Obrighoven-Lackhausen

Obrighoven-Lackhausen City of Wesel
Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 22 "  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 53"  E
Height :	27 m above sea level NN
Area :	26.79 km²
Residents :	11,026  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	412 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	46485
Area code :	0281

Obrighoven-Lackhausen is a district of the Lower Rhine Hanseatic City of Wesel with the districts Lackhausen , Obrighoven and Wittenberg .

geography

Districts in the Obrighoven-Lackhausen district

Surname	Area in km²	Residents 2019	Inhabitants per km²
Lackhausen	8.15	3,105	381
Obrighoven	8.76	4,979	568
Wittenberg	9.88	2,942	298
total	26.79	11,026	412

Konrad Duden's birthplace in Lackhausen

Issel near the bear lock

Aaper Vennekes heathland as part of the Drevenacker dunes

The Obrighoven-Lackhausen district is located in the east of the Wesel urban area. From north to south it includes the districts Lackhausen , Obrighoven and Wittenberg , whose settlement centers are close to the city, whereas a much larger area in the east, northeast and south of the district is rural and sparsely populated. The Issel runs through its north and is bordered by the Lippe in its south . The federal highway 58 runs through the district in an east-west direction . It separates Obrighoven, north of it, from Wittenberg, south of the road. In its north and northeast, the district is strongly characterized by agriculture. In the area of ​​the district Wittenberg between the B 58 and the Lippe, however, there are mainly extensive forest areas that are part of the Drevenacker Dunes nature reserve . The Drevenacker Dunes belong to the larger Hohe Mark-Westmünsterland Nature Park . Within the Drevenacker dunes are the Aaper Vennekes , which include not only forest but also typical heather areas.

Between the settlement centers of the Obrighoven-Lackhausen district, the distance to the center of Wesel is around three to five kilometers. In the west and south-west the district borders on the Wesel district with the districts Blumenkamp , Feldmark , Schepersfeld , Fusternberg and Lippedorf , but not directly on the city center. In the north there is a border with the city of Hamminkeln , from Obrighoven there is a direct connection to Brünen with the federal road 70 . In the east and southeast, Obrighoven-Lackhausen borders the municipality of Hünxe , whose districts Drevenack and Krudenburg are the closest.

history

In the Middle Ages there was a parish of Wesel, which, in addition to the town, included the small farmers' communities Flüren , Lackhausen and Obrighoven. Sometimes Obrighoven was further divided into Hasselt and Bliestern. From the 16th century, the area was predominantly inhabited by Protestants, mostly followers of Calvinism , and a Catholic minority. The peasants remained dependent on the city for religious issues, as their own churches in the Obrighoven-Lackhausen area were not built until 1924 and 1931. As early as 1684, however, the Reformed School at Lauerhaas was created as an educational institution.

In 1824, the union of Obrighoven and Lackhausen created the community of Obrighoven-Lackhausen, which belonged to the Wesel district. Shortly afterwards, Konrad Duden (1829–1911), her most famous citizen, was born. According to figures from 1832, it had 1,007 inhabitants, who were roughly evenly divided between the villages of Obrighoven and Lackhausen. The statistics also name several isolated farms. The community was co-administered by Wesel until it became an independent mayor's office in the Rees district in 1848 . In 1933 it had 3,135 inhabitants. After the end of the Second World War , it fell under Wesel administration, but became independent again in 1948. On July 1, 1969, it was finally incorporated into Wesel. At the end of 2019 it had 11,026 residents with main or secondary residence.

Former mayor

• Johann Heinrich Hecheltjen (1848–1883)
• Carl Bagel (1884-1910)
• Friedrich Kreipe (1911-1919)
• Friedrich Werner (1920–1935)
• Peter Röhrig (1936–1937)
• Wilhelm Diemer (1938–1945)
• Friedrich Mölleken (1948–1969)

traffic

Local roads open up Obrighoven-Lackhausen to Bundesstrasse 70 , which is called Brüner Landstrasse there . It branches from the Federal Highway 58 from the east-west direction through the district and east of the city a connection point for A 3 has. There are several public transport connections in the districts, each only a few hundred meters away.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WaldLandschaft (hohemark-westmuensterland.de)
2. ↑ Statistics on geoportal-wesel.de (geoportal-wesel.de)
3. ^ Statistics and topography of the government district of Düsseldorf, 1836
4. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Rhine province, Rees district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
5. ↑ Obrighoven-Lackhausen (wesel.de)
6. ↑ Population figures (wesel.de)