Winkels (Mengerskirchen)

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Angle
Community Mengerskirchen
Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 53 "  N , 8 ° 10 ′ 40"  E
Height : 318 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.71 km²
Residents : 898  (Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 242 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1970
Postal code : 35794
Area code : 06476
Church in Winkels (built 1880)

Winkels is a part of the municipality Mengerskirchen in the central Hessian district Limburg-Weilburg with about 950 inhabitants.

Geographical location

The place is at the foot of the Westerwald not far from the Lahn in a valley, embedded by forests and bare basalt mountains on the connecting road from Weilburg to Rennerod .

history

The map of the topographical survey of the Rhineland on the angle is recorded

Winkels was first mentioned in a document in 1237 as Winkelsece . Eigenberg Castle (popularly known as Maienburg ) was built in the village market . In 1331 it became a knight seat of the feudal men of Mudersbach. On the orders of the sovereign, the people of Winkels performed manual and clamping services for the Mudersbachers.

For centuries the residents had to visit the parish church in neighboring Mengerskirchen . In 1879 the construction of a small church began, which was named "Chapel Strieder" after Mayor Strieder and was completed in 1880. In 1947 this was expanded and is now called the Birth of Mary .

Agriculture on the poor soils of the Westerwald was arduous and the village population lived in great poverty. It was not until the beginning of industrialization in the second half of the 19th century that some of the people found work. Most of the people from Winkels moved to Westphalia , Siegerland and Bergisch as building craftsmen in early spring to earn a living there. Women, children and the elderly worked the soil. In the long winter months one occupied himself with home work. The professions of sieve maker, basket maker and potter were widespread. There were two distilleries.

After the Second World War , a huge structural change took place . Since around the mid-1950s, people have been doing without part-time jobs in small farms. The majority of the population now commutes to the cities of Weilburg , Limburg , Wetzlar , Wiesbaden and Frankfurt . A number of men and women have also found work in two local clay pits, small factories and industrial plants in the near and far vicinity.

Winkels celebrated its 750th anniversary in 1987.

Territorial reform

Since January 1, 1971, Winkels, like the former communities of Dillhausen , Mengerskirchen, Probbach and Waldernbach , has been part of the large community of Mengerskirchen that was newly formed on a voluntary basis as part of the regional reform in Hesse . The municipality belonged to the Oberlahnkreis until April 1, 1974, when the Limburg-Weilburg district was founded, in which the Oberlahnkreis was merged.

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Winkels was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:

Population development

Winkels: Population from 1834 to 2016
year     Residents
1834
  
 453
1840
  
 501
1846
  
 516
1852
  
 539
1858
  
 590
1864
  
 641
1871
  
 578
1875
  
 611
1885
  
 648
1895
  
 638
1905
  
 569
1910
  
 606
1925
  
 647
1939
  
 654
1946
  
 871
1950
  
 860
1956
  
 838
1961
  
 829
1967
  
 839
1970
  
 912
2000
  
 1,015
2004
  
 995
2008
  
 993
2012
  
 950
2016
  
 988
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources:

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 24 Protestant (= 3.70%), 624 Catholic (= 96.30%) residents
• 1961: 14 Protestant (= 1.69%), 814 Catholic (= 98.19%) residents

politics

Local advisory board

The local advisory board of Winkels consists of six members. The mayor after the local elections in 2016 is Johannes Diehl (CDU).

Partnerships

Culture and sights

music

  • In Winkels there is a marching band , a brass orchestra (founded in 1953), in which musicians of all ages make music, as well as a student wind orchestra (marching band and brass orchestra are organized within the volunteer fire brigade).
  • The former " Männergesangsverein cheerfulness 1885" is the current "Gesangsverein cheerfulness", emerged with mixed chorus and the "Faulbach Lerchen" (men's chorus).

societies

  • The gymnastics and sports club 1898 Winkels e. In addition to soccer (1st / 2nd team, old men and youth), V. also offers integration sports, women's gymnastics and children 's dancing . In 2007 the association laid out a new artificial turf pitch .
  • The Schützenverein St. Sebastian Winkels 1963 has an adult and a youth department.
  • At the local level, the Winkels women's and mothers' association, the Winkels women's community and the Winkels volunteer fire department have existed since 1928 (including the youth fire department, since March 30, 1985).

  • Chancel of the Church of the Birth of Mary in Winkels

Buildings

  • Eigenberg castle ruins
  • Catholic Parish Church of the Birth of Mary, built in 1880
  • Several half-timbered houses in the town center

Infrastructure

In Winkels, the day care center for the community center for Winkels, Probbach and Dillhausen is operated. Since 1928, the Winkels volunteer fire brigade (from March 30, 1985 with youth fire brigade ) has provided defensive fire protection and general help in this area. There is a community center , a sports field, two playgrounds, bike and hiking trails.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Winkels  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Winkels, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Mengerskirchen in facts and figures. Retrieved August 28, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Amalgamation of the communities of Dillhausen, Mengerskirchen, Probbach, Waldernbach and Winkels in the Oberlahnkreis to form the community of "Mengerskirchen" on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 111 , point 177a ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
  4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 383 f .
  5. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  6. ↑ Budget 2018, preliminary report. Mengerskirchen community, accessed on June 20, 2018 .
  7. ^ Mengerskirchen community: Mengerskirchen local councils , accessed in January 2017.