Werther, North Rhine-Westphalia

Werther (Westphalia ) is a city in North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany, and belongs to the district of Gütersloh. It lies in the Ravens Berger hills on the northern edge of the Teutoburg Forest. Because of the born there and living Expressionists Peter August Böckstiegel (1889-1951) it is also called Böckstiegelstadt.

• 2.1 religions
• 2.2 Amalgamations
• 2.3 Population development

• 3.1 City Council
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 more election results
• 3.4 Coat of Arms, Flag, Banner and Seal
• 3.5 Town twinning

• 4.1 theater
• 4.2 Museum
• 4.3 Music
• 4.4 Structures
• 4.5 parks
• 4.6 natural monuments and nature reserves
• 4.7 Regular events
• 4.8 Specialty

• 5.1 traffic 5.1.1 Road Traffic
• 5.1.2 rail and bus
• 5.1.3 Pedestrian traffic
• 5.1.4 Air Traffic

• 5.2.1 Print Media
• 5.2.2 Radio and Television

• 6.1 freeman
• 6.2 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.3 personalities who have worked in this city

Geography

Geographical Location

Werther is located on the northern slope of the Teutoburg Forest. The ridge at this point is part of the Weser -Ems - watershed.

The small town of about 11,500 inhabitants, is 10 miles from the university town of Bielefeld removed and assigned as the only town in the district of Gütersloh Ravens Mulde. In the north and east, the city boundary is the same county boundary (formed in part by the Warmenau ), in the north part of the same border with the state of Lower Saxony. The metropolitan area has large height differences, the lowest point is on 92 m above sea level. Sea level at the inflow boundary of the trench in the north of Warmenau Rotenhagen, right on the border of Lower Saxony and the District of Herford. The Hengeberg is 316 m above sea level. Sea level, the highest elevation.

In the urban area arise, among others, the Warmenau and Schwarzenbach.

Geology

The area of Werther, which lies entirely north of the crest of the Teutoburg Forest, is expected to Ravens Berger hill country and consists mainly of marl, limestone and sandstones of the Mesozoic, ie Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. The one to two kilometers thick sediments were lifted in the history of the earth and decomposed by orogenic processes in saddles, hollows, nests and trenches. In this fraction folded mountains the earlier undisturbed successive layers of rock are today placed side by side, and partly from overturned in storage. In deeper underground, the rocks of the Paleozoic era, are again to be found.

Stepping on the crest of nutrient-poor, acidic, stony soils on heathland ( podzols ) from Lower Cretaceous sandstone. The northeast upstream crests of limestone of Mesozoic wear flat enigmatic, base -rich, clayey and loamy soils ( Rendzinen ). The Ravens Berger hill country is covered with a flour-like airborne dust ( loess ) of the ice age, the fertile brown soil to ( Luvisols ) is weathered. Partially permeable layers prevent the seepage of ground water. These waterlogged soils ( Pseudogley ) from loess are often drained for better agricultural use. The valleys, the only places have their original V- or trough-like shape, were mainly formed in the 19th and 20th centuries to box valleys in order to increase the yield of grassland sites. Here dominate groundwater soils ( Gleye ) that are up to the upper floor filled with water.

Werther is mediocre, on slopes, however, good to very good, the use of geothermal heat sources by means of borehole heat exchanger and heat recovery by the heat pump (see the accompanying map ).

Expansion and use of the urban area

The city covers an area of ​​35.32 km ². The majority consists of utilized agricultural area and forest area, together about 82 %, followed by built-up area and traffic areas, together about 17 %. The greatest extent from north to south is about 7.8 km in east-west about 8.3 km.

Neighboring communities

Werther is bordered to the east by the county-level city of Bielefeld, and on the south by the city of Halle (Westphalia), in the west Borgholzhausen (both at Gütersloh belonging ), in the northwest of Melle ( District of Osnabrück) in Lower Saxony and in the north Spengemann ( circle Herford ).

Boroughs

Werther Werther is next from the villages Haeger, Ising village, Rotenhagen, Rotingdorf, Schröttinghausen and Theenhausen. Only Werther, Haeger and Theenhausen are built-up areas. The main statute of the city makes no distinction between different villages or neighborhoods.

