Neheim-Hüsten

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Coat of arms of the city of Neheim-Hüsten

Neheim-Hüsten was a German city that existed from 1941 to the end of 1974. It was created on April 1, 1941 by merging the city of Neheim and the community (freedom) Hüsten . The city was incorporated into Arnsberg , Hochsauerlandkreis , on January 1, 1975 and was initially a district.

Neheim and Hüsten have been two districts of Arnsberg since 1983 . Today with 33,663 inhabitants they make up around 43 percent of the total population of the city of Arnsberg. Neheim has 22,955 and Hüsten 10,708 inhabitants.

geography

Geographical location

Confluence of the Möhne (in the picture in the back) and Ruhr

Neheim-Hüsten is located in the northwest part of the Hochsauerlandkreis, directly southwest of the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park . It is located a little northwest of the Arnsberg core city in the Ruhr valley . The northwestern Neheim lies at the confluence of the Möhne into the Ruhr and the southeastern Hüsten upstream on that of the Röhr into the same.

The area of ​​Neheim is now 20.430 km² and that of Hüsten 15.042 km².

history

Incorporation into the city of Arnsberg

Neheim-Hüsten was created on April 1, 1941 by merging the city of Neheim and the freedom of Hüsten.

When the dam of the Möhnetalsperre broke on May 17, 1943 after a bomb attack , a flood wave of up to 12 meters high occurred in the Möhne Valley. The buildings in Neheim near the river were also hit by the tidal wave. There was massive destruction of buildings and casualties among the civilian population. The dead in the Möhnewiesen forced labor camp were particularly numerous .

Neheim-Hüsten has been part of Arnsberg since it was incorporated on January 1, 1975. Neheim and Hüsten have been independent districts of Arnsberg since 1983 .

Population development

year 1871 1885 1895 1905 1925 1933 1939 1961 1970 1974 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Neheim 2947 4910 7454 10,074 12,309 13,542 15,063 - - - 22,958 22,922 23,132 23,216 23,085 23.003 22,955
Cough 1578 2584 3875 5086 7459 7840 8326 - - - 10,566 10,642 10,812 10,725 10,728 10,724 10,708
Neheim-Hüsten 4525 7494 11,329 15,160 19,768 21,382 23,389 33,913 36,373 35,878 33,524 33,564 33,944 33,941 33,803 33,727 33,663

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Connected personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Sister Aicharda (1882–1975 in Neheim), community sister ; 1st honorary citizen of Neheim-Hüstens in 1960
  • Anton Cöppicus (* 1886 in Neheim; † 1970 ibid), long-time mayor ; Honorary citizen of Neheim-Hüstens on January 7, 1965
  • Ernst König (* 1892, † 1977), deputy mayor for many years ; Honorary citizen of Neheim-Hüstens on January 7, 1965
  • Heinrich Lübke (* 1894 in Enkhausen / Sauerland, † 1972), Federal President; Honorary citizen of Neheim-Hüstens on May 7, 1968

Town twinning

Bexleyplatz in Neheim

Since 1971 there has been a town partnership with Borough Bexley in Great Britain .

Web links

Commons : Neheim-Hüsten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ arnsberg.de
  2. ↑ arnsberg.de (PDF)
  3. ↑ https://www.arnsberg.de/informationen/EWO_Entwick_2000_bis_2019_HWI_NWI_nach_Stadtteile.pdf (PDF), accessed on May 27, 2020
  4. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 264 .
  5. ↑ Helmuth Euler: When Germany's dams broke. The truth about the bombing of the Möhne-Eder-Sorpe dams in 1943. Motorbuch, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-87943-367-4 .
  6. ^ 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. 330 .
  7. ↑ https://www.arnsberg.de/informationen/EWO_Entwick_2000_bis_2019_HWI_NWI_nach_Stadtteile.pdf (PDF)