Wilden (Wilnsdorf)

Savages Wilnsdorf municipality Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 28 "  N , 8 ° 4 ′ 18"  E
Height :	300-370 m above sea level NN
Area :	7.21 km²
Residents :	1651  (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	229 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1969
Postal code :	57234
Area code :	02739
Location of the place Wilden within the municipality Wilnsdorf.

Wilden is a district of the municipality of Wilnsdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district with about 1600 inhabitants. The place name "Wilde" comes from "Wilde" and used to refer to something wild in the village, the Wildebach . Another theory is "wild women" who lived on farms on the crown of the country.

geography

Map of savages

Wilden is located in the southern Siegerland , not far from the federal motorway 45 , also known as the Sauerland line. Wild is surrounded by forest. As everywhere in the area, there are coniferous and deciduous forests, most of which are managed by Hauberg . Agriculture is seldom represented here and at most in small forms.

The almost 11.7 km long Wildebach runs through the valley . Tributaries include the Kleine Wildenbach , which runs through Oberwilden, or the Sterzenbach in Unterwilden. The largest part of the approximately 3.3 km long village lies in the valley and only partially extends up the mountains. Geographically, the place was divided into lower, upper and middle wilderness, which however grew together. Unterwilden and Mittelwilden are in the Wildebachtal, Oberwilden in the direction of Wilnsdorf adjoining and gently tapering valley of the Kleiner Wildenbach .

Elevations or mountains around Wilden include the Elkersberg ( 443.5  m ) in the northeast with the subsequent ridge to the west as far as the Rausche , which is divided into the Elevations Große Rausche ( 439.5  m ) and Kleine Rausche ( 443.2  m) ) and continue towards Pfannenberg . In the southeast lies the Wildenberg ( 469.1  m ) and in the south the Bautenberg ( 512.9  m ), around which and whose foothills the place stretches through the valley. The ridge of the Rassberg in Salchendorf joins to the west .

The place has a district area of ​​7.21 km² and is due to its length at a height between 300  m above sea ​​level at the exit towards Salchendorf and 370  m above sea level at the exit Oberwilden in the direction of Wilnsdorf.

Neighboring places

The surrounding neighboring towns are Rinsdorf in the north, Wilnsdorf in the east, Gilsbach (municipality of Burbach) in the south, Wiederstein and Zeppenfeld (municipality of Neunkirchen ) in the southwest and Salchendorf (municipality of Neunkirchen) in the west.

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Panorama from the Dell (Kleine Rausche)

history

First mentions and development of the place

According to excavations carried out by local historian Otto Krasa, the first signs of settlement go back to the La Tène era. This is proven by finds from winemakers north of the Wildebach. Today's settlement of the core town and the “Bondorf” farm began between 800 and 950, while the “Windhain” farm was only settled between 950 and 1050. Through the long valley on the Wildebach , people settled here in several places. The initial farms became three small villages, Unterwilden , Mittelwilden and Oberwilden , which grew together over time. These terms are still used today. They can be found on almost every map and are used for orientation in the place.

On December 7, 1339, the Hofgut "in der Wilden-Selbach" appeared in a document as a noble estate owned by the Lords of Selbach . On May 28, 1367, the "three savages" (Ober-, Mittel- and Unterwilden) were first mentioned in a document. In 1404 the name "Heinrich Wilde" (Heinrich from Wilden) and thus the place "Wilde" was mentioned again, colloquially "auf der Wilde" is still used today. " Wiebelhausen " appears for the first time in the documents in 1355 . The place, located in the Wiebelhäuser Valley above the Landeskroner Weiher, was mentioned for the last time in 1417 with the note "Wüstung", which suggests an abandoned or about to be abandoned settlement. As early as 1461 the place was no longer listed in a register. Seven years later, the farms "Bondorf" and "Felgersdorf" were called at Mittelwilden. In 1575 the "Heß" mill was first mentioned in a document, and in 1711 the "Spies" mill was built.

In 1600 the Wildeners were given permission to teach their children in the village themselves and no longer have to send them to the schools in the parish of Neunkirchen and Burbach, which were far away at that time. One hundred years later, in 1700, the first school in the village was built in Mittelwilden with a chapel school. To the displeasure of the Mittelwilden people, Unterwilden received permission to build a school with a prayer room in 1708. This was inaugurated in 1714, from now on the Oberwilden and Mittelwilden children also went to school in Unterwilden. This lasted until 1780. Middle and Oberwilden pupils went to school again in Mittelwilden. A frequent change of teachers can be explained by the two facts that paying two teachers on site was difficult to cope with and that there was no teacher apartment.