Between Rotenhagen, Rotingdorf and Theenhausen is Langeheide. This is not the summary of these districts, but a place and field name, which is derived primarily from elementary school Langeheide and the opposite meetinghouse. There is no village and no village by that name; but a sports club TuS Langeheide 1949 eV and the YMCA Langeheide and the Fire Company volunteer firefighters Langeheide ensure the fame of this place name.

Climate

Werther belongs to the temperate zone of Central Europe. It is in the area of ​​the sub-Atlantic maritime climate. Winters are under Atlantic influence usually mild and summers are moderately - warm. The annual mean temperature is about 9-10 ° C.

Being located in the sub-Atlantic maritime climate prevails throughout the year prior to a humid climate with relatively evenly distributed rainfall. Total fall at the station Werther long-term average 931 mm of precipitation per year. Thus falls through the rain -scavenging activity of the Teutoburg Forest due to orographic rainfall all year significantly more precipitation than the German medium (700 mm), and also significantly more than south of the Teutoburg Forest, adjacent to the Werther.

For climate in the region of East Westphalia -Lippe, to which the city belongs, see also the article Climate in East Westphalia -Lippe.

History

Is first mentioned in a copy of Werther Freckenhorster lifting register before 1009., Where a " Bodo von Wartera " is mentioned, which could have been there at that time inhabited a manor. The Church of Saint Jacob in Werther with its Romanesque tower and Gothic nave probably in the 12th century have experienced their groundbreaking ceremony.

With the parish Dornsberg the parish belonged to the Bailiwick of Werther Werther, in the office of the county Sparrenberg Ravens mountain. Center of that bailiwick was in the 14th century, first mentioned in "House Werther ". At that time was the investiture of Henrich of Cappel by the Earl of Ravens mountain. 1380 received the Belehnte the manor " house to Wengeringtorpe " ( " Wentrup " ) and in 1386 " Overbeckinghuys " ( Overbeck ). Until 1508 the families of Cappel and Droste- Erwitte entitled to the possession had, then he went up to 1804 in the hands of the family of Hatzfeld. From the two estates developed in 1526 called the "right house Werther ". This " house Werther " forms the core of the "rule Werther " were among the many surrounding associated farms, which were obliged to duties and services the "Lords of Werther '. The ancient courtyards of the city lay mainly on the old trade route from Bielefeld to Osnabrück.

While Werther received in 1488 together with Hall and Borgholzhausen already awarded precincts prerogatives, but remained insignificant with its surrounding communities. The inhabited area of ​​1556 counted in Werther 44, Rotenhagen with Haeger ( the "free Hagen " belonging ) 47, Ising village 22 Schröttinghausen 19, 13 and Rotingdorf Theenhausen 12 dwellings.

End of the 16th century, the family of Hatzfeld left the house Werther; since it is managed by a tenant.

In 1654, the Great Elector confirmed the privilege of precincts prerogatives. This got Werther trading rights which, although held in a very modest scale, represented a turning point yet for Werther's development; it was a closed building and thus a move away from pure agriculture. Even today, standing in the center of Werther houses, take the evidence of that transition.

The granting of town rights for Werther by King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia in 1719 was a landmark in the history of the development of the city Werther. The real meaning did not show up in the administrative changes that brought the granting of town rights by itself, but in the economic field. For the city fell Werther trade barriers, so that could now settle traders according to their free will in Werther. In 1787 the rural communities to Werther 5568, the city Werther included even 1,013 inhabitants. About 100 merchants and artisans lived here at this time. At the beginning of the 19th century dominated the economic life in the city is no longer trading, but the craft of cigar makers and weavers.

The construction of the narrow-gauge railway line to Bielefeld in 1901 brought the commercial life new impetus. The narrow-gauge railway (1000 mm) ran until February 1954 Dornsberg, Schildesche ( for connections to Enger ) to Bielefeld District station ( route length 14 km). Since then, companies of various industries have taken root in Werther foot. The now existing number of commercial enterprises proves that agriculture in the city Werther no longer has the dominant meaning. The former rural communities, however, are connected except for small exceptions in Haeger industriearm and heavily agriculture.

