Westheim (Marsberg)

Westheim City of Marsberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 38 "  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 26"  E
Height :	226 m
Area :	12.03 km²
Residents :	1680  (2017)
Population density :	140 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	34431
Area code :	02994
Golf course of the TuS Westheim Golf Club

Westheim is a village in the Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia , which lies at the interface of the Sauerland and the Bürener Land . It has belonged to the city of Marsberg since 1975 . The place has almost 1700 inhabitants.

geography

Westheim is 6 km east of Marsberg on federal road 7 in the Diemel valley . Neighboring towns are the Marsberg core town and Oesdorf, as well as Hesperinghausen and Orpethal on the Hessian side.

history

Westheim manor around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

Westheim was first mentioned in a document in 1082 in connection with the Lords of Westheim. Westheim became the parish in 1150 when the Corvey monks founded a church. From around the middle of the 14th century, the Lords of Calenberg took the place of the Lords of Westheim, who lived in Westheim without interruption until they died out in 1813. After several changes, Westheim came into the possession of the Counts of Stolberg , today's von Twickel family .

Westheim has belonged to the secular rule of the German diocese Paderborn , originally in the duchy of Saxony , since it was founded . From the 14th century, the territory of the prince-bishopric of Paderborn ( Hochstift ) was formed in the Holy Roman Empire , and from the 16th century it became part of the Lower Rhine-Westphalian Empire . Westheim was part of the Wünnenberg office in the Unterwald district . In 1802/03 the bishopric was occupied by the Kingdom of Prussia . In Napoleonic times the place was part of the Kingdom of Westphalia , department of the Fulda . From 1815 Buke belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia, from 1871 it was part of the German Empire . 1945–1949 Westheim was part of the British zone of occupation , from 1946 state governed by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and from 1949 also by the Federal Republic of Germany .

The development of Westheim was shaped by epidemics, the effects of war and famine. These include the Soest feud , the plague , the Thirty Years War and the Seven Years War , which resulted in great hardship. During the Thirty Years' War, the "Lower House Westheim" of the Barons von Calenberg and part of the village went up in flames. After an epidemic in 1813, Westheim only had 496 inhabitants.

During the Second World War , the Klinke-Hartmann house was destroyed on October 3, 1944, and over 100 houses were badly damaged. The roof of the Protestant church was also destroyed. Six people were killed.

In the course of the local reorganization , which came into force on January 1, 1975, Westheim, which previously belonged to the Büren district , was incorporated into the town of Marsberg in the Hochsauerland district.

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : “In gold (yellow) a striding black stag; Above that in the head of the shield in front an oblique green wheat ear and behind an obliquely left green oak leaf. "

The coat of arms was derived from the coat of arms of the influential ruling family, the Counts of Stolberg , who had a stag in their coat of arms. The wheat ear stands for agriculture and the oak leaf for the wooded area.

religion

Catholic St. Vitus Church

Interior view of the St. Vitus Church

• 1150: parish
• 1688: Construction of the Catholic parish church of St. Vitus
• 1856–1858: Construction of the Protestant church
• 1895: New construction of the Catholic parish church

Culture and sights

• Good Westheim
• Neo-Gothic Vitus Church, built in 1894

Sports

The darts club DC Westheim was founded in 1990. In 2014 the club was promoted to the highest North Hessian dart league.

In August 2004 the golf course of the TuS Westheim Golf Club was opened. The course, initially designed as a 9-hole course, was subsequently expanded to 18-hole and also offers a pay & play short course with 6 holes. In 2013 the golf division was spun off from TuS Westheim. The Westheim Golf Club now operates the facility on its own.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Road traffic

With the construction of the Bredelar-Warburg road, which was completed in 1831, Westheim was connected to the road network. In the years from 1966 the A 44 from Kassel to Dortmund was built. In 1972 the section leading past Westheim was opened to traffic. Westheim is in the immediate vicinity of the Marsberg / Diemelstadt driveway. The driveway was opened in December 2006.

Rail transport

Westheim (Westf) stop

With the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway Schwerte - Warburg , which was put into operation on February 10, 1873, the place got its own train station Westheim (Westf) .

The railway line was converted to single-track operation on July 18, 1984, so that the station became a simple stop .

The eastern signal box , built in 1909, was used by a railway association from 1985 and set up as a railway museum.

In 1987 a roof fire destroyed the gable entrance building from 1872, which had a flatter, eaves half-timbered extension that was used as a goods shed.

Current situation

At the moment there is only one shelter available.

The route is currently (2017) served hourly by RE trains of the Sauerland Express between Hagen and Warburg (individual trains to Kassel ).

Companies

The Westheim brewery was founded in 1862 and is still an important company in the town today.

In 1906 Wilhelm Holtey built a hydroelectric power station and supplied all of Westheim with direct current .

Westheim has trading and commercial operations to supply residents and visitors. In addition to a doctor, pharmacy, hairdresser, two bank branches, restaurants, clothing stores, etc. there is an 8.4 hectare industrial and commercial area south of the B7.

Personalities

• Joseph Theodor zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1804–1859) owner of the Westheim estate, district administrator of the Büren district , member of the Prussian national assembly , first president of the Bonifatiusverein
• Hermann Joseph zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1854–1925) owner of the Westheim estate, entrepreneur and politician
• Christoph Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1888–1968), major general
• Hermann von Höxter (13 ?? - 1396) Professor of Medicine in Heidelberg

Web links

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

• Internet presence IG Westheim
• Westheim chronicle at www.westheim.org
• Westheim
• City of Marsberg (Westheim)
• Material on the manor Westheim in the Duncker collection of the Central and State Library Berlin (PDF; 204 k; 204 kB)
• Westheim (Marsberg) in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Marsberg: Demographic Development 1997–2017. In: City of Marsberg IKEK. Retrieved September 15, 2018 . 
2. ^ 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. 332 .
3. ↑ Operations center archive Westheim (Westf). In: NRWbahnarchiv. André Joost, accessed on August 25, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Directory of operations centers : EWSM ( Memento of the original dated May 31, 2013 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 file; 703 kB), 51 ° 29 ′ 41 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 42 ″  E , 226  m 
5. ↑ Marco Rosenkranz: The history of the railway through Westheim. (No longer available online.) Eisenbahnfreunde Marsberg eV, April 11, 2010, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 30, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ↑ The signal box. (No longer available online.) Eisenbahnfreunde Marsberg eV, archived from the original on August 26, 2013 ; Retrieved June 30, 2013 . 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.  
7. ↑ A small new museum. In: The West . May 15, 2011, accessed June 30, 2013 . 
8. ↑ The Westheimer story. Retrieved June 30, 2013 . 
9. ↑ Pictures of the former reception building. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on April 12, 2012 (the new URL should be westheimwestfalen.de , but images are not currently being loaded from there). 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.