Rathmecke

Rathmecke City of Lüdenscheid Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 26 "  N , 7 ° 37 ′ 56"  E
Postal code :	58513
Area code :	02351
Location of Rathmecke in Lüdenscheid
Rathmecke

The Rathmecke is a district and side valley in the middle Rahmedetal , located between Lüdenscheid and Altena . The area used to belong to the municipality of Lüdenscheid-Land and the Altena district . The Rathmecke district has been part of the city of Lüdenscheid and the Märkischer Kreis since 1969 .

history

Iron ore mines were opened in the area of ​​Dünnebrett, Rathmecke and in the nearby Krummenscheid as early as the 17th century. Local researchers have found over 30 old smelting furnaces, slag heaps and countless digging sites, some of which are still visible today. Around 1850 these pits were used again, partially expanded and expanded, and copper was dug. There were fissures four inches thick, which were criss-crossed with copper pebbles , malachite and copper lettuce. The first point of discovery is near Neuenweg between Oberrahmede and Dünnebrett on the north-western slope of the valley opposite the former Kettling company. You can still see the old pings right next to a small water containerrecognize that the other two sites are near the height north of the Rathmecke. These are the mine fields of the consortium association Essendia with the mine fields Neu-Essen 1, 2 and 3. Further copper ore mines were located further southwest in the area of ​​the Helle ridge.

Adamy settlement

In 1894, master locksmith August Enders set up a small forge on a long field next to the road between Dünnebrett and Grünewiese , where he also made use of the water from the Rahmede flowing past. The company grew, and when Enders died in 1910, the company had expanded several times and employed around 115 people. With the participation of August Adamy and Franz Paulmann and through the conversion first into a GmbH and later a stock corporation , the workforce doubled by 1915.

These workers and employees needed living space and so August Adamy had an entire settlement built in the Rathmecke, which still bears his name today. Later the settlement was expanded to Dickenberg and Freisenberg . The latter is mentioned as early as 1478 with its free estate owner Hynrick to Freisenberg. Hermann Diedrich and his son Peter Heinrich Spelsberg come from Dickenberg and founded the Dickenberger Reckhammer in the Rahmedetal below the Langenfeld parcel and about 350 meters from the Enders company. Today it is a branch of the company JD Geck, which also bought parts from Enders and is officially called Dickenberger Hammer. The name "Dickenberger" has been omitted for the sake of simplicity and so the company complex there is called "Werk Hammer".

literature

• Alfred Diedrich Rahmede: History of the Rahmedetals . Lüdenscheid, 1967.