Würgendorf
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Würgendorf
municipality Burbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 29 ″ N , 8 ° 7 ′ 30 ″ E
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| Height : | 398 m |
| Area : | 11.1 km² |
| Residents : | 1646 (2015) |
| Population density : | 148 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1969 |
| Postal code : | 57299 |
| Area code : | 02736 |
 Location of the village Würgendorf within the municipality of Burbach.
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Würgendorf is a district of Burbach in Siegerland , in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia . With 1646 inhabitants, Würgendorf is the fourth largest town in the municipality of Burbach.
geography
Geographical location
Würgendorf is located in the southern Siegerland , directly west of the Westphalian-Hessian state border and is part of the upper Freie Grund . The place is located about 4 km east of Burbach, 18 km southeast of Siegen and 15 km west of Dillenburg . He is the victory influx Heller traversed.
mountains and valleys
Würgendorf is located in a valley floor at the northern foot of the mountain ridge Die Höh (up to 598 m above sea level ) and on the southern foothills of the Rothaar Mountains at 400 to 460 m altitude. The highest elevation in the Würgendorf district is a 573 m high point ( ⊙ ) in the south on the northern highlands of an unnamed (?) And 574 m high summit of the Höh mountain range . The mountains and elevations in the area include - sorted by height in meters (m) above mean sea level (NHN):
- Donnerhain ( 560.7 m ; north)
- Höhchen ( 557.2 m ; north)
- Stein ( 555.9 m ; north)
- Elevation in / on the Obere Sang parcel ( 545.6 m ; south)
- Holzholzer Kopf ( 542.9 m ; North-Northwest)
- Hahnberg ( 498.8 m ; northwest)
The elevations around Würgendorf are characterized by large oak, birch and spruce stands. The typical Siegerland Hauberg economy that has been typical of Siegerland for centuries is particularly evident in the forests.
Waters
The largest river in Würgendorf is the Heller , which has its source at the nearby Kalteiche a little on the other side of the border and flows through the town in a westerly direction. It flows through a right side valley through the village of Siegenbach (on Platt "Siejemich") from the north, which rises at the spur of the Hahnberg and, before entering the settlement area, runs through the Erlenweiher natural pool , which primarily serves as a fire water pond . The largest tributary of the Heller near Würgendorf is the Bachsifen , which flows to the west of the settlement boundary and rises further north at Holzholzer Kopf .
Beyond the northern watershed about wood Holzer head and Höhchen to Wiebelhäuser Bach that this then arises as Gretenbach tapered Höhbörnchen in the divisive terrain notch.
Neighborhoods
Würgendorf borders Wilnsdorf to the north, Gilsbach to the northwest , Allendorf in the Lahn-Dill district to the east, Holzhausen im Hickengrund to the south, and Burbach to the west .
history
The area was first settled by Celtic tribes. The parish of Haiger carried out a documentation of the lands in the Ober- and Freie Grund in 778 AD. On April 28, 1048 the first mention of the Free Reason as the "area of the free men" ( predium liberorum virorum ) took place.
The central nave of the fortified church was built in the 13th century . The roof was rebuilt in 1441 with a half-timbered east gable. Church tower and choir arch were built in 1450. Würgendorf was first mentioned in documents in 1461. Count Wilhelm the Rich introduced the Reformation in 1530. In 1605 the place had 33 Nassau houses. By order of the Nassau government, the Catholic relics had to be removed from the fortified church on May 21, 1606.
During the Thirty Years War , mercenary armies moved through Würgendorf and there was arson, looting and acts of violence. Nevertheless, the first village school was built in 1629. In 1698 the place comprised 40 houses.
Due to the War of the Spanish Succession , imperial troops passed through the Freie Grund between 1700 and 1714. In 1758 Würgendorf had 53 houses. A severe thunderstorm on May 21, 1781 caused enormous damage to the fields. The "old school" is built in 1785.
The battle of the Austrians against the French revolutionary army on the Kalteiche took place on July 4, 1796. The inhabitants of Würgendorf and the Lippe suffered the most from the looting of the French. Würgendorf consisted of 53 houses in 1812. Four men from Würgendorf were involved in the battle of Waterloo against Napoleon. After the Congress of Vienna, Würgendorf fell to Prussia on October 26, 1816 . In 1818 a new cemetery was created.
