Liesen
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Liesen
City of Hallenberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 6 ″ N , 8 ° 37 ′ 4 ″ E
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| Height : | 434 m |
| Area : | 7.38 km² |
| Residents : | 780 |
| Population density : | 106 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1975 |
| Postal code : | 59969 |
| Area code : | 02984 |
 Aerial view of Liesen, looking west
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The village of Liesen is part of Hallenberg and a state-approved resort.
Geographical location
Liesen lies on the eastern foothills of the Rothaargebirge . It is located in the Liese valley . The village is surrounded by the mountains Sellerberg and Steinschab, which together form the "Lieser Forest" on the west side and Brasenberg on the east side. The neighborhoods are Hesborn and Hallenberg.
history
The first written mention is dated to the year 1313. Especially during the Thirty Years' War , the village, like the neighboring village of Hesborn, suffered from troop camps by the Hessians and Swedes.
In 1746 the first church in Liesen, today's Old Parish Church of St. Thomas , was built from quarry stone. It had a small hall. In the 1950s , the old church with its 150 seats, now serving as a parish church , gradually became too small and the plan to build a new church arose, which was implemented in the early 1960s. The old parish church, located in the center of the village at Dorfstrasse 22 , was preserved and is now used as a parish home. The building has been a listed building since the end of 1983 and is entered on the list of monuments of the city of Hallenberg .
On March 28, 1945, Hallenberg experienced the passage through the town of fleeing Wehrmacht units in the direction of Medebach. US tanks reached the village on March 29th at 9 a.m. from Hallenberg. The US soldiers captured some German soldiers on Altenfeld. By the evening, 1,515 vehicles of the US Army marched through towards Medebach. On March 30th, German Me-262 jet fighters flew over the place. During the night 40–50 German soldiers with three assault guns from the direction of Züschen occupied the unoccupied place. Two US tanks, several jeeps and trucks were destroyed the next day as they drove through the village. Around 1 p.m., the US troops launched a counter-attack from the west, supported by artillery fire. These US soldiers suffered losses from machine gun fire. Nevertheless, the German soldiers had to withdraw because of the superior force. German artillery now briefly shelled the village. Some buildings in the village were damaged during the fighting and the population fled to the woods with their cattle. Two killed German soldiers were buried in the village cemetery. At the village two of the three assault guns had broken down due to engine or chain damage. The population spent the next few days in cellars and in the woods for fear of fighting. On April 3, five villagers and six Russian forced laborers were briefly arrested and interrogated for allegedly shooting at a US soldier.
During the Second World War, 34 Lieser citizens died as soldiers, most of them on the Eastern Front , or died in captivity.
In June and July 1945 there were attacks by Polish and Russian forced laborers from an assembly camp in Hallenberg.
From 1961 to 1962 the church of St. Thomas the Apostle was rebuilt on a plot of land in the outskirts, on Breidenweg . The construction was carried out according to the plans of the architect Johannes Reuter senior. The estimated construction cost was 380,000 German marks (DM), a portion of around 100,000 DM was raised by the population of Lies. The groundbreaking ceremony took place in July 1961, the foundation stone was laid in September 1961 and the topping-out ceremony was celebrated in December 1961 . The new church was completed and inaugurated in 1962.
Liesen belonged to the Brilon district until 1974 . Since January 1st, 1975 Liesen has belonged to the town of Hallenberg and thus to the Hochsauerlandkreis .
In July 2012, the 50th consecration of the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Liesen was celebrated with a week of festivities and a festive high mass . Auxiliary Bishop Manfred Grothe from Paderborn gave the sermon .
In 2013 the village celebrated its 700th anniversary with a big festival, which attracted well over 3,000 visitors.
traffic
The Liesen stop was on the Nuttlar – Frankenberg railway line . Passenger traffic between Winterberg (Westf) and Allendorf (Eder) was stopped on November 14, 1966. This section has now been closed .
literature
- 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.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c N.N .: Auxiliary Bishop Grothe holds the festive sermon on the occasion of the 50th Kirchweih festival . In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) from July 18, 2012; Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, section Liesen, pp. 28-30.
- ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, honor roll section Liesen, p. 207.
- ^ 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 .
Web links
- Internet presence Liesen / Hochsauerland
- Internet presence of the city of Hallenberg
- Liesen in the Westphalia Culture Atlas