In 1949, the city had Werther due to the large influx of refugees and displaced 4,391 residents.

The population of the city and the surrounding rural communities steadily rose. Economic, housing and other facilities of a city of this size experienced a significant upswing.

In 2009, the city celebrated its Werther 1000 anniversary.

Religions

In Werther were in April 2006, a total of 6,952 ( 59.3 %) persons Protestant and 1,424 ( 12.15% ) are Roman Catholic. 3,347 ( 28.55% ) subjects reported a different creed to or were non-denominational.

Incorporations

The merger of the town of Werther with the communities of the former Office Werther ( Haeger, Ising village, Rotenhagen, Rotingdorf, Theenhausen and parts of Schröttinghausen ) was in the course of municipal restructuring of North Rhine -Westphalia on 1 January 1973 the new city Werther (Westphalia ) formed. The previous office was disbanded. In 1982, the reincorporation of approximately 20 ha ( nail wood) from the city of Bielefeld for city Werther (Westfalen ) became effective as part of a field change, so that the area of the urban area grew to 35.28 km ². The land had previously been affiliated with the city of Bielefeld in 1971.

Population Development

The following overview shows the numbers of inhabitants of the town of Werther by the respective territorial status, with some numbers addition, according to current territorial status. The figures are for 1987 to 1970 and from 1975 to census results and official updates to the State Office for Data Processing and Statistics. The numbers from 1975 to 1985 are estimated values ​​, the numbers from 1990 updates based on the results of the census of 1987. Figures refer since 1871 and for 1946 the local attendees population, from 1925 to the resident population and from 1985 to the population at main place of residence. The population was calculated using non-uniform collection procedures Before 1871.

In 1974 the number of inhabitants in the city as a whole and in the town of Werther (Westfalen ) were determined with the former borders of the State Statistical Office again.

Werther after the then Territorial

Werther according to the current territorial status

Policy

City ​​council

The City Council currently has 36 members. In addition, the mayor comes as Council President. There are currently represented as a result of the local elections on 30 August 2009, the CDU, the SPD, the Greens, the FDP and the Independent voter community. The following table shows the distribution of seats in the Council and the election results since 1975:

1 Independent voter community, 2Without consideration to rounding

Mayor

Mayor of Werther 's since the local elections in 1999 Marion Weike. She was re-elected in the local elections on 26 September 2004, 67.9 % and 30 August 2009 with 61.58 % of votes. The following table lists the mayors listed since 1948.

More election results

Werther belongs to the state election Gütersloh I - Bielefeld III was elected to the parliament at the 2010 election George Fort Meier (SPD ) as a direct candidate. At the federal level Werther heard the only place in the Gütersloh to the Bundestag constituency Bielefeld, in the 2009 Lena Strothmann (CDU ) was elected as a direct candidate.

Coat of Arms, Flag, Banner and Seal

The city Werther has been granted by the provincial government in Detmold on 12 November 1973, the license to run a coat of arms, a banner and flag. (Main Statute § 2)

" The coat of arms shows a split into four fields shield in red and silver ( white). In the first field of the shield are three silver (white ) 2: 1. Asked triangles in the second and third fields three red chevrons and in the fourth field two silver (white ) crossed maces "

The three red chevrons on a white background are available for the coat of arms of the county Ravens mountain, symbolizing the previous affiliation of the urban area of the County.

Flag description: Red- White-Red in the ratio 1: 3: 1 vertical stripes with the coat of arms offset from the center to the rod.

Description of banner: Red- White-Red in the ratio 1: 3: 1 vertical stripes with the coat of arms above the center.

Furthermore Werther an official stamp showing the coat of arms in the infield and the name " City Werther (Westfalen ) " bears.

Twinning

Werther currently has no twinning.

Culture and sights

Theater

Werther has no theater building. For irregularly held theatrical performances, the auditorium of the Peter -August- Böckstiegel Gesamtschule or the Ev. Meetinghouse used.

Museum

The Peter -August- Böckstiegel house in the district Arrode is the birthplace and home of the later Expressionists Peter August Böckstiegel. The Grade II listed house artist gives an authentic impression of the life and work Böckstiegel. It is the seat of Peter, founded in 2008 -August- Böckstiegel Foundation which preserves the house and plant and holds open to the public.

