Littfeld

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Littfeld
City of Kreuztal
Coat of arms of Littfeld
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 15 ″  N , 7 ° 58 ′ 38 ″  E
Height : 327 m
Area : 8.53 km²
Residents : 2583  (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 303 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1969
Postal code : 57223
Area code : 02732
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Location of Kreuztal in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district
View of Littfeld from the west with Kindelsberg in the background
View of Littfeld from the west with Kindelsberg in the background

Littfeld is a district of Kreuztal in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Siegen-Wittgenstein .

With Burgholdinghausen, the district is one of the oldest places in the Siegerland and, due to its mining tradition, was also one of the largest and most important in the past. Littfeld was mentioned for the first time in 1250, but there are indications that the Littfeld area was first settled around 1075. Much of the old structure is still preserved today. There are many buildings worth preserving, some of them listed, and many areas in which the historical structures that have evolved are still very easy to read.

Geographical location

Littfeld, often mentioned together with the Kreuztal district of Burgholdinghausen or associated with it, is located in the northernmost part of the city of Kreuztal. On three sides, from northwest to southeast, this area is enclosed by the foothills of the Rothaargebirge . In addition to the border between Siegerland and Sauerland, these foothills are at the same time water and weather divide as well as language, tribal and confessional borders. To the southwest, the basin opens up with its two only villages, Littfeld and Burgholdinghausen, in the direction of Krombach . The entire area is surrounded by pronounced fields that then merge into woodland.

Moselle Franconian is spoken in Littfeld . The place is located on the Uerdinger and Benrath lines , which form the linguistic border to the neighboring Sauerland here as a bundle of isoglosses .

history

Naming

Littfeld is mentioned for the first time in 1250 with the name "Letphe" in a list of taxes sent to the provost of Schöneburg. However, according to records on a deed of donation, the very first settlements in the Littfeld area are to be assumed around the year 1075.

The name Littfeld developed from the originally Celtic “Let”, in the Siegerland area also “Lät” meaning clay and “phe”, the linguistically polished form of “apha” meaning “Bach”. “Lehmbach”, the original meaning of the place name, can still be found today in the names of the “Limbach” and “ Littfe ” creeks .

heraldry

The local coat of arms

The cross-sectioned coat of arms shows a silver mine dog on top of a blue background as a symbol of the old mining village. In the lower part there is a blue horn on a gold background.

Development by Littfeld

Littfeld developed from a clustered village at the confluence of the Littfe, Limbach and Heiminkhaus brooks. It shows steady progress in both its demographic and structural development. Around 1300 it appears with Krombach, called "Litphe", in the diocesan register as an area belonging to Sedes Siegen. In religious matters it was assigned to the parish of Krombach. The rural-rural structure of the village had 25 houses with around 175 residents as early as 1461, making it more populous than the villages of Krombach and Ferndorf. Even in the 17th and 18th centuries, Littfeld was able to keep pace and after Siegen was the most populous place in the Siegerland.

At the beginning, miners settled in the basin and drained the lands so that they could be used for agricultural purposes. Craftsmen who moved in, attracted by mining and emerging industries, expanded the local population.

In the trials and tribulations of war, political border disputes and reallocations, Littfeld and Burgholdinghausen sometimes suffered greatly, be it in the form of outbreaks of the plague , armies passing through or famine. A few examples should be mentioned for the 17th to 19th centuries: In 1633 Littfeld, like Ferndorf , was plundered by the Electoral Cologne League. This was followed by the outbreak of the plague in 1635 during the Thirty Years' War , in which 47% of the population in Lytphe and 66% in Holdinghausen died; also one of the major fires (1680), which also killed the Littfeld chapel; the harassment of troops during the Second Silesian War in 1745, the billeting of Danish horsemen in 1734/35 and French occupation in the Franco-Prussian War in the following century (1806-1817); The last to be mentioned is the great famine, which claimed victims in the Littfeld population from 1817 to 1819.

In 1840 the thoroughfare, today's B 517 , was built through Littfeld, which, in addition to the demolition of the buildings, also involved the relocation of the Littfe. The railway line was built in 1861. In particular, the construction of the railway line boosted the existing industry, especially when the pits were connected to the railway network in 1885. Ores from the Victoria and Heinrichssegen mines have now been transported to the Burgholdinghausen train station for further processing. With the First World War , the Littfeld mining and iron industry experienced a boom, but with the end of this, however, a complete collapse. By 1960 all mines ( Silberardt , Heinrichssegen and finally Victoria) were closed.

