Singlis

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Singlis is a district of Borken in the Schwalm -Eder -Kreis. The district Singlis located northeast of Borken and has a size of 503 hectares.

In Singlis the coming of Pfaffenhausen Gilsbach opens into the Schwalm. On the outskirts of Singliser lake is a major surfing area.

Singlis can be easily reached via the Main- Weser Railway. On Singlis station keep the lines RT9 and R30 of the NPT.

History

The story of Singlis can be traced back to the Stone Age.

The first mention was 775 in a freight directory of Hersfeld Monastery under the name " Sungsule ".

In the following centuries presence of the noble dynasty of Zuschen in Singlis was wealthy rich. In 1265 the Züschener sold their goods in Singlis including all accessories, including the mill and the court in Singlis and Nordwig, to the monastery Haina. The monastery built his new property with about 55 acres of land from one of its most important economic courtyards. During the Reformation and the dissolution of the monastery whose farm was assigned in Singlis his income in 1540 by Landgrave Philip the Magnanimous, the University of Marburg. The farm was a landgrave Vogt assumed and called himself " University Bailiwick Singlis ". Middle of the 19th century, the farm was sold, and later the lands were sold to individual farmers Singliser.

The village belonged to the Official Borken in 1578 and had by this time 52 households. After the decline in population in the wake of the Thirty Years' War in the early 19th century was achieved the previous inhabitants only again. Today Singlis has about 900 inhabitants.

The present site of the church was probably the center of the settlement in the early Middle Ages. The terrain is there, no doubt to increase the protection against floods, about 2 m from the environment. A church was first mentioned in 1265, when the Lords of Zuschen sold their Edelhof to the monastery Haina. The present church was built as a simple hall construction 1700-1710 and several times, most recently in 1971, thoroughly renovated. Since then, the bell tower north next to the church. Singlis since the Reformation the seat of a parish and has Lendorf as a branch.

The Singliser Schwalm mill was first mentioned in 1266. She was then directly to the Schwalm and there where today the Gilsbach opens. Only in 1508 a mill race was applied and the mill moved to its present location. From that time until 1977 the mill was owned by the families Wagner and Nöll. The Preussen Elektra as the new owner put the grinding operation still, but there generated by hydropower still electric current to the grid of E.ON Mitte (formerly EAM) is fed.

On December 31, 1971, until then independent municipality was amalgamated with seven other locations in the city of Borken.

Famous people

1807, the writer Ernst Koch was born in Singlis.