Todtenhausen (Minden)

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Todtenhausen (Minden)
City of Minden
Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 13 ″  N , 8 ° 55 ′ 16 ″  E
Height : 58 m above sea level NN
Area : 8.59 km²
Residents : 3345  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 389 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 32425
Area code : 0571
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Location of Todtenhausen (Minden) in Minden

Todtenhausen is a district of Minden in the Minden-Lübbecke district in the northeast of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

The place is north of the core city; Todtenhausen borders the Weser in the east, the city of Petershagen in the north ( Südfelde districts and the core town of Petershagen ) and the Minden districts of Kutenhausen and Stemmer in the west . Todtenhausen is a scattered settlement . The center of the district can be described as the area around the school and the cemetery. The highest point in the area is approx. 62 m above sea level on the Thorn in the area of ​​the federal road 61 .

history

Bike path on the Weser

Around 1000 there are historical evidence of settlements on the Haselbeeke and the pilgrimage pond. Todtenhausen was first mentioned in a document as "Dodanhasun" in 1028. Todtenhausen belonged to the diocese of Minden . A monastery founded in 1009 by Bishop Milo on the Wedeginberge is said to have been relocated to Todtenhausen under Bishop Ramward (district: In the monastery). During the Thirty Years' War Todtenhausen suffered greatly from the chaos of the war. In 1630 Minden and with it Todtenhausen converted to Protestant teaching.

In 1649 the “Todtenhausen farmers” came to Brandenburg-Prussia (homage to the Great Elector in 1650 in Petershagen Castle). The 41 courtyards that existed in 1682 were numbered consecutively according to the level of their obligation to deliver. The first house numbers arose from this . Todtenhausen was required to perform tension service opposite the Petershagen Castle (1733).

Grossenheider Königsmühle

The Großenheider windmill was built around 1733 for the farmers in Todtenhausen, Kutenhausen, Stemmer and Südfelde.

August 1, 1759 Battle of Minden , Todtenhausen main battlefield - Pilgrimage pond. Jobst Hinnerk Lohrmann's errand. On the occasion of the centenary in 1859, the memorial was consecrated in memory of the Battle of Minden. Every year on August 1st, representatives of the traditional regiments (especially the British) and representatives of the city of Minden lay wreaths at the memorial. August 1st, 1959 (200th anniversary celebration) was celebrated with a particularly festive occasion. Serfdom and tithe duty were abolished during the French rule. But when other oppressive taxes and restrictions were introduced, there was a peasant revolt against the French in Todtenhausen. Crew. The teacher Franz was to be shot dead for not preventing the storm ringing , and the village was to be burned down. At the request of the Oberprefekten in Osnabrück , the strict sentence was overturned and the residents were punished with heavy taxes and billeting .

After Todtenhausen came back under Prussian administration in 1815, the tithe had to be paid. A great impoverishment was the result. The obligation to tithe was not lifted until 1845.

In 1924 a community meeting decided to set up a volunteer fire brigade . Of the participants in the community meeting, 48 joined the new fire brigade. Farmer Friedrich Klöpper No. 10 was elected first fire chief. The first extinguishing group was created. The music train was founded in 1926. The Petershagen Local Fire Brigade Association was established in 1927. The first official association festival took place in Todtenhausen. This was also the reason for the musical train's first public appearance. The fire station was built in 1928 .

The local elections in 1924 resulted in 434 votes for the SPD, 416 votes for the citizens' bloc and 39 votes for the KPD. The majority achieved should have resulted in the SPD providing the mayor. But since the mayor in office before the election gave his vote to the bourgeois side, the SPD majority was lost. A change in the law removed the old mayor's right to vote. A second ballot had to be held in Todtenhausen. In this ballot, Fritz Schwier was elected mayor. In 1929 the cemetery chapel was consecrated in the newly established cemetery. In 1933 the mayor Fritz Schwier died, his successor Fritz Harke was stripped of the mayor's office. He had to hand over all documents for the community work to his successor Chr. Gieseking (NSDAP). The consequences of the Second World War were cruel, oppressive and obvious in Todtenhausen too. In almost every house the dead were mourned, the missing were feared and people returning from captivity waited. In the village, too, there had been deaths and houses destroyed by bombs. Even in the last days of the war, citizens on the Großenheide lost their belongings as young people, almost still children, shot at invading American tank columns with bazookas and fired them back with tank shells. After the end of the war, the houses were oppressively cramped, as the evacuated people from the industrial areas were still there and many refugee families from the east joined them.