On January 12, 1862, the Betzdorf – Haiger line was completed as a section of the Deutz – Gießen line . The Würgendorf train station was built on the watershed. The Hotel Schneider (today Hotel Haus Wasserscheide) opened in 1900. In the same year a water pipe was built. The station was built from 1907.
The dynamite AG , formerly Alfred Nobel & Co (short DAG), built in 1903, a plant with rail connection for the production of dynamite . The last coal pile in town burned in 1906. The volunteer fire brigade was founded in 1908. The electrification of Würgendorf took place in 1913. The Dynamit Nobel home courtyard building was completed in 1917 on the watershed. The company made it possible for Catholics who had moved there to hold religious instruction and Holy Mass in the dining room in 1918. The new school, built since 1925, was inaugurated on October 18, 1926. The war memorial was also inaugurated in 1927. The place had 129 houses in 1937.
On March 29, 1945, the Americans marched into Würgendorf. Almost the entire population fled out of fear to the "Heinhäuschen" in the direction of " Wiebelhausen ". The cultural area around the watershed was founded in 1951 and existed until 2006. The school was expanded in 1954 with an extension. The village community center was inaugurated on January 19, 1957. In 1959, the parish bought the old chapel, which had always been administered by the Würgendorf community.
In 1958 land consolidation was started. The handover was in 1962. From 1965 to 1966 a new cemetery hall was built. Until the municipal reorganization on January 1, 1969, the place belonged to the Burbach office and was then incorporated into the new larger municipality of Burbach. From autumn 1970 the children had to go to school in Burbach. Nine years later, the evangelical community bought the school building. In 1971 the newly built Protestant church was inaugurated and the place was connected to the newly built motorway.
The village fountain was inaugurated in 1997 by members of the associations under the leadership of the Heimatverein. The renovated fortified church was reopened on July 8, 2007. The inauguration of the new fire station took place on December 14, 2007.
Demographic development
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House numbers
| year | 1589 | 1605 | 1698 | 1704 | 1706 | 1725 | 1730 | 1758 | 1788 | 1810 | 1846 | 1850 | 1867 |
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| Houses | 34 | 33 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 49 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 80 | 85 | 86 | 85 |
¹ Würgendorfer Heimatnachrichten. April 2006.
² 700 years of Neunkirchen. Otto Braun, Neunkirchen 1988.
Development of the place name
Würgendorf was mentioned for the first time in an appraisal register in 1461. According to the taxes described there, it becomes clear that Würgendorf was the wealthiest village in Freie Grund at that time. The age of the fortified church shows that the place existed for at least 250 years, and very probably even longer, before it was first mentioned. In contrast to many neighboring villages, the place name was changed only to a minor extent. Based on research, there were the following variants of the place name in Würgendorf:
- 1461 Wergentorff
- 1617 Wirgendorf
- 1623 Wirgedorf
- 1640 Wirgedorff
- 1814 Würgendorf
- 1823 Wirgendorf
The place name Würgendorf was established in 1814. However, the name Wirgendorf was used later in some protocols and records.
Legends
A legend has persisted over generations describing the origins of the place. Many centuries ago a princess named Virginia came on her journey through what is now the area around the town. During a heavy thunderstorm, one of the wheels of her carriage broke and a horse went through. Progress was impossible. Then she discovered a light in the valley. She got up and found a homestead. The residents took them in and looked after Virginia. She was so grateful that she promised to build a church for the residents. She put this into practice and had today's fortified church built.
Another legend is that of the robber barons castle. Allegedly there was a small castle on the Hahnberg in the Middle Ages, which was inhabited by robber barons. Those knights spread fear and terror in the surrounding villages. The area on the Hahnberg is still called "Am Schlößchen" today. Excavation work by villagers could never prove the existence of that knight's castle.
House names
As in many other places in Siegerland , many families have a so-called house name in addition to their current surname . These house names mostly go back to the original builder. The focus was primarily on his profession , his family name or a special characteristic. House names emerged from the need to clearly define a property / house in terms of location (to identify the place) at a time when land registers and house numbers did not yet exist. The descendants or new residents of the houses still bear these names today.
