Obersdorf (Wilnsdorf)
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Obersdorf
Wilnsdorf municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 17 ″ N , 8 ° 4 ′ 5 ″ E
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| Height : | 411 (370-460) m |
| Area : | 4.32 km² |
| Residents : | 2172 (December 31, 2016) |
| Population density : | 503 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1969 |
| Postal code : | 57234 |
| Area code : | 0271 |
 Location of Obersdorf within the municipality of Wilnsdorf.
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Obersdorf is a district of the municipality of Wilnsdorf in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
geography
Obersdorf is located in the Siegerland in a very wooded region in the Rothaar Mountains . The highest elevation in the local area is the Homberg at 451.4 m above sea level. NN . In the south is the Dillberg at 405.9 m above sea level. NN . Obersdorf has an area of 4.32 km².
Rödgen is part of Obersdorf and is located on federal highway 54 , northeast of the old Obersdorf town center. Over time, the two formerly independent settlements have grown together.
Neighboring places
Neighboring towns of Obersdorf are Niederdielfen in the northeast, Oberdielfen in the east, Wilnsdorf in the southeast, Rinsdorf in the south, Eisern (to Siegen) in the southwest and Siegen in the northwest.
history
The place Rödgen was mentioned for the first time on March 4, 1328. The document speaks of a pastor for "Rode". This had its own parish since 1400.
In 1417 Obersdorf itself was first mentioned in a document under the name "Operstorff". In 1467 a plague epidemic was mentioned, under which many Obersdorfers probably lost their lives. In 1773 115 people lived in Obersdorf, and 36 in Rödgen, which was still separated. In 1782 the Evangelical Church was built in Rödgen, the Catholic Church shared its steeple with the Evangelical Church and was consecrated in 1788. In 1816 Obersdorf became Prussian.
In 1872 the first Protestant school was built in the village. In 1906 the volunteer fire brigade was founded, and on November 14, 1921 the town received electricity . In 1967 the place celebrates its 550th anniversary.
On January 1, 1969, the Wilnsdorf office was dissolved and the previously independent municipality of Obersdorf was incorporated into the new large municipality of Wilnsdorf as part of the municipal reorganization .
In 2007/2008, the entire Obersdorf town through was renovated. A new residential area was also developed.
Population numbers
Population of the place:
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Notes: Figures 1969 / from 1994 on December 31; 1991 March 31. In 2012, with 2006 inhabitants, the 2000 mark was exceeded on June 30, but the number of inhabitants fell below this mark again by the end of the year.
Pits
The following pits were in Obersdorf:
- Brotherhood (1869–1877) in Rödgen.
- First happiness (1847–1903) belonged to Prince Friedrich from 1848 onwards .
- Handbeil (before 1812–1903, Handbeil and Pickhardt ), was newly awarded in 1838 and from 1848 belonged to Prince Friedrich . There was an upper gallery and a lower gallery. Spateisenstein was mined.
- Prince Friedrich (1848–1903), belonged to the ant in iron . In September 2007 there wasa daybreakat the 88 m deep Blaue Hessel shaft ofthe mine.
- Rex , from 1903 (Eisenstein); came to the Rheinische Stahlwerke in Duisburg - Meiderich in 1916
- Silberquelle (before 1874–1911) belonged to Eisernhardter Tiefbau . On September 7, 1893, the mine stopped mining . From 1906 work was carried out in the Ameise mine , and in 1938 it became the property of Eisernhardter Tiefbau . From 1874 civil engineering was carried out, its depth was 180 m.
Infrastructure and transport links
The part of Rödgen lies on the federal highway 54 between Wilnsdorf and Siegen. The core town of Obersdorf is, however, off the road 909 that branches off in front of the town . Obersdorf is connected to the federal motorway 45 via the “Siegen-Süd” connection .
Industry is not based in the place. Obersdorf has a kindergarten as well as a football field, a sports field renovated in 2009 and a gym. The primary school was closed after the 2013/14 school year.
Attractions
Due to the near-surface iron ore that could be extracted in Pingen , the period of iron smelting in the Siegerland extends as far as the Latène period 500 BC. BC back. The Iron Age wind furnace Silberquelle on the Homberg testifies to this.
The Rödgen parish church is a historic church from 1328 with a Protestant and a Catholic part.
Personalities
- Paul Stenger (1865–1940), medical officer, ENT doctor and university professor
- Carl Jung-Dörfler (1879–1927), painter
- Friedrich Wilhelm Müller (1897–1952), politician (NSDAP)
- Wilhelm Schmidt (1898–1965), poet
- Sabrina Mockenhaupt (* 1980); Track and field athlete, lives in Obersdorf
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Philippi (Ed.): Siegener Urkundenbuch. Volume 1: Until 1350. Kogler, Siegen, 1887, p. 108, no. 176.
- ↑ Dieter Krumm: Wilnsdorf in old views from the period between 1880 and 1925. European Library, Zaltbommel 1976.
- ^ A b Franz Dango: Wilnsdorf. History and landscape. Vorländer Verlag, Siegen 1955.
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 72 .
- ↑ Otto Schaefer: The district of Siegen. Wins 1968.
- ↑ a b History of Obersdorf
- ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1887, ZDB -ID 1458761-0 , p. 112/113.
- ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1897, pp. 114/115.
- ↑ gemeindeververzeichnis.de: District of Siegen
- ↑ genealogy.net: Wilnsdorf Office
- ↑ a b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Siegen. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 232 .
- ↑ WILNSDORF Aktuell - Citizen information from the community , 1992/93 edition
- ↑ Rolf Betz: Wilnsdorf ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2013 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. (PDF; 7.0 MB) , approx. 1995
- ↑ wilnsdorf.de: Annual Report 2011 ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2013 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. (PDF; 2.8 MB), page 6
- ^ Jung-Dörfler Collection, Museum Wilnsdorf
- ^ Wilhelm Schmidt in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
Web links
- www.obersdorf-roedgen.de
- Obersdorf (Wilnsdorf) in the Westphalia Cultural Atlas
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