Walpersdorf (Netphen)

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Walpersdorf
City of Netphen
Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 13 ″  N , 8 ° 12 ′ 28 ″  E
Height : 384  (380-440)  m
Area : 9.21 km²
Residents : 415  (Dec. 31, 2014)
Population density : 45 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1969
Postal code : 57250
Area code : 02737
Walpersdorf
Walpersdorf

Walpersdorf is an east-southeast district of Netphen in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia . It has an area of ​​9.2 km² and 415 inhabitants (December 31, 2014).

geography

location

The source of victory near Walpersdorf

Walpersdorf is located in the Siegerland in the southern part of the Rothaar Mountains , around 7 km east- south -east of the city center of Netphen. It is the first village on the upper course of the Sieg near the source , into which the Michelbach and Sindernbach (fed by the Butzbach ) flow in the village and the Ahornbach , Kütschenlangenbach and Langenbach in the vicinity . In each case about 3 km away, in addition to the Siegquelle , the Lahnquelle and Eder arise ; The Rothaarsteig leads past these springs . The village is between 380 and 440  m above sea level. NHN . Mountains in the area include the Hohe Hardt ( 517  m above sea  level ) in the west, the Nordhelle ( 579.9  m above sea  level ) in the south, and the Grauhain (approx.  638  m above sea  level ) in the southeast.

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns of Walpersdorf are Benfe in the north-north-east, Großenbach in the north-east, Lahnhof in the south-east, Werthenbach in the south, Nenkersdorf in the south-west, Beienbach in the west and Afholderbach in the north-west.

history

Walpersdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1344. On April 10, 1960 near Walpersdorf, the discovery of Neolithic tools was recorded. On July 8, 1823 a school and chapel building was inaugurated.

Until the end of 1968, the place belonged to the office of Netphen and became part of the new large community of Netphen during the municipal reorganization on January 1, 1969, and since 2000 a district.

In 2002 the St. Sebastian church in Walpersdorf burned down.

Population numbers

Population of the place:

year Residents
1818 321
1885 332
1895 351
1905 307
1910 326
1925 339
year Residents
1933 360
1939 335
1950 376
1961 424
1967 452
1994 485
year Residents
2005 442
2009 426
2012 409
2013 393
2014 415

Attractions

Coal pile near Walpersdorf

The last charcoal piles in the Siegerland are near Walpersdorf . In them the regionally known "Walpersdorfer charcoal" is produced in an old tradition. Oak, birch and beech wood are charred. About 1 t of charcoal is made from 4 t of wood.

Also worth seeing is the " Märzbecherwiese " nature reserve .

traffic

Walpersdorf is on Landesstrasse  719 ( Nenkersdorf - Volkholz ). With the motorway 45 is via terminals Wilnsdorf or wins over the Hüttentalstraße connected (HTS). The bus service is operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Westfalen-Süd (VWS).

Social facilities

Social facilities are the kindergarten, the football field, a large children's playground, the Catholic parish church of St. Sebastian and the cemetery that the village shares with Nenkersdorf .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  2. ↑ Turned the page back ... In: Siegener Zeitung of April 30, 2011.
  3. ↑ Scrolled back ... In: Siegener Zeitung of July 30, 2011, p. 43.
  4. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 71 .
  5. ↑ Otto Schaefer: The district of Siegen. Wins 1968.
  6. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1887, ZDB -ID 1458761-0 , p. 112/113.
  7. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1897, pp. 114/115.
  8. ↑ gemeindeververzeichnis.de: District of Siegen
  9. ↑ genealogy.net: Office Netphen
  10. ↑ a b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Siegen. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  11. ↑ 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. 261 .
  12. ↑ Bernhard Oltersdorf: Netphen ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lwl.org 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. (PDF; 9.0 MB) , approx. 1995
  13. ↑ Walpersdorf at www.netphen.de, accessed on March 3, 2014