Wennemen

Wennemen Meschede municipality Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 13 ″  N , 8 ° 11 ′ 45 ″  E
Height :	239 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	1780  (December 31, 2017)
Location of Wennemen in North Rhine-Westphalia
Aerial photograph (2013)

Wennemen is a district of the city of Meschede in the Hochsauerlandkreis . As of December 31, 2017, Wennemen had 1,780 inhabitants.

location

Wennemen is located on the northern slope of the Ruhr Valley about six kilometers west of Meschede and three kilometers southeast of Freienohl . The Ruhr flows south past Wennemen, below Wennemen the Wenne flows into the Ruhr. Adjacent places are Bockum , Stesse and Stockhausen .

North of Wennemen, the state road 743 leads from Freienohl to Meschede (former B 7), from which state road 914 branches off to Calle near Wennemen . The Wennemen junction of the A 46 is in the north-west of Wennemen . Wennemen is on the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway , but no longer has a passenger station.

history

Half-timbered houses in the town center

The first traces of settlement come from the Mesolithic from around 5000 BC. The place name suggests a settlement for the period from 500 to 800. The first documentary mention comes from a much later time. Wennemen is listed as subject to tithing in Count Ludwig von Arnsberg's list of goods from 1281. The Stockhausen estate, which is closely connected to the village, was first mentioned in 997. The nearby Wennemen Gut Bockum belonged to the Meschede Abbey .

Wennemen remained a scattered rural settlement in the Middle Ages and early modern times . In the late Middle Ages there were about a dozen farms. In 1685 there were 15 families with around 65 people. The population rose to 116 by 1785 and to 262 by 1819. The populated area began to densify as a result of new buildings. In 1871 there were 375 inhabitants.

The population increased to 1180 in the period after the First World War .

St. Nicholas Church

Ecclesiastically, Wennemen belonged to the parish of Calle . Since 1737 there was a chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas. In the 1830s, a school was founded in the village. The school building, built in 1836, housed the school until 1965.

Railroad and economy

The building of the Ruhr Valley Railway in 1871 was decisive in the long term for the development of the place. Initially, however, the population rose only moderately to 394 by 1885. In 1909 its own train station was built. With the construction of the Finnentrop – Wennemen branch , Wennemen gained a certain importance as a railway junction.

As a result of the railway, some companies settled there. In 1921 a wood goods factory with a sawmill was founded. In 1926 a company was established to manufacture bolts and locks. There was a quarry on the Kehling south of Wennemen.

During the Second World War, the Wennemen railway junction was the target of Allied bombing raids. Passenger traffic on the route towards Finnentrop was discontinued in 1966 and closed in 1996; In the 1980s, Wennemen station was no longer in service.

Club life

Various clubs have been set up in Wennemen since the 1880s. Among them was the local rifle club in 1910.

The Sauerland Heimatbund was founded in the village in 1921 .

Buildings

In 1909 the old chapel was enlarged to become an emergency church. The first shooting hall was built in 1921/22. In 1930 a new church was consecrated.

Politics and responsibilities

Wennemen has been part of the city of Meschede since January 1st, 1975.

The current mayor is Peter Schüttler.

Local homeroom caretaker is Otto Spaeth.

Awards

In 1984 Wennemen received a special prize in the competition Our village should become more beautiful .

Web links

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

• Wennemen.de
• Local history. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 11, 2013 ; Retrieved May 19, 2011 . 
• History of the Wennemen parish. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 11, 2013 ; Retrieved May 20, 2011 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Meschede: The population statistics of Meschede (PDF; 59 kB), accessed on February 20, 2018
2. ↑ Club life. Retrieved on August 4, 2019 (German). 
3. ↑ The previous majesties of the Guardian Brotherhood. Retrieved on August 4, 2019 (German). 
4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 335 .
5. ↑ Mayor. Retrieved August 4, 2019 . 
6. ↑ districts. Retrieved August 4, 2019 .