In addition to attending school, attending church and burying the dead was difficult. In 1716, permission was given to employ a pastor. This became Johannes Brücher, who was born in Wilden in 1681. A year later, a separate court of the dead could be created, but with the condition that the Wildeners continue to finance the church cemeteries.

Number of houses in Wilden

year	1588	1600	1698	1700	1704	1706	1725	1739	1788	1810	1846	1850	1867	1913	1955
Houses	15th	30th	24	27	27	27	35	42	43	44	54	56	75	132	200

In 1810, 13 of the 44 houses were in the Neunkirchen district and 31 in the Burbach district ; the boundary ran along the Wildebach. This separation stemmed from the dual rule of Sayn and Nassau in Freie Grund.

Wilden had a pig iron works, which was first mentioned in 1580. The Wildener Hütte was closed between 1867 and 1878. In 70–80 working days, almost 170 wagons of pig iron per year are said to have been processed in the smelter. In 1810 it was opened as a double hut, with "oven and fireworks", i.e. H. with blast furnace for converting pig iron into wrought and steel iron.

Mining

The Landeskrone mine around 1880

The closed tunnel entrance of the Morgenröte pit below the Elkersberg

As in the rest of Siegerland , mining was also represented here . The Göpelschachtgang , on which the Landeskrone mine was built, was first mentioned in 1298. Old lead slag finds on the western slope of the Bautenberg, pinge trains on the eastern slope and remains of smelting point to medieval mining. On the southern slope of the ridge between Elkersberg and Rausche there are references to wind furnaces from the La Tène period between 500 and 100 BC. Christ. There are also traces of the early Middle Ages (10th to 13th centuries) in the area in the form of non-ferrous metal smelting. These can also be found increasingly in the area of ​​the Landeskrone mine between Bautenberg and Kalteiche up to Elkersberg.

The mining industry can be traced back to the year 1461, the Bautenberg mine at the foot of the mountain of the same name was in operation until 1942. The Green Hope pit was first mentioned in 1770 ; iron, copper, lead and zinc ore were extracted in the tunnel construction. The Goldener Hut and Sophie companies are much older ; iron and lead were mined here as early as 1550 via the upper tunnels and small day shafts.

In 1801, the construction of a tunnel began on the Landeskrone , which later served as an hereditary tunnel for the shaft built in 1852 . Until 1917, lead ore was mined here for the production of silver, among other things. In 1852 one of the first steam engines was put into operation in the Siegerland.

In 1827 the Poppelszeche pits in Unterwilden and Arbach , some of which were located in Gilsbach, were first mentioned. The dismantling is likely to be older, however. The former later belonged to the Bautenberg mine .

Another pit, Morgenröte , was behind the former elementary school in the middle of the village on the slope of the Elkersberg and was a small pit with a tunnel that has since fallen into disrepair and has been blocked. In addition to the three pits mentioned, there were numerous tunnels around the place, especially on and around the Bautenberg.

Other pits include:

Eisenzeche / Unterwilden Ore Vein (to Bautenberg ) / Unterwilden Fresh field (to national crown )

Lethe (to Bautenberg ) Salzgang (to Bautenberg ) / Unterwilden Sophienstöllchen (to Bautenberg ) Unterwilden / am Bautenberg

The Bautenberg mine operated a narrow-gauge railway to Neunkirchen between 1873 and 1907 to transport the ores. This path is now a forest path and is still colloquially called a little train . From 1907, the mine was connected by rails directly to the Wilden train station on the rails of the Free Grunder Railway , which was rarely used due to the cessation of mining operations between Wilden and Salchendorf . The Bautenberg mine was closed after the Lorenzschacht collapsed for the second time. With a depth of over 1000 m, the pit was one of the deeper in the region and the most important in the Wildebachtal.

Developments in the 19th and 20th centuries

Wild around 1955 from the Dell

The school, built in Unterwilden in 1714, was only followed in 1854 by a new chapel school shared with Mittelwilden, after the two old schools were found to be too small. This was used until the new building in 1955. On October 20, 1858, the new road from Wilden to Salchendorf was inaugurated. Due to the swampy Wildebach valley floor, the new building was necessary because the route was an important trade route between huts and pits. In 1874, the delivery of mail from Wilnsdorf by dog ​​team ended.

