Westerhausen (Hennef)

Westerhausen City of Hennef (Sieg) Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 56 ″  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 45 ″  E
Height :	210 m above sea level NN
Residents :	519  (Jan 2020)
Postal code :	53773
Area code :	02244 (Oberpleis)
Location of Westerhausen in North Rhine-Westphalia
Aerial view of Westerhausen

Westerhausen is a district of the city of Hennef (Sieg) in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia . It lies between the Hanfbachtal and the Pleiser Hügelland , to which the Siebengebirge adjoins. The highest point on the ground is approx. 214 m above sea level. NN.

Westerhausen cemetery, aerial view

history

In the 13th century there were first indications of a few yards west of Kurscheid . The old high German westar (west) remained part of the name, the local ending hausen indicates a Saxon conquest. In 1307 an Adolph de Westerhusen is mentioned for the first time in a document .

Westerhausen belonged to the Honnschaft Kurscheid and thus to the parish Geistingen , and subsequently also to the Duchy of Berg with the Blankenberg office . Westerhausen soon became more important than Kurscheid and today has more residents.

As a result of the French War of Succession, robbing French troops crossed the place in 1689 and brought the Red Ruhr with them, which claimed many lives. It is assumed that over 200 people died in the Kurscheid district.

In 1901 the Church of St. Michael was completed and blessed. The church was partially destroyed during the Second World War and only got the look it still has today in the 1950s.

Until 1934 Westerhausen belonged to the Geistingen community .

literature

• Josef Strötgen: Westerhausen - history (s) and pictures
• Heinrich Hennekeuser: History of Kurscheid and Westerhausen

Web links

Commons : Westerhausen  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hennef: Housing directory , residents ' registration office of the city of Hennef