Schweifeld

50.6319587.316974300Koordinaten: 50 ° 37 ' 55 "N, 7 ° 19 ' 1" O

Capable of welding field in Rhineland -Palatinate

Welding field

Swiss box is a district of the municipality in the district of Neuwied wind Hagen in Rhineland- Palatinate.

Geography

The village in front Westerwald lies at about 300 m above sea level. NN near the border with North Rhine -Westphalia. Geographically, it is located at the junction of the east extending Asbacher plateau in the Rhine Westerwald volcanic ridge in the west. Below welding field extends the Hallerbach that frames the place along with the northeast-trending welding Felderbach. The Hallerbach springs west of welding field below the Asbergs.

History

In the probably first written references from the years 1434 and 1527 the town was named in a feudal formation Sweyfeld 1888 it was written pig field. The vernacular name of the place is " Swejfeld " (separate pronunciation of " e" and " i" ). Already in 1519, is on the pilgrimage route between the provost and the monastery of Saint Catherine Oberpleis called a cloister in the present-day spelling welding field.

In 1660 were named in welding field five houses in taking inventory of all Honnschaften in the Official Altenwied, which was carried out by order of the Elector of Cologne Maximilian Henry of Bavaria. Welding field belonged to Honschaft Rederscheid ( formerly known as Hohner Honnschaft ) in the parish of wind Hagen and stood until the early 19th century the administration of the Electoral Cologne Office Altenwied. In the Prussian era (from 1815) welding field remained a part of Honschaft, later municipality Rederscheid, since 1823 in the administrative district of the mayoralty Asbach. 1843 the village had 117 inhabitants welding field in 23 houses, 1885, the number had fallen to 102 in 23 buildings.

In the village center there is a cross, erected in the village community in 1895. Celtic settlement rings were found on the nearby Asberg in the 1930s that no longer exist due to the basalt mining today.

After West leads with a " Roman road " compound designated by Rheinbreitbach to the former, was used during the Roman period copper mine Virneberg. Along the way, no finds from the Roman period have been found so far. On this path, about 1.5 km from the village, 1944/45, was a V1 - fire position of the crop area on Asberg, which was not put into operation. Remains are still visible today.

Until November 7, 1970 welding field belonged to the until then independent municipality Rederscheid. The former municipality of Rederscheid belonging district remained. Around 1975 the was "weekend home area sweat box " with around 40 houses ..

Personalities

• Ulrich Wegener ( born 1929 ), former commander of the Border Guard Group 9 (GSG 9 ), lives in welding field.