Welbergen

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Welbergen
City of Ochtrup
Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 5 ″  N , 7 ° 15 ′ 27 ″  E
Height : 46 m above sea level NN
Area : 20.28 km²
Residents : 1299  (December 31, 2012)
Population density : 64 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 48607
Area code : 02553
View of the old church in Welbergen from the cycle path (former Ochtrup – Rheine railway) at the level of the bridge over the Vechte
View of the old church in Welbergen from the cycle path (former Ochtrup – Rheine railway ) at the level of the bridge over the Vechte
New parish church of St. Dionysius, consecrated in 1908
Old church in the town center

Welbergen is a district of Ochtrup in North Rhine-Westphalia . Around 1300 inhabitants live on an area of ​​20.3 km².

geography

The Gauxbach flows into the Vechte near the town center.

Local division

Welbergen consists on the one hand of the central village center with the settlements, as well as five farmers:

  • Brink
  • Bökerhook
  • Lütkefeld
  • Mohringhook
  • Heavy hook

history

The Vechtedorf Welbergen can look back on almost 1000 years of history. It was founded by the Metelen Monastery before 1100 . The Catholic parish is mentioned for the first time in 1139. In 1666, the Plague Cemetery Welbergen was created outside the village .

Welbergen is home to one of the oldest preserved parish churches in the Münsterland: the oldest parts of the parish church of St. Dionysius date from the early 12th century and thus from the Romanesque period . When the late Gothic choir was added (1511) the nave was increased, recognizable in the half-timbering on the north side. Inside are some fragments of wall painting from the time the choir was built, probably depictions of the apostles . The church was thoroughly repaired in 1954.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Welbergen wanted a new parish church. The architects Kersting and Wenker from Münster were commissioned to plan a stately church - measured by the size of the village - which was built in the then modern neo-Gothic style. The consecration by Bishop Dingelstad took place on June 15, 1908.

On July 1, 1969, Welbergen was incorporated into the city of Ochtrup.

House Welbergen

The Lords of Welleberghe lived on the moated castle Haus Welbergen from 1298 to 1330 . There were various changes of ownership over the centuries until the water castle was sold to the banker Jordaan van Heek at the end of the 1920s. After the death of his widow Bertha Jordaan van Heek, Haus Welbergen with extensive property was transferred to a foundation that bears the name of the founder Bertha Jordaan van Heek. House Welbergen has a rich archive, the most valuable part of which is the correspondence from the circle of Baron von Fürstenberg and Princess von Gallitzin.

The park of the house Welbergen belongs to the European Garden Heritage Network (European garden network). The formal garden of the inner courtyard contrasts with the herbaceous beds along the castle walls and the wooded surroundings, which are only crossed by a few paths. The inner courtyard can be visited at any time.

building

Old post office from 1598
  • St. Dionysius (Catholic - branch church of the parish of St. Lambertus)
  • St. Dionysius (old parish church from the 11th century)
  • Old post office
  • Plague cemetery
  • Old church with graveyard
  • Catholic Church of St. Dionysius (church building in neo-Gothic style, consecrated on June 15, 1908)
  • House Welbergen
  • Parish home "The Bridge"

Clubs and organizations

  • Rifle Club Welbergen 1629
  • SpVgg Langenhorst-Welbergen
  • KLJB Welbergen
  • KfD Welbergen
  • Ochtrup volunteer fire brigade, Welbergen fire engine

traffic

The Welbergen stop was on the Ochtrup – Rheine railway line . The railway line has now been closed and there is now a railway cycle path on the former route , the RadBahn Münsterland .

literature

  • Johannes Frenzel: 100 years of St. Dionysius Church Welbergen . Published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary from June 15 to 22, 2008.
  • Christoph Goldt (ed.): 850 years of Welbergen. Portrait of a village in the Münsterland . Bode, Haltern 2001, ISBN 3-925094-77-6 .
  • Franz Mühlen, Rainer Mönnich: Monuments in Welbergen (= Westfälische Kunststätten, issue 30). Westfälischer Heimatbund, Münster 1984.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ochtrup statistics
  2. ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German architectural monuments , Westphalia . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-422-00390-8 , p. 583 f .
  3. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 97 .