Thulen

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Thulen
City of Brilon
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Thülen (until 1975)
Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 4 "  N , 8 ° 38 ′ 39"  E
Height : 429 m above sea level NN
Area : 8.64 km²
Residents : 1050  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 122 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 59929
Area code : 02963
Alme Madfeld Radlinghausen Rösenbeck Messinghausen Thülen Nehden Hoppecke Bontkirchen Wülfte Brilon Brilon-Wald Gudenhagen-Petersborn Scharfenberg Rixen Altenbüren Esshoff Marsberg Diemelsee Willingen (Upland) Olsberg Rüthen Büren Bad Wünnenbergmap
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Location of the village of Thülen within the urban area of ​​Brilon
Aerial photo (2013)
Aerial photo (2013)
Aerial panorama on Thülen

Thulen is a district of the medium- sized town of Brilon in the Hochsauerlandkreis in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia and is located on the edge of the Diemelsee Nature Park at 450  m above sea level. NN up to 500  m above sea level NN . Thülen has about 1100 inhabitants.

geography

View of the town of Thülen
Cemetery with a burial hall

Thülen is located in the Hochsauerlandkreis northeast of Brilon in the Brilon Heights , north of the Old Heeresstrasse . Neighboring towns of Thülen are Brilon , Nehden , Radlinghausen , Rösenbeck , Messinghausen , Hoppecke and Wülfte . The indulgence flows through Thülen .

history

The founding of Thulen goes back to a chapel, whose patron is St. Dionysius , to Corvey. In 1096 the parish church of St. Dionysius was built; this is only mentioned in a document in 1175. The village is named "Tulon" in a document in 1183. At first, Corvey Monastery was the landlord, who was replaced by Bredelar Monastery and local noble families, including von Thülen . In the 16th century the von Meschede zu Alme inherited the von Thülen. From the 19th century to 1975, Thülen was the namesake and seat of the former Thülen office, to which most of today's districts of Brilon belonged.

In November 1944 a unit of the Waffen SS was relocated to Thülen. On November 11, 1944, two soldiers from this unit were shot in an open field outside the village for attempted desertification. Before that, they had to dig their graves themselves. A few weeks later both were buried in the village cemetery. The Waffen SS unit was transferred to the Western Front in December 44 to take part in the Battle of the Bulge. In March 1945 a police unit was transferred from the area on the left bank of the Rhine to the village. When the arrival of troops from the US Army was reported on March 29, the police unit moved away. The sexton Johann Nölle now hoisted a white flag on the church tower. Without a fight, columns of vehicles with tanks drove through the village in the direction of Nehden. In the evening a US unit billeted itself in the village. Alcohol, jewelry, watches and other valuables were looted. In the days that followed, more tanks drove through the village. Shortly afterwards, Thülener took part in the looting of the German depots in Brilon and Bredelar. There were raids by former prisoners on remote farms. In a raid on April 2, a farmer was shot dead by a Russian. At times 50 former prisoners from Poland were housed in the girls' school.

In the Second World War , 31 Thülener fell as soldiers, 27 of them on the Eastern Front .

On January 1, 1975 the place was incorporated into Brilon.

politics

Mayor

The current mayor is Johannes Becker.

coat of arms

Coat of arms Thülen.svg

Blazon :

In gold, a soaring red unicorn with an upright tail.

Description:

Of the various coats of arms carried by the von Thülen family, the community added the rising unicorn to its coat of arms. Official approval took place on August 12, 1954.

Culture and sights

Parish Church of St. Dionysius

North side of the parish church
Interior of the parish church

The parish church of Thülens is a pillar basilica and was mentioned as early as 1175 and is therefore the oldest church in the Brilon area; its origin is dated earlier. The tower was added in the 13th century. From 1975 to 1977 the church was extensively restored. In 1999 the facade was restored again and in 2011 the interior, lighting and sound system of the parish church were modernized. The main entrance is in the west by the tower. A side entrance is in the south. There are five bells in the tower ; four of them can be rung mechanically. Another bell, which is rung for change , is located in the roof turret . Alme, Bontkirchen, Hoppecke, Madfeld , Messinghausen , Rösenbeck and Thülen, as well as Nehden and Radlinghausen also belong to the Thülen pastoral network .

Warrior Memorial

The war memorial is located in the middle of the village on Bruchhausenstrasse. It once stood in the old parish complex to the southeast of the church. In 2007 a new war memorial was erected because the old cracks could be recognized. It was inaugurated on October 28, 2007. The Marien statue of the old memorial was placed in the cemetery.

Others

traffic

There are buses from Thülen to Brilon , Paderborn , Bad Wünnenberg , Alme , Nehden , Rösenbeck and Madfeld . Connections to other locations are possible in Brilon. The nearest train stations are in Brilon-Wald , Brilon and Bredelar and the nearest airport is Paderborn / Lippstadt Airport .

Brilon-Thülen airfield

The Brilon-Thülen airfield is located south of Thülen on the road to Hoppecke. From here sightseeing flights over Brilon and the surrounding area, parachute jumps and the like are possible. Ä. Possible.

Thulen elementary school

Above the church is the Thülener elementary school with the gym. The primary school was built from 1951 to 1953. Before that, there was a girls 'school below the church and a boys' school next to the cemetery. The two former schools were demolished in the 1970s; In the place of the boys' school there is now a car park for visitors to the cemetery and a little further up is the morgue built in 1974. Since the 2006/2007 school year, Thülen is no longer an independent primary school; the Alme-Madfeld-Thülen school has existed since then. Its main town is Thülen. The adjacent gym was built in 1982. It is also used outside of school sports for football , badminton , children's gymnastics, mother-child gymnastics, senior sports, etc.

Associations of the village

literature

  • 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.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, section Thülen, pp. 54-55.
  2. ^ Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939-1945 . 1955, honor table section Thülen, pp. 245–246.
  3. ^ 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 .
  4. ^ Eduard Belke, Alfred Bruns, Helmut Müller: Kommunale Wappen des Herzogtums Westfalen, Arnsberg 1986, p. 190 ISBN 3-87793-017-4