Siedlinghausen

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Siedlinghausen
City of Winterberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 11 ″  N , 8 ° 28 ′ 16 ″  E
Height : 450 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 1911  (Jun. 30, 2019)
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 59955
Area code : 02983
Siedlinghausen (Winterberg)
Siedlinghausen

Location of Siedlinghausen in Winterberg

Siedlinghausen
Siedlinghausen
Siedlinghausen station

Siedlinghausen is in Rothaargebirge situated district of Winterberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). 1,900 people live in Siedlinghausen.

Geographical location

Siedlinghausen is located in the northern part of the Rothaar Mountains on the northern edge of the Sauerland-Rothaar Mountains Nature Park . It is located about 7.5 km (as the crow flies ) north-west of the core town of Winterberg in the valley of the Neger river , into which the stream nameless ( Lamelofe ) flows in the village ; The Burmecke flows into the latter at the Siedlinghausen industrial park Burmecke in the direction of the village of Silbach .

The village is located between these mountains - with heights in meters (m) above sea ​​level (NHN): Kahlenberg ( 733  m ; in the north-northeast), Eggenberg ( 690.8  m ; in the northeast), Hoher Hagen ( 729  m ; in the east) , Iberg ( 703.7  m ; with mountain lake ; in the southeast), Meisterstein ( 636.4  m ; with mountain lake ; in the south), Käppelchen ( 563.2  m ; in the west), Krähenstein ( 557  m ; in the west) and Lüttenberge ( 597.2  m ; in the northwest). The lowest point of the Siedlinghausen district is in the Negertal on the border with Brunskappel at 414.5  m .

history

Siedlinghausen was built around 900. It was first mentioned in 1314 in the Meschede Monastery register of properties .

In the 15th century, the nearby village of Negerkirchen became deserted.

In 1548 the village "Sidlinghausen" belonged to the Free County of Grönebach, which the Lords of Gaugreben had as a fiefdom from the Landgrave of Hesse . At that time the village belonged to the Medebach office and thus to the Duchy of Westphalia .

In 1802 the place fell with the Duchy of Westphalia to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt . From 1816 Siedlinghausen belonged to Prussia. First it was assigned to the Medebach district , then to the Brilon district . In this it was part of the Bigge office .

In 1864 the place had about 900 inhabitants. By 1871, their number had dropped to 785, increasing to 1,316 by 1939. Due to the large number of refugees after 1945, the population rose to 2121 by 1950, and then fell again to 1948 by 1966.

On March 30, 1945, Wehrmacht troops marched through the village towards Winterberg. Only a few soldiers were quartered in the village. The German troops and their equipment were in poor condition. On April 1st, seven horse-drawn carts had to be provided from the village to bring soldiers to Küstelberg. In Küstelberg the wagons had to be left to the Wehrmacht. German artillery arrived in the village. Food was distributed in shops and from large warehouses. A general staff quartered itself in the hunting lodge and in an inn. The district defense commissioner Bertram appeared and declared himself the local commander. The Volkssturm in Siedlinghausen was called and the martial law was imposed. Part of the Volkssturm was sent to Olsberg. The rest were guarding the anti-tank barriers, which were built out of trees earlier.

On April 4, US troops began bombarding the village. A Volkssturmmann was killed by a shrapnel at the anti-tank barrier on the island. The next day the bombardment intensified. On the morning of April 6, US troops came into the village from the east through the forest. It was only a short fight. The US troops captured about 250 Germans. Shortly before the invasion, another civilian was killed by a shrapnel. A German King Tiger, who had left the village shortly before, took the village under fire from Steinklev. One house was hit in such a way that it burned down. US guns were deployed and drove out the German tank and then took Altenfeld and Elpe under fire. No house in the village was left without damage during the bombardment. All able-bodied men from the village had to clear the streets in the village. The food supply of the local population, evacuates from the Ruhr area and foreign workers caused problems.

In the vicinity of the village 14 fallen Germans were recovered and buried in the cemetery. In the case of isolated farms and houses, there were attacks by former foreign workers. In the village, a self-defense equipped with striking weapons was allowed to be set up. Self-protection prevented further attacks in the community. Until the summer the population secretly took care of German soldiers who hid in the woods and usually came to the village at night.

