and the surrounding towns were a purely agricultural area. But it was not until 1873 that coal was mined in Kirchlinde for the first time with the help of investments by the Irish industrialist William Thomas Mulvany . The era of hard coal ended with the closure of shafts I and III in 1969.

On April 1, 1928, Kirchlinde was incorporated into Dortmund.

Once a year on the weekend after Whitsun, the Kirchlinder Week , a regional folk festival, takes place in the center of the village at the Kirchlinder Kreuzung .

The listed church of St. Josef is worth seeing .

geography

The place is at an altitude of 100  m above sea level. NHN .

population

As of December 31, 2019, 11,027 residents lived in Kirchlinde.

Structural data of the population of Kirchlinde:

• Share of the population under 18-year-olds: 17.9% [Dortmund average: 16.2% (2018)]
• Population of at least 65-year-olds: 20.1% [Dortmund average: 20.2% (2018)]
• Proportion of foreigners: 14.3% [Dortmund average: 18.8% (2019)]
• Unemployment rate: 12.5% ​​[Dortmund average: 11.0% (2017)]

The average income is slightly below the Dortmund average.

Population development:

year	1987	2003	2008	2013	2016	2018
Residents	10,330	11,371	11,331	10,907	11,035	10,953

Sons and daughters

• Heinrich Horst (1902–1946), Roman Catholic religious and apostolic vicar of Lwangwa in Rhodesia

Web links

• Linden tree in the Westphalia culture atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures in the statistical districts on December 31, 2019 (PDF)
2. ^ Wilhelm Schleef: Dortmund dictionary. 1967. XXII, 298 pp. (PDF; 3.9 MB)
3. ↑ Rudolf Kötzschke (Ed.): Die Urbare der Abtei Werden ad Ruhr (= Publications of the Society for Rhenish History XX: Rheinische Urbare ). Vol. 2: A.  The land register from 9. – 13. Century, ed. by Rudolf Kötzschke, Bonn 1908, reprint Düsseldorf 1978; Vol. 3: B.  Stock books, lifting and interest registers from the 14th to the 17th century, Bonn 1908, reprint Düsseldorf 1978; Vol. 4, I: Introduction and Register. I. Name register, ed. by Fritz Körholz, Düsseldorf 1978; Bd. 4, II: Introduction, Chapter IV: The economic constitution and administration of the large manor in Werden, subject register, ed. by Rudolf Kötzschke, Bonn 1958.
4. ^ Contributions to the history of Dortmund and the county of Mark, Volumes 60–61, 1963, pp. 14, 70
5. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 253 .
6. ↑ Population share of the under 18 year olds Statistical Atlas 2019 (PDF file)
7. ↑ Population share of at least 65-year-olds Statistical Atlas 2019 (PDF file)
8. ↑ Nationalities in the statistical districts on December 31, 2019 (PDF file)
9. ↑ Unemployment rates according to statistical districts on June 30, 2017 ( memento of the original from June 25, 2018 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 file)