Well-known house names in Würgendorf are:
- Awl shepherd (old shepherd)
- Bustard (named after a long staircase in front of the house)
- Annzwaanersch House (Schneider House)
- Hennerich's House (Heinrich's House)
- Ahl Kuhrts Haus (parent company Becker bakery - today home building)
- Metz House (Kölsch House)
- Gündersch House (formerly Kreutz House)
politics
The mayor has been Matthias Moos (CDU) since 2009. He has also been the first chairman of the local homeland club for over 25 years.
Attractions
Fortified church Würgendorf
→ Main article: Wehrkirche Würgendorf
The 700 year old fortified church , the symbol of Würgendorf, in the middle of the old town center, is well worth seeing . According to estimates, the construction of the church dates to the beginning of the 13th century. This makes it one of the oldest churches in all of South Westphalia .
The church was used until the 1960s. Due to a lack of space, a new church was built and the old fortified church remained unused. For almost four decades the church was in a slow but steady decline. However, the old fortified church has recently returned to the consciousness of the local population and extensive renovation work has been carried out by the Heimatverein. From July 2007 the church will be available again for baptisms, weddings, cultural events, lectures etc. after almost 40 years of interruption.
Also of note is the listed Heimhof Theater, a former company building of Dynamit Nobel AG.
cenotaph
The Würgendorfer Ehrenmal is one of the largest and most monumental monuments in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district . It is also considered to be one of the most beautiful in the entire area. The memorial was surrounded by nineteen linden trees, symbolic of every person who fell from Würgendorf in the First World War. Today sixteen of the original nineteen linden trees are still standing. The monument was laid out in terraces by the local population. It is located at the confluence of the Bachsifen in the Heller .
The monument was inaugurated on August 21, 1927. The then community leader Fries said in his speech:
"Many assume of the soldier who goes to war that he is willing to die, but do not consider that he had to leave behind what he loved and died for us."
After the Second World War, two more panels were placed on the second terrace. On one of these boards the names of those who fell in World War II were noted, on the other the following poem by Friedrich Rasche from 1944:
Quiet! I hear them wandering over the black steppe of the night- Now everyone knows the other and nobody laughs-They run like the rain, they drag like leaves in the wind, Footless on lost paths-Mother, your last child-girl, your lover- There they waft smoky into nowhere, the mute, iron-riddled, earthy and empty-faced-shadow-birds that stroke silently along their crumbling pale sleeps-sometimes the moon counts their ribs, strangers singing presses on their frayed lips-they owed nothing, they gave themselves on top of that-Somewhere they will be buried Wind and November certificate
The large, widely visible Iron Cross below the top terrace was removed after the Second World War. In 2007 and 2008 the facility was completely renovated. Furthermore, some older trees were felled so that the view from the Zollstrasse and the Landstrasse to the facility is now free again. This work was also largely done by members of the Heimatverein.
Every year on Memorial Day there is a wreath-laying ceremony.
Infrastructure
Traffic and walking
Würgendorf has a privately owned train station on the Hellertalbahn in the Wasserscheide area, as well as the nearby Würgendorf Ort stop. Both are served by the Hessische Landesbahn line RB96 every two hours.
Würgendorf is connected to the federal motorway 45 ( Haiger / Burbach junction ) on the B 54 to the east of the village . There is also a connection to the Rothaarsteig on the Westerwald variant that runs through the village . The Siegerland Höhenring also runs through it.
Industry
- Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH is now a subsidiary of the Israeli state defense technology group Rafael .
Personalities
- Hermann Schmidt , 1917–1983, German politician (SPD)
See also
literature
- Kurt Becker: Our fathers. The miners of the Bautenberg mine between Gilsbach and Wilden, Dill and Westerwald. Dillbrecht 1994.
- Manfred Grisse: Chronicle of Würgendorf. 2009.
Web links
- Website about Würgendorf
- Würgendorf in the Westphalia culture atlas
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia. A handbook on the local reorganization with systematic overviews and lists of the new and the dissolved (= Kommunale Schriften für Nordrhein-Westfalen . Volume 32 ). Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, 1970, ISSN 0454-2584 , p. 69 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j E. Weidenbach: History of the County of Sayn and the components of the same , print E. Weidenbach, Dillenburg 1874, p. 287.
- ↑ a b 700 years of Neunkirchen. Otto Braun, Neunkirchen 1988.
- ↑ Handelsblatt dated November 29, 2012: Germany is massively supplying Israel with weapons
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