Recklingsen

Recklingsen Welver parish Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 24 ″  N , 7 ° 59 ′ 46 ″  E
Residents :	257  (2011)
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	59514
Area code :	02384

Recklingsen is a district of the municipality of Welver in the district of Soest ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The village consists of the parts Recklingsen and Nehlerheide as well as the farms in Loh and west.

The scattered settlement near the state forest is characterized by farms. However, the number of farms is decreasing. The village square forms the center of the village. Social village life is mainly shaped by the rifle and fire brigade association.

history

The place was mentioned in a document in 1245, in which the Walburgis monastery in Soest bona in Rikelinchusen prope Wevere sita (goods in Recklingsen near Welver) were transferred. Also the monastery Welver got in the 13th century property in the resort. A chapel with a cemetery in the center of the village, which is still remembered today by the field name Auf dem Kirchhof , was mentioned in 1381. The name of the hall, Amgericht , is reminiscent of the free or long court . A very old linden tree, popularly called Femelinde , stands there. The name of the hallway on Galgenstrasse refers to the former execution site. In the stock exchange register of 1685 there was the obligation. If the free court at Recklingsen is owned, soot must present 1 measure of wine, 1 roasted chicken, and 4 pounds of bread .

On July 1, 1969, Recklingsen merged with other villages to form the new municipality of Welver.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 93 .

Web links

• The place on www.welver.de