In the Second World War (1939–1945), 91 men from the village died as soldiers, most of them on the Eastern Front , or died in captivity.

On January 1, 1975 the village was incorporated into the town of Winterberg.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Former Siedlinghausen hunting lodge

In 1858 Baron von Fürstenberg built the Siedlinghausen hunting lodge . Siedlinghausen has many hiking trails and machine-groomed trails of 75 km in length. In the village there is an indoor and outdoor pool, a tennis court and a spa park. The tower of the old church, which was built in 1893, has been preserved and is connected to the parish church of St. John the Evangelist, consecrated in 1981, by a protective roof. In 1975 the place won the silver medal of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the competition Our village should be beautiful .

The St. Johannes Schützenhalle was built in 1905 and has been a listed building since 2000 .

Natural monuments

A very striking remnant of diabase mining is the mountain lake of the Meisterstein. In this former diabase break, a 7 to 9 m deep lake has formed through rainwater alone. Today the lake is used for diving and the steep walls for mountain climbing.

Mountain lake of the Meisterstein

Regular events

  • Shooting festival on the third weekend in July
  • Summer party of the fire engine on the third weekend in August
  • At the beginning of September the now legendary hobby bike race Bildchen-Sprint has started on Sorpestrasse since 1994 . This mountain time trial leads up to the so-called Bildchen, over 7.4 km and 220 meters in altitude.
  • Oktoberfest on the first weekend in October

Economy and Infrastructure

Slate was mined here before the 16th century until the 1980s . Siedlinghausen belongs to the Fredeburg district. There is evidence of iron industry in the village since the 16th century. These included smelters, iron hammers and forges. In particular, scythes and sickles were made. Today the inhabitants live from tourism , agriculture and production in medium-sized businesses.

traffic

State roads  740 intersect in Siedlinghausen , which runs from Winterberg in the southeast through Silbach and Siedlinghausen to Altenfeld in the west, and 742, which runs from Rehsiepen in the southwest, past the Siedlinghausen hunting lodge and through Siedlinghausen to Brunskappel.

The Nuttlar – Winterberg railway with Siedlinghausen station in the village runs through it . The train runs every two hours to Dortmund during the week. At the weekend the diesel-powered train runs every hour because of the tourism in Winterberg.

Two bus routes run through the village. The express bus "S50" (Olsberg-Brunskappel-Siedlinghausen-Silbach-Winterberg-Züschen-Hallenberg), which runs every hour during the week and until Saturday afternoon. There is a night bus from Saturday to Sunday. The main line runs four times in each direction on Sundays.

There is also a line "349" (Siedlinghausen-partly Siedlinghausen, Schule-Heindrichsdorf-Wasserfall-Fort Fun-Andreasberg-Elpe-Bigge-Olsberg), which has no regular cycle. The departure times are mainly based on school traffic. This line only comes as a bus during the week; On Saturdays there are three trips, which are designed as a taxi bus with registration by telephone.

Sons and daughters of the place

Others

  • The doctor Franz Schranz (1894–1961) initiated a private discussion group (" Siedlinghauser Kreis ") in which well-known intellectuals came together.

literature

  • Gerhard Schumacher: History of the village of Siedlinghausen. Self-published, Siedlinghausen 1954.
  • Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939–1945 - reports from many employees from all over the district. Josefs-Druckerei, Bigge 1955.

Individual evidence

  1. City of Winterberg: Winterberg in facts and figures , accessed on December 30, 2019
  2. ^ Alfred Bruns: Hallenberger sources and archive directories. Münster 1991, p. 67.
  3. Manfred Schöne: The Duchy of Westphalia under Hesse-Darmstadt rule 1802-1816. Olpe 1966, p. 172.
  4. Statistical survey for the district of Brilon. Düsseldorf 1967, p. 16f.
  5. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, section Siedlinghausen, pp. 149–152.
  6. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, honor roll section Siedlinghausen, pp. 199–201.
  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. 332 .

Web links

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