Steinfeld (Schleswig)

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	Coordinates: 54 ° 36 '  N , 9 ° 44'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Schleswig-Flensburg
Office :	Süderbrarup
Height :	30 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.73 km 2
Residents:	809 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	93 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	24888
Area code :	04641
License plate :	SL
Community key :	01 0 59 080
Office administration address:	Königstrasse 5 24392 Süderbrarup
Website :	www.suederbrarup.de
Mayor :	Wolfgang Hinz (KWS)
Location of the municipality of Steinfeld in the Schleswig-Flensburg district

Steinfeld ( Danish : Stenfelt ) is a municipality with 14 districts, located on the Baltic Sea Fjord Schlei on the fishing peninsula in the Schleswig-Flensburg district in Schleswig-Holstein . The administrative seat is the office of Süderbrarup in the town of the same name Süderbrarup . The core town of Steinfeld lies in the triangle between Loit in the northwest, Süderbrarup and Nottfeld in the northeast and Ulsnis in the south.

The place name means "stony field" or "stony clearing caused by burning or felling".

Districts

• Blasberg (dä: Blæsebjerg )
• Brebelholz ( Bredbølskov )
• Hesselholz
• High
• Höckmoos ( Høgmose )
• Kalkjär ( Kalkær or Kallekjær )
• Croquet ( krog )
• Osterholz (partly, Østerskov )
• Schmedeland (partly, Smedeland )
• Schukjär ( Skovkær )
• Schwienholt (partly, Svinholt )
• Steinfeld ( Stenfelt )
• Trerberg ( Trebjerg )
• Wackerade ( Vækkerød )

history

Traces of settlement in the area of ​​today's Steinfeld municipality can be traced back to the Neolithic Age (from around 4,200 BC) on the basis of reading and grave finds . Other archaeological finds, especially the Iron Age urn grave field Goldacker and the Viking Age hoard of Haithabu coins (approx. 900–950 AD) repeatedly prove the presence of people.

Possibly the focus of the settlement was formerly on the corridor with the name Hemstrup in the district of Krock, which moved to today's place in or after the High Middle Ages . A continuous settlement with the place name can be safely assumed from the 14th century. This follows from the first written mention in the Registrum capituli Slesvicensis around 1450, the directory of the income of the Schleswig cathedral chapter , to which Steinfeld belonged almost entirely as a manorial. After the Reformation , which was carried out relatively late under the cathedral chapter compared to the Schleswig-Holstein cities or other manors, probably around 1540, the first signs of village community awareness emerged with the establishment of a fire guild in 1614. A hundred years later, Steinfeld is also a school location. In 1658 the king from the cathedral chapter took over the lordship over Steinfeld. In terms of administration, however, it was not incorporated into the Schliesharde until 1777 and thus incorporated into the Gottorf office. Even before the legally mandated agricultural reforms, the coupling and privatization of land previously used by cooperatives had been carried out since 1755 . After the German-Danish War , Steinfeld achieved the status of a Prussian municipality in the newly formed Schleswig district in 1871 , which replaced the previous Gottorf office as the higher-level administrative unit. The modernization of the medieval-spiritual, administrative and economic structures was followed by technical renewal in the years up to the First World War :

• 1883 connection to the circular railway (until 1972);
• Telegraph service established in 1885;
• 1886 Foundation of the Steinfeld Volunteer Fire Brigade ;
• 1888 establishment of the cooperative dairy (until 1968);
• 1896 settlement of a doctor;
• 1900 First street lighting, paving the way and setting up sidewalks;
• 1907 Establishment of an own electricity company.

100 years of the Steinfeld Volunteer Fire Brigade

The boom of those years, which did not reach the rapid growth of the neighboring village of Süderbrarup , is still evident today through a series of buildings dating from the Wilhelminian style. In the two world wars, the village was spared from destruction. However, many Steinfelder had fallen relatives to complain about. In 1922, stone tablets with all 24 names of the sons who died in the First World War were attached to the old bells in Ulsnis .

In order to maintain agricultural production after the men had been recruited, around 30 prisoners of war were used during the First World War and 87 prisoners in the Second World War . The latter came from the Soviet Union and Poland . They were z. Partly housed in the Jägersruh inn, which was set up as a prisoner of war camp. The last days of the war were marked by the retreat movements of the German armed forces and the Reich authorities into the area of ​​the Schleswig region. In addition, a large number of refugees from eastern Germany had to be quartered, which led to the doubling of the original population. In the post-war period, as part of the denazification, there was a rapid change of mayor as well as arrests by the British occupying forces, which also affected the refugees, among whom were among others. a. the former head of the Stettin Gestapo found. In the period that followed, the Danish minority grew so much, not least because of the many disappointed Germans, that they set up their own school in 1954.

