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Eastern heroes
City of Kreuztal
Coat of arms of eastern heroes
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 40 ″  N , 7 ° 56 ′ 40 ″  E
Height : 326 m
Area : 3.65 km²
Residents : 637  (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 175 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1969
Postal code : 57223
Area code : 02732
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Location of Kreuztal in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district
View over the Berghäuser Valley near Osthelden in winter
View over the Berghäuser Valley near Osthelden in winter

Osthelden [ ɔst'hɛl.dn̩ , ɔstˈhɛl.dən ] is a district of Kreuztal , Siegen-Wittgenstein district and takes its name from the Osthelde stream . It is on the road from Wenden to Kreuztal, where the road leads down into the valley with a sharp bend.

history

Osthelden is one of the oldest settlements in the Siegerland . There is no record of its creation. In terms of folk culture, Osthelden is a Moselle-Franconian- speaking place and lies on the Uerdinger and Benrath lines . It is unclear since when the first people used the protected hollow on the upper reaches of the Ostheldener Bach as a settlement. The first written reference to Osthelden found in Bickenschen man book , a Lehnsregister the Lords of Bicken . There it says (in today's words): Anno Domini 1344 - "The Lords of Bicken ( Hainchen Castle / Netphen ) had given the tithe rights in Osthelden and Fellinghausen to the Gobel von der Hees."

For the year 1461 five people are named to be subject to the treasury. A tax list from 1563 mentions nine households. The first accurate map "Marking of the village of Osthelden" was made in 1720 by Erich Philipp Ploennies .

Of the 28 buildings drawn in the original cadastre from 1834, 24 are residential buildings. The oldest surviving house in Osthelden - built in 1657 - was demolished in 2003.

Until the municipal reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia on January 1, 1969, Osthelden was an independent municipality, which also includes today's Kreuztal district of Junkernhees . The places were part of the former Ferndorf office .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Oberländer (Ed.): Osthelden-Junkernhees. A picture book. Verlag Die Wielandschmiede, Kreuztal 1990, ISBN 3-925498-33-8 .
  2. Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 71 .