Werthenbach
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Werthenbach
City of Netphen
Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 13 ″ N , 8 ° 13 ′ 15 ″ E
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| Height : | 391 (380-440) m |
| Area : | 9.38 km² |
| Residents : | 809 (Dec. 31, 2013) |
| Population density : | 86 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1969 |
| Postal code : | 57250 |
| Area code : | 02737 |
Werthenbach is a district of Netphen in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia with 809 inhabitants (December 31, 2013).
geography
Werthenbach is located in the Rothaargebirge in the eastern part of the Siegerland around 3 km west-southwest of the Lahn spring . It is located at the origin of the Sieg tributary Werthenbach , which arises in the village through the confluence of the Breitenbach and Lützelbach and flows into the Sieg in Deuz ; the Werthenbach is the namesake of the village.
The mountains around the place include Herrchen ( 569.6 m above sea level ), Hellerkopf ( 551.8 m ), Lahnhofsücken ( 590 m ) and Eichwald mit ( 517.2 m ). Werthenbach is between 380 m and 440 m above sea level. NN and has an area of 9.4 km².
Neighboring towns of Werthenbach are in the north Walpersdorf , in the southeast Rittershausen , in the south Hainchen , in the southwest Irmgarteichen , in the west Helgersdorf and Salchendorf and in the northwest Grissenbach and Nenkersdorf .
history
Werthenbach was created between 900 and 1300 AD and had an adjusted district size of 937 hectares. At the beginning of the 18th century, the former border and ban forest, which belonged to the sovereign, was annexed to the neighboring political communities.
The first mentions of Werthenbach are 1336 Hartmann von Wertinbrecht, 1343 Hartmann von Wertinbracht and 1344 Wernckenbracht. In contrast to other Netphener place names such as Sohlbach or Beienbach , the basic word in today's Werthenbach name is "brecht" and the mountain name " Bracht " is the same. It can be found in the Rhenish Slate Mountains as a name for young harvesting locations.
In 1343, the von Bicken gentlemen left a Hauberg to the residents of what was then Wertinbracht on the condition that they paid annuities to the monastery in Keppel. Eleven houses stood on the grounds of the Keppel Monastery in 1566 (they were called "Kirchengut" or "Pfarrgut"). By 1900 there were already 27 houses in the village.
Some field names in Werthenbach are still reminiscent of former property or rights of the landlords. The "Herrenberg" refers to former sovereign property. The Haubergsgenossenschaft, called "monastery" in local dialect , reminds of the possessions of the Keppel monastery.
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.
Five holiday homes were to be built in Werthenbach by 2007. Despite the considerable protest on the part of the village, the holiday village was approved by the urban development committee of the city of Netphen on March 27, 2006. Critics considered it unfair that no private houses, but holiday homes, should be built on the site. The holiday homes should be built by a local prefabricated house company. At least until 2018 there was no construction activity in the village.
Population numbers
Population of the place:
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Former mayor
- after 1945: Bernhard Steiner († July 12, 1993)
Social and public institutions
- Ev. Werthenbach-Bahnhof chapel (was de-dedicated in 2013)
- Catholic chapel Alt-Werthenbach
- Community center
- BBQ hut
- kindergarten
- Old sports field (Alm)
- Two football fields
- Two children's playgrounds
- Cemetery with chapel
societies
Werthenbach has various clubs such. B. the men's choir Frohsinn Werthenbach eV , the Musikkapelle Werthenbach eV , the Kapellenverein Werthenbach or the supporting association Bürgerhaus Werthenbach eV and the association Fascination Horse and Man eV
Web links
- History & pictures of the place
- Werthenbach on the website of the city of Netphen
- Werthenbach in the Westphalian Cultural Atlas
- Werthenbach-online.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 71 .
- ↑ Otto Schaefer: The district of Siegen. Wins 1968.
- ↑ Werthenbach history from the middle of the 20th century ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1887, ZDB -ID 1458761-0 , p. 112/113.
- ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, Berlin 1897, pp. 114/115.
- ↑ genealogy.net: Office Netphen
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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. 264 .
- ↑ Bernhard Oltersdorf: Netphen ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The 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
- ↑ Population data Werthenbach
- ↑ An honorable memory of the dead. In: Siegerland home calendar. 69th edition, 1994, ZDB -ID 529717-5 , p. 38.
- ^ Siegener Zeitung: Dedication of the Werthenbacher Church
Afholderbach | Beienbach | Brauersdorf | Deuz | Dreis-Tiefenbach | Eckmannshausen | Eschenbach | Frohnhausen | Grissenbach | Grove | Helgersdorf | Herzhausen | Irmgarteichen | Nenkersdorf | Netphen | Oelgershausen | Salchendorf | Sohlbach (Netphen) | Unglinghausen | Walpersdorf | Werthenbach