Bad Laasphe

Bad Laasphe is a small town in the district of Siegen -Wittgenstein in North Rhine -Westphalia ( Germany ).

2.1 Amalgamations
2.2 Demographics

3.1 City Council
3.2 Mayor
3.3 Coat of Arms
3.4 Town twinning

4.1 traffic
4.2 Established businesses
4.3 Industrial and commercial area

5.1 Museums
5.2 Structures
5.3 Regular events
5.4 Education
5.5 associations

6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
6.2 Other personalities who are associated with the city

Geography

Geographical Location

The town of Bad Laasphe is located in the upper Lahn Valley in the former Wittgenstein. The metropolitan area is located southeast of the main ridge of the Rothaargebirge, a part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains, and is bordered to the north by the town of Bad Berleburg and the community Erndtebrück, on the east by the city Biedenkopf in Hesse, on the southeast by Breidenbach, to the south by Dietzhölztal and west on the town Netphen.

Highest mountain in the urban area is 694.1 m above sea level. NN is located near the district Heiligenborn compass, which is the highest in the southern mountains of the Rothaargebirge. On its flanks spring flowing through the urban area streams Bernhäuser Bach, Bach Sohler Fischelbach, Gonderbach and Ilse. In Lahnhof, a small eastern district of Netphen, or far south-southwest of the Lahn head springs the Lahn.

Boroughs

The city is divided into a total of 24 districts:

Office Hausen
Bad Laasphe ( core city)
Banfe
Bermershausen
Bernhausen
Feudingen
Fischelbach
Großenbach
Heiligenborn ( to Banfe )
Herbertshausen
Hesselbach
Holzhausen
Art Wittgenstein
Laaspherhütte
Lower Laasphe
Oberndorf
Puderbach
Rückershausen
Rüppershausen
Saßmannshausen
Sohl
Steinbach
Volkholz (including glassworks and Welschengeheu )
Pasture

History

The 780 was first mentioned place was already in the early 13th century part of the county Wittgenstein and received before 1277 City Rights. As a result, the city was a city wall with two goals and six towers, which was demolished in the early 19th century until little remains. The city's name is derived from " Lassaffa ", which means water salmon or salmon waters.

1888, the city Laasphe was in the Prussian administrative district of Arnsberg in a circle Wittgenstein and had a connection to the railway Kreuztal - Marburg the Prussian State Railways. 1888 had Laasphe a preparatory school, a district court and knitwear and hosiery factories., 1885, was in 2225 Laasphe mostly Protestant inhabitants resident. For Wittgenstein Castle included two ironworks.

Since 1960 Laasphe is a health resort. Since 1 January 1984, the city Laasphe leads as Kneipp spa and health resort Bad Laasphe the name. Due to the innovative service development and ambience spot Bad Laasphe was taken in 2006 by the Association of German Kneipp Kneipp spas and health resorts in the group of " Kneipp - Premium Class".

Incorporations

On January 1, 1975, on the occasion of local government reform in North Rhine -Westphalia municipalities Official Hausen, Banfe, Bermershausen, Bern Hausen, Feudingen Fischelbach, Großenbach, Heiligenborn, Herbertshausen, Hessel Bach, Holzhausen, Art Wittgenstein, Lower Laasphe, Oberdorf, powder creek, Rückershausen, Rüppershausen, Saßmannshausen, Steinbach, folk wood and pasture and dissolved in the town of Bad Laasphe (then Laasphe ) incorporated. A 61- hectare area of office Hausen was reclassified according to Erndtebrück.

Demographics

The former municipalities that make up the city Laasphe today, had on June 6, 1961 ( census ), total 14,858 inhabitants, on 27 May 1970 ( census ) 15,710 inhabitants and 30 June 1974 ( determination of the population by the State Statistical Office on the occasion the forthcoming local government reform ) 15,356 inhabitants.

Policy

City Council

The Council of the Town Bad Laasphe consists of 32 seats. The municipal election held on 30 August 2009 yielded the following results:

Mayor

In the election on 30 August 2009, nominated by the SPD Dr. Torsten Spillmann (independent) was elected with 42.6 percent of the valid votes. Spillmann took over from Robert Grave Meier (independent), who did not stand for re-election.

Coat of arms

" In Black and a silver (white ) city wall with open gate tower, surmounted by two silver ( white ) tin towers, between which a silver (white ), with two black poles floats occupied shield."

From the city Laasphe an impression of the city seal is obtained from the 14th century, which has the same representation as the coat of arms pictured here. The small shield contains the original coat of arms of the city of Gentlemen, The Count of Wittgenstein. In reviewing the coat of arms in 1908, the city put on a presentation before, which showed but squared the rest, apart from a few well- stemming from misunderstandings shape changes, the same picture, the small sign in the first and fourth fields in red a silver castle, in the second and third field of the Wittgenstein piles. The castle, the coat of arms of the Wittgensteinern also belonging rule Homburg is apparently an ingredient in modern times. The city archives suggested at that time to put the old Wittgenstein coat of arms as in the oldest seal in the shield. To a decision, it did not come at that time. Only in 1936, the city has decided to return to the ancestral representation. This was confirmed on 10 March 1937.

