Winkhausen (Schmallenberg)

Winkhausen City of Schmallenberg Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 35 ″  N , 8 ° 20 ′ 22 ″  E
Height :	410 m above sea level NN
Residents :	212  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Postal code :	57392
Location of Winkhausen in Schmallenberg
Hotel Deimann in Winkhausen

Katharina Chapel in Winkhausen

Aerial view of the Winkhausen golf course

Winkhausen was on Heidenstrasse

Winkhausen is a district of the city of Schmallenberg in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

The village is about five kilometers east of Schmallenberg. The federal road 236 leads through the village and flows the Lenne . In the center of the village, the Sorpe , coming from the Sorpe Valley , joins the Lenne.

Neighboring places are Almert , Grafschaft , Gleidorf , Niedersorpe and Oberkirchen .

history

"Widinchusen" was first mentioned in 1395. The place name is formed from the personal name Wido and -inghusen (High German: -inghausen ) and was shortened to Winkhausen. A legend tells that the Saxon king Widukind is said to have pitched an army camp here around 800 in order to storm the ramparts on the Wilzenberg from there .

Winkhausen is located on the former Heidenstrasse . In the first known tax register from 1536 7 farms were named. In 1645 Widickhusen was mapped on the Westphalia Ducatus map. In 1663, Winkhausen was referred to as the "ugly hamlet" in the travel diary Voyage d'Allemagne of Mr. von Monconys , published in 1665/66 .

In 1895, 104 inhabitants lived in Winkhausen, according to the entry in the trade and business address book of the province of Westphalia. The place belonged to the municipality of Oberkirchen until the municipal territorial reform. Since January 1st, 1975 Winkhausen has been part of the extended town of Schmallenberg.

religion

The population is predominantly Catholic. In the village is the chapel of St. Katharina (Oberkirchen parish). The Protestant Christians belong to the Gleidorf parish.

economy

Agricultural and handicraft businesses and a hotel are located in Winkhausen.

Sports

There is a golf course in the village . In 2013 the golf course was expanded from 18 to 27 holes.

Web links

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

• Winkhausen
• Winkhausen (Schmallenberg) in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures Schmallenberg 2019 , accessed on July 3, 2020
2. ↑ Michael Flöer: The place names of the Hochsauerlandkreis. Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-89534-946-1 , p. 498 f . (An older mention of "Witenchusen in pago Sosaciensi" in a forged document from 1068, which is made in older literature about this place, Flöer assigns to today's farm "Am Wietin" near Brockhausen (Lippetal) .)
3. ↑ Winkhausen-hsk.de: The historical development of Winkhausen ( Memento from June 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on July 31, 2013
4. ^ O. Teich-Balgheim: A ride through the Sauerland in 1663. According to the travel diary of Herr von Monconys ; In: Heimatstimmen aus dem Kreis Olpe 29 , No. 4, pp. 1514–1517, Olpe, 1957
5. ^ Alfred Bruns: Court and Parish Oberkirchen , p. 461, Stadt Schmallenberg (ed.), 1981
6. ^ 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. 335 f .
7. ↑ Golfclub-Schmallenberg.de accessed on October 6, 2019