Ledde

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Ledde
City of Tecklenburg
"In silver (white) over a red three-mountain covered with a silver (white) miner's lamp, two red plowshares."
Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 21 ″  N , 7 ° 48 ′ 55 ″  E
Height : 85 m
Area : 16.34 km²
Residents : 1732  (December 31, 2011)
Population density : 106 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 49545
Primaries : 05482, 05456
Ledde (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Ledde

Location of Ledde in North Rhine-Westphalia

Ledde is one of four districts of the city of Tecklenburg in the Westphalian region of Tecklenburger Land ( Steinfurt district ). The Protestant village church and the old half-timbered houses in the Ledder farmers are especially worth seeing. The village is located on the Ibbenbürener Aa , in a valley between the Schafberg and the Teutoburg Forest .

history

Ledder church in the center of the village.

The history of Ledde can be traced back to the time between 9600 and 6500 BC. When a Medieval to Neolithic nomadic settlement was established there. Many archaeological finds from Ledde such as arrowheads and stone axes are exhibited in the Westphalian Museum of Archeology in Herne .

After Christianization, a settlement of craftsmen and merchants developed around the first Romanesque church. Ledde was first mentioned as Lytha around 1160 . In the 13th century the parish of Ledde made itself independent of Ibbenbüren . During the Reformation, the place became Protestant.

In 1809, under Napoleonic rule, Ledde was subordinated to the Mairie and the canton of Tecklenburg. From 1836 Ledde had its own mayor. From 1844 a Ledde office was established, which had belonged to the Tecklenburg office since 1856.

With the municipal reform and the municipal reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia, which came into force on January 1, 1975, Ledde finally lost its independence. The Tecklenburg office was dissolved and Ledde has been part of the city of Tecklenburg since then.

In 2010 the town of Ledde celebrated its 850th anniversary under the motto "Ledde 850 years young" with numerous events. The anniversary year was concluded with a festival weekend from 10th to 12th December. September 2010.

politics

coat of arms

Ledde's coat of arms

Ledde has had its own coat of arms since 1967: two red plowshares in silver over a red three-mountain topped with a silver miner's lamp. The plowshares symbolize agriculture, while the miner's lamp indicates the mining tradition.

Infrastructure

Ledder watermill

In Ledde there is a primary school, several restaurants and various shops. The Ledder workshops employ over 1000 people with disabilities.

Others

The sulfur bath Bad Ledde existed in Ledde Danebrock until 1906 .

Personalities

  • Adelheid Torhorst (1884–1968) German educator and politician.
  • Marie Torhorst (1888–1989) German politician (SPD, SED), MdV and educator.
  • Hermann Höhn (1912–1997) was pastor of the Evangelical Parish of Ledde from 1958 to 1978 and played a key role in founding and developing the Ledder workshops

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ledde. A village chronicle. Ed. By Brigitte Jahnke commissioned by the Festival Committee 850 years Ledde, . Norderstedt 2010.
  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. 318 .
  3. ^ Archives Our village Ledde: 850 years website of the village Ledde; Retrieved June 25, 2015

Web links

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