Steinfeld was the administrative seat of the Ulsnis office from 1956 to 1970 , until the municipal administrations were also centralized and combined. The official affiliation changed to Süderbrarup in the same year.

The upswing of the post-war years caught Steinfeld and triggered a wave of modernization but also a wave of rationalization, which resulted in the final change from an agricultural village to today's residential village. The rapid growth of car traffic required the asphalting of the paths and streets, which was done in Steinfeld since the mid-1950s. It started with the adaptation of the traffic infrastructure to the rapid growth of car traffic through the asphalting of roads and paths since the late 1950s.

The technical modernization of agriculture led to a drastic decrease in the number of u. a. farms enlarged by land consolidation (1962–1972). But they are still a characteristic part of the village, together with the mill and the forge, even if the dairy had to close in 1968. The number of other businesses also fell to a fraction of their original size. The supply functions were transferred to the neighboring central locations such as Süderbrarup, Schleswig and Kappeln , which could easily be reached by the residents given the current state of almost complete mobility. In order to counteract the associated loss of community identity, the municipality tried to strengthen village facilities, such as B. through the sponsorship of the shop in the former dairy or the establishment of a village community house.

Primary school

The primary school could be held in the village until 2017 when it was merged with other schools. In 1973 a gym was built that the students and the sports club can use. Cultural evenings, village weeks, fire brigade and choir balls still bear witness to the lively village life today. The construction of the new development areas Goldacker (1978) and Toft (2000) even led to an expansion of the village.

politics

Community representation

• Of the eleven seats in the municipal council, the SPD had six seats since the 2008 local elections, the CDU had three and the KWS electoral community had two.
• Due to the lower number of residents, nine seats were left in the local elections on May 26, 2013. With the creation of an overhang mandate, the number of mandate holders increased to ten. The SPD has five seats, the CDU two seats and the KWS three seats.

mayor

Heinrich Buch (SPD) was re-elected mayor for the 2013–2018 election period. Then Wolfgang Hinz (KWS) became mayor of the community.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided. Above in blue three golden ears of corn next to each other, below in gold two black stones over a golden decorated black urn. "

The ears of wheat represent agriculture and their golden tincture is said to emphasize the fertility of the soil in fishing rods. The stones indicate the place name and the urn to traces of prehistoric settlement in the municipality. The colors of the shield are the state colors of the Duchy of Schleswig .

The coat of arms was chosen by the community after the Second World War in the absence of official seals that are free of Nazi and Imperial symbols and approved by the British Military Government.

Economy and Infrastructure

The economy of the place is characterized by agriculture and commercial enterprises.

District road 119 runs through Steinfeld from Süderbrarup to Schleswig . The district road 47 leads from Steinfeld to Loit to the federal road 201 .

Steinfeld (Schleswig) was located on the railway line of the Schleswig circular railway that opened on May 15, 1883 . Passenger traffic was carried out until May 27, 1972, while a freight train last traveled the route on June 30, 1980. The train station was on Raiffeisenstrasse. After the tracks between Schleswig and Süderbrarup were dismantled, the route was converted into a cycle path.

Steinfeld had a primary school, the Schleidörferschule, until 2017.

There are two sports clubs in Steinfeld: TSV Schleiharde, which was created in 2000 through the merger of TSV Ulsnis / Steinfeld with TSV Loit, and FCAngling 02, which only offers football. There is also the men's choir "Hope" Steinfeld-Ulsnis, the DRK local association Ulsnis-Steinfeld and the HSV fan club "Schlei-Raute".

Personalities

• Nicolaus Mattsen (born March 14, 1847 - November 27, 1924), member of the Reichstag and Landtag
• Adolf Petersen (born May 20, 1874 - † August 22, 1949), postmaster, local politician and historian.

Associated with Steinfeld are:

• Wolfgang Gruner (born September 20, 1926 in Rathenow; † March 16, 2002 in Berlin), German cabaret artist, actor and director.
• Ernst "Larry" Evers (born April 18, 1951; † May 25, 2014), founding member of the band Godewind , son of the former tenant of Jägersruh.

further reading

• Detlef Lille: The Steinfelder Chronicle. Steinfeld 1979.

Web links

Commons : Steinfeld (Schleswig)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Steinfeld community at the Süderbrarup office

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Videnskabernes Selskab: Slesvigs fastland i 6 blade , København 1857
3. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms
4. ^ Wikipedia: Coats of arms in Schleswig-Holstein approved by the British military government