Sellinghausen

Sellinghausen City of Schmallenberg Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 48 ″  N , 8 ° 15 ′ 53 ″  E
Height :	432 m
Residents :	183  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Postal code :	57392
Location of Sellinghausen in Schmallenberg
Sellinghausen

Sellinghausen is a district of the city of Schmallenberg in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

location

The village is located about 3.5 km northwest of Bad Fredeburg at an altitude of 432 m above sea level. The landscape protection area on the outskirts of Sellinghausen lies around the village . The Hallebach rises south of Siedlinghausen. The brook flows through the village and flows into the Ilpe north of Siedlinghausen .

Neighboring places

Neighboring places are Altenilpe , Mailar and Dorlar .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document around 1300. At that time a Junker on the Leiße owned an estate in Sellinghausen. In “Selinchusen” there were also two hooves from the Meschede monastery . 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 five taxpayers in “Sellinghaußen” (Thonis Schulte seine servant, Johann Ferbers, Tilman Buelick and Dorpscheiper).

In 1819 Sellinghausen lived a total of 70 people in 10 houses. The number of houses rose to 25 houses by 1865. The slate mine opened in Sellinghausen in 1920 . In the absence of minable slate, the mine was closed again a few years later. Sellinghausen belonged to the municipality of Dorlar until the local government reform. Since January 1st, 1975 Sellinghausen has been part of the new town of Schmallenberg. The center of the town was redesigned in 2007.

religion

Chapel in Sellinghausen

Sanctuary

The listed St. Blasius Chapel was built in the 1880s in the town center. Many selling houses participated in the construction work or made donations for the chapel.

economy

In Sellinghausen there are agricultural and craft businesses as well as a large hotel.

Sports

The following sports facilities are available in the village: an 18-hole golf course , a ski lift , an adventure pool belonging to the hotel and a soccer field .

Web links

Commons : Sellinghausen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage Sellinghausen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures Schmallenberg 2019 , accessed on July 2, 2020
2. ↑ Bruno Ermecke: Beginnings, first and early mentions of the Schmallenberg districts, p. 109, Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Schmallenberger Sauerland (ed.), 2013
3. ↑ Meschede.de: Grundherrschaft des Stifts Meschede in the Middle Ages (PDF), p. 5 accessed on December 5, 2015
4. ↑ Estimation register 1543 for the Kurköln Sauerland - Online (Heimatverein-finnentrop.de), p. 89 (PDF) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ Sellinghausen.de: History in Numbers, accessed on December 5, 2015
6. ^ Sellinghausen.de: History of Sellinghausen, accessed on October 17, 2014
7. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 335 f .