The farmers had their fields in close proximity. That was an advantage, but also a disadvantage in rainy years, because floods on the Wildebach repeatedly destroyed a large part of the harvest. The largest of these occurred in November 1890. After days of rain, the water level of the stream rose so high that large parts of the valley were flooded. In addition, the dam of the Landeskroner Weiher broke on the morning of November 24th . The masses of water, up to a meter above normal level, flowed down the valley and destroyed houses in middle and lower wilderness and tore stables and sheds with them.

On November 29, 1907, the railway line to Salchendorf was inaugurated. This only led to Unterwilden and not, as planned, to Wilgersdorf to the New Hope mine , as this had already stopped mining ore in 1903 and the terrain between Oberwilden and Wilgersdorf led to difficulties. At first limited to freight traffic, the first passenger train drove over the tracks on May 1, 1908. With the closure of the Bautenberg mine in 1942, traffic was hardly worth it anymore, and in 1950 the last people were transported. On October 31, 1963, rail traffic between Wilden and Salchendorf was finally completely stopped. Nothing can be seen of the rails today, the old station is now used by the neighboring FeG.

The village community center from 1938

In 1903 a new cemetery "Vorm Wäldchen" was set up. This was replaced by a new one on Köhlerweg in 1927. The first power lines were used from 1910, the power came from the "Franz Winkler" mill (formerly "Heß" mill) in Mittelwilden. From 1923 the electricity came from the EWS . The first water pipes were also laid in 1910. In 1911 the volunteer fire brigade was founded. In 1936 an evangelical club house for savages, still divided into three places, was built. The village community center followed two years later and is still used as such today. It was inaugurated on September 18, 1938. After the construction of a new three-class elementary school in 1955, school years 5–9 were relocated to Wilnsdorf in 1968 as part of the school reform.

In 1892 the association of the parishes Wilnsdorf and Rödgen was abolished, Wilnsdorf got its own pastor, the three parishes of Ober-, Mittel- and Unterwilden were re-parish to Wilnsdorf. From 1817 to 1895 Wilden belonged entirely to the Burbach office , as the Neunkirchen office was dissolved and was then added to the Wilnsdorf office as one of the last places .

On February 21, 1945, two bombs hit the village of Wilden during a bombing raid on Freie Grund . This was repeated on March 14th of the same year, on March 27th the Americans marched into Wilden. They came from the direction of Gilsbach. Wilden grew steadily in the 1950s and 60s. New areas such as “Struthstraße” were developed and built on. On January 1, 1969, the municipal reform dissolved the Wilnsdorf office and eleven independent municipalities, including Wilden, merged to form the new municipality of Wilnsdorf. Also in 1969 the new (current) cemetery with cemetery hall was built.

In 1982 the local homeland association was founded, which today has 50 members. In 1984 the old smithy, which was operated sporadically until 1980, was rebuilt thanks to the association in the center of the village below the primary school at that time, see sights .

Since 1994, teaching has been carried out in the town's new primary school. It replaces the old primary school from 1955 and was built right next to the local kindergarten, which was built in 1979.

Latest developments

Storm damage to Kyrill above Wildens on the Kleine Rausche

In 2001 the place got its own Protestant church on the property of the old elementary school, since most of the Wildeners are Protestant. It wasn't as expensive to build as planned, so a bell tower was built in front of it .

Since 2005 there is a truck stop in the industrial area Wilden Nord directly on the motorway.

On May 23, 2005, a camera team from the television station WDR was in Wilden and made recordings for the Mittendrin report of the program Lokalzeit Südwestfalen . (Note: In the Mittendrin report, a different village in South Westphalia is presented every week.)

Hurricane Kyrill did not spare Wilden either. On January 18 and 19, 2007, many trees fell in the forests around the village, especially in the “Bähnchen” area towards Salchendorf, near the sports field, on the Landeskrone and above the “Dell” on the Kleine Rausche mountain .

