Olpe (Meschede)

Olpe City of Meschede Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 22 ″  N , 8 ° 10 ′ 8 ″  E
Height :	244 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	607  (Jan. 1, 2017)
Postal code :	59872
Area code :	02903
Olpe

Olpe is a district of Meschede in the North Rhine-Westphalian Hochsauerlandkreis . On January 1, 2017, Olpe had 607 inhabitants.

The place borders on Freienohl in the north, only separated by the Ruhr . The L 541 runs through the village . The state road leads over the 510-meter-long Olpe tunnel on the A 46 . The next junction of the A 46 is Meschede-Wennemen and is located around one kilometer east of Olpe.

history

The first documented evidence of the place comes from 1231.

There a Lambert von Olpe is mentioned, who came from a noble family who had their residence on a manor on the Kesselbach. In addition to some farm buildings and service houses, his estate in Olpe also included a chapel, which is still used today as a village church after several extensions and additions.

The family lived in Olpe until the 16th century, after which the property changed hands several times.

The Wiese farm in the old town center is over 500 years old and is still owned by the same family today. Wulfs Kotten is also over 500 years old, but has always been owned by different families.

In 1811, when the Sauerland belonged to Hesse , the Grand Ducal Court Chamber parceled out the old manor Olpe because it had received several reports of hereditary acquisitions for the purpose of settlement. Up until that time there were only eleven houses in Olpe.

The population was small and initially remained so, as the farms were completely transferred to the eldest son. Siblings left the village because of a lack of income.

A change only occurred when craftsmen, as well as forest and sawmill workers, settled in the village in the 19th century. A larger increase in population was recorded between 1906 and 1910, when the railway line from Freienohl to Schmallenberg was built.

Olpe retained its village character even after the two world wars. War refugees founded the Sankt-Georg-Strasse settlement at the western entrance to the town in the late 1950s .

On January 1, 1975, Olpe became a district of Meschede as part of the municipal reorganization .

religion

The St. Agatha Chapel stands in the same place.

societies

Shooting club

The Olper Schützenbruderschaft was founded in 1920 in what was then Gasthof Hütter (today: Landhotel Hütter). The patron saint of the association is St. George . Every year on the weekend of Pentecost, the brotherhood celebrates its traditional shooting festival .

Sports club

The Olper Sportclub was founded in 1911. The club consists of the three departments football, leisure and popular sports, as well as tennis. One of the greatest sporting successes was the promotion of the senior football team to the district league in 1999.

Choral society

The men's choir, Liederfreunde Olpe , founded in 1946, currently consists of around 25 singers. On March 29, 2000, the choir won the title of Folk Song Performance Choir at the Zuccalmaglio Festival in Borken .

literature

• Elmar Kersting: Village history Olpe. From the beginning to the present. Meschede-Olpe 2015.

Web links

• Homepage of Olpe

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Meschede: The population statistics of Meschede (PDF), accessed on February 3, 2017
2. ↑ Structurae.de accessed on February 11, 2009
3. ↑ Clemens Liedhegener: Das Rittergut OIpe , p. 14 ff., Online in Sauerländer Heimatbund, Sauerlandruf 1965 1_2 ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2016 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; 1.5 MB). 
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. 335 .