Obersprockhövel
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Obersprockhövel
City of Sprockhövel
Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 11 " N , 7 ° 14 ′ 46" E
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| Residents : | 1560 (December 31, 2016) | |
| Incorporation : | September 1, 1960 | |
| Postal code : | 45549 | |
| Area code : | 02324 | |
Location of Obersprockhövel in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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 Administration building of the former Kleine Windmühle colliery
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Obersprockhövel is one of the six districts of Sprockhövel in the Ennepe-Ruhr district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1960 Obersprockhövel was an independent municipality in the Blankenstein office of the Ennepe-Ruhr district.
geography
Oberspröckhövel lies between Niedersprockhövel and Haßlinghausen , the two larger settlement centers of Sprockhövel. In contrast to Niedersprockhövel, Oberspröckhövel is a scattered settlement that emerged from an old peasantry without a village center. Obersprockhövel includes the settlements and living spaces Beisenbruch, Bossel, Brahm, Gethe, Dräing, Kötterei, Kreßsiepen, Leckebüschen, Löhen, Mesewinkel, Nockenberg, Oberdräing, Poppenberg, Pöten, Schmalenberg and Steinnocken.
history
Obersprockhövel originally belonged to the Office Blankenstein of the County of Mark and came to the French time to circle Hagen in the Prussian province of Westphalia . Since the 1840s Obersprockhövel was a rural municipality in the Sprockhövel office . In 1887 the community came to the Schwelm district and in 1929 to the Ennepe-Ruhr district. On August 1, 1960 Obersprockhövel was merged with Niedersprockhövel to form the municipality of Sprockhövel . On September 3rd, in the presence of the then Prime Minister Gustav Heinemann , the largest trade union training center in the world, the IGMetall training center, was opened .
Population development
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1871 | 1542 | |
| 1885 | 1319 | |
| 1910 | 1686 | |
| 1939 | 1413 | |
| 2016 | 1560 |
mayor
From 1945 to 1960 Ludwig Stock was mayor of the community.
Economic history
In the industrial age, the Obersprockhövel peasantry transformed into an outspoken workers' community. Obersprockhövel became a location for small hardware production; In addition, the hard coal mines Buschbank , Jutermann-Stolln , Friedrich Wilhelm , Kleine Windmühle and Molly II were operated in the municipality .
Sports
The SC Obersprockhövel is a local sports club .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Details of the city of Sprockhövel
- ^ The municipalities and manor districts of the Province of Westphalia in 1871
- ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia 1885
- ↑ Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on February 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the Reich in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. ennepe.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ Information at hattingen.de
