Oberhundem

Oberhundem Kirchhundem parish Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 18 ″  N , 8 ° 10 ′ 28 ″  E
Height :	402 m
Area :	41.64 km²
Residents :	876  (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	21 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	57399
Aerial view

Oberhundem is a district of the municipality of Kirchhundem in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Olpe . As of December 31, 2016, the village had 876 inhabitants.

geography

location

Landscape near Oberhundem

Oberhundem is located west of the main ridge ( Rothaarkamm ) of the Rothaargebirge about 6 km east of the core town of Kirchhundem in a basin at about 412  m above sea level. NN . In the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge nature park , it is located directly northeast of the confluence of the Wigge ( Wiggesiepen ) in the upper reaches of the Hundem flowing through the village . While grassland farming is practiced in the undeveloped valley areas, the high areas are continuously covered by Christmas tree crops and high forest spruce .

Extension of the local area

Until around 1950, Oberhundem was divided into Unterdorf and Oberdorf, which meet at the junction with Rüsper Straße near the church. These two districts are mostly in the valley floor. Over the past 50 years, the slopes have been increasingly built and further districts have grown on the Hardt and Heisternberg. In 1969, about 500 m south of the village in the valley of the Wigge tributary Lütke Rinsecke, a holiday home area was built.

Neighboring places

The closest places are Schwartmecke , about one kilometer northwest, and Rinsecke about 2 km southwest. The Rhein-Weser Tower is a good two kilometers southeast, but 300 m higher .

history

Evidence that indicates the existence of Oberhundem goes back to the 14th century (examples include: 1338: curtem in superiori Hundeme, 1368: Oeuenhundem, 1393: in the kerspele van Oeverenhundem and others). The place name is based on the water name Hundem . A reference to the Germanic "hunda" for "swell" leads to the possible content of the name "swell brook". The "superior" preceding the place name is due to the fact that it is located further upstream compared to Alten- and Kirchhundem.

On July 1, 1969, Oberhundem was incorporated into Kirchhundem.

Culture and sights

theatre

The Oberhundem theater association , an amateur drama group, performs a folk play several times each year in the village community hall during the Christmas season.

museum

The Steinacker family's Oberhundem embroidery museum presents embroidery work from several centuries in the historical setting in the old rectory , a 300-year-old half-timbered house . There is also a fossil collection in the guest house consisting of the exhibits of Father Michael Klein.

music

Two choirs operate in Oberhundem, the Oberhundem children's choir and the St. Cäcilia Hundemtal Catholic church choir . The local music association Rinsecke-Oberhundem provides musical accompaniment at church and secular festivals .

On August 29, 2008 the Catholic church choir St. Peter and Paul / St. Bartholomäus Kirchhundem / Würdinghausen and the Catholic Church Choir St. Cäcilia Oberhundem have merged to form a common choir, which now bears the name Catholic Church Choir St. Cäcilia Hundemtal .

natural reserve

The Biological Station Initiative Oberhundem eV is active in the field of nature conservation. It supports schools, organizes exhibitions and advises on the ecological redesign of the spa park.

Buildings

Adolfsburg Castle

The most famous building in Oberhundem is Adolfsburg Castle , a moated castle from the 17th century built by Johann Adolf von Fürstenberg . The embroidery museum is now housed in the old pastorate , a half-timbered house that is over 300 years old. The nave of the baroque parish church of St. Lambertus was completed in 1771. The Romanesque tower is much older. It probably dates from the 13th century. Its core is likely to be even older.

Parks

Spa gardens

In the upper village at the foot of the Heisternberg, the spa park extends with the Haus des Gastes . The Panorama Park Sauerland is located near Oberhundem . The Oberhundem district is located in the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge nature park and is touched by the Rothaarsteig .

Sports

The footballers of TV Oberhundem play their games on an artificial turf field near the holiday home area on the south-eastern outskirts. The Bad am Rothaarsteig is located next to the Adolfsburg and is the only indoor swimming pool in the Kirchhundem community. The local group of the DLRG offers swimming and diving courses there. The DLRG-Oberhundem also participates in the water rescue service at the Biggetalsperre . In winter, the Oberhundem Ski Club operates a drag lift and tracks extensive cross-country trails in the area of ​​the Rhein-Weser Tower . The local branch of the Sauerland Mountain Association offers hikes all year round.

