Welschen Ennest

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Welschen Ennest
Kirchhundem parish
Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 34 ″  N , 8 ° 0 ′ 12 ″  E
Height : 408 m
Residents : 1591  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Postal code : 57399
Area code : 02764
Center of Welschen Ennest, photographed from the direction of Am Wolfshorn
Center of Welschen Ennest, photographed from the direction of Am Wolfshorn

Welschen Ennest [ ˌvɛl.ʃn̩ ˈɛn.ɛst ] is a village in the west of the municipality of Kirchhundem . The village is in the district of Olpe , which belongs to the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Arnsberg . On December 31, 2013, the place had 1,591 inhabitants.

geography

Geographical location

The place is 410 m above sea level in a valley basin on the edge of the Rothaarkamm on the upper reaches of the Rahrbach between the mountains Wolfhardt (626 m) in the northwest and Wolfshorn (642 m) in the east. While grassland farming is practiced in the undeveloped valley areas, the high areas are mostly covered by Christmas tree crops and spruce forest. The Rahrbach flows through Welschen Ennest. It drains over the Olpebach and thus over Hundem and Lenne to the Ruhr .

Neighboring places

The closest places are Rahrbach , about one kilometer to the west, and Benolpe about two kilometers to the east.

climate

Annual mean rainfall varies between 900 mm and 1300 mm, while the average temperature in winter is around 0 ° C and in summer around 20 ° C.

history

General

Welschen Ennest was first mentioned in 1334. With around 1600 inhabitants, the village is the second largest village in the municipality of Kirchhundem after the main town of Kirchhundem.

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 35 subject to appraisal in “Welschen Endest” (the highest taxes were due to Valentin Aßwiter, Hanß Heißkotter, Henrich Schwermmer and Henßgen in the Wolfshorn); this number could have coincided with the farms or houses existing at the time.

Cultural history of the region

There are numerous visible traces in the area that old mining was carried out at this point. However, nothing has been proven to date. There are also numerous old pits on the B 517 . Culture is the West German down ( westfälisch ) speaking location on the Uerdinger and Benrather line identified herein as Isoglossenbündel together the language boundary for mosel fränkisch and West German medium speaking Siegerlandhalle form.

Early industrial history

Between Welschen Ennest and Kirchveischede , part of the so-called mountain road in this area still runs in the woods. On this road, which leads from Siegen to Arnsberg , the charcoal required for the production of pig iron was extracted in the corresponding kilns in the Middle Ages and possibly also in prehistoric times. In addition, the remains of racing furnaces show traces of early iron production.

Tobacco products were produced from the 19th century to the 20th century. There was still a cigar factory in Welschen Ennest until around 1967. Coffee roasters also settled there, the last coffee roastery closed around 1998.

The Rahrbach tunnel, which is directly connected to the Welschen Ennester train station, was repeatedly the target of bombing raids during the Second World War . However, these were unsuccessful.

Culture and sights

The old town center around the church and Marienbrunnen, which stands on the site of the local chapel that was demolished in 1906, is worth seeing.

Buildings

The St. Johannes Baptist Church was completed around 1903 and replaced the old chapel in the center of the village.

There are remains of a cable car from Silberg to Welschen Ennest, which was used to transport ore. It was connected to the Welschen Ennest train station and handled a large amount of goods at the Welschen Ennest train station.

In the nearby forests, boundary stones from past centuries can be found in various places. The village lies at the interface between Kurköln and Nassau , on the border between Sauerland and Siegerland . Remains of the border wall on the outskirts, which the Nassau-Siegen counts built around 1420, are still preserved today . Not only at the time of the Reformation did the border repeatedly lead to conflicts. The boundary stones between Kurköln and Nassau date from around 1690 and have been preserved to this day.

One of the most important structures from modern times is the pedestrian bridge over the railway line from the 1950s or 1960s. It is extraordinary because of its arch shape.

Natural monuments

An old linden tree on which judgments are said to have been carried out as early as the Middle Ages.

Sports

  • TTC Welschen Ennest
  • SV Rahrbachtal
  • SGV Welschen Ennest
  • Model flight

Regular events

Every year a carnival event is organized by local associations. As is customary in this region, an Easter bonfire is lit at Easter .

The Schützenfest is celebrated every year on the second weekend in July. The street scene is then shaped by the shooters for three days.

Economy and Infrastructure

At the end of the village in the direction of Rahrbach is one of the two large industrial areas of the Kirchhundem community. Alongside many other businesses, the Hesse large bakery is the town's largest employer.

traffic

Welschen Ennest is on the B 517 and L 711. The Ruhr-Sieg KBS 440 line operated by Deutsche Bahn runs through Welschen Ennest. The Rahrbacher Tunnel (698 m) crosses a ridge around 500 m high and the associated watershed between Lenne and Sieg. Today both the Ruhr-Sieg-Express and the Ruhr-Sieg-Bahn stop in Welschen Ennest. This means that the place can also be reached without having to change trains from the Ruhr area.

Welschen Ennest station

Station building until 2008

Welschen Ennest was a stop when the last section of the Ruhr-Sieg line began operating on August 6, 1861. Around 1910 it was expanded into a medium-sized train station.

The central platform, which was once largely roofed over, had to be replaced by a DB Plus point due to its dilapidation .

Depending on the outcome of a legal dispute between the municipality and the Deutsche Bahn or the Federal Railway Authority involved, the station system should be renewed as part of a modernization offensive by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. After the end of the legal dispute, two new outer platforms were created and the old central platform closed. The pedestrian underpass and the old signal box have now been removed. In addition, the level crossing was expanded to include another pedestrian crossing.

The station building was renovated between 2008 and 2010 by a private investor.

education

The children from Welschen Ennest and the smaller surrounding towns can first attend the Catholic kindergarten or the Montessori children's house and later the Catholic primary school St. Johannes. Secondary schools are located in Kirchhundem and the neighboring municipalities of Lennestadt , Olpe and Siegen .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

literature

  • Auguste Liese: Welschen Ennest and its history. A home book. Self-published by the municipality of Rahrbach. 1929.
  • Sketches from Welschen Ennest. Festschrift for the 75th anniversary of the Schützenverein Welschen Ennest eV OOuJ (1983).
  • Welschen Ennest volunteer fire brigade 75 years 1926 - 2001. OOuJ (2001).
  • Parish letter for the 100th anniversary of the parish Saint Johannes Baptist, Welschen Ennest. OOuJ (2002).
  • The new organ in the parish church of St. Johannes Baptist Welschen Ennest. Lennestadt undated (2002).
  • Reisen Sauerland Siegerland by Falk p. 51,
  • Mining and smelting operations in the Lahn, Dill and neighboring areas . (Nassau) 1893

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kirchhundem parish: Places , accessed on January 13, 2015
  2. ↑ Estimation register 1543 for the Sauerland in the Electorate of Cologne (Internet file ) Archive link ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) PDF pp. 36, 37
  3. ↑ See the homepage of the Stahlbergmuseum , The mining and smelting operations of the Lahn, Dill and neighboring districts (Nassau) 1893