Wilsum

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Wilsum
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Coordinates: 52 ° 32 '  N , 6 ° 51'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : County of Bentheim
Joint municipality : Uelsen
Height : 32 m above sea level NHN
Area : 47.13 km 2
Residents: 1577 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 33 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 49849
Area code : 05945
License plate : NOH
Community key : 03 4 56 026
LOCODE : DE WUI
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Echtelerstr. 4
49849 Wilsum
Website : www.wilsum.net
Mayor : Heinrich Mardink ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Wilsum in the Grafschaft Bentheim district
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Wilsum is a municipality in the Grafschaft Bentheim district in Lower Saxony near the Dutch border and is part of the Uelsen municipality .

geography

To the north of Wilsum are the municipalities of Emlichheim and Laar , and to the northwest is the Dutch municipality of Hardenberg . The communities of Hoogstede and Gölenkamp border Wilsum in the northeast and east. In the south-east is the community Uelsen , where the seat of the joint community is; Itterbeck is located southwest of Wilsum and Wielen is to the west .

With an area of ​​47.13 km², Wilsum is the largest municipality in the joint municipality of Uelsen . The highest elevation in Wilsum is the Wilsumer Mountains with a height of 80 m above sea level. NN, the offshoots of a glacial terminal moraine series from the early glaciation of the Saale Ice Age , the so-called Drenthe I stage. The landscape is otherwise mostly an old ground moraine landscape with valley sand lowlands, bog and heather areas .

The low moor Wilsumer Moor with an area of ​​48 ha is one of the Grafschafter landscape protection areas .

history

Naming

In the early documentary mention, Wilsum was still called Wilshem . According to the name researcher Jürgen Udolph , the first syllable “Wils” is probably the genitive singular of the Dutch personal name “Wil” or “Wilse”, the second syllable “hem” stands for the part of the name “heim” for settlement, which is the place name probably stands for Wils / Wilis settlement.

Early to the 20th century

Wilsum was first mentioned in a document in 851 in the legend De miraculis sancti Alexandri . At that time it still belonged to the Gau Twente . The early settlement of today's community is also shown by the numerous barrows in Wilsum, which have been scientifically explored since the 18th century.

Wilsum has belonged to the Grafschaft Bentheim since the later Middle Ages . During the Dutch War of Independence , the place was badly hit between 1580 and 1605; many residents fled to the Netherlands .

In 1725 the ev.-ref. Church. During the French period , under Pastor Wessel Friedrich Visch, there was greater ecclesiastical independence from the mother community of Uelsen, but it was not until 1861 that Wilsum was completely separated from the large parish of Uelsen. In 1874 the cemetery, which still exists today, was laid out near the reformed church.

Wilsum had its own school since the 18th century; When exactly this was founded is not known. In any case, it is documented for the year 1802 that Wilsum received a new teacher.

In the 19th century was the peasantry Wilsum administrative organizational part of the parish Uelsen, the part again of the Office Neuenhaus was.

21st century

In 2001 the 1150th anniversary of Wilsum took place. In 2002 Wilsum was the winner at the district level in the competition Our village has a future . In 2003, Wilsum also managed to place itself among the eight most beautiful villages in the Weser-Ems administrative region and thus qualify for the state decision . In the 2004 state decision, however, Wilsum was unable to prevail, but received a special award for the efforts, in particular to preserve the Schoneveld watermill .


Religions

Evangelical Old Reformed Church

Population development

The population of Wilsum has increased by around 10% since 1987. The growth from the mid-1990s can be attributed in particular to the designation of new residential construction areas. Since 2001, around 85 building sites have been developed in the new residential areas in Wilsum.

15% of the residents of Wilsum are Dutch.

1885 1925 1933 1939 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011
706 1190 1206 1211 1499 1508 1503 1490 1552 1596 1636 1654 1622

politics

Municipal council

The Wilsum municipal council has two councilors and nine councilors who were last elected in the Lower Saxony municipal elections in 2016 . These have formed a joint electoral list.

mayor

The current mayor of Wilsum is Heinrich Mardink (CDU). In November 2016, Mardink was re-elected as mayor.

