St. Vit
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St. Vit
City of Rheda-Wiedenbrück
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 32 ″ N , 8 ° 16 ′ 39 ″ E
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| Height : | approx. 85 m |
| Area : | 10.38 km² |
| Residents : | 1371 (Jan. 1, 2014) |
| Population density : | 132 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1970 |
| Postal code : | 33378 |
| Area code : | 05242 |
 Location of St. Vit in Rheda-Wiedenbrück
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St. Vit is a formerly independent place in North Rhine-Westphalia , which has belonged to the town of Rheda-Wiedenbrück in the Gütersloh district since the municipal reform of 1970 . The place is 1,037.45 hectares and has around 1,400 inhabitants (2014). The place, first mentioned in 1212, is rather rural and became known for its baroque church, which is unique in its kind in the East Westphalian region .
history
The parish of St. Vit was formed in 1867 by a spin-off from the parish of Langenberg , among other things at the endeavors of the then mayor Sören Neitemeier .
On January 1, 1970, St. Vit was incorporated into Rheda-Wiedenbrück.
Culture and sights
Buildings
- Parish Church of St. Vitus . Hall church from 1736
- The sexton's house , not far from the church, is a half-timbered building from 1658.
Volunteer firefighter
There is a fire station in the north of St. Vit . St. Vit is also the location of the district fire brigade school of the Gütersloh district.
sports clubs
- Running and doing good e. V.
The association organizes an annual charity run for the benefit of DKMS and outpatient palliative care in Bielefeld-Bethel . The association was founded at the end of 2005.
- Red-white St. Vit e. V.
Social
In 2007, citizens of St. Vit launched a program against the wind turbines that had almost been decided by the city council . An association was involved in public meetings in the fire station against the alternative energy source of wind power and demanded the cancellation of the construction plan, which was already fixed at this point.
Daughters and sons
Hermann Schalück , the General Minister of the Franciscans and President of the International Catholic Missionary Organization until 2008 , and the former chairman of the FC Schalke 04 Josef Schnusenberg come from St. Vitus . The historian Franz Flaskamp (1890–1985) also came from St. Vit .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 278 .
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 110 .
Web links
- Website of the district of St.Vit
- St. Vit in the Westphalian Cultural Atlas
