Niederwenigern

Niederwenigern is a town and a district of Hattingen, North Rhine -Westphalia. The former church had about 6,000 inhabitants in 2008. The place is located in the natural unit of the Ruhr layer ribs country.

History

Niederwenigern ( historically: Low Wengern, also briefly called wenigern ) was incorporated in the course of municipal reform on 1 April 1926 in the town Winz. This is the place came on 1 January 1970 Hattingen. Until then, the community had the postcode 4321 Niederwenigern, after 4320 Hattingen 16, now 45529 Hattingen.

Since January 2009, the former branch Niederwenigern the city library Hattingen will continue as citizens library.

Attractions

Other attractions in the mainly catholic village include the St. Mauritius Cathedral from 1868 and the Nikolaus-Groß - museum next to the rectory, dedicated to the born Niederwenigern miner, labor leader and Nazi resistance fighter Nicholas Gross, 2001 was beatified and the Evangelical Church in Justinenweg.

Economy

From 1951 to 1962 Niederwenigern was the site of a stud farm of the mine Neuglück (150 employees); on the complex there is now the sports field.

Among the major employers in town include the St. Elisabeth Hospital and retail.

Sports

There are two major sports clubs locally. On the one VfL ​​Niederwenigern eV of 1963 with the sports of handball, tennis, table tennis, swimming, gymnastics, hiking as well as the sports fans Niederwenigern 1924 eV with the sports of football, volleyball, aerobics and badminton.

The Sportfreunde Niederwenigern belonged to until 1933 the DJK. After 1962, the club received its present sports ground at the castle Altendorfer road. It is located on the site of the former colliery Neuglück, which led to a day break in the middle of a home game, among others, in 1967. In 2009, the complex was completely renovated and converted to artificial turf.

The Sportfreunde Niederwenigern play since 2011 in the national league the Lower Rhine.