Mastholte

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Mastholte
City of Rietberg
Mastholte coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 22 ″  N , 8 ° 23 ′ 21 ″  E
Height : 78 m above sea level NN
Area : 28 km²
Residents : 6359  (Sep. 30, 2016)
Population density : 227 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1970
Postal code : 33397
Area code : 02944
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Location of Mastholte in Rietberg
St. James Church with a memorial for the victims of the World Wars in the center of Mastholte

Mastholte is a town in Rietberg , with 6375 inhabitants (as of 2009). Mastholte was originally called Ostholte because it is east of the Liesborn parish. The name Mastholte arose from the linguistic contraction of the colloquial "tom Ostholte" (to Ostholte).

geography

Mastholte is located in the east of the Westphalian Bay and is the southernmost village in the Gütersloh district . It is located on the Glenne , which is called from the source to the confluence of the land ditch in Mastholte Haustenbach . Other rivers in the local area are the Schwarze Graben and the Vennegosse . The Baggersee Mastholter See , which is located directly at the center of Mastholte, is the largest body of water in the district.

Mastholte is divided into the two (sub) districts of Mastholte and Mastholte-Süd, whose centers are 1.5 km apart.

Neighboring towns start clockwise in the north: The Rietberg districts of Bokel and Rietberg, the Delbrück district of Westenholz , the Lippstadt districts of Lipperode , Lipperbruch and Bad Waldliesborn and the Langenberg districts of Benteler and Langenberg.

history

Mastholte, at that time still Ostholte, is first mentioned in a document of the church from 1299 , in which the excommunication of the community is decided. In 1570 the Protestant Count Erich von Hoya took over Mastholte from Catholic Wadersloh and founded the parish Mastholte, which includes Mastholte and the neighboring community Moese ( Low German for " swamp ") and which has its center in a small chapel in Mastholte. From then on, the subjects were Protestant, and in 1601 the County of Rietberg became a Catholic, and the inhabitants mast Recon 1610 using Jesuits again re-educated to Catholics were. Since the old chapel was dilapidated, construction of the parish church of St. James the Elder in Moese began in 1653 and was inaugurated in 1659. Material from the old chapel was used. This started the first problems with naming the places. Since the Mastholte church was now in Moese , many of the residents of both places also called themselves Mastholte.

1838 were formed Prussia the Bauerschaften Mastholte and the adjacent Moese to rural communities to. Mastholte was surrounded by poor agricultural soil, which drove many farmers into poverty. A quarter of the population was to emigrate to the United States by 1860 . In 1851 a Prussian hydraulic engineer drafted a plan to drain the area around Mastholte . Its realization by 1869 led to significantly better living conditions for the residents.

In 1857 the Prussian Ministry of the Interior came to a decision regarding a disputed area between Moese and the neighboring community of Westenholz. Due to the prevailing poverty there, it was not coveted and was seen as belonging to the other place. It was assigned to Moese.

A great extra income of farmers in the 20th century, the clog . The Mastholter delivered up to 50,000 shoes to the economically flourishing Ruhr area . A furniture industry in Mastholte emerged from this tradition.

On January 1, 1970, the previously independent communities Mastholte and Moese were incorporated into the city of Rietberg. At the same time, the places Moese and Mastholte were merged into a district Mastholte of the city of Rietberg, Moese renamed Mastholte and Mastholte into Mastholte-Süd.

religion

The Catholic Church of St. James and the Evangelical Church of Grace exist in Mastholte . The latter was closed and de-dedicated in December 2011 .

Culture

On the Mastholter See you can both surf and water ski .

The Jakobimarkt, a fair, which takes place on a Wednesday in summer and which begins the evening before with the gypsy ball, is known beyond the borders of Mastholte. This original horse market and Kramer market was first mentioned in 1656 .

Every five years there is a big Thanksgiving parade through the town.

Since August 16, 2007 there has also been a weekly market in Mastholte on Thursdays .

Another highlight in Mastholte is the three-day shooting festival that takes place on the fourth weekend in June. This is the largest shooting festival in the Rietberg city area.

The Getoese Music Festival in Moese has been taking place in Mastholte-Moese since 2007 , with regional, national and international artists performing.

Famous pepole

literature

  • Bert Bertling: Mastholte - The story of two communities Moese and Mastholte. Rehling, 1997, ISBN 3-924088-03-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.mastholte-online.de/heimatverein/html/die_namensgebung_von__mastholt.html Heimatverein Mastholte
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 111 .