Münkershütten

Münkershütten was one of seven hut settlements in Weidenau and later part of this community in the northern Siegen urban area in the Siegen district .

In 1475, Münkershütten was named as the birthplace of the wife of the later owner of Dielman Monckershammer , later known as Münkershütte . Münkershütten is predominantly evangelical, but Catholic between 1711 and 1743. In 1861 170 people lived in the village. As of December 1, 1885, Münkershütten had 208 inhabitants. In 1888, the “Highest Ordinance” of the German Emperor Wilhelm II stipulated “that the districts of Haardt , Fickenhütten , Schneppenkauten , Münkershütten, Müßnershütten , Meinhardt and Weidenau, which make up the community of Weidenau in the Siegen district , are no longer used henceforth uniformly use the name 'Weidenau' ” .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Lothar Irle: Siegerländer Ortverzeichnis , 1973 ( Memento from March 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Genealogy ( Memento from January 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
^ Ritter's geographic-statistical lexicon. Volume 2: L - Z. 5th completely reworked, greatly increased and improved edition. Wigand, Leipzig 1865, p. 207.
^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1887, ZDB -ID 1458761-0 , p. 112/113.

50.897333333333 8.0265Coordinates: 50 ° 53 '50.4 " N , 8 ° 1' 35.4" E

[Ortsverzeichnis-1] Lothar Irle: Siegerländer Ortverzeichnis , 1973 ( Memento from March 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Genealogy ( Memento from January 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Ritter's geographic-statistical lexicon. Volume 2: L - Z. 5th completely reworked, greatly increased and improved edition. Wigand, Leipzig 1865, p. 207.

[Gemeindelexikon-4] Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1887, ZDB -ID 1458761-0 , p. 112/113.