Milte

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Milte
City of Warendorf
Milte coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 56 ′ 50 ″  E
Height : 57 m
Area : 34.77 km²
Residents : 1896  (Jan. 1, 2015)
Population density : 55 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 48231
Area code : 02584

Milte is a village with approx. 1900 inhabitants in the eastern Münsterland and part of the city of Warendorf .

geography

View of the village from the Hessel

Peasant communities

In addition to the town center, which extends north of the Hessel , the Milter area includes three large farmers. The smallest in space is the Hörste to the west. The name (Horst = forest) goes back to a settlement of farms in the old Saxon times that resulted from clearing activities. Ostmilte is in the east of the village. Together with the Beverstrang (south and north along the Bever ) it probably has the oldest settlement history. The first farms were built on the ash trees in Hessel and Bever during the Germanic era. Ostmilte is of complex situation in and groupings of farms. The Beverstrang, on the other hand, only had single farm settlements, which is due to the high islands found there, which were too small for an Esch cooperative.

history

A number of excavations document the history of settlement in the Milter area in prehistoric times. Stone tools dating from around 12,000 BC were found at the “Königstal” near the cemetery . In 1956 a Milter farmer discovered a willow-leaf-shaped arrowhead while working a field, which was classified as an inventory of the individual grave culture (approx. 2000 BC).

In a scientific excavation from the year 1938 on the territory of the old sports field and the cooperative urns were found with added residues on cremation point and date to the second or first century BC. An excavation from 1995 produced a burial site and several house floor plans, which also belong to the more recent pre-Roman times (300 BC to Chr. Birth).

According to the ancient Germanic Brukterern , who settled on farms along the Hessel and Bever, later settled Saxony in the Milter corridors and enhanced the utilization of ash corridors and brands . During the excavation in 1938, post marks of a pit house were discovered and a not completely preserved floor plan of an approximately 25 m long and 6.5 m wide nave , which was classified from the time of the birth of Christ up to the 5th century. More recent are traces of pit houses from the 5th century AD, as well as the rare find of a broken glass.

With the conquest by the Franconian Charlemagne, the peasants living in Milter area were also Christianized. Three knight seats were founded: Rengering and Vinnenberg, located in the west and east on the Bever, and the knight seat Millethe in the south on the Hessel.

The first documentary mention of "Millethe" comes from the year 1146. In the "Clarholz Papal deed" Eugen III confirms . the Clarholz convent possessions and goods, including four shillings of the tithe from Milte. The medieval name "Millethe" possibly goes back to the root word "mellô" for sand, sandbar. Heidesandboden is a distinctive part of the geological composition of the Milter area. On the Hessel flowing along in the south of the village there were numerous sandbanks and brinke (dunes).

Vinnenberg Monastery after a drawing around 1800

Rengering and Vinnenberg were in the 13th century monasteries ( monastery Rengering , Monastery Vinnenberg ). Millethe Castle was donated to the church. The old pastorate was built on the former castle grounds in the south of the village.

Milte belonged to the Principality of Münster as a parish until 1803 and was subordinate to the Sassenberg office . After Prussia took over the area, it was part of the Kingdom of Prussia until 1809 . With the invasion of Napoleon, Milte belonged to the French Empire until 1813, before it became part of Prussia again.

From 1841 Milte became an independent municipality and was assigned to the Ostbevern office. This legal status continued even after the unification of the German Empire and into the Federal Republic of Germany.

With the municipal reorganization ( Münster / Hamm law ), Milte lost its independence on January 1, 1975 and was incorporated into the city of Warendorf.

In 1996 the village of Milte celebrated its 850th anniversary.

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : “In red a silver (white) Romanesque church tower with gate, sound openings, a window, tower clock and stepped gable, accompanied by two silver (white) vertical corrugated beams.“ The coat of arms shows the Romanesque church tower of the Church of St. Johannes Baptist . The wavy bars symbolize Bever and Hessel .

Attractions

St. John Baptist Church

The Catholic parish church of St. Johannes Baptist is a gable-roof-roofed hall building with a drawn-in extension in the west, which houses the rear choir and the sacristy.

The Vinnenberg Monastery is a former Cistercian and Benedictine monastery . It is one of the oldest pilgrimage sites in the Münster diocese . The monastery is best known for the Vinnenberg image and the Vinnenberg pilgrimage .

societies

DJK Rot-Weiß Milte 1958 e. V.

The sports club DJK Milte was founded in 1958 to set up a table tennis department. In 1963 the club completed the sports field on the Hessel and one year later built the football department. This currently consists of two senior teams and ten youth teams, three of which are girls' teams. The volleyball department currently consists of four teams in the men's, women's and youth areas. The popular sports department is the largest department in the DJK Milte. Various sports such as gymnastics, step aerobics, (Nordic) walking , unicycling, men's sports and gymnastics are offered there in over 10 groups .

Bürgererschützenverein Milte e. V.

The shooting community has been represented in Milte by the citizens' shooting club since 1841 . For the annual shooting festival at the end of May / beginning of June, the village community meets on the nearby Schützenplatz.

Family village Milte

The Association Familiendorf e. V. is committed to a liveable Milte. The volunteers want to promote the benefits of village life. The culture of mutual help should be preserved and enrich the lives of all Milter. The association supports the office on the multi-generation farm.

