Rithem
Rithem is a desolate place between Werl and Westönnen .
It was mentioned in a document in 850 as a place of salt production in the Werl area.
Like many other places in the Middle Ages, the place fell victim to the great devastation process. It must have been a creeping, slow process. This began around 1300 . There are different theories about the reasons for leaving the place. One may have been the attraction of the fortified town of Werl.
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- Rudolf Preising, Guide through Werls Stadtgeschichte, publisher: Städtisches Kulturpflegeamt Werl, Dietrich Coelde Verlag, 1963, page 3