Wankum (Wachtendonk)

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Wankum
community Wachtendonk
Wankum coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 35 "  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 47"  E
Area : 26.85 km²
Residents : 2796  (Dec. 30, 2015)
Population density : 104 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 47669
Area code : 02836
Wankum (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Wankum

Location of Wankum in North Rhine-Westphalia

Wankum is a village in the municipality of Wachtendonk in the Kleve district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1969, Wankum was an independent municipality in what was then the Geldern district .

Center of Wankum with the St. Martin Church

geography

The village of Wankum comprises the southwest half of the municipality of Wachtendonk. In addition to the actual village of Wankum, the settlements Aerbeck, Harzbeck, Langdorf, Müllern and Vorst also belong to the locality. In the south, the Nette forms the natural border between the village and the town of Nettetal and the municipality of Grefrath in the Viersen district . In the southwest of the village is the Wankumer Heide recreation area with several quarry ponds .

history

Wankum was first mentioned as Wanchheim in a document on the Wankum land peace from August 28, 1279 . The place name is derived from the Franconian Wankheim (home in the meadows and pastures).

Since the 19th century Wankum formed a rural community in the mayor's office Wankum (since 1939 Wachtendonk office) in the district of Geldern in the administrative district of Düsseldorf . On July 1, 1969, Wankum became part of the municipality of Wachtendonk through the law on the reorganization of the district of Geldern .

Population development

year Residents source
1832 1454
1861 1434
1871 1546
1885 1685
1910 1678
1925 1744
1939 1902
2015 2796

Architectural monuments

In addition to the Langenfeld house, a former manor, numerous residential buildings in Wankum are listed as historical monuments .

Culture

The United St. Johannes- & St. Martini-Schützenbruderschaft 1532 Wankum is a bearer of the local customs .

traffic

Wankum is connected to the federal highway 40 via the Wankum junction .

literature

  • Jürgen Kwiatkowski (Red.): Anniversary year 2004: Wankum and Wachtendonk celebrate their story . Wachtendonk community, Wachtendonk 2004.
  • Hermann Thoebarth: Proverbs, sayings and sayings in the Wankum dialect . In: Geldrischer Heimatkalender , vol. 2018, pp. 284–291.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rheinische Post from May 8, 2019
  2. ↑ Jürgen Kwiatkowski: Something about Wankum and his five peasant groups . In: Jürgen Kwiatkowski (Red.): Anniversary year 2004: Wankum and Wachtendonk celebrate their story . Municipality of Wachtendonk, Wachtendonk 2004, pp. 17–31.
  3. ^ Website of the municipality of Wachtendonk
  4. ^ Johann Georg von Viebahn: Statistics and topography of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1836, accessed on May 5, 2019 (digitized version).
  5. ^ Otto von Mülmann : Statistics of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1865, Retrieved June 6, 2019 .
  6. ↑ 1871 census
  7. ↑ Community encyclopedia for the Rhine Province 1885
  8. ↑ Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on February 2, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Rhine Province Community Dictionary 1930
  10. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. geldern.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  11. ^ Website of the Wankum Brotherhood