Langenholthausen

Langenholthausen City of Balve
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 43 "  N , 7 ° 52 ′ 43"  E
Residents :	884  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	58802
Area code :	02375
Aerial view of Langenholthausen

Langenholthausen has been a district of Balve in the Märkisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia since the municipal reform in 1975 . It also includes the hamlets of Benkamp, ​​Kesberg and Dieken. On March 31, 2019, Langenholthausen had 884 residents.

geography

Old farm in the town center

location

Fire station

The Borkebach and the Wellingse flow through the village. "Local mountain" is the 305 m high traditional costume mountain. The federal road 229 leads through Langenholthausen.

Surroundings

Around the lie Balver forest that Sorpetalsperre and Steltenberg and the Diekental. The valley has remained so natural to this day because there was little regulatory intervention.

history

Historically, Langenholthausen is an independent county from Balve . A document that Count Dietrich von Limburg ( Hohenlimburg ) awarded the knight Hunold von Oedingen for the Free County of Langenholthausen in 1270 shows Langenholthausen as a Limburg fief .

The medieval mill with weir, mill pond and house is well preserved from the manor Langenholthausen . Even after the Second World War , this grinding mill was in operation for many years.

As a free county, the Langenholthauser have retained their autonomy and independence for centuries. On January 1, 1975, the place was incorporated into the city of Balve.

Langenholthausen also played a role in mining .

religion

In Balve there is the Evangelical Church Congregation Balve and in the village there is the Catholic Church Congregation St. Johannes with the St. Johannes Baptist Church. This belongs to the pastoral network Balve-Hönnetal.

regional customs

In Langenholthausen, too, maintaining the customs is an important task for the Schützenbruderschaft St. Johannes 1831 eV. The shooting festival is the first in Balver Land. But the men's choir and the volunteer fire brigade with their musical train also see themselves in this tradition.

Sports

TuS Langenholthausen, with player-coach Mario Droste, made it into the district league again in 2007 and 2011 . In the past 2007/2008 and 2011/2012 seasons, despite good results in the meantime and a promising position in the table, they could not prevent relegation from the district league and are now playing in the Arnberger Kreisliga A. The second team of TuS succeeded under player-coach André Croce 2007 the promotion to the district league B Arnsberg, where they could hold up to the 2015/2016 season. It was followed by relegation to the district league C Arnsberg. In the 2017/2018 season, the second team rose again to the district league B Arnsberg. In the 2019/2020 season, he was promoted to the district league A Arnsberg, so that after 10 years of abstinence, he is back in the top district class.

Others

Community elementary school

There was a primary school and a kindergarten in the village .

Web links

Commons : Langenholthausen  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the district
• Langenholthausen in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Balve: population figures and districts , accessed on January 18, 2020
2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory 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. 331 .
3. ^ TuS Langenholthausen II (men). Retrieved May 13, 2020 .