Sprockhövel

Sprockhövel is a city in the southern Ruhr area, North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany and is part of the Ennepe -Ruhr-Kreis. The city is known as a cradle of the Ruhr mining.

• 2.1 Amalgamations

• 3.1 City Council
• 3.2 Mayor (since 1937)
• 3.3 emblem, seal, flag and banner
• 3.4 Town twinning

• 4.1 Mining
• 4.2 Medical care
• 4.3 Fire Protection
• 4.4 Education
• 4.5 traffic

• 5.1 Culture
• 5.2 Catering
• 5.3 Sprockhövel in the literature
• 5.4 Sports

Geography

Location

Sprockhövel lies on the southern edge of the Ruhr area in the low Bergisch- Märkischen hills. It borders the cities Hattingen, Witten, Wetter (Ruhr), Gevelsberg, Schwelm (all Ennepe -Ruhr-Kreis ) and Wuppertal. The whole city area with the exception of Haßlinghausen belongs to the natural unit of the Brandenburg layer ribs country.

Boroughs

According to § 1 of the main statutes, Sprockhövel divided into the following six districts (population 31 December 2012 ):

• Gennebreck ( 1910 )
• Haßlinghausen ( 9119 )
• Hiddinghausen ( 1760 )
• Niedersprockhövel ( 9549 )
• Lower Stüter ( 1613 )
• Obersprockhövel ( 1588 )

Furthermore, there is in Sprockhövel the settlements Herzkamp, Schee, Bossel and Hoerath that are within the meaning of the main statutes assigned to the district Gennebreck. The settlement Schmiedestraße represents a part of Haßlinghausen

History

Sprockhövel, which is first mentioned in the year 1000 under the name Spurkinhuvelo is assigned to the Westphalian- Brandenburg region. The name derives probably from the Latin spurca, which means as much as " juniper ", and the Old German word huvele what means " hill " means. Thus Sprockhövel say about " Juniper Hill".

Juniper hills were also found in the old city coat of arms of the municipality again, that showed three juniper shrubs on three hills above a tunnel mouth hole. Only with the municipal reform 1970, the current coat of arms was created by combining the old with the coat of arms of the former Sprockhöveler Office Haßlinghausen. The tunnel mouth hole and the three hills taken from car Sprockhöveler coat of arms; by the Office Haßlinghausen comes the hazel branch.

For centuries the Sprockhöveler area was the border of the duchy of Berg, the Bergische Land, whose cultural influences are still clearly visible in both the historic structure as well as in the spoken dialect.

Until the industrial coal mining Sprockhöveler the room was predominantly agricultural. There were typical agricultural- scale producers such as forging and metalworking shops. From these holdings and the know-how available there developed with the beginning of industrialization, many supply companies for the mining industry (eg the company host, force, Düsterloh, TURMAG and Hauhinco ). With the decline of the Ruhr coal mining in the 1970s slowly disappeared and these farms from the cityscape.

In addition to the coal mining commercial cloth weaving was mainly in rural areas of the city, in the so-called hill country of great economic importance. Apart from some industrial factories there were numerous Hausbandwirkereien that produced bands for the textile industry in the nearby cities of Wuppertal and Velbert in homework. A band Weber Museum in neighboring Hattingen reminiscent of this industry.

Incorporations

The community Sprockhövel was taken on September 1, 1960 through the merger of the former municipalities of low and Obersprockhövel in the Official Haßlinghausen. On January 1, 1970, she received city rights, and by the incorporation of the formerly independent communities Gennebreck, Haßlinghausen and Hiddinghausen its present face. Since then, the county seat is the town hall in the district Haßlinghausen. In the district Niedersprockhövel located in the former office building on the main street an extension of the administration with civil office.