Surname From To
Hermann Maatmann (CDU) 1961 1986
Ludwig Tyman (CDU) 1986 2006
Heinrich Mardink (CDU) 2006 today

coat of arms

The Wilsum coat of arms was officially presented in January 1998. It was developed by the Münster heraldist Ulf-Dietrich Korn .

“The coat of arms of the municipality of Wilsum is divided from red to green by a silver bar with a wavy top. Above is a silver ring with a pole-wise continuous spoke, accompanied by two silver spheres placed on each pole; below is a silver beehive. "

- Ulf-Dietrich Korn

The red of the upper field comes from the coat of arms of the Grafschaft Bentheim district . The single-spoke wheel is taken from the coat of arms of the Lords of Schoneveld (see watermill ). The four silver balls stand for the four former Rotts . The corrugated silver bar at the top stands for the ice age sand heaps (see Wilsumer Berge) as well as the five Wilsumer brooks. The green of the lower field stands for the landscape and agriculture that still characterize Wilsum today. The beehive should also indicate the barren heathland with beekeeping.

Culture, club life and sights

Buildings

  • Schonevelds Mühle, a water mill that was probably built in the 13th century, together with a miller's house and various outbuildings and a mill pond
  • ev.-ref. Church from 1725
  • ev.-old ref. Church from 1986
  • Village square

theatre

An amateur theater group called Spielschar has emerged from the Immergrün men's choir , which has regularly presented Low German theater plays every spring since 1954 as part of the Wilsum village evening . The Spielschar is now an independent, registered association for the maintenance of customs.

music

In addition to church choirs and music groups from the two parishes , Wilsum also has the largest music association, the Immergrün e. V. , which was founded in 1879 .

Sports

The largest sports club in Wilsum is the ASC Grün-Weiß 49 e. V., which in addition to various team ball sports (soccer, handball, dodgeball, table tennis) also offers tennis, hiking, gymnastics programs and shooting. In Wilsum, the ASC has a training and play area with floodlights and team rooms, which is also used by the youth teams in particular.

There is also the football club Rasenkitzler Wilsum e. V. , also with its own training area with floodlights and team rooms. The club also has a boules area .

The large sports and gymnasium, which was inaugurated in 1994 and is also used by the sports clubs and the primary school, is located near the primary school.

In May 2009 the new Wilsum hiking trail was inaugurated, which complements the numerous cycle paths.

Hometown club

The Heimatverein Wilsum e. V. was founded in 1993 and today has around 300 members. The main focus of the association's work is the maintenance of the Schoneveld watermill and its outbuildings such as B. the miller's house, the threshing barn or the bakery. On Pentecost ( German Milling Day ) and on other specific dates, these buildings will resume their previous activities; the grinding season usually starts in April and ends in September each year. The watermill is around 700 years old, was shut down in 1940 and restored in 1996 by the members of the Heimatverein. Since then, grain can be ground here again. The millstones are driven by the water of the mill pond through the mill wheel. An old washing machine and a butter churn are also set in motion by the mill wheel. There is also an old stable in the mill.

After several years of preliminary and planning work, the area around the mill pond was expanded in 2011, including the construction of a historic sheep pen. In 2020, work began to secure the embankments of the mill pond, among other things supported by funds from Bingo! Environment Foundation.

There is also a group of Middewinterhorn blowers in the Heimatverein who say goodbye to the old year at the mill pond in December each year.

Other clubs

  • Wilsum local fire department of the Uelsen volunteer fire department , founded in 1934
  • Local association Wilsum of the German Red Cross
  • Hunters Wilsum
  • Local agricultural association Wilsum
  • Treckerfreunde Wilsum, founded in 2005
  • Wilsum rural women's association, founded in 1971
  • Tierschutz Niedergrafschaft e. V., who runs the Wilsum animal shelter
  • Friends of Primary School Wilsum e. V.

