Wilhelmsdorf (workers' colony)

Wilhelmsdorf workers' colony

The Wilhelmsdorf workers' colony was founded in 1882 by Bielefeld pastor and Bethel founder Friedrich von Bodelschwingh on a dilapidated estate in what was then the municipality of Sende and was located directly on the border with the neighboring municipality of Senne II . The colony was named after Kaiser Wilhelm I , whose son Friedrich Wilhelm was known to Friedrich von Bodelschwingh from childhood and who visited the young colony in 1883 as Crown Prince.

Gut Wilhelmsdorf, which today houses a privately run agricultural business, was a supply company for the Bodelschwingh institutions in Bethel for a long time . Starting from Wilhelmsdorf, the establishment Eckardtsheim , which also belongs to Bethel , was established, which today is part of the Bielefeld district of Sennestadt .

Individual evidence

↑ Cf. on this source collection on the history of German social policy 1867 to 1914 , Section II: From the Imperial Social Message to the February Decrees of Wilhelm II (1881-1890) , Volume 7: Communal Poor Care , edited by Wilfried Rudloff, Darmstadt 2015, No. 20.

51.925219 8.550925Coordinates: 51 ° 55 '30.8 " N , 8 ° 33' 3.3" E

[1] Cf. on this source collection on the history of German social policy 1867 to 1914 , Section II: From the Imperial Social Message to the February Decrees of Wilhelm II (1881-1890) , Volume 7: Communal Poor Care , edited by Wilfried Rudloff, Darmstadt 2015, No. 20.