Policy

City ​​council

The City Council Sprockhövel composed as follows ( changes to 2004) after the last local elections of 27 September 2009:

• SPD: 14 seats ( 2)
• CDU: 11 seats (± 0)
• GREEN: 6 seats ( 1)
• FDP: 6 seats ( 2)
• LEFT: 1 seat ( 1)

Mayor (since 1937)

From 1937 belonging to the Official Blankenstein

• Rudolf householder 1937-1945
• Hugo Niedmann 1945-1946
• Henry Kemp ( SPD) 1946-1952
• Otto Hagemann (FDP) 1952-1953
• Reinhard Bosselmann (FDP) 1953-1956
• Henry Kemp ( SPD) 1956-1960

1960 community Sprockhövel

• Henry Kemp ( SPD) 1960-1963
• Walter Dörnemann 1963-1966
• Heinz Scheffler (SPD ) 1966-1969

From 1970 amt -free city Sprockhövel

• Hans Käseberg (SPD ) 1970-1999
• Paul Gerhard Flasdieck (SPD ) 1999-2004
• Klaus Walterscheid (SPD ) since 2004

Coat of arms, seal, flag and banner

The city Sprockhövel was awarded the right to bear the coat of arms described below by February 21, 1973 by deed of the provincial government of Arnsberg ( § 2 of the main statutes :)

" The coat of arms shows in gold ( yellow) under a two-bladed green hazel branch with three red fruit a blue triple mount with black, gold (yellow) framed and with silver ( white ) hammers and mallets in the form of a St. Andrew's Cross occupied tunnel mouth hole. "

The coat of arms of the city Sprockhövel is a combination of the arms of the former municipality Sprockhövel and that of the former Office Haßlinghausen, from which the city Sprockhövel was formed in 1970. The hazel branch comes from the coat of arms of the former Office Haßlinghausen and arose from the ( erroneous ) Derivation of the name Haßlinghausen of hazel. The lower part is from the older arms of the municipality Sprockhövel or Niedersprockhövel. The three mountain symbolizes the name Sprockhövel from the altniederdeutschen Huvel, Hövel for hills. The stylized adit hole contains the tools of the old mining, hammer and chisel, and points to the mining history of Sprockhövel.

By the above deed of the city was also granted the right to bear the seal described below:

" The seal shows the coat of arms in the shield and in the upper two thirds of the seal Runds the name" City Sprockhövel ". "

By deed dated July 7, 1980, the Mayor of the city of Arnsberg Sprockhövel also awarded the right to bear a city flag and a banner city:

"Flag description: From yellow to blue to yellow in the ratio 1: 3: 1 striped lengthwise, in the middle of the blue track of the coat of arms of the city. Banner Description: From yellow to blue to yellow in the ratio 1: 3: 1 striped lengthwise, in the middle of the upper half of the blue track of the coat of arms of the city. "

Twinning

Economy and infrastructure

Mining

Sprockhövel is considered the cradle of the Ruhr coal mining. Here underscore the oldest seams of coal from the earth's surface and could be removed by simple means. The coal was recovered in the heart Kamper dump in opencast and was initially a side business of farmers and Kötter in the region south of the Ruhr. In 1737 the mountain Renovated order for the County of Mark was adopted on 18 July and founded the märkische Mining Office in Bochum early 1738. The regulatory scheme met with resistance from the local trades, which saw their customary rights. The officially approved tunnel mines usually had a very small number of employees - as employed in the coal mine Good luck buddy Gennebreck 17, making it one next to mine frog with partially just 20 men of the largest mines of the county of Mark.

1850, with the carbon Eisenstein discovered another resource and revived the stagnant coal mine operation. From 1865 onwards, subject to the mining of free competition and around 1890 began with the civil engineering. This decreased the importance of Sprockhövler mining because coal seams were north of the Ruhr powerful and better mining opportunities offered. After the Second World War blossomed during the energy shortages again briefly coal mining in Sprockhövel; However, the mid-1950s began the final big pit closures in the region. The last major mine in Sprockhövel was mine Old Haase, she closed its doors in 1968, ending a long tradition of mining in this region.

