Erndtebrück

Erndtebrück is a town in North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany and belongs to the district of Siegen- Wittgenstein.

• 2.1 Amalgamations
• 2.2 Population development
• 2.3 religions

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Town twinning

• 4.1 Structures

• 5.1 traffic
• 5.2 Long distance routes
• 5.3 Industrial and Commercial
• 5.4 Public bodies 5.4.1 authorities
• 5.4.2 Bundeswehr
• 5.4.3 Education

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical location

The nucleus of the community Erndtebrück is located in the southern part of the Rothaargebirge at the confluence of Benfe in coming from the southwest upper reaches of the Eder. To the south rises the Ebschloh ( 686.3 m above sea level. NN ) is the highest mountain in the municipality. North of the town center is located on a ridge Hachenberg the barracks of the former Technical College of the Air Force.

Neighboring communities

Erndtebrück borders the cities Netphen, Hilchenbach, Bad Berleburg and Bad Laasphe and Kirchhundem in the district of Olpe.

Community structure

The territory of Erndtebrück comprises nine districts:

• Benfe
• Birkefehl

• Birkelbach
• Erndtebrück
• Röspe

• Schameder
• Womelsdorf
• Zinse

Climate

With a height of about 500 m and its geographical position on the southwestern edge of the Rothaargebirge Erndtebrück has a fairly rough and cool climate. Especially in clear and windless nights the temperature here in the upper Eder fall sharply. Alone in winter 2009/10 it fell below four times the -20 ° C mark ( minimum value -23.4 ° C on 20 December 2009). Even colder it was the morning of 7 January 2009, have been measured as -24.2 ° C. In winter 2011/2012 -24 ° C were reached again. Even in the summer months there can be frost in the Eder valley. This Erndtebrück count towards the minimum temperatures of the coldest places in NW- Germany.

In contrast, however, the situation in this broad and rather flat valley also favors high daytime temperatures with appropriate sun support. The annual average about 6.5 ° C can be expected. The precipitation is about 1300-1400 mm twice as high as for example in the Cologne Bight.

History

Erndtebrück was first mentioned in 1256. First, the place was known as Ermin Gardi Brugge and seat of a knightly family, and later customs office market law.

In 1502 called Irmgardtenbrucken the village. Not until 1819 was called the village Erndtebrück. Today's official spelling of the name is in 1732 appeared for the first time, but could only push through the mid-19th century. In all versions occurs next to the name of the bridge personal name Irmin, albeit in a conditional by sound change notation. The first name Irmin was a popular first name among the Germans. 1265 and 1283 occurs the initially mentioned several times Dominus Conrad de Garde Ermin Brugge miles as a witness to, most recently with the donation of Wittgenstein shear goods to the monastery Caldern.

1944 and 1945 experienced Erndtebrück heavy air raids by the USAAF. The attacks claimed more than 100 lives.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1975, the municipalities Balde, Benfe, Birkefehl, Birkelbach, Schameder, Womelsdorf and Zinse were resolved at the local government reform in North Rhine -Westphalia. Along with parts of the former area municipalities and the Official Hausen Stünzel they were integrated into the community Erndtebrück.

Population Development

It is in the following figures are not be those of the Statistical Office of North Rhine -Westphalia. Therefore it can be assumed that also the second homes were counted. The Number represents the state on December 31.

Religions

Since the mid-1950s there Erndtebrück in the Catholic parish of Christ the King. This was due to the high number of refugees who came after the Second World War by Erndtebrück and environment. The predominantly from Silesia derived refugees had to the year 1954, in which the new church was built in Birkenweg, to make do with a temporary denture. The altar of the Church of Christ the King was on October 31, 1954 and subsequently by the then Archbishop of Paderborn, Cardinal Lorenz Jäger, inaugurated. The four bells of Erndtebrück were made on 23 October 1961 by the bell foundry company Rincker in sense - Dillenburg.

Policy

Parish council

The 22 seats of the council are distributed as follows:

• CDU: 7 seats ( -1)
• SPD: 7 seats ( 1)
• FDP: 5 seats ( 1)
• UWG: 3 seats (± 0)

(As at municipal election held on August 30, 2009 )

Mayor

Since the local elections 2004 Karl Ludwig Voelkel (SPD ) of the directly elected mayor Erndtebrücks. His predecessors included, among other things, Klaus -Dieter Scheffrahn (CDU ) ( † 1995).

Twinning

In 1973 the partnership between the northern French town of Bergues and the community Erndtebrück was founded.

Culture and sights

Structures

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The community is connected through the federal highways 62 and 480 with the neighboring villages.

The Erndtebrück station was opened in 1888, is a separation station, located at kilometer 28.8 of the railway line Kreuztal - Coelbe and 0.0 of the railway line Erndtebrück -Bad Berleburg. The passenger trains run towards the Rothaarbahn wins and Bad Berleburg, the. The Upper Lahn Valley Railway every two hours over Bad Laasphe and Biedenkopf towards Marburg The station has four platform tracks and some goods and sidings.

Until the year 1944 was with the railway line Altenhundem - Birkelbach a railroad to Altenhundem whose bridges were blown up but in the course of the war by retreating associations of the German army. The tunnel sections are still partly preserved.

Long distance routes

By Erndtebrück following cycle paths lead:

• The 180 km long Eder- trail starts at Rothaargebirge in North Rhine -Westphalia and is called here Ederauenweg. The largest part performs Hesse and is then called Eder bike path. It follows the course of Eder to the mouth of the river Fulda (river) in Guxhagen.
• A bicycle lane on the Orange Route connects the cities Diez, Nassau, Braunfels, Dillenburg, Siegen and Bad Arolsen, which are closely connected with the royal house of the Netherlands for many centuries, some 400 kilometers.

Industrial and commercial

Industrial and commercial areas are in the community in the Hunter base and in the inter-municipal industrial park Wittgenstein in Schameder available.

Public institutions

Authorities

In addition to the local government is located in the town hall and a branch of the job Centeres the Siegen -Wittgenstein, a civil office and the registrar's office.

Bundeswehr

Erndtebrück is the location of the insertion guide area 2 (formerly V. Training Division of the Technical School 2, from 1994, V. Training Division of the Technical School 1 ) of the Air Force, the Control and Reporting Centre with new ECM - hardened above-ground use building, the system support center for the management services of the Air Force, a sanitary unit for the medical care of the soldiers with a total of 860 posts. Also the disused air defense bunker Erndtebrück located near the city and is now partly a museum.

Education

Erndtebrück home to five kindergartens and three schools. These are the basic school Erndtebrück, the red shedding school named Hauptschule and the Realschule Erndtebrück.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Wilhelm Busch (1861-1929), instrument maker and father of musician and actor Fritz, Adolf, Willi, and Hermann Heinrich Busch.
• Ewald Belz (1902-1978), politician
• Walter Kiß (* 1961), politician