Siddinghausen (Büren)

Siddinghausen City of Büren Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 15 ″  N , 8 ° 31 ′ 49 ″  E
Height :	281 m
Area :	10.36 km²
Residents :	946  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	91 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	33142
Area code :	02951
Location of Siddinghausen in Büren
Aerial view of Siddinghausen

Siddinghausen is a district of the city of Büren in the Paderborn district in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia and is located on the upper reaches of the Alme in the Almetal. The village has 946 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Siddinghausen is about four kilometers away from Büren. The place is located in a valley that is bordered by the Mühlenberg in the direction of Büren. On the opposite side, foothills of the Arnsberg Forest border the place.

The Almetal near Siddinghausen

climate

Siddinghausen lies in the rain shadow of the Sauerland and has a rainfall of around 800 to 850 mm per year.

history

Siddinghausen is one of the oldest places in the Bürener Land . According to tradition, a Saxon nobleman named Sidag built a wooden church on his inheritance. The church was founded in 799 by Pope Leo III. consecrated in the presence of Charlemagne . The settlement that was then built around the church was named "Sidaghusen", from which "Siddinghausen" later developed.

On January 1, 1975, the previously independent place was incorporated into the city of Büren.

politics

Before it was incorporated into the large municipality of Büren in 1975, Siddinghausen was a separate municipality. From the middle of the 18th century until 1975, Siddinghausen had 13 community leaders.

Mayor of the former community of Siddinghausen

• Joseph Happe (until 1852)
• Anton Schlueter (1852-1860)
• Johann Schüth (1860–1878)
• Anton Schlueter (1878–1890)
• Johann Happe (1890–1907)
• Josef Kersting (1907-1913)
• Wilhelm Schlueter (1913-1915)
• Anton Happe (1915-1920)
• Josef Kersting (1920–1938)
• Josef Wiehe (1938–1945)
• Anton Gottschalk (May 1945)
• Anton Schlüter (May 1945–1946)
• Wilhelm Happe (1946–1948)
• Franz Meis (1948–1975)

Since the incorporation in 1975, Siddinghausen has had four mayor until today.

Mayor

• Anton Müller (1975-1989)
• Heinrich Burdick (1989–1994)
• Gerhard Helle (1994–2012)
• Johannes Schäfers (since 2012)

Attractions

The Siddinghausen Church ( St. Johannes Baptist ) and the Siddinghausen Mill on the Alme are particularly worth seeing .

Johannese oak

The Johanneseiche is an oak that is over 400 years old in the Ringelstein Forest.

Public facilities

There is a kindergarten in Siddinghausen.

societies

In Siddinghausen there is a volunteer fire brigade , a theater group, a dance group, a sports club including a sports field and its own gym, a homeland security club, a Kolping family and a music club.

traffic

The place is on the country road 637, which leads from Büren to the neighboring village of Ringelstein. Siddinghausen is also connected to the neighboring Kneblinghausen in the Soest district by Kreisstraße 65 .

literature

• Siddinghausen - History of a Westphalian Village by Alexander Kessler (2000)

Web links

• Website of the town of Siddinghausen
• Siddinghausen (Büren) in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population development 2019 . In: Stadt Büren (Hrsg.): City mirror of the city of Büren . Issue No. 178 , March 7, 2020, p. 4 .
2. ^ 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. 320 .