Wüllen (Ahaus)

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City of Ahaus
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Wüllen
Coordinates: 52 ° 3 ′ 55 ″  N , 6 ° 58 ′ 31 ″  E
Height : 54 m above sea level NN
Area : 41.82 km²
Residents : 5560  (December 31, 2012)
Population density : 133 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 48683
Area code : 02561
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Location of Wüllen in the town of Ahaus
Catholic Church of St. Andreas in Wüllen
Catholic Church of St. Andreas in Wüllen
Hollekamp lime works in Wüllen; lime was mined and burned here from the end of the 19th century until around 1995

Wüllen , formerly also Wullen , has been part of the town of Ahaus since it was incorporated on July 1, 1969 . In addition to the village, the peasants Barle, Oberortwick, Quantwick, Sabstätte and Unterortwick belong to the village area. The first documented mention of Wüllen comes from the year 1188. Wüllen was probably often linked to Ahaus as an administrative unit, but it was always independent. There is a partnership with the French Argentré du Plessis .

Worth seeing

St. Andrew's Church

The church of St. Andreas in Wüllen dates back to a Carolingian building from the 9th century and has a defense tower from the 12th century. Today's two-aisled hall church was built in 1473. It houses a bell by the medieval bell founder Gerhard van Wou and modern church windows by the glass artist Johannes Schreiter . The parish has had a partnership with the parish of St. Joseph in Kattovice, Poland, since the 1980s.

Quantwicker Mill

The 'Quantwicker Mühle', built in 1835, shows the well-known Dutch design of the octagonal mill, its octagonal base is fixed and only the cap including the axle, the large comb wheel and the wing ring was turned into the wind on a roller ring and with the help of the rotating mechanism. Since it is no longer in operation, it has been used for the exhibition of a small private art exhibition, which does not take place regularly.

Star Crüce

The 'Steenerne Crüce' is reminiscent of a court where justice was administered in the 12th century until it was dissolved in 1811. A replica of the cross was erected in 1909 on the old trade route that led from the Ruhr area via Wüllen and Wessum to Holland. The original cross was preserved up to the approach of the crossbar and is now in the LWL State Museum for Art and Cultural History in Münster .

Spieker Laink-Vissing

The 'Spieker Laink-Vissing', intended and used as a storage facility for agricultural products, was built in 1732. In the meantime it has been rebuilt and renovated and serves as a meeting place.

Sports

The largest sports club in Wüllen is the 'Turn- und Sportverein Wüllen 1920 eV' (TuS Wüllen) with the departments football, gymnastics, badminton, tennis and gymnastics.

Festivals

Probably the largest secular festival in Wüllen is the carnival, at which Wüllen is transformed into "Little Cologne". This festival has been celebrated in a 1200 m² marquee since 2000. The fifth season ends with the Carnival Monday parade . Fools greet each other in “Klein-Köln” with “ Helau ”.

In addition, there is the now traditional Oktoberfest in Wüllen once a year. In 2008 the Oktoberfest was suspended.

In addition, either the shooting festival or the village championships take place every year.

societies

  • Musikverein Wüllen 1911 eV
  • Heimatverein Wüllen eV
  • Carnival Association "Klein-Köln" Wüllen 1850 eV
  • Kolping family Wüllen
  • Ahaus volunteer fire brigade - Wüllen fire brigade - 1911
  • St. Andrew's altar boy
  • Sports club TuS Wüllen 1920 eV
  • Catholic rural youth movement (KLJB) Wüllen
  • Citizens' shooting association St. Andreas Wüllen 1686 e. V.
  • Voting community “Wüllen Unser Dorf” e. V.
  • Rifle Club Barle-Unterortwick 1884 eV

Personalities

  • Stefan Thesker (* 1991 in Ahaus), German soccer player (grew up in Wüllen)
  • Rei Gesing (* 1973 in Ahaus-Wüllen as Reinhard Gesing), German writer

literature

  • Kneppe, Cornelia et al. Uwe Lobbedey: On the older history of St. Andreas in Wüllen: Results of an emergency excavation 1976. - In: Westphalia: Hefte für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde - 78. 2000 (2002), pp. 270–285
  • Lobback, Christian G .: “An organ for the 21st century”, pages 12–15, in: The organ of St. Andreas Wüllen, publisher: Parish of St. Andreas and Martinus (Ahaus-Wüllen / Ahaus-Wessum)
  • Wüllen: Building blocks for the history of a village in Westmünsterland / ed. from Heimatverein Wüllen eVRed., artwork: Johannes Stinner. - Ahaus: City of Ahaus [u. a.]. - Vol. 1. - 1996 = (contributions to the history of the city of Ahaus; 6); Vol. 2. - 2001 = (series of publications by the Heimatverein Wüllen eV; 5)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City of Ahaus: Population figures of the individual city districts ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ahaus.de
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 94 .
  3. ↑ Stefan Thesker: Player portrait on the TSG 1899 Hoffenheim homepage ( memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 14, 2014.