Veltheim (Porta Westfalica)

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Veltheim
Coordinates: 52 ° 11 ′ 16 ″  N , 8 ° 57 ′ 59 ″  E
Height : 53 m above sea level NN
Area : 11.88 km²
Residents : 2597  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 219 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 32457
Area code : 05706
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Location of Veltheim in Porta Westfalica
Veltheim windmill

Veltheim is a district of the town of Porta Westfalica in the Minden-Lübbecke district in East Westphalia .

geography

Veltheim is located south of the Weser Mountains and north of the Weser . In the east, Veltheim borders the town of Rinteln in the district of Schaumburg ( Lower Saxony ) and the Eisbergen district of the city of Porta Westfalica, in the north on the districts of Lohfeld and Hausberge, in the west on the Möllbergen district and in the south, separated by the Weser, on the Varenholz district of the municipality of Kalletal in the Lippe district .

history

Veltheim celebrated its 1100th anniversary in 1996. Archaeological finds suggest that settlement began earlier.

Until the municipal reorganization on January 1, 1973, Veltheim was an independent municipality with a total area of ​​around 11.88 km² and 2557 inhabitants. She belonged to the office of Hausberge in the Minden district . On December 31, 2017, Veltheim had 2597 inhabitants.

St. Peter and Paul Church

religion

Protestants

The evangelical regional church residents of Veltheim belong to the Evangelical parish of Veltheim; Its center is the St. Peter and Paul Church in the Weser Valley , as well as the parish hall on the hill by the new cemetery. Since June 1, 2007, a parish connection has been set up between the Evangelical Lutheran parish Hausberge and the Evangelical parish Veltheim; This means that the Veltheim pastor is also responsible for the pastoral care of the majority of the Evangelical regional church members in Lohfeld.

St. Petri Church in Veltheim

In addition to the parish of the regional church, St. Petri is a congregation of the independent Evangelical Lutheran Church , which was formed after the Second World War by splitting off part of the parish members of the Evangelical regional church parish of Veltheim.

In 1995 the Free Evangelical Christian Congregation Veltheim was established in the center of Veltheim.

Catholics

The Roman Catholic residents of Veltheim belong to the Catholic parish of St. Walburga Hausberge.

politics

Veltheim belongs to the district committee V of the city of Porta Westfalica with Eisbergen and Lohfeld. The chairman is Fritz-Günther Vogt. Reinhold Kölling is the local caretaker of Veltheim.

Attractions

Veltheim high wire ferry

Veltheim and its mill are part of the Westphalian Mill Road and the Mill Route . The windmill was built in 1903 as a replacement for a Erdholländer built in 1870, which initially stood on the Bockshornberg. The current Wall Dutchman has a plastered conical brick tower. It is known of the mill, built in 1870, that the wings hung so low that the miller's twelve-year-old son was fatally injured while turning; because of a lightning strike this mill had to be demolished.

The St. Peter and Paul Church has a Romanesque tower; the old cemetery, which was used from 1868 to 1954, now serves as a park with a resting place for users of the Weser cycle path.

The Weser ferry Veltheim / Varenholz is a yaw cable ferry that is operated today as a pure passenger ferry , especially for hikers and cyclists on weekends and public holidays. It was evidently mentioned for the first time in 1661, but existed much earlier. In 1786 a long lease contract was signed with the Schäfer family for the ferry.

Memorial to the ferry disaster of 1925

An obelisk at the ferry station commemorates the great ferry accident of 1925.

Ferry failure during Reichswehr exercise

In March 1925, 167 fully equipped soldiers were to be transferred on a ferry built from open pontoons by Minden pioneers near the location of the Gierseilfähre ; a civilian was allowed to ride. The ferry overturned due to severe overcrowding or, for this number of people, a faulty design (due to the compliance with outdated regulations). 81 people died (including the civilian and 80 soldiers), among other things because the victims in full gear could not save themselves; numerous victims could not swim either. One of the survivors was Fritz Schmidt from Eisbergen , who later made a career in the NSDAP and died in occupied France in 1943.

Community power plant Veltheim

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

Veltheim is the location of the Veltheim joint power station . Operations ceased on March 28, 2015.

traffic

Veltheim has a motorway connection to the federal motorway 2 . The Elze – Löhne railway line (also known as the Weserbahn ), which is now served by the NordWestBahn , runs through Veltheim. The station has been closed, however, the next stops are Vlotho and Rinteln. A reactivation is not planned, but this has been under discussion for years for the neighboring icebergs stop.

The Weserradweg cycle path leads through the district.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b SV Porta Westfalica - districts. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ 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. 118 .
  3. ^ Website of the Evangelical Lutheran parish St. Petri of the SELK in Veltheim. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  4. ^ Committees of the city of Porta Westfalica. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Reinhold Kölling: The accident in Veltheim on March 31, 1925, under Historical on Veltheim-Weser.de
  6. ^ Reinhold Kölling: The Reichswehr accident on March 31, 1925 in Veltheim and its consequences
  7. ↑ Reinhold Kölling: Life on the River Volume 1
  8. ↑ Article about the death of Fritz Schmidt in 1943 in DeWeZet December 14, 2013

literature

  • Kirchenkreis Vlotho (Ed.): "How dear to me are your apartments, Mr. Zebaoth." 1100 years of the church in Eisbergen and Veltheim. Sermons and speeches. Bad Oeynhausen 2002.

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