Wallen (Meschede)

Ripples City of Meschede Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 49 ″  N , 8 ° 11 ′ 36 ″  E
Height :	292 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	498  (Jan. 1, 2016)
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	59872
Area code :	02903
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Wallen is a district of the city of Meschede in the North Rhine-Westphalian Hochsauerlandkreis in Germany .

geography

The place is about four kilometers southwest of Meschede . The L 840 leads through Wallen and the Wallerbach flows. The village is surrounded by the landscape protection area of ​​local open spaces near Wallen . The Remberg nature reserve is located south of Wallen. Southwest of Wallen are the ruins of the castle Wallenstein in the nature reserve Wallenstein . Adjacent places are Berge and Calle .

history

St. Vinzenz am Thy chapel

Hallohkapelle

In the 14th century there was a hoof from the Meschede monastery in "Wolden" . Wallenstein Castle was probably built in the first half of the 14th century. It was first owned by the Counts of Arnsberg and later by the Archbishops of Cologne. In 1414 the castle was destroyed in a feud. It is uncertain whether the castle was rebuilt.

Early clues about the size of the place can be found in an appraisal register (used to collect taxes) for the year 1543. According to this, there were 17 persons subject to appraisal in “Walden”; the number should have agreed with the farms or houses that existed at the time. Since the reorganization by the Sauerland / Paderborn law on January 1, 1975, Wallen has belonged to the Hochsauerlandkreis and is a district of the city of Meschede.

religion

The listed Catholic chapel of St. Vinzenz am Thy was built in 1647. In 1686 the Hallohkapelle was built . It was extended to the west in 1936.

Web links

Commons : Wallen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Wallen

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Meschede: Population statistics as of January 1, 2016 .
2. ↑ Meschede.de: Grundherrschaft des Stifts Meschede in the Middle Ages (PDF), p. 8 accessed on January 31, 2016
3. ↑ Estimation register 1543 for the Kurköln Sauerland - Online (Heimatverein-finnentrop.de), p. 111 (PDF) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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.