Regular events

  • Spring (February / March): Village evenings by the Wilsum game group
  • Easter Sunday: Easter bonfire of the Treckerfreunde Wilsum at the grounds of the Schoneveld watermill
  • Weekend around May 1st : Wilsumer Volksfest , organized by the five major associations
  • Pentecost: German Milling Day at Schoneveld's watermill
  • 1st Saturday of Advent: Puzzles by the Wilsum local fire brigade
  • December: Christmas raffle by the Wilsum advertising association
  • End of December: Staging of the Peters Cup, regional indoor soccer tournament

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture is still an important pillar today in numerous sectors, mainly in the areas of milk production , pig and poultry farming and arable farming , especially potato, grain and energy maize cultivation . In 2011 the dairy farmers in Wilsum produced around 6.7 million liters of milk. In addition, there are numerous small and medium-sized companies in the manufacturing and craft trades as well as in the service and trade sector, particularly located in the newer industrial areas near Bundesstraße 403.

The tourism sector is growing; The largest local provider is the Wilsumer Berge campsite and holiday resort, covering an area of ​​70 hectares and around 1,300 parking spaces. The Wilsum bathing lake in the holiday resort is a recognized EU bathing water and is used in accordance with the Nds. BadegewVO is continuously monitored with regard to water quality and is currently classified as “excellent” with the highest quality level. In addition, there are also other tourist offers, in particular in the field of farm holidays , bed and breakfasts , group accommodation and holiday apartments as well as numerous hiking and cycling trails as well as gastronomic offers.

The largest local employer is the textile company WKS Textilveredlungs GmbH with around 230 employees at the Wilsum location, which was founded in 1962 as the Helmut Kronemeyer Kunststopferei . Since 2009, one of the largest photovoltaic systems in the region with an installed capacity of around 854.40 kWp has been on the roof of WKS .

Around 30 companies and traders from Wilsum have joined forces in the Wilsum advertising association .

Wilsum had the lowest debtor quota in the Grafschaft Bentheim region (2009: 3.77%).

The local Volksbank Wilsum eG existed until 1999 , which today is part of Volksbank Niedergrafschaft eG after several mergers and operates a branch in Wilsum.

traffic

Wilsum is on Bundesstraße 403 , near which there are several industrial areas, and on Kreisstraße 14. Several stops in Wilsum are served by the regional bus line 10 of the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Grafschaft Bentheim , which runs every hour on weekdays as well as on Sundays and public holidays Emlichheim also starts via Itterbeck and Uelsen Neuenhaus , where there are connections to the train line RB 56 in the direction of Nordhorn and Bad Bentheim and to the regional bus line 30 in the direction of Nordhorn. From spring to autumn, buses carry bicycle trailers on line 10 at certain times (Fietsenbus) .

Public facilities

  • Local government
  • Village community center
  • Village square
  • Gym
  • Building yard

Wilsum local fire department

The Wilsum local fire brigade of the Uelsen volunteer fire brigade is a base fire brigade and ensures fire protection and technical assistance in the community. The district of Wielen and the district of Ratzel of the Itterbeck community also belong to the 7,200 ha area. The local fire brigade has four fire engines and currently 48 active comrades. In March 2019, the new fire station in the center of the village, not far from the old location, was moved into with an investment volume of € 1.3 million.

Garbage dump of the Grafschaft Bentheim district

The waste management company of the Grafschaft Bentheim district operates the Wilsum waste disposal center in Wilsum with the Grafschafter central landfill, which was put into operation in 1985 (Wilsum II central landfill) . A mechanical-biological waste treatment plant has been operated at the site since 2001 . In addition to the central landfill, the disposal center also functions as a garden waste collection point and hazardous waste collection point.

education

  • Kindergarten Kükengoarn
  • Primary school in Wilsum: Reliable all-day school with cafeteria since 2010

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

  • Geert Damink (1844–1915), farmer, reformed lay activist, member of the Prussian House of Representatives
  • Berend Klasink (1874–1953), farmer, peasant functionary, member of the provincial parliament ("Tsar of Wilsum")
  • Matthis Harsman (* 1999), football player

Personalities who lived and worked on site

Trivia

On May 21, 2011, Wilsum successfully took part in the “Mayor championship 2011” of the radio station Hit-Radio Antenne under the motto “The Curse of Wilsum” and raised € 3,000 for the community. In October 2012 the chronicle “Wilsum 851–2012: The history of a village”, compiled over a period of five years by the “Wilsum History Workshop”, was presented to the public.

