Westscheid

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Westscheid is a village in northeastern North Rhine-Westphalia . It belongs to Mennighüffen , a district of Löhne . The population of the place is not statistically recorded separately, it is roughly estimated at around 1500.

Westscheid is located in the west of Mennighüffen on the L 773 (Lübbecker Straße), which leads in a south-north direction from Löhne to Hüllhorst and Lübbecke . Adjacent villages are Halstern in the north, Grimminghausen in the east, Mennighüffen-Ort in the south and Hüllhorst- Huchzen in the northwest. The moated castle Ulenburg is a good one kilometer southwest in the Ulenburg district of Löhn. The height above sea ​​level is about 70 m.

The historic town center is located west of Lübbecker Straße and still has a village-like appearance today, while newer residential developments extend to the east and merge to Halstern to the north. Westscheid belongs to the primary school district of Halstern, and its majority Lutheran residents have always been part of the Mennighüffen parish.

The first surviving document mentioning Westscheid dates back to the year 1200. Around this time there was probably a small group of farmsteads . The further expansion to the Haufendorf took place in the course of the construction of the neighboring Ulenburg around 1450. In 1680 there are four Spännerhöfe (Cord bei Deiche, Budde, Schnepel, Detert) and seven Kötterhöfe (Homburg, Alert, Sander, Trampe, Budde, Hauenschild, Lübbeking ), plus 17 brink seat positions . Almost all farms were owned by the changing landlords on the Ulenburg until the peasant liberation in the 19th century .

As Mennighüffen 1680 in line with the land tenure in two ( cadastral -) peasantry was divided almost came across Western Scheid the peasantry Grimminghausen, the houses were given numbers. This classification system lasted until the introduction of street names in 1969.

From 1897 to 1937, Westscheid was a stop on the Wallücker Willem small train that ran along Lübbecker Straße .

literature

  • Heimatverein Löhne, City of Löhne (Ed.): 1000 years of Löhne: Contributions to the local and city history. Wages 1993, ISBN 3-922911-00-5

Coordinates: 52 ° 14 '  N , 8 ° 42'  E