Kolping family Milte

The Kolping family Milte was founded in 1949. Initially launched by 33 journeymen, the Milter group of the Kolping Society gradually developed into a Catholic family association. The Kolping Family offers Christian life support in numerous events and wants to promote the common good.

inMilte eV

InMilte eV was founded in 2008. The association emerged from the working group economy (working group Milter citizens) and the former advertising association. The aim of the association is future-oriented planning and action for the benefit of the citizens of Milte. This includes in particular the promotion of youth and social affairs, art and culture, sport, trade, services and crafts, as well as environmental, landscape and monument protection. In 2012 the association was entered in the register of associations and received non-profit status. In addition to creating the new Milter logo and setting up a showcase in the village, the association organizes the Milter Mühlenmarkt every two years , a mixture of trade show and village festival, at which local businesses can exhibit their products and services and Milter associations and institutions provide an attractive supporting program.

Music clubs

Milte marching band
  • Fanfare Corps Milte 1959 e. V.
  • Harmonica Club
  • Milte marching band
  • City chapel Warendorf

Choirs

  • Children's choir "Milter Spatzen"
  • church choir
  • Singing circle

Other clubs in Milte

  • Milter Citizens Working Group
  • Family Village Milte eV
  • Funding association of the primary school
  • Warendorf Volunteer Fire Brigade Milte
  • History workshop Milte e. V.
  • Hegering Milte-One
  • Hometown club
  • Hegering Milte-One's hunting horn blowers
  • Comradeship of former soldiers
  • Catholic women's community ( kfd )
  • Catholic rural youth movement in Milte
  • Monastery riflemen
  • Country women
  • Local agricultural association
  • Cardboard Nose Association Milte
  • Riding and Driving Association Milte-Sassenberg e. V.

Events

Lütke Fastaobend

The "Lutke Fastaobend" is traditionally by men of the village and the farming communities on Friday (earlier Thursday) before Rose Monday committed. Separated by villagers and farmers, the men come together in various restaurants at the invitation of their “Potthollers” for an informal meeting. There is “chat”, you play cards and drink beer, which is paid for by the newlyweds from last year.

The custom stems from the follow-up of the Milter carnival. Traditionally, at the time of feudalism, the self-owned of the Vinnenberg monastery had to pay part of their taxes. They were invited to a meal by the monastery. Many of those who had been fed continued the celebration after the banquet. According to oral tradition, these celebrations are said to have developed into an almost week-long lively festival until Ash Wednesday . In 1853, the then Milter pastor Falger is said to have put a stop to the rampant hustle and bustle and devised a time-limited framework for the carnival celebrations: the "Lütke Fastaobend", the little carnival.

The term "Potthöller" or "Botthöller" for the head of every peasantry and every village allows two interpretations: On the one hand, it can denote the person who holds the pot, into which all men of the village or the peasantry have to pay for the celebration; But there can also be a connection with the interpretation “Aufgebotsholer”, since the “Botthöller” in earlier times issued the invitations personally and only married farm and house owners were allowed to participate in the “Lütke Fastaobend”.

Rose Monday procession

For some years now, on the initiative of the young carnival association “Pappnasen”, a small Rose Monday procession has been developed which, in addition to the Milter population, attracts other visitors from the surrounding towns.

Shooting festival

The Milter Schützenfest is traditionally celebrated on several days around a weekend in late May / early June. For several years now, the celebrations have already started on Friday with a youth party. On Saturday the village meets in the marquee at Schützenplatz for the home evening , on which the Milter clubs and groups deliver a colorful program and which ends with the Milter home song "Use Dbodken" (Low German for "Our village") and a tattoo by the Milter band. After a line-up in the village on Sunday afternoon, the community moves together with riflemen and honor guards to Schützenplatz, which is located on the edge of the village. In addition to games for the children, there is shooting for the jumping jack king's honor. In the evening the youth of the village meet for the youth ball. The highlights of the celebrations are the royal shooting, which takes place on Monday morning, and the coronation of the king and queen in the afternoon. In the evening the festival ends with the king's ball in the marquee.

Lambertussingen

How many churches in the cathedral country also celebrates Milte traditionally around the Lambertustag, 17 September, his Lambertus singing . The children meet with their parents and the sometimes self-made lanterns on the school square. Singing, they move around a pyramid wrapped in green by the young fathers.

Personalities

literature

  • Witte, Wilhelm (ed.): Milte - Our home book. Warendorf 1956. 2nd edition 1990. Edited by Ewald Austermann and Johannes Schulte.
  • 850 years of Milte. Photo documentation of the anniversary celebrations with a presentation of the local clubs. Published by the Heimatverein Milte e. V. Warendorf 1996
  • Mesch, Hermann: Milte - A small art guide. Warendorf 1996
  • Church treasures: 1200 years of the diocese of Münster. Edited by Udo Grote u. Reinhard Karrenbrock. Edited by Hans-Jürgen Lechtreck. Vol. 1: Churches. Munster 2005
  • Cramer, Winfried: Vinnenberg Monastery. 3. Edition. Regensburg 2000 (= Schnell, art guide No. 1754)
  • 100 years of Benedictine Sisters of the Most Holy Sacrament in Vinnenberg Monastery. Munster 1998
  • Eilers, Franz-Josef (Ed.): Vinnenberg Monastery. Steyl n.d.
  • Recently, Antonie: Our dear Mrs. von Vinnenberg. Brief history of the place of grace based on authentic reports. Kaldenkirchen 1948
  • Albert, Marcel (ed.): Women with history. The German-speaking monasteries of the Benedictine Sisters of the Holy Sacrament. St. Ottilien 2003 (= studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches. 42nd supplementary volume)

Web links

Commons : Milte  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 318 .
  2. ↑ www.djkmilte.de
  3. ↑ Milte family village