Sevelen (Issum)

Sevelen Issum municipality
	Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 37 " N , 6 ° 25 ′ 47" E
Area :	26.64 km²
Residents :	5524 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	207 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	47661
Area code :	02835
Location of Sevelen in North Rhine-Westphalia
	Parish Church of St. Antonius

Sevelen is a district of the community Issum in the Kleve district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1969 Sevelen was an independent municipality in what was then the Geldern district .

geography

The district of Sevelen covers the southern half of the municipality of Issum. In addition to the actual core town Sevelen, the localities Großholthuysen, Kleinholthuysen, Oermten, Vorst and Vrasselt also belong to the district. The Oermter Berg lies on the south-eastern edge of the district .

history

Sevelen can be traced back to around 1440. The place name is explained from "Zeve" = sand and "Laer" = break and means "sandy break". Sevelen was originally a Honschaft the bailiwick of funds and was by its many potteries known as "Pottery Village".

Since the 19th century Sevelen formed a rural community in the mayor's office Sevelen (since 1937 Amt Sevelen) in the district of Geldern in the administrative district of Düsseldorf . On July 1, 1969, Sevelen became part of the municipality of Issum through the law on the reorganization of the district of Geldern .

Population development

year	Residents	source
1832	2097
1861	2088
1871	2041
1885	2095
1910	2214
1925	2448
1939	2456
2018	5524

Architectural monuments

The Dahlenmühle in winter

The Dahlenmühle, the Catholic parish church of St. Antonius and a number of residential buildings in the Sevelen town center are listed buildings .

Culture

The St.Antonius-St.Hubertus brotherhood Sevelen 1453 is a bearer of local customs .

Sports

The local sports clubs are the SV Sevelen 1919 , the TV Sevelen 1909, the TC Sevelen 1980 eV and the Reitverein Blücher eV Sevelen .

traffic

Sevelen is the end point of the Rheinberg – Moers – Hoerstgen-Sevelen railway line , on which there is currently no rail traffic in the Sevelen area.

Personalities

Born here

Wilhelm Pötters (* 1941), Romance studies and university professor
Michael Zywietz (* 1964), musicologist and university professor
Klaus Lieb (* 1965), psychiatrist and clinic director

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Population statistics of Issum
↑ Information about the community of Issum
↑ Information about the community of Issum
^ Johann Georg von Viebahn: Statistics and topography of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1836, accessed on May 5, 2019 (digitized version).
^ Otto von Mülmann : Statistics of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1865, Retrieved June 6, 2019 .
↑ 1871 census
↑ Community encyclopedia for the Rhine Province 1885
↑ Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on February 2, 2017 .
↑ Rhine Province Community Dictionary 1930
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. geldern.html. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
^ Website of the Sevelen Brotherhood

[ewissum-1] Population statistics of Issum

[2] Information about the community of Issum

[3] Information about the community of Issum

[viebahn-4] Johann Georg von Viebahn: Statistics and topography of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1836, accessed on May 5, 2019 (digitized version).

[mulmann-5] Otto von Mülmann : Statistics of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1865, Retrieved June 6, 2019 .

[6] 1871 census

[7] Community encyclopedia for the Rhine Province 1885

[8] Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on February 2, 2017 .

[g1930-9] Rhine Province Community Dictionary 1930

[demand-10] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. geldern.html. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[11] Website of the Sevelen Brotherhood