Meerhof

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Meerhof
City of Marsberg
Meerhof coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 52 ″  N , 8 ° 51 ′ 55 ″  E
Height : 395 m above sea level NN
Area : 16.64 km²
Residents : 1217  (2017)
Population density : 73 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 34431
Area code : 02994
Church of St. Laurentius (aerial photo 2013)
Church of St. Laurentius (aerial photo 2013)

Meerhof is a district of the town of Marsberg in the Hochsauerland district with around 1200 inhabitants.

Geographical location

Meerhof is a good six kilometers north of Marsberg in the Teutoburg Forest / Eggegebirge nature park . It is located about 25 km south of Paderborn and only six km from the Hessian border at an altitude of 410 m above sea level. The district has an area of ​​17 km² and a population density of 76 inhabitants / km².

The place is on the A 44 between Dortmund and Kassel at the Lichtenau junction (formerly Marsberg-Meerhof) near the Wünnenberg-Haaren motorway junction.

history

Meerhof is mentioned for the first time in 1170 as "Ostmere". In this document the Archbishop of Cologne, Philipp von Heinsberg, allowed the lord of the castle (Castellanus) Gottschalk von Padberg to build a monastery in "Breidelare". In 1279 the Bredelar Monastery established a Fronhof in today's Meerhof after several farmers had settled here. At the end of the Middle Ages , "Mere", like almost all places in the Sintfeld , was devastated. In 1416 the name "Meerhof" appeared for the first time. Only one courtyard seems to have been left of the medieval settlement. This is expressed in the change of place names. This "Meerhof" was also devastated several times.

1470 bought the monastery Dalheim Meerhof the monastery Bredelar from. In 1496 the purchase contract of 1470 was changed and Bredelar got half of Meerhof back. At the transition from Meerhof to Dalheim Monastery, Meerhof's economic situation was poor. Meerhof was completely devastated. Dalheim brought the manor to a new bloom. In the depopulated Meerhof, Dalheim promoted the access of settlers. The Meerhof field was significantly expanded through the involvement of the Hasselborn Curia. Dalheim had acquired this from the Cappel Abbey near Lippstadt in 1499 . The new village of Meerhof grew out of the settlement of the merged curiae Meerhof and Hasselborn. The early development of the village was strongly influenced by the Dalheim monastery.

Meerhof was part of the duchy of Paderborn from the Middle Ages until 1802/03 , became Prussian , was part of the Kingdom of Westphalia for a short time and then became permanently part of Prussia in 1815.

In terms of church, Meerhof, like the medieval "Mere", was assigned to the parish of Oesdorf until the 20th century . It was not until 1902 that the parish was closed . The Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius, newly built in 1914, bears the patronage of St. Laurentius like the Nuttler church, which is known as the Meerhof mother church .

Until the municipal reorganization, Meerhof belonged to the Büren district and has been part of the town of Marsberg in the Hochsauerland district since January 1, 1975 .

politics

Municipal council

The election results of the municipal elections of the district of Meerhof on September 26, 2004 :

Party / group Share of votes
CDU 59.1%
SPD 35.4%
Civic community 2.6%
Green 1.0%
We for Marsberg 1.9%

coat of arms

Blazon : “Split into gold (yellow) and green; in front an upright green ear, behind an upright golden (yellow) deer pole . "

The municipal coat of arms was approved in 1966 by the interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia. The symbols of wheat and stag stand for agriculture and the abundance of forests in the former municipality.

Attractions

Forest nature experience

A 3.5-kilometer circular forest path with 22 stations in the Eggegebirge nature park provides interesting information about the forest ecosystem . The hikers and walkers are encouraged to explore “their” forest through their own action , seeing , hearing and touching . For example, you can enter a charcoal burner's hut, look into ponds through a periscope or admire an artistically designed sculpture tree. The path is open all year round and can be walked independently.

economy

Sintfeld wind farm

Wind farm

The wind farm Sintfeld is for the most part on the surface of the district Meerhof. The largest private substation in Europe with 105 MW was built on Meerhof's arable land.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Marsberg: Demographic Development 1997–2017. In: City of Marsberg IKEK. Retrieved September 15, 2018 .
  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. 332 .

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