Felbecke

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Location of Felbecke in Schmallenberg

Felbecke is a district of the town of Schmallenberg in North Rhine -Westphalia.

Geography

Location

The village is located approximately 2 km west of Wormbach at an altitude 393-400 m above sea level. By Felbecke leads the provincial road 737 and flows the brook career.

Neighboring towns

Adjacent locations are Selkentrop, Upper Bern village, Werpe, Werntrop and Wormbach.

History

Felbecke was first mentioned in 1284 under the name Veltbicke. On February 3, 1284, a Dean Henry to buy Wormbach a yard to Veltbike of a Hermann von Veltbike. The abbot of the monastery county Gottfried von Bilstein confirmed in a document of this purchase and arbitrating a dispute with his nephew, the brothers Conrad and Henry, the seller. 1446 and 1515 it was called Velbeke and Velbecke since Felbecke. 1446 was a jack of Velbeke witness a transfer of possession of the noble Lord's power of county to Volmeken of Heiminghausen. The monastery was referring county in 1515 tithes in Felbecke to five shillings, later a royal crowns. 1516 handed over a die of Velbecke their property to their children. The place Velbeke 1645 charted on the map Westphalia Ducatus. In the period from 1680 to 1762 found the Thing or Gogericht the country Fredeburg Felbecke on Cors yard, under Gogerben John Reitz and his successors instead. 1938 lived 177 inhabitants in Felbecke.

Up to municipal restructuring in North Rhine -Westphalia Felbecke belonged to the municipality Wormbach the so-called Hawerland. Since 1 January 1975 Felbecke is a district of the town of Schmallenberg.

Religion

The place is, as the whole Sauerland, Catholic dominated. Existed already in 1610, a St. George's Chapel in Felbecke. Dechant Hundt was in 1877, in the chapel of a crossroads create. In 1971, the new Apollonia Chapel was built, because the old chapel from the 17th century was in a strong need of renovation.

Public institutions

In the village there was a Catholic primary school and a riding hall of the riding club Schmallenberg -Lenne city.

Clubs

In Felbecke there is the delete group Felbecke.