Melbecke

This article deals with the district of Lennestadt. For the tributary of the Elspebach, see Melbecke (Elspebach) .

Melbecke City of Lennestadt Coordinates: 51 ° 9 '43 "  N , 8 ° 1' 55"  E
Height :	296 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	82  (Jun 30, 2020)
Postal code :	57368
Area code :	02721
Location of Melbecke in Lennestadt
View of Melbecke

Melbecke is a district of Lennestadt about 2 km northwest of Elspe . The Melbeck valley is nestled between the Fretter and Elspetal on the edge of the Attendorn-Elsper double hollow . Most of the Melbeck Valley is now part of the Melbecke and Rübenkamp nature reserve .

history

Entrance to Melbecke

Melbecke already appears as a branch of the parish of Elspe in a list of goods from 1313. An early documentary mention of Melbecke, which speaks of the pledging of real estate to secure a debt, also dates from 1382. According to this, Johan van Hundeme pledged gnt. (called) van dem Brayke for a debt of 50 golden shields of Fygen v. Borchusen, blessed Geypeln, with the consent of his S. Degenhard, wive his estate at Melbecke, dat dat overste good and his estate tome Nedern Ruberghe.

The place name Melbecke (1313: Melbike, 1543: Melmicke) is based on the basic word " -beke " and refers to the stream "Melbecke". A link to the defining word "Mel-" offer u. a. Words like “melm” (Low German for: dust; whirled up sand). Of the various possibilities, Flöer considers the interpretation of the place name Melbecke as "sandy brook" or "dark brook" to be likely.

Aerial view

In an appraisal register (which was used to collect taxes) for 1543, Melbecke named 10 persons liable for the appraisal. If one equates the number of those subject to the valuation with the number of existing families or houses and calculates 6 residents per house, around 60 people should have lived in Melbecke around 1540-1550

The rural origins of the place have largely been preserved to this day. Holiday guests relax in a pristine landscape, framed by fields, meadows and forests. At the end of June 2020, Melbecke had 82 inhabitants, with the proportion of 30.5% of young people up to 18 years old being relatively large.

Chapel of St. Catherine of Alexandria

St. Katharina Melbecke

The original chapel in Melbecke has appeared in various accounts since 1672. It had (together with the chapel in Sporke) as a source of income a brewing kettle, which was lent around to residents for a fee to brew their house beer. Pastor Arentz has made the chapel in 1762 from scratch build and with permission from the archbishop's office in Cologne benediziert . In 1836 the altar was repainted after previous repairs. The chapel belonged to the parish of Elspe and had its own property. The altar and two Gothic sculptures of St. Lucia and a male saint form the center of the chapel.

The patron saint of the chapel is St. Catherine of Alexandria .

Today Melbecke belongs to the Catholic parish of St. Jakobus d. Ä. Elspe, which belongs to the Oenetal pastoral network .

Web links

Commons : Melbecke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brill, Josef, History of the Parish Elspe, Olpe; 1948, page 9
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Page 48 
3. ↑ see in detail Flöer, Michael, Die Ortsnames des Kreis Olpe, Westfälisches Ortsnamenbuch (WOB), Bielefeld: Verlag für Regionalgeschichte 2014, pp. 174, 175
4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Page 73 
5. ^ Information from the city of Lennestadt
6. ↑ Brill, Josef, History of the Parish Elspe, Olpe; 1948, pp. 35, 94