Twinning

Tamworth (England), since October 10, 1980
Châteauneuf -sur -Loire (France), since September 28, 1991

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The city is crossed by the federal road 62. In addition, the city is connected to the bus of the transport association Westfalen- Süd.

The only rail route in the urban area is the Upper Lahn Valley Railway. There are weekdays one hours clock to Marburg and Erndtebrück.

Furthermore, there are breakpoints in Feudingen, Lower Laasphe and Oberndorf. The breakpoints Office Hausen and Bermershausen have already been abandoned in 1962, Amalienhütte 1978. By 1996, moreover, the stations Saßmannshausen and Friedrichshütte were served.

Established businesses

In Bad Laasphe following business locations or their headquarters have:

EJOT
Heinrich Wagner Sinto Maschinenfabrik
Bosch brewery
The discounter Aldi Nord is established with one of its regional offices in Bad Laasphe, plus a large central warehouse.

Industrial and commercial area

The industrial area in the Stockwiese is located on the southeastern edge of the city core. Other industrial and commercial areas are in the inter-municipal industrial park Wittgenstein in Erndtebrück - Schameder available.

Culture and sights

Bad Laasphe offers its visitors a variety of sights; such as the historic old town almost completely preserved, with its half -timbered houses, a continuous Kopfsteinbepflasterung, fragments of the old city walls, the historic fountain and dating from the 13th century Protestant town church. High above the city, Castle Wittgenstein, destination and starting point of many hiking trails. Through the territory of the city of Bad Laasphe also created in 2001 Rothaarsteig path. In addition, there are numerous theme trails, such as the " myths and legends trail ", the "Man & Dog trail" or the " Märchenwanderweg Small red hair ."

Museums

In Germany one time are the " Pilzkundliche Museum " with over 1000 freeze-dried mushroom exhibits and the "International Radio Museum Hans Necker " with an extensive collection of historical instruments and curiosities from the radio story.

Structures

The Catholic Church of St. Peter and Anna is remarkable.

Regular events

Have a long tradition the Kartoffelbratfeste in late summer and early autumn, and the numerous shooting festivals. On the last weekend in August will be held Laaspher Old Town Festival since 1979 each bathroom. Since 2007 there is also a cafe Festival.

Education

In Bad Laasphe there are two high schools, the Municipal School and the Gymnasium Schloss Wittgenstein. Furthermore, the education provision in the urban core consists of a junior high school, a secondary school, a primary school and a special school ( Salmon Brook School ); adding more primary schools in different districts.

Clubs

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

John Bonemilch (around 1434-1510 ), Bishop in partibus Hassiae et Thuringiae ( based in Erfurt ), Martin Luther inaugurated in the spring of 1507 in Erfurt Cathedral priest
Crocius Ludwig (1586-1655), preacher, professor at Bremen High School Illustre
John Crocius (1590-1659), in 1653 Rector of the University of Marburg
Elise summer (1761-1836), poet
Wilhelm zu Sayn -Wittgenstein -Hohenstein (1770-1851), Prussian statesman
Wilhelm Friedrich Groos (1801-1874) in Saßmannshausen, politicians and district
Friedrich Kiel (1821-1885) in powder Bach, composer
Pauck Wilhelm (1901-1981), a Protestant church historian
Rudolf Jung (1907-1973), writer and translator
Fritz Heinrich (1921-1959) in Feudingen, politician ( SPD), Member of Parliament 1953-1959
Otto Piene ( b. 1928 ), painter and artist
Klaus Müller- Domnick (1937-2000) in Feudingen, sculptor and graphic artist
Rolf Pasdzierny (* 1944) in Fischelbach, theater dramaturg
Gernot Wilhelm ( * 1945), orientalist
Fritz Roth ( born 1955 ), actor
Peter CLOES (* 1956), actor

Other personalities who are associated with the city

Johann Konrad Dippel (1673-1734), theologian, alchemist, anatomist and physician who led the pseudonyms Christianus Democritus, Ernst Christian Kleinmann and Ernst Christoph Klein man.
Hartnack Wilhelm (1893-1963), local historian of Wittgenstein country, geographer
Botho Prince of Sayn -Wittgenstein -Hohenstein (1927-2008), politician ( CDU), mayor in Bad Laasphe ( 1957-1965 ), Member of Parliament from 1965 to 1980, President of the German Red Cross ( DRK ) from 1982 to 1994, after 1994 Honorary President of the German Red Cross and chairman of the Standing Committee of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Geneva
Kira Claudi (* 1994), cross-country skier and roller ski specialist

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