The Inline Alpine World Championships 2014 took place in Oberhundem from September 11 to 14, 2014 , which was also a run of the 2014 Inline Alpine World Cup . It was carried out by the World Inline Alpine Committee (WIAC) and the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS). The organizers were the German Ski Association (DSV) and the Ski Club Oberhundem.

Regular events

The shooting festival is celebrated on the first Sunday in July every year . The street scene is then dominated for three days by the blue smocks, the festive clothing of the local farmers in earlier times.

natural reserve

The Biological Station Initiative Oberhundem

The association supports the local primary schools in nature conservation issues and organizes exhibitions in the guest house. The current focus by a Dr. Heumann (Paleontological Museum Bonn) oversaw the fossil collection and the integration of ecological islands into the spa gardens.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Oberhundem is located on Landesstraße L 553, the former Eder-Hundemer Provinzialstraße 53 . District road 21 leads from here via Schwartmecke , Stelborn and Erlhof to Selbecke . The VWS bus line R36 runs in Oberhundem .

Public facilities

House of the guest

The guest house, which also houses the office of the Kur- und Verkehrsverein Oberhundem, is located in the spa gardens .

The Oberhundem indoor swimming pool has been open since August 2008 after a redesign. This enables the community to secure school swimming and visitors an active vacation again. The Bad am Rothaarsteig eV association is responsible for the indoor pool. In the future, the indoor pool will be supplemented by outdoor saunas and wellness areas. The youth hostel, built in 1959, is on the Feibe, near the holiday home area, at the foot of the ski lift . After the number of visitors continued to decline in recent years, this facility was closed in autumn 2006.

education

The children from Oberhundem and the smaller surrounding towns can visit the St. Lambertus kindergarten . The St. Lambertus Catholic Primary School was closed in 2013. Since the primary school in Würdinghausen was closed , the children have been taught in other primary schools in the area (e.g. Kirchhundem). Secondary schools can be found in Kirchhundem and the neighboring municipality of Lennestadt .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

• Leopold von Fürstenberg zu Adolfsburg (* July 31, 1766 in Adolfsburg; † October 25, 1835), last Droste in Bilstein from 1792 to 1807.
• Chrysologus Heimes (born April 2, 1765 in Oberhundem; † May 2, 1835 in Reiste), religious, organ expert, organist and composer
• Josef Schmelzer (* July 30, 1876; † October 8, 1962), known in Oberhundem only as Tiennes Papa , was a member of the Prussian state parliament and from September 1930 a member of the German Reichstag for the German Center Party . He participated in the reform of the Fideikommiss dissolution of the so-called Lex Schmelzer and was a tireless advocate for the development of the mountain regions. In addition, he was one of the initiators in the construction of the Rhein-Weser Tower .
• Petra Weschollek (November 1, 1973 in Oberhundem), biathlete.

Personalities who have worked on site

• Enis Alushi is a German- Kosovar soccer player who played in Oberhundem from 1992 to 1994.
• Johann Adolf von Fürstenberg (born March 16, 1631 in Cologne; † April 14, 1704 in Herdringen ) was Canon of Paderborn , Droste of the offices of Bilstein , Waldenburg and Fredeburg and the builder of Adolfsburg Castle.

literature

• Without statement of responsibility: The beautiful Oberhundem - Hochsauerland - hiking guide Oberhundem and surroundings , tourist office Oberhundem, 1960.
• Günther Becker: Wanderführer Jugendherberge Oberhundem , publisher: Jugendherbergswerk Westfalen-Lippe and Westfälischer Heimatbund, 1963.
• Aloys Klein (editor): Contributions to the history - parish and community of Oberhundem , editor: Pastor Aloys Klein, Oberhundem 1972.
• Tobias Mettbach, Peter Tröster and others: Kirchspiel Oberhundem - Chronicle , Ortarchiv Oberhundem eV, 2008.

Web links

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

• www.Oberhundem-das-Dorf.de
• Oberhundem in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kirchhundem parish: Places , accessed on June 30, 2020
2. ↑ cf. Michael Flöer: The place names of the district of Olpe. Westphalian Place Name Book (WOB), Publishing House for Regional History, Bielefeld 2014, pp. 138–141
3. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 89 .