On the site of a former agricultural machinery sales company is the executor of Veterans Museum, an exhibition of tractors, agricultural machinery and implements, which were built between 1850 and 1950. It was founded in 1989 by the executors Veterans Club Werther. All exhibits are privately owned. Twice a year the tractors are extended.

Music

Noteworthy is the male voice choir choral society. The association organizes annually on 1 May at the city park in Werther a corn rings.

Structures

The Protestant parish church of St. Jacobi is a Gothic hall church in the core of the 14th century. It was renewed in 1743 and 1876/77 extended to the east. The Romanesque west tower has a Gothic upstairs.

In the village there are some half-timbered buildings of the 17th and 18th century, for example Ravens Str 41 are from in 1650. Venghaussplatz On the so-called Walbaum'sche house is from 1621st

The viaduct of the former narrow gauge railway is located at Talbrückenweg.

The house Werther is an old manor, which was first mentioned in 1295. Since 1385 it is located in the feudal estate of Ravens Berg, 1526 mortgaged the Count of Hatzfeld of the goods. The Count of Hatzfeld from Hessen owned the estate until 1803, but never lived there, but could manage it. 1840, the house came into the possession of the former Governor of the circle hall, to the light. It served from 1843 to 1855 including as District Office. 1887/88, the buildings were sold to the firm Weinberg who until 1938 operated a cigar factory there. The possession of the Jewish family vineyard in 1938 " arisiert " and came to the Herford cigar factory. After retransfer 1951, the family vineyard sold the house to another cigar manufacturer. Until 1966, in the house of cigars were produced until the end of the 1980s it was still the seat of a cigar sales. Since 1994, the house serves as a citizen meeting and library.

Parks

Werther has an approximately 1.5 -acre public park in the form of a former manor park at the house Werther. In addition, the city is part of the Terra Vita Nature Park, formerly the Natural Park of the Northern Teutoburg Forest Wiehengebirge.

Natural monuments and nature reserves

In the park of the house Werther is a classified as worthy of protection oak pillars. In addition, Werther does not have significant natural monuments and no designated conservation areas.

Regular events

• The Böckstiegellauf the LC Solbadhotel Ravens mountain took place for the fourth time in September 2007,. He linked symbolically to PA Böckstiegel youth, where he had to go daily walking as part of his painting apprenticeship with the distance of Werther to Bielefeld.
• The city festival in Werther (since 2008 under the name Kukuk ) will be held in May for 25 years on the second weekend.
• The Christmas market in Werther traditionally takes on the third weekend of Advent in December.
• The Jacobi live is a modern worship for young and old and is held every third Sunday of the month at 18.00 clock in the Jacobi church.
• The lock - open the chess club Werther is the most important chess tournament in East Westphalia and is traditionally held the weekend before Easter in the house Werther instead.
• Corn rings of the male choir MGV Liedertafel

Specialty

The bakery Bossert in Werther is far beyond the city boundaries, known for their Kastenpickert.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Road

In Werther, the North Rhine-Westphalian state roads 782 and 785 cross over these roads, the Federal Highway 68, and the A33 within easy reach in the west.

Rail and bus

The nearest railway stations are Bielefeld Hbf and Halle (Westfalen ) on the railway line Haller Willem. The bus station is operated in 20 -minute intervals of regional buses to Bielefeld. Other bus services to Halle, Borgholzhausen and Spengemann. Some districts are served by a citizen bus. The hourly buses from Werther to Halle there at the station have a train connection to Osnabrück.

Werther is an associated tariff " The Six " (OWL Transport GmbH). From hall can be used for the Haller Willem towards Osnabrück a transitional tariff for Transport Community Osnabrück ( " VOS plus " tariff ) can be used. However, this rate applies only for buses in the city hall, not to Werther ZOB.

Foot traffic

On the crest of the Teutoburg Forest, so at the southern boundary of the municipality, the Hermannsweg, who as hiking Rheine with the Lippe Velmerstot runs.