Population numbers

Population development of the place:

year Residents 1588 90-100 1698 140-150 1704 160-170 1725 220-240 1739 260-290 1788 270-300 1812 318 1818 352 1837 329 1843 374 1846 380 1850 413 1855 441 1861 436 1864 431

year Residents 1867 462 1871 442 1875 432 1880 500 1885 587 1890 547 1895 523 1900 640 1905 699 1910 774 1913 880 1925 923 1933 936 1939 899 1948 1196

year Residents 1950 1174 1952 1207 1955 1154 1958 1192 1961 1252 1964 1332 1967 1443 1969 1445 1970 1461 1975 1437 1980 1587 1985 1637 1990 1651 1995 1758 2000 1735

year Residents 2005 1726 2006 1714 2007 1673 2008 1641 2009 1629 2010 1608 2011 1634 2012 1613 2013 1614 2014 1604 2015 1684 2016 1651

Notes: Numbers up to 1788 are estimates; Numbers 1885/1890 on December 1st / 1895 on December 2nd; from 1969 on December 31.

Infrastructure and transport links

Old train station in Wilden

Transport links

Wilden is located on the connecting road between Wilnsdorf and Neunkirchen and directly on the A 45 , one of the most important north-south motorways in Germany . There has been a truck stop there since 2005 (see below).

Since Wilden is a very long place, most of the buildings can be found on the main street Freier-Grunder-Straße and a side street. There are only a few other side streets with large residential areas. The next villages Gilsbach (over the "Pfaffenwald"), Wilnsdorf (either over or under the motorway) and Salchendorf can be reached via the main roads .

Between 1907 and 1963 Wilden was connected to the Herdorf – Unterwilden railway line , which was built and operated by the Free Grunder Railway . The still existing red-brick train station in the middle of Unterwilden, now part of the FeG, provides evidence of this.

Industry

There are three industrial areas in and around Wilden.

• Wilden Nord is the newest and is right on the motorway. Since 2004 there has been a truck stop with a hotel, gas station and various restaurants. In the meantime, several companies have settled there.
• Landeskrone consists of two companies. It is on the connecting road to Gilsbach below the Landeskroner Weiher .
• Unterwilden is located below the Bautenberg in Unterwilden . There are several (small) businesses there.

In 1959 the company Wilhelm Schäfer Maschinenbau GmbH was founded on the Landeskrone; sheet metal and pipe processing systems were manufactured there. Schäfer was a great employer for Wilden and the surrounding areas. In 1994 the company was bought by Schuler AG .

media

Radio reception in southern Siegerland is characterized by local and national radio, with Radio Siegen having the most listeners. In addition to the North Rhine-Westphalian radio stations of WDR and 1 Live , the Hessian FFH and Rhineland-Palatinate stations RPR 1 and those of the SWR can also be received.

In addition to the Siegener Zeitung , the Westfalenpost and the Westfälische Rundschau are also offered as local newspapers . Fast Internet has been available in Wilden with DSL since autumn 2006 , later also via cable and since spring 2013 with LTE .

Attractions

The old forge in the center of the village

Wrought

In the middle of Wilden, opposite the village community center, there is a small forge that was built around 1850 on Köhlerweg in Oberwilden. Until the mid-1960s there were tools for agriculture , Hauberg and mining manufactured, repaired and sharpened to 1980 she was only operated sporadically. In 1984 it was dismantled and rebuilt by the Heimatverein in the center of the village (Mittelwilden) opposite the village community center. It is opened at events, for example on the day of the open monument, and the blacksmithing trade is brought closer to the visitors in demonstrations .

See also : "Dorfschmiede Wilden" in the article Wilnsdorf

Landeskroner Weiher

The Landeskroner Weiher is located at the eastern end of the village , directly under a motorway bridge ( 400  m above sea level), in an area where pits used to be. The Wildebach , which rises on the Wildenberg, flows through the entire village and flows into the Heller in Neunkirchen , flows through it . Due to the constant movement in the pond, the "Landeskroner" stays cool even on hot summer days . It is popular for swimming and fishing in the angling club . Every year on May Day , the association organizes a barbecue right by the pond. The pond was created in the 1890s as a water reservoir to drive the water wheels of the Landeskrone pit nearby.

School and free time

The Wilden primary school, built in 1994

primary school

From 1955 to 1994, the village's primary school was opposite the village community center. Since this was too small, however, the decision was made to build a new one. This was inaugurated in 1994/95. It was built off the main road, right next to the kindergarten . In addition to four classrooms, it contains a multi-purpose room with a kitchenette , a large storage room as well as a spacious staff room and a room for the caretaker .

The school plan of the community of Wilnsdorf established in 2007 provided for the amalgamation of the school administrations of the elementary schools in Wilden and Wilnsdorf and the management of the school from Wilnsdorf. This took place after the 2007/2008 school year.