Until the municipal reorganization on January 1, 1973, Todtenhausen was an independent municipality with a total area of ​​approx. 859 ha and 3042 inhabitants (December 31, 1972) and belonged to the Petershagen office and the Minden district .

Christ Church with rectory

church

From a church perspective, Todtenhausen and Kutenhausen form a unit. They form a parish of the Evangelical Lutheran. St. Mary's Parish.

In 1907 the church was built next to the rectory built in 1903. The construction manager was the government master builder Karl Siebold from Bethel near Bielefeld . On December 18, 1907, the Christ Church was consecrated for the communities Todtenhausen and Kutenhausen. The inauguration was “the” event in 1907.
In the 1950s, the St. Marien parish in Minden presented the Christ Church with an altar that had been created in 1886 by wood sculptor Gustav Kuntzsch from Wernigerode for the St. Marien Church . In 1967 the Christ Church underwent a thorough ( radical ) renovation and its chancel was designed according to designs by the contemporary artist Wolfgang Kreutter (1924–1989). In 1997, the anniversary year, another renovation took place, which, in addition to repairing structural damage and defects, also tried to develop a design concept that combines "old" and "new" in a harmonious way. Of the Kuntzsch altar only the crucifix and two figures ( Maria and Johannes ) remain .

The pastors Heinrich Küppermann (1902 to 1937), Otto Jungcurt (1937 to 1972), Wolfhard Fräkem (1972 to 1985) and Hartmut Birkelbach left their mark in Todtenhausen.

The cemetery chapel was built in 1930.

School system

Entrance to the secondary school

The tentative beginning of school development in Todtenhausen can be seen around 1650 with the establishment of so-called "corner schools". These "schools" were in private homes. Apparently the first school building was the thatched roof school near the Friedenseiche. This was a modest farmhouse in which the Deele served as a classroom. Jeremias Gotthelf described this room when, as a student on the way to Petershagen, he sought refuge from a thunderstorm here in 1821.

Todtenhausen and Kutenhausen formed a school district until 1840. The blessing of children at that time was also a problem for the school system. In 1850 150 of the 658 inhabitants were students. It was not until 1879 that a two-class school building with a bell tower was built opposite the cemetery entrance. A second teacher was hired because 220 students had to be taught. The old bell found its place in the bell tower.

Due to the increasing number of pupils, a second school, the Großenheider School, was built in 1891. In 1910, a new school building with two additional classrooms was built opposite the old school at the cemetery. Because of the disadvantages of a one-class school, the school districts were merged again and the school built in 1910 was expanded in 1930. There were now 6 classrooms available. With the beginning of the school year 1931, all Todtenhauser children were given lessons in the extended school. There wasn't a gym yet. The innkeeper Kuhlmann (Jägerstuben) made his hall available for gymnastics events. A sports field has been set up nearby. Cooking lessons were given for the Todtenhauser, Kutenhauser and Stemmer children in the school on Grossenheider Straße. In 1961/62 the elementary school in Todtenhausen was expanded on a large scale and a gymnasium was built. The school yard received a larger lawn playground and a 50 m running track.

In the course of the school reform, the communities of Todtenhausen, Kutenhausen and Stemmer set up the Kutenhausen / Stemmer elementary school and the Todtenhausen secondary school . The Todtenhausen secondary school remained in existence even after the regional reform. The catchment area has been expanded to the south.

