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City of Hamminkeln
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 27 " N , 6 ° 35 ′ 35" E
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| Postal code : | 46499 | |
| Area code : | 02871 | |
Location of Lankern in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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Lankern is a district of the city of Hamminkeln in the Wesel district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Since the regional reform of 1975 , a small part of Lankern has belonged to the city of Bocholt in the Borken district .
geography
Lankern is an agricultural scattered settlement without a compact village center. The eastern part of Lankern is crossed by the Dingdener heights . In the west, Lankern extends to the Kleine Issel , a tributary of the Issel . The Beltingsbach flows through Lankern in an east-west direction .
history
Lankern is an old Westphalian farming community that stretched north of the parish village of Dingden and has belonged to the municipality of Dingden in the old district of Borken since the 19th century . The earliest documented mention comes from the 10th century, when a property belonging to the Werden monastery in Longhere (Lankern) was mentioned.
The following population figures of the Lankern peasantry are known from the 19th century:
- 1871: 511
- 1885: 514
- 1895: 559
During the territorial reform of January 1, 1975, the majority of Lankern came together with the rest of the community of Dingden to the town of Hamminkeln in the new Wesel district and thus moved from the Westphalia region to the North Rhine region . An area of 1.68 km² on the northern edge of Lankern was added to the city of Bocholt and thus remained in Westphalia.
traffic
Lankern is crossed in a north-south direction by the Wesel – Bocholt railway line and Landesstraße 602. Until 1960, the railway line in Lankern had a stop at the level of today's Am Beltingsbach street .
monument
The Poterey 2 barn is a listed building .
Culture
The St. Ludgerus Schützenverein Lankern and the Spielmannszug Dingden-Lankern are responsible for the local customs .
Sports
The local sports club is FC Grün-Weiß Lankern 1975 .
Bocholt-Lankern
The part of Lankern that fell to Bocholt in 1975 forms the statistical district 23 Lankern in Bocholt and has 189 inhabitants (as of 2017). The former garbage dump of the city of Bocholt , which has been closed since January 1, 2003, and a small settlement on Weseler Landweg are located in this area .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Digital geographic base data NRW
- ↑ 1871 census
- ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia 1885
- ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia 1895
- ^ 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. 310 .
- ↑ Section 51 (II) of the Münster / Hamm Act
- ↑ Hans-Walter Pries: Dingden. In: HIS-Data. Retrieved May 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Description of the Lankern operations center
- ↑ Population figures in Bocholt 2017
- ↑ Bocholt-Lankern at openstreetmap
