Weseke

Weseke City of Borken
Coordinates: 51 ° 54 ′ 29 ″  N , 6 ° 51 ′ 28 ″  E
Height :	61 m above sea level NHN
Area :	22.91 km²
Residents :	5068  (March 18, 2019)
Population density :	221 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	46325
Area code :	02862
Location of Weseke in North Rhine-Westphalia

Weseke town center seen from the north (2017)

Weseke is a place in the western Münsterland and a district of Borken .

geography

Weseke is located in the western Münsterland directly on the Dutch border. The area is mainly used for agriculture.

geology

Near the surface, the area is characterized by the deposits of the younger ice ages (boulder clay, sands). Below are rocks from the lower Jurassic (Lias) to the Upper Cretaceous ( Turon ). A well-known underground structure is the Weseker saddle, which can be detected in the western Münsterland chalk basin and which is being extinguished here. In the western part of the village there are oil shales from the Lias under low Quaternary cover , which are characterized by their wealth of fossils and the high bitumen content (approx. 6%). Notable occurrences of asphalt in the Upper Cretaceous (Turon) paver limestone were deliberately mined here at the beginning of the 19th century. The marl and limestone of the Upper Cretaceous were mined in several smaller pits for the production of fertilizer and lime mortar until the end of the 19th century.

history

British tanks in front of the damaged St. Ludgerus Church on March 29, 1945 .

By reading finds in the vicinity of the place a settlement since the younger Stone Age is proven. The place name is first used around 970 in an inventory of the monastery Werden a. d. Ruhr mentioned (Uuosiki or Wuosiki). The main farm in Weseke was owned by the Count of Dale in 1188. A von Weseke family named themselves after this main courtyard, with various members from 1184 to 1400.

The existence of a church (capella) in the village can be assumed since the 12th century. At the end of the 14th century a parish church was built, which in 1892 had to give way to today's church.

During the Second World War , the place came into the focus of advancing British troops towards the end of the war. An air raid hit the site on March 22nd, and damage occurred on March 28th and 29th as a result of fighting between German troops and the British 7th Armored Division (tanks of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards and infantry of the Durham Light Infantry ).

On July 1, 1969, Weseke was incorporated into Borken.

Population development

year	Residents
1498	0247
1662	0729
1723	1223
1822	1522
1861	1814
1937	2298
1961	3075
2009	5007
2010	5016
2011	4976
2012	4949
2014	4979
2017	4994
2019	5068

religion

The population is predominantly Roman Catholic.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Parish Church of St. Ludgerus

the post mill

The Weseker parish church of St. Ludgerus (built 1892–1895) with its 75 m high tower dominating the townscape is a prime example of neo-Gothic in Westphalia at the end of the 19th century. The design comes from the Münster architect Hilger Hertel the Elder. J. (1860-1918). The nave of the church consists of 2 narrow bays that enclose the transept. The high windows of the transept and the almost complete glazing of the main and side choirs give the church its bright and spacious character. Original, neo-Gothic glazing has only been preserved in the 3 windows of the northern side choir. Of the neo-Gothic furnishings, only the high altar and the crossing cross are essentially unchanged. The other late Gothic and Baroque furnishings still come from the old church.

Only a few historical buildings have survived in the village without major modifications. In some buildings, however, the typical appearance of the Westphalian farmhouse has been preserved. The former train station on the eastern edge of the town was built in 1902 on the route of the Westfälische Nordbahn ( Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn ) and is a typical example of the train station buildings in the region at the beginning of the 20th century.

A small open-air museum with historical buildings has been created on the site of the former railway line towards Borken. The wave house at the entrance of the park was built in 1900 on the Holtbach spring and is now a listed building as an early example of a public water supply. The heart of the park is the Heimathaus, which is a farmhouse built in 1748. In the historical bakery opposite (built in 1850) with a wood-burning oven, bread-making is regularly demonstrated in the old tradition.

Old agricultural equipment is on display in the Heimathaus.

Parks

The historical buildings together with the geological garden, the apothecary garden and a Kneipp treading basin form the Quellengrundpark. The buildings, historical equipment, field fire kilns , Rennofen and the “Bargkeller” show the “life in the country in ancient times” in a well-founded manner.

• The geological garden uses rocks, fossils and plants to explain 4.5 billion years of geological history.
• The historic pharmacy garden, laid out in the form of a spiral, sends the visitor through the history of herbal medicine to a total of 21 stations.

Economy and Infrastructure

Up until the 1970s, two companies (Gebr. Schmeing, Gebr. Klöcker) were large manufacturers of web shutters and the most important employers in the area (approx. 600 employees in 1965).

In addition, 230 workers were employed in three shoe factories in 1965. Today craft businesses and medium-sized companies dominate the commercial structure.

traffic

The federal highway 70 / federal highway 525 runs directly on the outskirts. The federal highway 31 is also important for the development of the area .

Transportation

bus

There are bus routes to the surrounding towns, such as Borken, Südlohn, Stadtlohn, Wüllen and Ahaus.

train

See also : Borken – Burgsteinfurt railway line

Passenger traffic on the standard-gauge railway line Borken – Burgsteinfurt ("Nordbahn"), operated by the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn ( WLE ), was discontinued on September 27, 1975. The old station building now functions as a youth center.

The next active train station is in Borken , from where the regional express RE 14 (" Der Borkener ") runs every hour in the direction of Dorsten / Essen .

Personalities

• Georg Büning (1797–1886), German farmer and member of parliament
• Léonide Massine (1895–1979), dancer and choreographer, lived with his family in Weseke from 1963 to 1979 and died in Borken
• Heinrich Oenning (1904–1977), Catholic clergyman and imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp
• Peter Massine (* 1964), event manager, founder of the horse gala Apassionata
• Marcus Ehning (* 1974), internationally successful German show jumper

literature

• Wilhelm Rave (Ed.): Borken district. (= The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia , Volume 46.) Aschendorffsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Münster 1954.
• Ernst Schülingkamp The Gemen-Weseke office. In: The district of Borken and the city of Bocholt. G. Stalling, Oldenburg 1965.
• Ursula Ninfa: From Anholt to Zwillbrock. Buildings and works of art in Westmünsterland, Borken district. (= Series of publications of the district of Borken , Volume 15.) Borken 1999.

Web links

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

• Web presence of the city of Borken
• Web presence of the Heimatverein Weseke
• Link catalog on the subject of bark at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
• Weseke in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Weseker Heimatblätter No. 37, February 1996
2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 95 .
3. ^ Regional Association Westphalia-Lippe: Pharmacist and Geological Garden in the Quellengrundpark in LWL GeodataKultur