Population numbers

  • 0658 (1850)
  • 1678 (1910)
  • 2025 (1937)
  • 2750 (1950)
  • 3104 (1972)
  • 3606 (end of 2003)
  • 3599 (late 2004)
  • 3560 (late 2006)
  • 3572 (late 2008)
  • 3386 (end of 2011)
  • 3345 (end of 2013)

politics

Mayor:

  • around 1806: Brockmeyer
  • until 1827: Rathert
  • 1828 to 1849: Röckemann (Nickloges) Todtenhausen 31
  • 1856 to 1882: Klöpper, Joh. Friedr. Todtenhausen 24
  • 1882 to 1888: Schwier (Lükens) Todtenhausen 3
  • 1888 to 1910: Schwier, Heinr. (Südmas) Todtenhausen 15
  • 1910 to 1924: Schwier, Heinr. (Janschwiers) Todtenhausen 8
  • 1924 to 1925: Kuhlmann, Ferdinand (Berns) Todtenhausen 23
  • 1925 to 1932: Schwier, Friedrich (Steinhauers) (To.219) ( SPD )
  • 1932 to 1933: Harke, Friedrich (To.145) (SPD)
  • 1933 to 1945: Gieseking, Christian (To. 97) ( NSDAP )
  • 1945 to 1948: Harke, Friedrich (To.145) (SPD)
  • 1948 to 1956: Altvater, Wilhelm (To.118) (SPD)
  • 1956 to 1961: Rathert, Fritz (To.164) (SPD)
  • 1961 to 1972: Diekmann, Christian, (To.222) (SPD)

Mayor:

  • 1973 to 1974: Diekmann, Christian (SPD)
  • 1974 to 1992: Witte, Günter (SPD)
  • 1992 until today: Piepenbrink, Walter (SPD)

Directly elected representatives in the City Council of Minden:

  • 1973 to 1974: Diekmann, Christian (SPD)
  • 1974 to 1992: Witte, Günter (SPD)
  • 1992 to 2002: Piepenbrink, Walter (SPD)
  • 2002 to 2009: Dr. Wehking, Michael (SPD)
  • 2009 until today: Karl-Heinz Meilwes (SPD)

Further representative in the city council of Minden:

  • 1999 to 2009: Spiekermann, Hugo (CDU reserve list)
  • 2009 until today: Brigitte Kampeter (CDU)

Results of the 2004 local elections:

  • Kindergarten Christ Church II:
    • SPD = 52.8%
    • CDU = 29.1%
    • MI = 9.2%
    • Greens = 6.3%
    • FDP = 2.7%
  • Secondary school Todtenhausen:
    • SPD = 45.9%
    • CDU = 29.6%
    • MI = 11.4%
    • Greens = 8.9%
    • FDP = 4.2%

Directly elected representatives in the district council of the Minden district or the Minden-Lübbecke district:

  • 1973–1994 Günter Harke (SPD)
  • 1994–1997 Heinz-Wilhelm Borgmann (SPD)
  • 1997-2009 Jürgen Saft (SPD)
  • 2009 until today Hans-Jürgen Weber (SPD)

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

The following personalities were born in Todtenhausen:

Attractions

Valentine's Mill on the Weser
Memorial of the Battle of Minden in Todtenhausen
Kohbrink nature reserve in the background NSG Heisterholz
  • Grossenheider Königsmühle
    • Wall Dutch built around 1731 with a slightly conical quarry stone tower and a small earth wall. In 1972 the mill got wings again. These wings are modeled on the last Venetian blind wings. The wind rose system was replaced by the original Stert in 1985. Like the Valentinsmühle, the Großenheider Königsmühle is part of the Westphalian Mühlenstrasse .
  • Valentine's Mill
    • an earth-Dutchman built around 1858, with its conical brick tower plastered on the weather side, since the restoration in 1991, it has had a mill hood with windable sail blades and a wind rose system. During the Christmas season, the mill, illuminated by many meters of light tube, shines far over the Weser valley .
  • Christ Church Todtenhausen - Kutenhausen
    • Church inaugurated in 1907, based on the Romanesque architectural style. The tower has a gable roof and thus adapts to the local Weser churches.
  • Planet path :
    • Two information boards for the Mindener Planet Path ( Pluto and Neptune ) are located in Todtenhauser area along the cycle path on the Weser.
  • Biological station
    • The district of Minden-Lübbecke has bought an old farm near the Heisterholz forest and built a biological station there. The Biological Station has been operated by the Biological Station Minden-Lübbecke eV association for over 20 years. a. the care of nature reserves.
  • Nordholz
    • The nature reserve is 25.4 hectares and is located south of the Heisterholz. It extends around the former Nordholz estate. The area was placed under protection to preserve and restore the animal and plant species typical of the landscape. In particular, there are small bodies of water, swamps, rudderal grass and perennial corridors as well as various small trees. The endangered crested newt has a large population here. Visitors can find out more on a nature trail.