On February 4, 2020, around 1500 farmers demonstrated in Wilsum with 1000 tractors (“Land creates connection” campaign) on the occasion of a speech during a specialist agricultural event by Federal Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner against the intended regulatory changes in agriculture.

literature

  • Steffen Burkert (ed.): The county of Bentheim - history and present of a district. Publishing house Heimatverein Grafschaft Bentheim e. V., Bad Bentheim 2010.
  • Evangelical Old Reformed Church Community Wilsum (Ed.): Evangelical Old Reformed Church Wilsum 1848–1998 . Self-published, Wilsum 1999, ISBN 3-929013-16-9 .
  • Erich Gövert: 150 Years of the Evangelical Reformed Church Community in Wilsum In: Emsländische Geschichte 19. Ed. By the Study Society for Emsländische Regionalgeschichte, Haselünne 2011 ISBN 978-3-9814041-3-5 , pp. 450-489 (and further articles on various aspects the Wilsum past in the previous volumes).
  • Heimatverein Wilsum (Ed.): Wilsum. The story of a village 851–2012. From the darkness of the past to today , 2012.
  • Dietrich Veddeler: Chronicle of the rural community Wilsum. Veddeler, Nordhorn 1982.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
  2. ^ Grafschafter Geschichte: Witnesses of the Ice Age , accessed on March 24, 2018.
  3. ↑ cf. also Wilhelm Müller-Wille: Floor sculpture and natural spaces in Westphalia , Volume 14 of the Spieker series. Regional studies articles and reports , published by the Geographical Commission for Westphalia , Münster 1966, p. 239.
  4. ↑ Steffen Wachtel: Analysis of the hydrogeological conditions and optimization of the rehabilitation of a sewer dam , diploma thesis at the Bauhaus University Weimar , 2008, p. 49 ( online as PDF ).
  5. ↑ Agricultural Association : SUNREG I. Final Report I. to the model projects section Project SUNREG model for the technical, socio-economic and environmental assessment of biomass supply systems, selected by the example in Lower Saxony and Brandenburg to produce Sunfuel®. , Hanover 2008, p. 18.
  6. ↑ Burkert (Ed.): Die Grafschaft Bentheim , p. 25.
  7. ^ Ndr.de : Name researcher Jürgen Udolph - Archive "W" , accessed on September 26, 2011.
  8. ↑ grafschafter-geschichte.de : Athuger from Wilshem , accessed on March 24, 2018.
  9. ↑ Jörg Eckert: Archaeological excavations and finds become history , in: Burkert (Ed.): Die Grafschaft Bentheim , p. 148.
  10. ^ Grafschafter school history: Wilsum primary school (until 1967 Wilsum elementary school, until 1973 central school) , accessed on March 8, 2012.
  11. ↑ On the establishment of the Neuenhaus office by the Kingdom of Hanover, cf. Christian H. Ebhardt (Ed.): Laws, ordinances and tenders for the Kingdom of Hanover from the period from 1813 to 1839. Volume 2, Hanover 1839, pp. 39 and 42.
  12. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of November 28, 2002: Wilsum is the most beautiful village in the county - winner of the district competition "Our village should be more beautiful - our village has a future" .
  13. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of May 24th, 2003: Wilsum on the way to the most beautiful village in the whole country? - stage win. At the state decision.
  14. ↑ Nds. Ministry f. Food, agriculture, consumer protection and regional development : 21st state competition “Our village should be more beautiful” , accessed on October 9, 2012.
  15. ↑ State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony - population update .
  16. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of July 19, 2003: “Patchwork is taking on contours - BUILDING PLANNING Development of a village center in Wilsum is making slow progress” .
  17. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of March 29, 2012: “Considerable growth”. GGB shows 17 further building sites in Wilsums "Dorfmitte II" .
  18. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of August 24, 2011: Small steps instead of big leaps. Samtgemeinde Uelsen relies on its strengths .
  19. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. bentheim.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  20. ↑ Census results from May 9, 2011
  21. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of November 29, 2016: At a glance: Who is where mayor? .
