Windhausen (Attendorn)

Windhausen City of Attendorn Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 43 " N , 7 ° 51 ′ 46" E
Height :	448 m
Residents :	619 (June 30, 2019)
Postal code :	57439
Area code :	02722
Location of Windhausen in North Rhine-Westphalia
	Exterior view of the parish church of St. Anthony of Padua

View of the district of Windhausen

Windhausen is a district of the city of Attendorn in the Olpe district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

Windhausen is located northwest of the core town of Attendorn on the edge of the Ebbe Mountains between Keseberg in the east and Lichtringhausen in the west. State road 697 runs through Windhausen from Attendorn to Plettenberg . The local mountain is the 512 m high Heßberg.

History and religion

Windhausen was first mentioned in a document in 1393 with the expression " toe Wynthusen ". The place name can be interpreted as “near the houses on the pasture” . In 1434 Dietrich von Schnellenberg bequeathed various tithe to Lange, Windhausen and Lichtringhausen to his son-in-law Cord, Vogt von Elspe . In 1468, Henrich to Winthusen and Mrs. Geseke sold their quarter of the Hof zu Bokenboel called Borgers Gut, according to a document from the Ewig monastery . In 1487 a Hinrich van Wynthusen appeared as a witness in a document from the monastery.

Politically, Windhausen was formerly part of the Waldenburg office and in the Gogericht and parish Attendorn it belonged to the Windhausen peasantry , which also included surrounding towns such as Lichtringhausen, Keseberg, Biekhofen and others. In the appraisal register of 1543, the Winterhuißer Burschracht with 21 taxpayers names a Peter zu Windthaußen and a Henrich zu Winthaußen with a fee of 2 and 1 gold guilders . In the registry of 1565 Jacob zu Winthaußen was taxed with 3½ gold guilders and Henrich's children in Winthaußen with 1½ gold guilders.

In the 17th century there were three estates in Windhausen: Dankelmanns Gut, Schulten Gut and Niggehus Gut. The big Dankelmanns estate was on the way to Lichtringhausen. Managed by Friedrich von Rauterkusen . The Rauterkus family was on the farm until the 20th century.

The Schulten estate was not quite as big as the previous one; Managed by Jakob Schulte until his death in 1680, then by his son Kornelius. Later the property was divided up and the manor house demolished.

The Niggehus Gut was a Köttergut and was "furthest back" in the village. The farm was managed by Clemens Niggehus until 1682, then by his son Cornelius. At the beginning of the 18th century by Heinrich Hartmann called Niggehus. Owner Kaspar Niggehus sold the farm to the Anton Dingerkus family in Attendorn in 1740, but remained the farm tenant. In 1750 Anton Dingerkus sold the estate back to the Johann Wilhelm Hund family in Maiwormshammer . In the 20th century Johann Rauterkus called Nigghus was the owner of the farm.

In 1819 the first school was built in Windhausen for the village and all the surrounding villages. Named teachers: Kaufmann (1839), Weber (1885) and Gabriel (1899). In the 1840s a country road was built from Attendorn via Windhausen to Plettenberg . In 1895 there were 23 buildings with an inn (Joh. Hüttemann) and 168 residents in the village. The first church, St. Antonius (it had to give way in 1969 when the road was rebuilt), was built in 1898, and a new school in 1931. In 1936 there were 40 houses with 47 households and 242 inhabitants in the village.

Farmer Ferdinand Hüttemann was the mayor of the Attendorn-Land community and senior official in the Attendorn office . In 1988 the place had 638 inhabitants.

From 1819, Windhausen belonged to the Attendorn municipality in the Attendorn district until the municipality was incorporated into the town of Attendorn in 1969.

The Catholic St. Anthony Church , consecrated in 1964, is a defining feature of the town. In 2009 the working group village chronicle was founded, which wanted to develop a chronicle for the places Windhausen, Lichtringhausen and Biekhofen.

Educational institutions

There is a day-care center in the village run by the workers' welfare organization. The nearest elementary school and secondary schools are in Attendorn.

Associations and business

Windhausen is more agricultural and touristic. In the village there is a small restaurant, a snack bar and a veterinary practice. The only bank branch was recently closed.

In addition to the St. Antonius Schützenbruderschaft founded in 1908, there is also a motorcycle club and the Windhausen pensioners' association, which takes care of local issues. In 2010 he set up a Mary station on a hiking trail. The Windhausen Wanderfreunde association has also existed since 2010. There is also a water supply association and an Easter fire community, which organizes the highest Easter fire in the Attendorn city area.

In addition, since 2005, in association with the neighboring villages of Lichtringhausen and Neu-Listernohl, there has been the sports club SC LWL 05, with currently two teams in the regional soccer league, an A youth team and a 1st senior team (status: season 2019 / 2020).

Web links

Commons : Windhausen (Attendorn) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Population statistics of the city of Attendorn (as of June 30, 2019) , accessed on August 18, 2019.
↑ Michael Flöer: The place names in the district of Olpe, in: Westfälische Ortsnamenbuch, Volume 8, Bielefeld 2014, page 254
↑ Norbert Scheele (ed.): Regesten of the former monastery Ewig, Olpe 1963, Urk 148 page 39, Urk 202 page 55/56
↑ Estimation register from 1543, page 69 [1]
↑ The 16th century appraisal registers for the Duchy of Westphalia, Part 1 (1536 and 1565), Münster 1971, page 219
↑ Julius Pickert: The farms of the Attendorn parish in the 17th century, in: Heimatblätter des Kreis Olpe, 4th century. 1926/27, page 52
↑ Official residents' register of the district of Olpe 1938, Attendorn Office, page XV
^ Attendorn - Gestern und heute, Verein für Orts- und Heimatkunde Attendorn eV, No. 14 (1990), page 15/16