traffic

  • The B 61 runs from south to north as an important road connection to Bremen through Todtenhausen.
View from Valentinsmühle to the Weserradweg
  • Todtenhausen is the starting point of the cycle paths on the former railway lines of the Mindener Kreisbahnen to Petershagen-Ovenstädt and Petershagen-Friedewalde, which, like the Weser cycle path, are part of the mill route .
  • Between 1897 and 1899 the railway line from Minden via Kutenhausen, Todtenhausen and Petershagen to Uchte was built . Over 200,000 people were transported in the first year of operation. In 1975, passenger traffic and then freight traffic were stopped.

Club life

The highlight is the shooting festival that takes place every year at the beginning of June . The citizen battalion and the rifle club try tirelessly to involve all parts of the local population.

Club life is coordinated in the cultural community. This association of all associations and institutions in Todtenhausen was founded on December 8, 1967. The first chairman was the then mayor Christian Diekmann, followed by Günter Witte, Walter Piepenbrink and Werner Scheffran. Today Jürgen Saft heads the cultural community. Members are:

  • Sports club SVKT 07 eV
  • Trombone Choir Todtenhausen-Kutenhausen eV
  • Shooting club Todtenhausen
  • Battalion (1st, 2nd and Youth Company)
  • SPD local association Todtenhausen
  • CDU local union Todtenhausen
  • Tookula children's choir
  • Settler community
  • Mixed choir "Westfalia" Todtenhausen
  • Voluntary fire brigade / fire fighting group
  • German Red Cross
  • BvD
  • Local agricultural association
  • Todtenhausen secondary school
  • Hunter
  • Help women
  • Mill group Todtenhausen
  • Ev. kindergarten
  • Trade association
  • Association community village community center

The following are also included: fire brigade music train, local home nurse, pastor, old people's club and local farmer

Pictures from Todtenhausen

  • Entrance

  • Historic Lohrmann restaurant

  • Plaque at the monument to the battle of Minden

  • Former Jägerkrug restaurant

  • Todtenhausen secondary school

  • Old school opposite the main school

  • Former Cooking school

  • Cenotaph at the cemetery

  • Christ Church Todtenhausen

  • Village community center on the sports field

  • Former railway station

  • Former Uphoff Inn

  • At the Peace Oak

  • Center??

  • Former Grasshoff rest house

  • Former Death curve at Grasshoff

  • End of the planet path at Grasshoff

  • Playground at the sand pit

  • View from Valentinsmühle to Porta Westfalica

  • Biological station

  • Biological station garden

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population statistics of the city of Minden ( Memento from April 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed October 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ Source: (Westf. UB Suppl. 104 no. 631) (RI II, 4 1779). (Dodan, Todo = Germanic personal name; hasun = hausen).
  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. 326 .
  4. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 117 .
  5. ^ Regional Association Westphalia-Lippe and Westphalian Office for the Preservation of Monuments, Architectural and Art Monuments of Westphalia. Volume 50. City of Minden. Part III. Old town 2. The collegiate and parish churches, edited by. Fred Kaspar and Ulf-Dietrich Korn u. a., Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2003, p. 165.
  6. ↑ http://www.hs-todtenhausen.de/

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