  22. ↑ wilsum.de: The coat of arms , accessed on October 9, 2012.
  23. ↑ a b uelsen.de: Coat of arms of the municipality of Wilsum (PDF; 250 kB), accessed on January 20, 2011.
  24. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of March 19, 2009: Heimatverein Wilsum is allowed to build a sheepfold - the new hiking trail opens on May 16 .
  25. ^ Grafschafter Nachrichten of April 22, 2010: Season start at Wilsumer Wassermühle - Millers grind grain .
  26. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of January 7th, 2011: Uelsen relies on bathroom and education in 2011 .
  27. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten: Schafstall for Wilsum is coming  ( 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. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.gn-online.de   , April 18, 2011, accessed January 5, 2012
  28. ^ Grafschafter Nachrichten of February 1, 2012: Road safety is an important concern. Wilsum municipal council bids farewell to long-term members .
  29. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten: Mühlenteich Wilsum needs more hold , accessed on February 4, 2020.
  30. ↑ Bernhard Remmers: Again the middle winter horns resound. Thanks to Zwier Lübbermann, a thousand-year-old custom is experiencing a renaissance , in: HAZ of December 31, 2009, p. 5.
  31. ^ Grafschafter Nachrichten of December 13, 2011: Middewinter .
  32. ^ Grafschafter Nachrichten of September 27, 2011: In action for the village community. Celebration of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Wilsum rural women’s association
  33. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of March 5, 2012: Milk producers continue on the road to success. Raiffeisen-Grenzland honors the best companies .
  34. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of March 19, 2008: "GGB enables industrial park in Wilsum - Mayor Heinrich Mardink: Alone we would have had no financial air".
  35. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of December 18, 2004: Uelsen is proud of its excellent infrastructure - tourism is a growing economic factor for the entire community [...] .
  36. ↑ Wilsum swimming lake in the nds. Bathing Water Atlas, accessed November 28, 2013.
  37. ↑ Annual financial statements for the 2007 financial year of WKS Textilveredlungs GmbH .
  38. ↑ Werner Straukamp: Up and down on cotton thread , in: Burkert (Hrsg.): Die Grafschaft Bentheim , p. 466.
  39. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of December 24th, 2009: Solar power for around 220 households - 17,000 square meter photovoltaic system on the roof of the WKS Textilveredlung .
  40. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of November 6, 2009: Over-indebtedness of private individuals is falling slightly .
  41. ↑ http://www.be-mobil.de
  42. ↑ Line network of the VGB (PDF)
  43. ↑ Information on the Fietsenbus offer , accessed on April 19, 2019.
  44. ^ Grafschafter Nachrichten: New watch for the Wilsum fire brigade , accessed on February 4, 2020.
  45. ^ Homepage of AWB Grafschaft Bentheim: Information on the Wilsum waste disposal center , accessed on October 8, 2011.
  46. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten of January 27, 2010: School faces the challenges of the future - New cafeteria officially opened in Wilsum [...] .
  47. ↑ Metmekaar: Biography Damink ( Memento of 18 October 2007 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on 9 October 2012th
  48. ↑ Metmekaar: Biography Klasink ( memento of October 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 9, 2012.
  49. ^ O. V .: Beat days only for oil . In: Der Spiegel . No. 48 , 1949, pp. 11-15 ( online ).
  50. ↑ antenne.com: May 21: The Curse of Wilsum ( Memento of May 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 22, 2011.
  51. ↑ Heimatverein Wilsum: Chronicle Wilsum 851-2012 , accessed on October 22, 2012.
  52. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung online: With roses: farmers seek discussion with Klöckner , accessed on February 4, 2020.
  53. ↑ Grafschafter Nachrichten: Klöckner's daughter, the winemaker, pours pure wine to farmers , accessed on February 4, 2020.
  54. ^ NDR.de: Klöckner bei Landwirten: First roses, then protest , accessed on February 4, 2020.