Waidmannsruh

The title of this article is ambiguous. See also: Einkehrhaus Waidmannsruh or Weidmannsruh .

Waidmannsruh City of Schmallenberg Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 55 ″  N , 8 ° 18 ′ 8 ″  E
Height :	395 m above sea level NN
Residents :	6  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Postal code :	57392
Area code :	02972
Location of Waidmannsruh in Schmallenberg
Waidmannsruh

Carl Coal Sawmill

Waidmannsruh is a district of the town of Schmallenberg in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

The hamlet is located in the Latrop valley about 5 km southeast of Schmallenberg. It is located about 3 km east of Fleckenberg and 2 km west of Latrop . In Waidmannsruh there is still a sawmill and the Ettmecke flows into the Latrop .

history

The name “Waidmannsruh” has its origin in a shooting range that was in the immediate vicinity of the sawmill until after the Second World War.

The area of ​​today's village Waidmannsruh belonged in earlier times to the former Wiesentrop settlement , also known as Wiesendorf. According to the taxes in the Meßhafer register of 1490 and 1515, there were four farms there. The decline of this settlement is said to have taken place in the second half of the 15th century.

The repopulation of this area was documented at the end of the 19th century. On December 8th, 1893, Fleckenberg's Carl Coal received permission to build a sawmill there that was to be operated by water power. In 1903, the sons of Carl Kohles built a second sawmill above. Both sawmills were not inhabited until 1946. In 1931 the two sawmills were split up by the descendants of Carl Kohles. From then on, the upper mill operated as the Carl Coal sawmill, the lower, older mill as the coal brothers' sawmill.

On February 5, 1946, the family of Adolf coal, who had returned from captivity and who now became a partner in his brother Josef's business, moved into a barrack on the premises of the coal brothers. Four years later, a house was built around 1950. In 1956, the coal family opened a restaurant above the sawmill, which operated until 1978. This inn, also called "Waidmannsruh", was a popular destination for day trippers, hikers and locals.

Until the local reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia, the place was part of the old town of Schmallenberg. Waidmannsruh has been part of the newly merged town of Schmallenberg since January 1st, 1975. In 1982 the church joined the parish of Fleckenberg. The Carl Coal sawmill was closed in 1999 and demolished in the summer of 2004 with the associated house. The older of the two mills, the coal brothers' sawmill, still exists.

Web links

Commons : Waidmannsruh  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures Schmallenberg 2019 , accessed on July 2, 2020
2. ↑ Bruno Ermecke: Handirk , Edition No. 20, pp. 48–49, Grafschaft , 2003
3. ↑ Hubertus Föster / Bruno Ermecke: Sawmills have tradition in the village, in: Stadt Schmallenberg (ed.), Our village Fleckenberg. Fleckenberg, Jagdhaus and Wulwesort in the past and present. Contributions to the history of the city of Schmallenberg, Schmallenberg 1996, pp. 426–429