On September 27, 2012, the council of the municipality of Wilnsdorf decided to close the elementary schools in Wilden, Obersdorf and Anzhausen due to the future decline in the number of pupils and the resulting reduction in the number of entry-level classes at the schools. This decision triggered a debate in the affected places, from which a referendum developed. The referendum in April 2013 failed, however, so that the Council decision of September remained in place. The Wilden elementary school is due to expire in the 2015/2016 school year.

Religious communities / parishes

The Ev. Church in Wild

A beach volleyball field was set up on the site of the old elementary school. Since most of Wilden is Protestant, a Protestant church was built there in 2001 and 2002. Since the construction did not cost as much as originally assumed, the opportunity was used to erect a bell tower about 20 m in front of the church . After 14 months of construction, the church was consecrated on December 1, 2002. Since January 1, 2011, the place has belonged to the Evangelical Reformed parish Rödgen -Wilnsdorf, which was formed from the individual parishes of Wilnsdorf and Rödgen.

In addition to the Evangelical Church, there is a Free Evangelical Congregation in the village , which has existed since 1875 and is therefore the oldest FeG in Siegerland. The first parish hall, built in 1897, was replaced by a new one in 1974. This got an extension in 1995. The old train station right next door has been part of the community since 2008. This was completely renovated from 2011 to 2013. Between 2008 and 2010 the parish hall was extensively renovated after water damage.

In Oberwilden you can find a parish hall of the YMCA or the EG (Evangelical Community). There is a Christian assembly not far from the Protestant church.

Sports

The sports field modernized in 2008/2009

A gymnastics club existed in Wilden since 1912. The sports club VfB Wilden (Association for Movement Games), founded on December 28, 1928, had a handball team and was already champion of the district B class in Siegerland-Turngau in 1929/1930. Football was added in the 1930s. After an interruption due to the war, the sports business did not get back up and running until 1949.

The first team of the football department has been playing in the district league B since 2013, as the district league A was reduced to just one season. The team's greatest success was a second place in the 2003/2004 season and the associated promotion to the district league. In the following season they went down again in 16th place. The second team of VfB plays in the C district league and achieved 1st place there in the 2012/13 season, but did not rise because the 1st team was relegated to the B district league.

Today the association has 602 members, including more than 200 children, and offers numerous activities in the gym behind the village community center or on the sports field.

The Artur-Reichmann-Sportplatz was built from July 1966 and opened in the autumn of the same year. It replaced the Landeskrone sports complex built in 1930 . The club house was built in 1974 and an annex was added in 2001/2002.

In 2008 the sports field was modernized with artificial turf , a small field for hockey or the like and a jumping pit . The costs of approx. € 100,000 were largely covered by donations, for which a fundraising run was carried out in August 2007. The modernized square was officially inaugurated on May 21, 2009.

Events

Street football tournament on Ascension Day 2012

• The Wilnsdorf kite festival has traditionally been held every September since 1993 with a supporting program and stalls above the sports field.
• Since 1976 there has been an Easter fire in Wilden, which was organized by the volunteer fire brigade from 2002 to 2005 , but is no longer carried out by the fire brigade due to lack of interest. It is now being carried out again by private individuals who have been doing this since 1976. In addition, every year on Holy Saturday there is an Easter run over the little train to Salchendorf.
• From time to time the fire brigade holds a party at the fire station with coffee and cake and demonstrations of their work.
• The fishing club regularly grills at the Landeskroner Weiher on May 1st ( May Day ) and sets up stalls for eating, drinking and sitting. When the weather is good, the event is well attended.
• Every year on Ascension Day, VfB Wilden organizes a popular street football tournament.
• On August 30, 2008 the first "Wilder Village Festival" took place.

Personalities

• Artur Reichmann (1902–1930), long-distance runner
• Franz Fabian (1926–1986), Hessian politician (SPD)
• Karl Schmidt (1937–), politician (CDU)
• Zana Ramadani (1984–), politician (CDU) and Femen activist , grew up in Wilden from the age of eight

literature

• MGV "Sangeslust" Wilden: Festival and home book. Published on the occasion of the flag consecration of the MGV "Sangeslust" Wilden on July 16 and 17, 1955. Wilden 1955.
• Kurt Becker: Our fathers. The miners of the Bautenberg mine between Gilsbach and Wilden, Dill and Westerwald. Dillbrecht 1994.

