Seelscheid

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Seelscheid
Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 20 ″  N , 7 ° 19 ′ 29 ″  E
Height : 214  (166-233)  m above sea level NHN
Residents : 5780  (December 31, 2015)
Incorporation : 1st August 1969
Postal code : 53819
Area code : 02247
Seelscheid (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Seelscheid

Location of Seelscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia
Village and mountain Seelscheid in 1898

Seelscheid is a district of the municipality of Neunkirchen-Seelscheid in the Rhein-Sieg district in Rhineland-Westphalia .

The place is located on the mountain ridge of the same name between Wahnbachtal and Naafbachtal . The B 56 , called Zeithstraße here , runs through it. It was a medieval trade route.

History of the place

After the Reformation there was both a Catholic and a Protestant community in Seelscheid. The two town centers were formed around the two churches on both sides of the Kleinesbach Valley . Seelscheid was previously called the village of Seelscheid , because there was also a mountain Seelscheid . On the passing Zeithstraße there were some junctions (customs, post office, hostels), which led to the relocation of the shops to them as the traffic increased. The increasing density of the settlements led to the current place with the further districts of Breidscheid , Dorfmühle , Driesch , Hagen , Hausen , Komp , Kotthausen , Kurtsiefen , Leienhof , Leienkreuz , Linden , Oberste Zeit , Post Seelscheid , Schaaren , Scherpemich , Schmitten , Unterste Zeit and Weesbach .

In 1830 Seelscheidt had 94 inhabitants. In 1845 Seelscheidt had 59 Catholic and 82 Protestant residents (141) in 25 houses.

local community

From 1808 to 1821 the community of Seelscheid belonged to the mayor's office Wahlscheid and was then assigned to the mayor's office of Neunkirchen .

In 1885 the community had 1,729 hectares , of which 871 hectares were arable land, 160 hectares were meadows and 564 hectares were wooded.

In 1885 the community had 419 residential buildings (including uninhabited ones) with 396 households. 1783 people (905 men and 878 women) lived in the community. 1203 people were Protestant and 580 Catholic. Both religious communities had their own church in the community.

In addition to Seelscheid, the municipality in 1885 included the districts Berg Seelscheid , Breiderheide , Breitscheid , Broch , Dorfmühle , Driesch , Effert , Eich , Gronenthal , Gutmühle , Hagen , Hausen , Hausermühle , Heckelchen , Heidgen , Heister , Hohn , Ingersaueler Mühle , Komp , Kotthausen , Kuhlen , Kurtsiefen , Leienhof , Leienkreuz , Linden , Meisenbach , Meistershofen , Mohlscheid , Nackhausen , Oberdorst , Oberheister , Oberkurtsiefen , Oberlinden , Oberste Zeit , Post Seelscheid , Pütz , Rengert , Rippert , Schaaren , Scherpekotten , Scherpemich , Schmitten , Siefen , Stein , Steinermühle , Stümpershäuschen , Unterste Zeit , Wahlen , Weesbach and Weiert .

On August 1, 1969, Seelscheid and Neunkirchen were merged with their respective districts to form the new municipality of Neunkirchen-Seelscheid.

Mining

In the area of ​​the former municipality of Seelscheid, a few dozen ore deposits have been exploited by mining. It has been shown that lead , zinc and copper ores were produced on a modest scale at three mines .

The first documentary evidence of mining activities goes back to the middle of the 18th century. Numerous slag scatterings and ceramic finds in the vicinity of the mines and smelting sites indicate mining and smelting activities that go back to the Middle Ages.

In the middle of the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century there was little ore extraction.

The Wolter-Plettenberg mine was located southwest of the village of Wahlen in the valley of the less stream . Research work carried out by the Rheinischer Bergwerksaktienverein Saturn around 1854 yielded 13 tons of copper ore. Copper minerals can be found on the mine dump in Kleinesbach Valley: malachite , azurite and copper pebbles .

The Humboldt mine was located west of Hohn in the Holzbach valley. In the period from 1870 to 1885 lead, zinc, copper, were here nickel - and cobalt ore leading passages open-minded and mined. The production provided 10 tons of lead ore and 70 tons of copper ore. A deep tunnel was set up in the Holzbachtal through which the debris was fed to a nearby processing plant . In a sieve northwest of Hohn there was a machine shaft on which a locomobile was set up and served for dewatering . The mine belonged to the Humboldt union. Today the spoil heaps , old pings and the filled machine shaft still bear witness to the pit . Spate iron stone , galena , zinc blende , azurite and copper gravel can be found on the heaps .

Penny pit tunnel mouth hole

The Penny and Eleonore pits were north of Mohlscheid . Here, too, fragments found in the vicinity of slag scattering and the old mining sites prove an ore extraction and metal smelting that dates back to the 8th century.

The mining activities in the Penny / Eleonore area since 1846 are as follows: From 1846 to approx. 1860 lead and zinc ore mining in the Eleonore field and experimental work in the Penny field by the Société de l'Antonius et des Mines Réunis . The mining fields become the property of the “ Société Anonyme des Mines et Fonderies de Zinc de la Vieille-Montagne ” founded in 1837 by the Belgian banker and industrialist François-Dominique Mosselman . In 1878/79 investigations took place in an experimental shaft in the western Pingenzug. From 1898 to 1908, research work was carried out in the western part of the field, a machine shaft was sunk and the Penny tunnel in Bärensiefen was excavated. The last investigative work ran from 1951 to 1953. The machine shaft and the Penny tunnel were cleared , and operations were subsequently closed due to a lack of ore exploration. The experimental work yielded several tons of lead and zinc ores.

The extensive spoil heaps, the mouth hole of the Penny tunnel in Bärensiefen and concrete foundations on the machine shaft are evidence of the former pits . Today, on the dump of the former Eleanor mine on Schlichenbacher Straße, there is the square of the Bergisches Male Choir Mohlscheid .

Population development

year Residents
1885 1783
1925 1626
1933 1529
1939 1470
1961 2395
1969 3273

Sons and daughters of the church

Buildings

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population structure in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid. In: nk-se.de. Municipality Neunkirchen-Seelscheid , accessed on 5 June 2017 .
  2. ↑ Description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Provinces 1830, p. 305.
  3. ↑ Royal Government of Cologne (Ed.): Overview of the constituent parts and list of all the localities and individually named properties of the government district of Cologne, according to districts, mayorships and parishes, with information on the number of people and the residential buildings, as well as the Confessions, Jurisdictions , Military and earlier country conditions. Cologne 1845, p. 101 ( digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Community information , accessed on March 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b c Community dictionary for the province of Rhineland. Based on materials from the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, edited by the Royal Statistical Bureau. In: Royal Statistical Bureau (Hrsg.): Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. tape XII , 1888, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 ( digitized version ).
  6. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 84 .
  7. ^ A b Albert Seemann: Metal ore mining in the lower Aggertal . Self-published, Lohmar 1990.
  8. ↑ a b c Albert Seemann: Lead, zinc, copper and iron ore mines in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid . Ed .: Heimatblätter des Heimat & Geschichts Verein Neunkirchen-Seelscheid eV Yearbook 1994, No. 9 . Neunkirchen-Seelscheid.
  9. ^ A b Albert Seemann: History of the Penny ore mine . In: Heimat & Geschits Verein Neunkirchen-Seelscheid eV (Hrsg.): Heimat Blätter . 1997 yearbook, no. 12 . Neunkirchen-Seelscheid 1997, p. 145 to 165 .