On several historic mining trails can embark interested to track down the coal today. The trails lead to historic sites and representative exhibits in the Sprockhövler mining (see eg heart Kamper -to-valley distance).

Medical care

Sprockhövel does not have a hospital. The medical care of citizens is taken from the Protestant hospital in the neighboring town of Hattingen, as well as from the Helios hospital in Schwelm. The ambulance service is performed in daily service from Monday to Friday from 07:00 bis 19:00 clock clock by the German Red Cross.

Fire protection

The fire in the city Sprockhövel is ensured by a volunteer fire department. The city is divided into three areas of deletion. The delete range I belong to the fire company Haßlinghausen and the erase groups Hiddinghausen and Schmiedestraße, for erasing region II of the Fire Company Niedersprockhövel and the delete group Obersprockhövel. The deletion region III consists only of the fire company Gennebreck. Overall, the volunteers have to deal with the inserts 21 vehicles and a hose trailer is available. The fire department Sprockhövel moves per year, about 300 times from fire fighting or technical assistance.

Education

IG Metall has in Sprockhövel with the IG Metall education center which claims to be currently the largest trade union training facility in Germany.

Traffic

Three motorways (A 1, A 43, A 46 ) connect the city with the surrounding large cities of Wuppertal, Essen, Bochum and Dortmund. On Sprockhöveler urban area is the interchange of the three federal highways connecting said " Wuppertal- Nord". Furthermore, the former federal road led 51 ( since 1 January 2010: National Road 651 ) from Hattingen to the junction of the A43 in Sprockhövel Hammertal through the urban area.

By taking the Wuppertal- Wichlinghausen - Hattingen (Ruhr), led by Sprockhövel, 1979, the passenger and freight traffic in 1982 also has been set. The route is used as a hiking and biking trail.

Culture and sights

Culture

The cultural life of the city comes together with the chairmen of the respective clubs in the city Kulturring Sprockhövel. Member worth mentioning is the city and fire department band Sprockhövel as the biggest symphonic band of the southern Ruhr area.

In addition Sprockhövel has its own municipal school of music, which also offers several orchestras, chamber music ensembles and playgroups. Some young people have participated very successfully making music at the Federal Competition youth.

Gastronomy

Besides some nationally known restaurants Sprockhövel has very little nightlife. There is a relatively well-known swingers club called " Caesar's Palace ".

Sprockhövel in the literature

Published in 1994, a native of the neighboring Hattingen signatory Jamiri the comic The Black Hole. Hero of the work is Spacejamiri. He's flying in his spaceship became the first man in a black hole and wonders if at the other end waiting for the answer to all questions, Nirvana or even God. Instead, he ends up with verdutztem face on a rainy street crossing with the sign " Sprockhövel ".

Sports

The TSG Sprockhövel maintains the most successful football section of the region: The first team plays in the Oberliga Westfalen. Other clubs with football departments are Hiddinghauser FV eV, SC Obersprockhövel eV, TUS Hasslinghausen 07 eV, VfL Gennebreck 1923 eV and 1992 eV Wilde 13 Sprockhövel

Freeman and personalities

• Mathilde Franziska Anneke, women's rights activist
• Henriette Davidis, home economics teacher and author
• Dietrich Grönemeyer, physicians and brother of Herbert Grönemeyer
• Otto Hagemann, the first mayor of Niedersprockhövel after the Second World War ( FDP)
• Hans Käseberg, former mayor (SPD )
• Wilhelm force, mayor in Haßlinghausen from 1919-1932
• Dirk Schrade, eventer, lives in the district since 2009 Haßlinghausen
• Selle Erwin, Minister President of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern since 2008 (SPD )
• Otto Foothill, local poet
• The industrialist Paul Pleiger lived for many years with his family in Sprockhövel.
• The television presenter Daniela foot grew up in Sprockhövel.