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City of Winterberg
Langewiese coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 17 "  N , 8 ° 27 ′ 43"  E
Height : 707  (680-723)  m
Area : 2.86 km²
Residents : 374  (Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 131 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 59955
Primaries : 02981, 02758
Langewiese (Winterberg)
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Location of Langewiese in Winterberg
Aerial photo (2013)
Aerial photo (2013)

Langewiese is a district of Winterberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). With around 380 inhabitants, Langewiese is the most populous "hilltop village" in the city.

Geographical location

Langewiese is located on the main ridge of the Rothaargebirge , over which the Rhine-Weser watershed runs, a little southwest of the Kahler Asten . It is located about 6.7 km (as the crow flies ) southwest of Winterberg city center between the upper reaches of the Lenne (north-west), which rises near the Asten summit, and the Odeborn (south-east), which flows from the south-east slope of the mountain, at around 680 to 723  m above sea level. NN . The neighboring "Höhendörfer" are Neuastenberg in the northeast and Hoheleye in the southwest.

Coming from Hoheleye, through Langewiese, in the direction of Neuastenberg and Winterberg, there is a common section of federal highways 236 and 480 , which is part of the Hochsauerland-Höhenstraße holiday route . The village is largely surrounded by the nature reserve grassland slopes and plateaus around Altastenberg / Neuastenberg / Langewiese / Hoheleye / Mollseifen .

history

The history of the village goes back to the 18th century and is closely linked to the history of Winterberg and Bad Berleburg . Langewiese lies exactly on the border between the former Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne and the Protestant Wittgenstein , so Wittgensteiner Platt in Upper Hesse is still located there today . Until January 1, 1975, Langewiese belonged to the Berleburg office in the Wittgenstein district and was incorporated into the town of Winterberg in the Hochsauerland district with the Sauerland-Paderborn law . It is therefore one of the few evangelical places in the Hochsauerlandkreis.

Even before the turn of the millennium, the Saxon and Franconian tribes clashed in fierce battles and waged bloody wars . Centuries before the settlement, this border area was already a bone of contention between the Counts of the Free County of Wittgenstein-Berleburg and the rulers of the Duchy of Westphalia , the Archbishop of Cologne.

The ban on game and forest led to the "Winterberg dispute" at the end of the 16th century. The Wittgenstein rulers and barriers were regularly smashed by the Winterbergers. By means of a political move, the then Count Casimir zu Sayn-Wittgenstein in Berleburg had "the far north" settled with the villages of Neuastenberg, Langewiese, Hoheleye and Mollseifen from 1713.

The name Langewiese originated from a field name for a narrow and long clearing in the forest that was overgrown with grass (long meadow). The dispute gained in importance through these Wittgenstein resettlements. Final negotiations in 1783 led to the settlement of the Winterberg dispute. Originally, the entire northern tip of the Rothaargebirge was addressed as Westphalian. But here we have the only case in which the watershed (Lenne and Odeborn) has had a secondary, and only recently, border-forming effect. The Central and Low German language border ( here a bundle of isoglosses from Uerdinger , Benrather and dat-das-Linie ) shows the borderline. The denominational split into a Catholic and Protestant half, which corresponds to the dialectic distinction, provides further support for the different origins of the settlers. In 1756, Catholics strongly opposed the registration of their children with Protestant teachers. Until after the Second World War, there was always a Protestant and a Catholic school in the comparatively small village of Langewiese.

According to tradition, the settlement was founded by a blacksmith who commuted between Winterberg and Bad Berleburg. It is documented that it was founded at the beginning of the 18th century by the Wittgenstein counts, who settled Wittgenstein and Sauerland farmers and craftsmen here.

A well-known place in Langewiese is the so-called "Bierloch": Here, according to stories, a beer barrel of the Napoleonic troops rolled from a horse cart into the valley, which was later found undamaged by a shepherd .

In March 1945 a Wehrmacht intelligence unit was attacked by Allied fighter bombers. When the bombs were dropped, the school where the news unit was located and two other buildings went up in flames.

tourism

Langewiese is attractive due to its winter sports- friendly location, long slopes for cross-country and alpine skiing and the biathlon station of the Neuastenberg-Langewiese sports club . There are also the traditional festivals, e.g. B. the Schützenfest on the last Sunday Sunday weekend in July, the Easter bonfire “Auf der Höhe” and the Oktoberfest.

The stimulating climate of the Sauerland and the scenic panoramas allow spa guests and tourists to come to the state-recognized resort in summer . Langewiese is on the Rothaarsteig route .

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Commons : Langewiese  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City of Winterberg: Winterberg in facts and figures , accessed on December 30, 2019
  2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  3. ^ 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. 332 .
  4. ↑ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 - reports from many employees from all over the district. Josefs-Druckerei, Bigge 1955; 115.