Römershagen

Römershagen municipality Contact Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 56 ″  N , 7 ° 50 ′ 4 ″  E
Residents :	206  (Jun 30, 2015)
Postal code :	57482
Area code :	02762
Römershagen

Römershagen is a district of the municipality Wenden in the Sauerland , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

Geographical location

Römershagen is located in the southern part of the Olpe district around 4.5 km south-southwest of the core town of Wenden. It is located within the Ebbegebirge Nature Park near its southern border, which also forms the border with Rhineland-Palatinate . The Lenne tributary Bigge rises on the south-eastern edge of the village .

history

Church of St. Marien Römershagen

Until the municipal reorganization of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Römershagen was the seat of one of the two communities that formed the Wenden office . The municipality Römershagen consisted of the districts Dörnscheid, Döingen, Römershagen, Heid, Rothenborn, Rothemühle, Bebbingen, Schwarzbruch and Huppen.

In the course of the reorganization, the municipalities of Römershagen and Wenden were merged on July 1, 1969 to form the new municipality of Wenden, which is the same area as the old Wenden office.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Divided by red and silver, above a silver sword with the point to the right with a round pommel a silver shell, below a continuous black cross."

The coat of arms of the former municipality of Römershagen showed the scallop shell and thus identified the place with its church as a station on the Jakobspilgerweg . The sword is a reference to the free chair that used to exist here . The black bar cross reminds of the former affiliation to Kurköln .

Buildings

Interior view of the church in Römershagen

Church of St. Marien Römershagen

The parish church Maria regina coeli zu Römershagen was built in 1718 by Michael Spanner . The church is a simple hall building in Gothic style with a three-sided 3/8 end. The Romanesque tower is said to have originally been a defense tower.

The altar dates from the first half of the 18th century and is decorated with baroque figures of saints. Johann Nikolaus Düringer's pulpit is from 1734.

Today the parish of St. Marien Römershagen belongs to the pastoral association Wendener Land.

literature

• Dehio / Gall: Handbook of German Art Monuments , 1935
• Overmann: The church monuments of the Olpe district, Part II, 1940

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Municipality of Wenden: Population statistics , accessed on October 17, 2015
2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 90 .