Web links

Commons : Wilden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Wilden (Wilnsdorf) in the Westphalia Cultural Atlas
• List of mines in Wilnsdorf

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dieter Pfau: Traces of time in Siegerland and Wittgenstein. Early and High Middle Ages 750–1250. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-89534-861-7 .
2. ^ Friedrich Philippi (Ed.): Siegener Urkundenbuch. Volume 1: Up to 1350. Kogler, Siegen, 1887, pp. 135-136, no. 229.
3. ↑ Siegerland home calendar. 1977, ZDB -ID 529717-5 , p. 14.
4. ↑ ^{a b} MGV "Sangeslust" Wilden: Fest- und Heimatbuch. 1955, p. 25.
5. ↑ 700 years of Neunkirchen. Otto Braun, Neunkirchen 1988.
6. ^ ^{A b} Heinrich Hamann: History of the Freiengrund , printed by the Westdeutsche Verlagsanstalt, Neunkirchen 1925, p. 6.
7. ^ ^{A b c d e} E. Weidenbach: History of the county of Sayn and the components of the same , print E. Weidenbach, Dillenburg 1874, p. 287.
8. ↑ Die Zeppenfelder Hütte ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 72 .
10. ↑ Otto Schaefer: The district of Siegen. Wins 1968.
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12. ^ Ritter's geographic-statistical lexicon. 3rd revised, increased and improved edition. Wigand, Leipzig 1847, p. 1329.
13. ^ Ritter's geographic-statistical lexicon. Volume 2: L - Z. 5th completely reworked, greatly increased and improved edition. Wigand, Leipzig 1865, p. 857.
14. ↑ The results of the property and building tax assessment in the government district of Arnsberg / ed. from the Royal Ministry of Finance , Berlin 1870.
15. ↑ ^{a b} The communities and manor districts of the province of Westphalia and their population. Edited and compiled by the Royal Statistical Bureau from the original materials of the general census of December 1, 1871. In: Königliches Statistisches Bureau (Hrsg.): The communities and manor districts of the Prussian state and their population. tape IX , 1874, ZDB -ID 1467495-6 , p. 104 f . ( Digitized version ).
16. ↑ Address book for the administrative district of Arnsberg 1877 , Arnsberg 1876. P. 46.
17. ↑ Address book for the administrative district of Arnsberg 1882 , Arnsberg 1881. P. 46.
18. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Based on materials from the census of December 1, 1885 and other official sources, edited by the Royal Statistical Bureau. In: Royal Statistical Bureau (Hrsg.): Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. tape X , 1887, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 , p. 112 f . ( Digitized version ).
19. ^ Ritter's geographic-statistical lexicon. Volume 2: L - Z. 8th completely revised, increased and improved edition. Wigand, Leipzig 1895, p. 1128.
20. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia. Based on materials from the census of December 1, 1895 and other official sources, edited by the Royal Statistical Bureau. In: Royal Statistical Bureau (Hrsg.): Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia. tape X , 1897, ZDB -ID 1046036-6 , p. 114 f . ( Digitized version ).
21. ↑ gemeindeververzeichnis.de: District of Siegen
22. ^ Community encyclopedia for the Free State of Prussia. Volume XI: Province of Westphalia. Berlin 1931. p. 66.
23. ↑ ^{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). 
24. ^ ^{A b c d e} Wilnsdorf Office (Kr. Siegen): Administrative report 1948–1968; Official Director Schäfer, December 1968.
25. ↑ Federal Statistical Office: Fachserie. A: Population and culture. Row 1: Territory and Population. Part 1 - vj: Population status and development. Born 1969, ZDB ID 135098-5 .
26. ↑ wilnsdorf.de: Annual Report 2011 ( Memento of the original from October 17, 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; 2.8 MB), page 6 
27. ↑ wilnsdorf.de: [referendum on future of Wilnsdorfer primary schools], retrieved on July 6, 2014
28. ↑ 1913-2003. 90 years of the Evangelical Church in Wilnsdorf. A short history of the Wilnsdorf Church. Wilnsdorf 2003, p. 9.
29. ^ Community letter of the Evangelical Church Community Wilnsdorf. Issue 1/2011 (January / February).
30. ↑ ^{a b} History of the VfB Wilden on the club's website ( Memento of the original from May 15, 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. 
31. ↑ Hellerthaler Zeitung: Wild moves: Games and fun on artificial turf (PDF; 1.1 MB) , May 23, 2012, page 1.