Ostendorf (Halver)

Ostendorf City of Halver Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 39 ″ N , 7 ° 33 ′ 7 ″ E
Height :	330 m above sea level NN
Postal code :	58553
Area code :	02355
Location of Ostendorf in Halver

Ostendorf is a court in Halver in the Märkisches Kreis in the administrative district of Arnsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Location and description

Ostendorf is located at 330 meters above sea level on a ridge between the valleys of the Hälver and the Volme in northeast Halver on the federal road 229 directly on the city limits of Lüdenscheid . Neighboring towns are Gehärt , Heesfeld and the Heesfelder Mühle , Husen and the Lüdenscheid districts of Wahrde , Winkhausen and Bruges . In Ostendorf, the approaches to Halverscheid and Grünewald branch off . The large forest area around the Raffelnberg lies south of Ostendorf .

The Eugen-Schmalenbach-Berufskolleg is the commercial school of the Märkischer Kreis and is based in Ostendorf a little south of the original settlement.

history

Ostendorf was first mentioned in documents in 1818 and 1839, but the time of origin of the settlement is presumed to be between 1300 and 1400 following the second medieval clearing period. Ostendorf was a Unterhof of Heesfeld.

In 1818 ten residents lived in the village. In 1838 Ostendorf belonged to the Oeckinghauser peasantry within the Halver mayor . The sound of Ortschafts- and removal table of the governmental district Arnsberg as Ackergut categorized place had at this time a house, a factory or mill and a farm building. At that time, nine people lived in the village, all of whom were Protestant.

The municipality encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia from 1887 gives a number of 24 inhabitants who lived in two houses.

Since the early Middle Ages (according to other sources, since prehistoric times) an important old road led past Ostendorf from Cologne via Wipperfürth , Halver, Lüdenscheid , Werdohl and Arnsberg to Soest , a trade , pilgrimage and military route . For this reason, bundles of hollow paths have been preserved in the forest south of Grünewald near the school .

Hiking and biking trails

Ostendorf is crossed by the Halveraner Rundweg ( signpost : H in a circle ).

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Alfred Jung: Halver and Schalksmühle. Investigation and thoughts on the settlement history of the Halver Office, an old parish in the Saxon-Franconian border area. Friends of Altena Castle, Altena 1978 ( Altenaer contributions. Works on the history and local history of the former county Mark 13, ISSN 0516-8260 ).
↑ Johann Georg von Viebahn : Local and distance table of the government district Arnsberg, arranged according to the existing state division, with details of the earlier areas and offices, the parish and school districts and topographical information. Ritter, Arnsberg 1841.
↑ Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (ed.): Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume X), Berlin 1887.

[jung-1] A ^b Alfred Jung: Halver and Schalksmühle. Investigation and thoughts on the settlement history of the Halver Office, an old parish in the Saxon-Franconian border area. Friends of Altena Castle, Altena 1978 ( Altenaer contributions. Works on the history and local history of the former county Mark 13, ISSN 0516-8260 ).

[2] Johann Georg von Viebahn : Local and distance table of the government district Arnsberg, arranged according to the existing state division, with details of the earlier areas and offices, the parish and school districts and topographical information. Ritter, Arnsberg 1841.

[Gemeindelexikon1887-3] Royal Statistical Bureau (Prussia) (ed.): Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia, based on the materials of the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, (community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia, Volume X), Berlin 1887.