Oesbern

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Oesbern
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Oesbern
Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 37 "  N , 7 ° 50 ′ 48"  E
Height : approx. 240 m
Area : 10.84 km²
Residents : 499  (Jul 1, 2017)
Population density : 46 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 58708
Area code : 02373
Oesbern (Menden (Sauerland))
Oesbern

Location of Oesbern in Menden (Sauerland)

Multipurpose hall in Oesbern
Multipurpose hall in Oesbern

Since the municipal reorganization in 1975, Oesbern has been part of the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​of Menden (Sauerland) in the Märkisches Kreis .

The municipality of Oesbern , Amt Menden , Kreis Iserlohn existed until 1975 . Barge and Werringsen were located in the area of ​​this municipality, in addition to Oesbern .

geography

Oesbern is located in the east of the city. The few houses in Oesbern, all of them homesteads or newer single-family houses, are spread out between fields and smaller wooded areas.

On July 1, 2017, the "Oesbern district" had 499 inhabitants.

history

Loconer Platz

The first mention of the place Oesbern dates from the year 1203.

The municipality of Oesbern, Amt Menden , Kreis Iserlohn existed until 1975 . In 1961 this municipality had an area of ​​10.84 square kilometers and 699 inhabitants.

The coat of arms of the former municipality of Oesbern shows two black wolf fishing rods on a silver background above the “ Kuheisen ” of the Menden office , which symbolize both the exposed location in the middle of the forest and the Wolfskuhle district . The blazon of the coat of arms reads: “Divided by silver and red; above two black wolf rods placed obliquely to the left, below a silver barrel iron. ”The coat of arms was awarded on April 15, 1937.

The municipality of Oesbern entered into a partnership with the French municipality of Locon . In 1964 the certificates were exchanged. The former municipality of Oesbern was the first of the former Menden office to establish official contact with a partnership municipality.

On January 1, 1975, the municipality of Oesbern was merged with the former city of Menden (Sauerland) and other municipalities to form the new city of Menden (Sauerland) in accordance with the law on the reorganization of the municipalities and districts of the reorganization area Sauerland / Paderborn (Sauerland / Paderborn law) .

Population development

was standing Residents
June 6, 1961 699
May 27, 1970 805
June 30, 1974 836
January 1, 2000 547
January 1, 2001 580
January 1, 2002 605
January 1, 2003 589
January 1, 2004 610
January 1, 2005 601
January 1, 2006 602
January 1, 2007 591
January 1, 2008 579
January 1, 2009 559
January 1, 2010 554
December 31, 2010 554
December 31, 2015 528

Culture and sights

St. Aloysius

Buildings

The Schützenhalle Oesbern is regularly run by the Schützenbruderschaft St. Michael Oesbern e. V. 1904 and used by other organizers.

Sports

The sports club Oesbern e. V. uses the Am Habicht sports field in Lendringsen . The 1st women's soccer team of SV Oesbern has been playing in the women's regional league, group 2, since the 2009/2010 season. The 1st men's team was promoted to the district league A Iserlohn in 2006/07.

Religions

The Catholic Aloysius Chapel of the parish “St. Aloysius Oesbern ”. The nearest Protestant church is in Lendringsen .

In 1991, on the occasion of their sixty years of existence , the Kolping Family Oesbern built a Marienkapelle, which was called Mother of God zum Lüer , against the backdrop of the Lüerwald at the intersection of Zum Lüer / Zum Lindloh .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

District roads 21 and 23 run through Oesbern.

education

There are neither elementary schools nor kindergartens in Oesbern . The closest of these facilities are in Lendringsen.

Web links

Commons : Oesbern  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. City of Menden (Sauerland): Population figures for the city of Menden (Sauerland) ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2018 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. , accessed February 19, 2018 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.menden.de
  2. ^ A b c Eduard Belke, Alfred Bruns, Helmut Müller: Municipal coat of arms of the Duchy of Westphalia - Kurkölnisches Sauerland. Strobel-Verlag, Arnsberg 1986, ISBN 3-87793-017-4 , p. 173.
  3. City of Menden (Sauerland) (Ed.): Locon (F) ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.menden.de 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. .
  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. 333 .