Rosendahl

The community Rosendahl ( Low German Rausendaal ) is located in North Rhine -Westphalia in Coesfeld in Western Munsterland between Coesfeld and Steinfurt.

• 2.1 Amalgamations

• 3.1 Municipal Council (since 2009) 3.1.1 Results of the local elections in 1975

• 3.3.1 Coat of Arms
• 3.3.2 Flag and Banner

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 Natural Monuments
• 4.3 Sport

• 5.1 traffic

• 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 7.2 Other persons who are connected with the community

Geography

Geographical location

Rosendahl is located at the foot of the tree in the western mountains Munsterland. In the district Darfeld springs the Vecht River, which flows through Lower Saxony by the Netherlands and flows into the IJsselmeer. In the district Osterwick ( Höven ) arises from the spelled, which also flows through the western Munsterland and opens in the Netherlands in the Vecht.

Neighboring communities

In the north the communities Legden, Schöppingen and Horstmar adjoin the community Rosendahl. In the east, the municipality of Laer and in the southeast the city Billerbeck connects. To the southwest is the county seat Coesfeld and to the west follows the city Gescher. At the neighboring City wages in the West, there is no common boundary of the municipality. As northernmost municipality in the district of Coesfeld limits of the district of Borken in the northwest and the Steinfurt district in the northeast to the municipality.

Community structure

As of December 31, 2012

History

Originally designated the name Rosendahl a district between Darfeld and Osterwick where in a valley ( dael / dahl ) was a favorable location for wild roses; this district was in use until the division in 1826 and 1847 as a common pasture -fields of May and Easter Wickern. The will to find common ground should it also be expressed mainly through the acquisition of this name for the new community.

Incorporations

The villages Darfeld, Holt Wick and Osterwick that were first documented in 890, formed earlier than independent communities the District Osterwick. Effective 1 July 1969, first the previous communities Darfeld and Osterwick were merged to form the new municipality Rosendahl. On January 1, 1975, the former municipality of Holt Wick was added.

Policy

Council (since 2009)

• CDU 12 seats
• SPD 3 seats
• Green 2 seats
• FDP 3 seats
• Voter initiative Rosendahl ( WE ) 6 seats

Results of the local elections in 1975

The list only parties and voter communities are listed which have received at least 1.95 percent of the votes in each election.

Footnote

1 Green: B'90 / Green

Mayor (since 2004)

• Mayor: Franz- Josef Niehues (independent)
• 1st Deputy Mayor: Hubertus Söller (CDU )
• 2nd Deputy Mayor: Clara Ever thing ( WE )

Coat of arms, banner and flag

The municipality has been awarded with certificate of Government President Münster on 25 January 1980, the right to bear a coat of arms, a flag and a banner.

Banner

Flag

Coat of arms

Blazon: " In red a silver slant Links bar, topped with three red roses with golden slugs and green sepals. "

The coat of arms depicts a combination of the arms of the Lords of Osterwick ( oblique bars) and speaking symbols ( roses), which refer to the name of the community with respect. According to historical records, the Lords of Osterwick members of the gentry who lived in the Middle Ages the village belonging to the peasantry Osterwick main courtyard ( house Osterwick ) were. With the shown in the oblique beams three roses not only the merger of three formerly independent municipalities Darfeld, Holt Wick and Osterwick, but also the domestic bond is to be represented symbolically.

Flag and Banner

" The flag is red to white to red in the ratio 1: 1 striated, in the middle of the white car, the municipal coat of arms: 3. The banner is from red to white to red in the ratio 1: 1 vertical stripes in the middle of the upper half of the white path of the coat of arms of the municipality ": 3.

Community partnerships

The municipality maintains Rosendahl since October 4, 1970, a partnership with the French community Entrammes. It has about 2,000 inhabitants and is located 930 km away, in the department of Mayenne. First contacts with the creation of a partnership have already been taken in 1969. The 25th anniversary of the partnership was celebrated in October 1995 on the occasion of the meeting from September 29 to October 3, 1995 in Entrammes. Here also the two neighboring towns of Entrammes, Forcé and Parné -sur -Roc have announced their official accession to the existing partnership. Even today a lively operated German - French partnership between the communities is maintained. Here, the cultural life of the communities plays an important role.

Culture and sights

Structures

District Darfeld

• Water Castle Darfeld
• Höpingen chapel with the miraculous image of St. Anne of Trinity.
• Home - and community center " station Darfeld "
• Windmill Höpingen
• Burloer mill

District Osterwick

• Parish Church of Ss. Fabian and Sebastian
• Castle Varlar
• Former radio transmitter Ida Long ( height 115 m, blown up on 9 February 2013)

District Holt Wick

• Heritage House Holt Wick
• Gatehouse of Holt House Wick

Natural Monuments

• Holtwicker egg
• Barenborg

Sports

According to analyzes by the German Sports Federation, the community Rosendahl was 2008 after 2004 ( 41.40 % ), 2006 ( 41.56 % ) and 2007 ( 41.54 %) with a degree of organization of 40.7 %, again sportfreudigste municipality in the district Coesfeld. Thus, in 2008, almost every second Rosendahler citizen members of a sports club. This has Rosendahl is a leader in NRW.

Economy and infrastructure

There are commercial areas in which mainly have established small and medium sized enterprises in each of the three districts. Major manufacturing plants for food and beverages, chemicals, the transport industry, the wood processing and building construction field have arisen there. The " craft village " Holt Wick provides space not only for workshop, but also for exchange of experience and cooperation.

Traffic

The community Rosendahl is striped in the Western peasantry Hegerort by the A31 motorway. The driveways Gescher / Coesfeld and Legden / Ahaus are only 10 km away from the district Holt Wick. Federal highway 474 runs through the district Holt Wick. Even through the district Holt Wick leads the Dortmund -Gronau - Enschede railway. The Holt Wick station is an hourly service from the Westmünsterland -Bahn (RB 51 ) is approached in Dortmund and in the direction of Enschede.

Education

The community Rosendahl has three primary schools and from the school year 2009/10 on a composite school Legden Rosendahl with a secondary school and secondary school branch. The county town of Coesfeld offers two middle schools and three high schools for the Rosendahler students.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Bernhard Sökeland (* 1797 in Darfeld, † 1845 in Coesfeld ), philologist and historian, in 1828 the first director of the new state school in Coesfeld
• Mussinghoff Heinrich ( born 1940 ), Bishop of Aachen

Other personalities who are associated with the community

• Klaus Balkenhol, German dressage riders
• Ulrich Kirchhoff, German show jumping