Steinhausen (Witten)
Steinhausen is a district in the Bommern district of Witten . It bears the district number 61. On December 31, 2018, it had a total of 206 inhabitants. The face of the district is shaped by the manor house Schloss Steinhausen .
history
The first documented mention of the name Steinhausen dates back to 1248, when the abbot of Werden appointed a certain Everhard von Witten , also called Everhard von Witten zu Steinhausen , to be Burgmann on the Isenburg . The Everhards family finally built their own family seat on land that was subject to tax to the abbey , the forerunner of today 's Steinhausen Castle . Its first documentary mention is proven for the year 1297.
The award of jurisdiction over parts of the village of Witten led to conflicts between the von Witten and von Witten zu Steinhausen families over the decades, which intensified when Hermann von Witten-Steinhausen (1374–1435) married into the influential one, founded the Witten-Crengeldanz line (see also House Crengeldanz and Crengeldanz ) and was also awarded court and manorial power .
Together with Haus Witten and Haus Witten-Crengeldanz , Haus Witten-Steinhausen is one of the three germ cells of the city of Witten.
When the von Witten zu Steinhausen families died out in 1446, the Staël von Holstein family initially took over Steinhausen Castle, followed by the von Elverfeldt family in 1732 . They used the chapel of the castle to celebrate Catholic services there: the first Catholic services in the sphere of influence of the communities of Witten and Herbede since they joined the Reformation at the end of the 16th century . Thus Steinhausen developed into the central point of contact for the few Catholics in the region.
Due to the proximity to the Muttental , a small part of which is also part of the Steinhausen district, mining in the Steinhausen area can be dated back to the 17th century . Steinhausen never lost its agricultural identity.
Although Steinhausen and the families living in Steinhausen Castle have played a decisive role in the growth and development of Witten for several centuries, Steinhausen and Witten parted ways at the beginning of the 19th century. When the original territorial and administrative structures of the electors and duchies were destroyed at the beginning of the 19th century by Napoleonic occupation troops , mayor's offices were founded in the entire region , including the Witten mayor's office Mairie Witten (including Witten and Langendreer , but not one of them the village of Bommern belonged, in whose catchment area Steinhausen was). After the withdrawal of the French troops , the borders of the mayor's offices established by the occupying forces were redrawn, but the institutions as such were not dissolved again. So Witten kept his mayor's office. Steinhausen belonged in the 19th century to the Office Bommern in the circle Hagen . It was only with the municipal reform of 1929 that the Bommern office was dissolved. Bommern was incorporated by Witten. Steinhausen has been part of Witten again since then.
Establishment of the Muttentalbahn
1829 was Levin of Elverfeldt (1762-1830) in the adjacent Muttental Muttentalbahn create. The establishment of this railway accelerated the industrialization of the Witten Ruhr Valley operated mining in the first half of the 19th century.
District Steinhausen today
The district mentioned is only sparsely populated, some agriculture is practiced between the surrounding forests . The Muttental mining trail touches the area around Steinhausen, which is why it is extremely popular with walkers. The castle is privately owned , a part of the manor house is now a restaurant , especially among wedding couples , the castle is extremely popular as a venue for wedding celebrations beyond the city limits of Witten.
The Zeche Theresia mine and field railway museum and the Westphalian industrial museum Zeche Nachtigall are located within the boundaries of the district .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population in the statistical districts. (PDF; 30.2 kB) In: Witten.de . December 31, 2018, accessed May 16, 2019 .
literature
- Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and municipalities of Westphalia. 1817-1967 . Aschendorff Verlag , Münster 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 .
- Wolfgang Zemter: Witten. From the old days . Meinerzhagener printing and publishing house, Meinerzhagen 1981.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ' N , 7 ° 19' E