Messinghausen

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Messinghausen
City of Brilon
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Messinghausen (until 1975)
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 30 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 24 ″  E
Height : 397  (365-560)  m above sea level NN
Area : 9.41 km²
Residents : 798  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 85 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 59929
Area code : 02963
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Location of the village of Messinghausen within the urban area of ​​Brilon
Aerial photo (2013)
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old miners' shank flag, Messinghausen

Messinghausen is a village district of Brilon in the Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). The village was an independent municipality until the end of 1974 and lies on the border with Marsberg and Diemelsee . On December 31, 2013, according to the Brilon city administration, Messinghausen had 798 inhabitants.

geography

Brasshausen is about seven kilometers east of the city center in the deeply cut valley of the northeast flowing Hoppecke , which here is about 366  m above sea level. NN has. South of the village, the Hansenberg rises up to 560  m above sea level. NN on; the Sticklenberg in the north has a height of 507 m. Other mountains in the vicinity of Messinghausen are the Essenberg (545 m) in the southeast and the Eisenberg (561 m) in the east.

Neighboring towns are the Brilon districts of Bontkirchen in the south, Hoppecke in the southwest, and Rösenbeck in the north, clockwise. The places Beringhausen , Padberg and Helminghausen belong to Marsberg . The municipality of Diemelsee and the eponymous Diemel reservoir are in the southeast .

history

Brasshausen was first mentioned in a document in 1101 in the founding document of the Boke monastery . In it, Count Erpo von Padberg equipped the monastery with property in Messinghausen. After the monastery was moved to Flechtdorf in Waldeck , this information was confirmed by Kurköln in 1120 .

In 1311 the village was sold by Ambrosius von der Norderenbeke to the Bredelar monastery . The monastery rule lasted until the abolition of the monastery in 1804. As early as 1802, the Duchy of Westphalia and with it Messinghausen came to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt in the course of the secularization of the Electorate of Cologne . After the Wars of Liberation, Westphalia became a Prussian province.

In 1944, foreign prisoners began building a fuel hydrogenation plant at the lime works. A prisoner from Italy died and was buried in the village cemetery. In February 1945 a foreign prisoner was seriously wounded in a low-flying attack on a train, so that she died in Marsberg hospital. In early March, a burning British plane crashed on Hansenberg. A soldier who was able to save himself by parachute was captured. After the end of the war, a body was recovered from the aircraft wreck and buried in the village cemetery. On March 15, a locomotive was hit by low-flying aircraft in the station. Around March 24th, 26 assault guns of the Wehrmacht reached the village and stayed there because there was no petrol. When troops of the US Army reached Brilon on the 29th , three of the assault guns drove towards Brilon. After one of them was shot down, the other two came back. The German assault guns were blown up by their crews outside the village. US troops moved into the village without a fight and took the German soldiers prisoner in the village. 200-300 former foreign prisoners were later housed in the village. Up until the removal of the former prisoners at the end of 1945, there were assaults and looting. On October 19, 1945, unknown persons murdered two residents of Messinghausen.

During the Second World War , 65 brass houses fell as soldiers, mostly on the Eastern Front , or died in captivity.

In the course of the municipal reorganization, the municipality of Messinghausen became a district of Brilon on January 1, 1975.

politics

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the former municipality

Blazon :

In silver over a blue, wavy shield base, black hammer and mallet placed in the St. Andrew's cross.

Description:

The blue base of the shield indicates the Hoppecke , in the valley of which Messinghausen lies. Hammer and mallet symbolize the iron pits and quarries in which the residents used to earn their living. The coat of arms of the former municipality of Messinghausen was approved on March 16, 1954.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Church:

The church of St. Vitus (Messinghausen) , built in 1967/68, has replaced the former village church, of which only the steeple remains today. The interior of the new church was designed by the sculptor Theodor Sprenger .

  • Church tower of the old village church

  • Interior of St. Vitus

  • View of the village with the new church

Constantine Cross:

On the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the end of the persecution of Christians by Emperor Constantine, a 7 m high cross was erected on the Sticklenberg.

Lake in the mountain

from the air

Messinghausen is known for the lake in the mountain , which is very popular with divers because of its exceptionally good visibility. The lake is located southwest of the town center and is over 45 meters deep. There have already been several diving accidents, some of which are fatal.

Regular events

Shooting festival

The local rifle brotherhood St. Vitus 1835 organizes their shooting festival every year on the weekend that is closest to St. Vitus Day (June 15).

Economy and Infrastructure

Former limestone quarry and the Rheinkalk company east of Messinghausen

Some jobs are offered by the lime industry, small businesses and a few farmers. Tourism, which reached its peak in 1980 with 27,412 overnight stays, is of little importance today. Most of the employed commute to the accumulator works in Hoppecke or Brilon.

Established businesses

traffic

Brasshausen station

Messinghausen is on the L 870, which leads from Brilon via Hoppecke to Bredelar , where it joins Bundesstraße 7 . Via the same one reaches the federal motorway 44 near Westheim .

In the local public transport the bus line R91 connects Messinghausen with Brilon and Marsberg. The line runs every hour, at peak times every 30 minutes.

Brasshausen is located on the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway , but today the station is only served by two pairs of trains Monday to Friday. The nearest train station is in Bredelar. This is served by regional express trains every hour in the direction of Hagen and Warburg .

literature

  • Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 - reports from many employees from all over the district. Josefs-Druckerei, Bigge 1955.
  • Alfred Bruns Amt Thülen History and Tradition Printing House Karl Hecker Brilon 1974

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population statistics December 31, 2013. (PDF) City of Brilon, accessed on January 18, 2014 (10.8 kB).
  2. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, section Messinghausen, pp. 55–56.
  3. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, honor roll section Messinghausen, pp. 241–243.
  4. ^ 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 .
  5. ↑ a b Eduard Belke, Alfred Bruns and Helmut Müller, Municipal coat of arms of the Duchy of Westphalia - Kurkölnisches Sauerland , Arnsberg 1986, page 167
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