Until the municipal reorganization , the place belonged to the Ferndorf office . On January 1, 1969, Littfeld and Burgholdinghausen were finally incorporated into the town of Kreuztal.

In Littfeld we still know the legend of Altenberg, which is located between the town and Müsen and where valuable metals were dug in earlier times. There, in 1964, remnants of the walls of mining houses were found and shards of vessels, a millstone, a coin treasure vessel with old coins, bronze pieces, nails, scraps of fabric, hair, decorative buckles, a leather bag and much more were found.

Demographic development

year Number Houses Residents
1461 25th 175
1563 312
1818 533
1885 156 1012
1905 1065
1910 1132
1913 1126
1924 1223
1925 1245
1928 1264
1929 1271
1961 2151
1968 423 2436
1969 2463
1986 654 2740
1994 2843
1995 1057 2876
2002 1631 2934
2005 1685 2919
2008 2846
2010 2713
2012 2734
2013 2645
2016 2669

Former mayor of the municipality of Littfeld

  • 1964–1968: Erich Klein († November 9, 1997)

Infrastructure

Littfeld train station

In addition to the Ilsen brewery, the infrastructure of Littfeld includes a doctor's practice and two banks as well as various retail stores and companies. In addition, there are many small private shops such as a tailoring shop, a hot ironer, some private beekeeping, a handicraft shop and a copy shop. In addition, Littfeld, as well as Burgholdinghausen, have a lively community life with a total of 22 clubs. Almost half of all residents are involved in the TV "Hope" Littfeld, which celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2019 and has 21 departments (as of June 2019). The football club 1. FC Littfeld 1982 eV, which has existed since 1982, was merged into the gymnastics club in 2018.

Design and monument protection

Competitions

Littfeld and Burgholdinghausen have already taken part in several district competitions on the subject of " Our village should be more beautiful - our village has a future" and in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014 in the group of villages between 750 and 3000 inhabitants each won the silver medal.

Local characteristics

Typical houses are the half-timbered and the slate house. All old buildings have the predominant eaves facing the street, as well as a relatively uniform height of the eaves , which can be attributed to the predominant three-storey building. When designing the roof surfaces, mainly roof tiles are found, followed by slate. The tin roof is just as popular.

Windows are designed in slate houses as well as half-timbered buildings with rung division.

Truss:

  • Black bars with white compartments, this color combination is most widespread in Littfeld, but the color combination “brown bars with ocher-colored compartments” can also be seen.

Slate house:

  • Artificial and natural slate can be found in equal parts, whereby artificial slate is preferred for new buildings or renovations.
  • In addition to the simple laying systems, ribbons and fish scales are common laying forms, as well as slate decorations in the form of flowers or larger rosettes.

Festivities

Every year on Whit Monday, the choir community "Erle" (former Silberardt mine) and SGV (SGV-Vereinshütte Littfeld) organize their spring festivals.

List of registered monuments

Famous people

literature

  • District competition 2002 - final report of the evaluation committee of the Siegen-Wittgenstein district
  • Regulatory authority ordinance of the Siegen-Wittgenstein district for the protection of natural monuments and protected landscape elements
  • Cultural directory of the city of Kreuztal
  • Werner Herling: Farmers had to pay Turkish tax . In: Siegerland Volume 62, 1-2, 1985
  • Erich Schleifenbaum: From Littfeld's past
  • Erich Schleifenbaum: The old Littfeld
  • Gerhard Merk: Oberbergmeister Johann Heinrich Jung: A picture of life . Verlag die wielandschmeide, Kreuztal, 1988

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Scrolled back ...". Siegener newspaper from March 5, 2011
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 71 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Development of the population of Burgholdinghausen and Littfeld
  4. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 218 .
  5. ↑ As of June 30, 2008 according to Image brochure City of Kreuztal, September 2008 edition
  6. ↑ a b Information on the number of inhabitants on the city of Kreuztal's website
  7. ↑ "An honoring memory of the dead". Siegerländer Heimatkalender 1999, p. 40, 74th edition, Ed. Siegerländer Heimat- und Geschichtsverein eV, publishing house for local literature
  8. ↑ Ilsen brewery
  9. ↑ www.Littfeld.de Website of the Heimatverein, viewed September 17, 2014
  10. ↑ current dates on littfeld.de