Kruberg

Basic data
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region :	Arnsberg administrative district
County :	District of Olpe
Municipality :	Kirchhundem
Height :	448 m above sea level NN
Residents :	116 (December 31, 2014)

Kruberg is a village in the west of the municipality of Kirchhundem .

geography

The village of Kruberg belongs to the southern mountainous region of the Rhenish Slate Mountains , which is also known as the southern Sauerland or Olper country. It belongs to the so-called Bilsteiner Bergland.

Geographical location

In the south of Kruberg lies the Drewer Wald with the 483.2 m and 470.4 m high Langenbach heads, in the west southwest the 589.2 m high Engelsberg, in the north the 560.1 m high Vogelsang and the 563.2 m high Stemberg . To the east opens the valley of the Rahrbach, which is called "Olpe" from Welschen Ennest and flows into the Hundem in Kirchhundem. The village lies in the border area of ​​the municipality of Kirchhundem to the city of Kreuztal in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in the south and to the city of Olpe in the west and north.

Extension of the local area

Historically, the place consisted of two hamlets, namely Kruberg and Dutzwinkel, which have now grown together to form a village. In the map of the Heidschotter Jagd from 1743, both hamlets are still shown as independent living spaces.

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns of Kruberg are Rahrbach in the east, Burgholdinghausen in the south-east, Littfeld and Krombach in the south, Altenkleusheim in the south-west, Neuenkleusheim in the west- south- west, Stachelau in the west, Rehringhausen in the west-north-west, Fahlenscheid in the north-north-west and Oberveischede in the north.

history

The first documentary mention of Kruberg comes from 1340, when Adolf von Holdinghausen offered the Archbishop of Cologne Walram the “castrum meum Crutpracht” (= my Kruberg Castle) as an open house in exchange for a loan of 4 marks. With this he announced that he would follow the archbishop in private feuds and keep his house in Kruberg open for him. Archbishop Friedrich von Saar Werden enfeoffed Knight Adolf von Holdinghausen in 1371, among other things, with a residence in Kruberg. Günther Becker considers the castle to be a stone house that was suitable for defense. The area name "Auf der Burg" west of the Kruberg chapel could possibly indicate the location of the no longer existing facility, which is no longer known today. With Goddert von Kobbenrode, a nobleman can be found in the middle of the 15th century who was settled in Kruberg and probably lived in the von Holdinghausen castle. Sources from the period after 1500 show that the Lords of Holdinghausen lent their feudal estates received from the Archbishop of Cologne in Kruberg to farmers as so-called after-fiefs.

According to a more recent study of the place names of the district of Olpe, in addition to the first mention of "castrum [...] Crutpracht" from 1340, several other place names exist, for example: Herman van Krubeke (1348), Hove zu Krutbert (1465), Krutrop (1543 in an appraisal register), Krudorp (1628) and Kruberg (1841 in a locality table). An interpretation of the place name runs into difficulties because u. a. the original basic word (“bracht” or “beke”) cannot be determined and the meaning of “brought” is still unclear today. If you equate the preceding word element “kru” or “krut” with the Middle Low German “krut” for herb, plant or green vegetation, then, according to Flöer, the place name “Kruberg” can possibly describe a brook or a place marked with “bracht” which is characterized by vegetation.

Early clues about the size of the place can be found in an appraisal register (used to collect taxes) for the year 1543. According to this, there were 15 taxpayers in "Krutrop" (the highest taxes were due to Hundemans Hans, Bernhardt im Dutzwinkel and Mertins Johann and sein Son); this number could have coincided with the farms or houses existing at the time.

Religions

Since the middle of the 13th century Kruberg has belonged to the Catholic parish of Rahrbach. The parish is now part of the pastoral area of ​​Kirchhundem. Due to the fact that it has belonged to the Electoral Cologne Duchy of Westphalia for centuries, the population structure of the village is still predominantly Catholic. Of the 117 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2014), 83 are Roman Catholics, 13 are Protestants and 21 are not given information on religious affiliation.

Incorporations

Since 1843/44 Kruberg belonged to the municipality of Rahrbach in the office of Bilstein. With the municipal reorganization, the village came to today's municipality of Kirchhundem on July 1, 1969.

Population development

At the time of the municipal reorganization in 1969, Kruberg had 143 inhabitants. The number of inhabitants initially fell sharply in the following years: 1974 = 130, 1978 = 105. After that, a slight increase was recorded again: 1985 = 113, 1990 = 116. As of December 31, 2014 there were 116 residents with their primary or main residence in Kruberg reported.

Culture and sights

Buildings

The Catholic Chapel of St. Antonius in Kruberg, built in 1722, is a registered monument in the monuments list of the municipality of Kirchhundem. The so-called "Graefenstein" on the border with the city of Olpe next to the L 711 commemorates the Bilstein bailiff or mayor Karl Graefenstein, who, as head of the Rahrbach-Kleusheim trail association, campaigned for the renewal and expansion of this ancient road connection through emergency work .

Parks

Kruberg is located on the western edge of the Rothaargebirge Nature Park.

Natural monuments

To the north-west of the village lies the “Kihlenberg” nature reserve and the “Rahrbruch” nature reserve to the north.

traffic

The L 711 runs through the village, which branches off the B 517 at Welschen Ennest and joins the B 54 at Stachelau (city of Olpe). To the west of the village, the K 18 branches off to the north and continues to the B 55.

education

The children from Kruberg attend the Catholic kindergarten St. Johannes in Welschen Ennest and the elementary school in Welschen Ennest. Secondary schools can be attended in Kirchhundem, Lennestadt and Olpe. There is a nearby university in Siegen .

Sons and daughters of the place

Caspar Berens , Catholic priest and poet of the Kolping Song.

swell

1. ↑ Otto Lucas: The Olper Land. Work of the Geographical Commission in the Provincial Institute for Westphalian Regional Studies and Folklore. 4. Münster 1941. pp. 4f and 22f.
2. ^ 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. p. 39.
3. ↑ District map 1: 50000. No. 14. Olpe district. Arnsberg administrative district. Edited by the Land Survey Office of North Rhine-Westphalia. 4th edition 1975.
4. ↑ Dieter Tröps: Early news from the history of the place Kruberg. In: Our village of Kruberg. 1340 - 1990. Contributions to the 650th anniversary. Edited by the village community Kruberg EV Kirchhundem - Kruberg 1990. pp. 11–19.
5. ^ Günther Becker and Martin Vormberg: Kirchhundem. History of the office and the community. Kirchhundem 1994. pp. 53-54.
6. ↑ cf. in detail Michael Flöer: The place names of the district of Olpe. Westphalian Place Name Book (WOB), Publishing House for Regional History, Bielefeld 2014, pp. 159, 160 and 265
7. ↑ Estimation register 1543 for the Sauerland region of Cologne (Internet file) Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. 36 
8. ↑ Population statistics of the Kirchhundem community
9. ↑ List of monuments of the Kirchhundem community
10. ↑ Our village Kruberg 1340 - 1990. Contributions to the 650th anniversary. Ed. from the village community Kruberg eV Kirchhundem - Kruberg 1990. pp. 230–243.

literature

• Our village of Kruberg. 1340-1990 . Contributions to the 650th anniversary. Published by the village community Kruberg eV Kirchhundem - Kruberg 1990.

Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′  N , 7 ° 58 ′  E