Repe

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Repe
City of Attendorn
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 36 ″  N , 7 ° 55 ′ 42 ″  E
Height : 334 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 134  (Jun 30, 2018)
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 57439
Area code : 02722
Repe (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Repe

Location of Repe in North Rhine-Westphalia

Chapel of St. Hubert in Repe
Chapel of St. Hubert in Repe
The Repe brook on Repetalstrasse

Repe is a district of the town of Attendorn in the Olpe district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) and has 134 inhabitants. In contrast to most of the localities in this region, the village is not divided into upper and lower villages, but rather into “summer side” and “winter side”.

geography

Repe lies southeast of the core town of Attendorn and north of the village is the Reper Höhe (473 m). The Repe , a left tributary of the Lenne, flows through the village and further through the Repetal .

history

In 1383 the place (goods in) Repe was first mentioned.

According to a more recent study of the place names in the district of Olpe, in addition to the first mention, there were other place names in the subsequent period, for example: Reppe (appraisal register 1543), tho Reepe (1544 inventories from Graf Spee's archive in Ahausen), Repe (1841 in a village -Table). An interpretation of the place name runs into difficulties. A Germanic or Old Saxon name origin would most likely be traced back to the occurrence of deer. If a much older name is assumed, the color impression of the water or the shape of the stream bed appear possible as a name motif.

Early clues about the size of the place can be found in an appraisal register (used to collect taxes) for the year 1543. According to this, there were 8 persons subject to appraisal in “Reppe”; this number could have coincided with the farms or houses existing at the time. Frantz Hohagen and Christian Thoins paid the highest taxes of 2 gold florins and more.

Repe belonged to the municipality of Helden , which was partially incorporated into the city of Attendorn as part of the municipal reorganization. In this course the only school was closed. Until then, the youngsters from the villages of Rieflinghausen , Hofkühl and Berlinghausen were also taught in the one-class village school .

After the last restaurant was closed, the citizens founded a support association and built a village community center for hearty occasions and family celebrations.

There are also two water procurement associations and a chapel association.

Population development

year Residents
1536 40-50 *
1565 40-50 *
1783 57
1817 85
1839 109
2017 130

*) Values ​​estimated based on house numbers

religion

The majority of the residents of Repe are Catholic . The origins of the Hubertus Chapel cannot be dated more precisely. There are indications that it was founded in the 17th century. In the Attendorn Museum, for example, there is an altarpiece with the year 1639 stamped on it, which according to tradition is said to come from the chapel in Repe. There is also a note from Pastor Hermann Duncker dated November 27, 1699, stating that the chapel in Repe was built in 1679 but has not yet been consecrated . Finally, on September 29, 1730 , the Helden pastor Johan Theodor Voss received the power of attorney to consecrate the Hubertus Chapel and to celebrate it on a portable altar. In 1862 the interior of the chapel was extensively renovated, including the replacement of the altarpiece. The Chapel Association of Repe initiated a thorough renovation of the chapel (including renewal of the roof structure, drainage of the building) in 1992.

The chapel is a monument of Attendorn .

Individual evidence

  1. Population statistics of the city of Attendorn (as of June 30, 2018) , accessed on August 4, 2018.
  2. a b Otto Höffer: The Repetal. On the history of the parishes of Helden and Dünschede with contributions by Rainer Ahrweiler, Günther Becker and others. Series of publications by the city of Attendorn. Volume 3. Attendorn 2008.
  3. cf. in detail Michael Flöer: The place names of the district of Olpe. Westfälisches Ortsnamesbuch (WOB), Publishing House for Regional History, Bielefeld 2014, pp. 197 and 198
  4. ↑ Estimation register 1543 for the Sauerland in the Electorate of Cologne (Internet file ) [1] PDF p. 41
  5. Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 89 .
  6. Ralf Breer and Otto Höffer: 'Churches and chapels in Attendorn, Lennestadt and Kirchundem'. Edited by Sparkasse Attendorn-Lennestadt-Kirchhundem, Attendorn 1999, pp. 54, 55.