Traffic

Bielefeld closest major city does not have a commercial airport. Therefore, to take some more journeys in purchase, the paths are comparable, however, the time spent here in a big city. In one to one and a half hour drive away offers a choice of four regional airports, reducing the number of destinations that can be reached by direct flights, is quite high. Münster / Osnabrück airport is about 59 km away and the Paderborn / Lippstadt airport is 72 km away. Dortmund Airport is about 100 km, of Hanover is around 117 km away.

Media

Media

As daily newspapers are published daily Monday to Saturday, the Haller circle sheet, and a local edition of the Westfalen- sheet from Bielefeld. The Westfalen-Blatt relates his coat of Bielefeld's main editorial while the Haller Kreisblatt sources the regional part of the Bielefeld newspaper Neue Westfälische from a cooperative community out. Both newspapers report in the local section from all communities of the former district of Halle, and thus also from Werther. Sunday and a free newspaper OWL an offshoot of the Westfalen- sheet addition appears on Sunday. Monthly also appears the free issued by Haller Kreisblatt city magazine Werther News and bi-monthly edited by the Panorama publishing and advertising mbH city magazine Werther experience, the latter an offshoot of the Westfalen- Journal.

Radio and TV

Werther is part of the reporting area of the regional studios of the WDR Bielefeld. Furthermore, Werther is part of the coverage area of Radio Gütersloh, it covers in coverage as local radio.

Public institutions

The city provides Werther in their facilities to services for the value Heraner citizens. In addition to the Town Hall offices, a police station is located, which is only temporarily occupied.

In the house Werther there is next to the public library since 1994 a citizens' meeting, further a community center in the district Haeger and - again in Werther - the children and youth house " Funtastic ".

Furthermore, there are three fire trucks volunteer firefighters Werther, one of which is located in the town of Werther, another in the district Haeger and the third in Langeheide. The value Heraner Fire Department was founded in 1875 and is the oldest in the district of Gütersloh.

Also, an outdoor swimming pool is available in Werther.

Education

The city offers three types of schools in three schools. These are according to the state of 2011, a primary school compound with two locations (Mill Street and Lange Heide ) with about 530 students ( pause ) n, who are taught by 32 teachers ( pause ) n, a high school ( EGW - Lutheran High School Werther ) with about 720 students ( pause ) n that of 54 teachers ( pause ) n be taught and a comprehensive school (PAB - Peter -August- Böckstiegel comprehensive school ). Since the comprehensive school located at a respective location in Borgholzhausen and Werther and computationally assigned Borgholzhausen, no students, teachers, figures are available for the value Heraner part of the total school. For more types of school facilities shall be used of the neighboring cities and communities.

Established businesses

• Pikeur Reitmoden FW Brinkmann GmbH, manufacturer of equestrian clothing
• Union Bank Werther, branch of the Volksbank Paderborn- Hoexter -Detmold eG
• ORO pressure, manufacturer of specialty printing products, such as scratchcards
• Poppe Potthoff GmbH, pipe mill and supplier of automotive system components
• Werther - The furniture manufacturer Oberwelland GmbH & Co. KG, Home Furniture Manufacturers

Personalities

Freeman

Honorary citizen rights (by specific Council resolution ) have not been awarded. 24 people have been since 1973 by awarding the Federal Order of Merit (or Merit Cross) honored (as of June 10, 2008 ).

Sons and daughters of the town

• William Wall Tree (1876-1933), German union official and politician
• Peter August Böckstiegel (1889-1951), sculptor and painter
• Moritz Weinberg (1889-1944), lawyer
• Günter H. Müller ( * 1949 ), Composer
• Helga Gießelmann (* 1949), German politician and Member of the State Parliament of North Rhine -Westphalia
• Tilmann Meyer to Erpen (* 1959), Dressage
• Christina Sussiek ( b. 1960 ), athlete
• Jan- Fiete Buschmann ( * 1981 ), German handball player
• Nadine Jarosch (* 1995), German gymnast

Personalities who have worked in this city

• Monte Jaffe ( born 1940 ), opera singer (bass - baritone ), lives in Werther

Trivia

Werther is the namesake of Werther's Original caramels (formerly Werther's True ), a stylized silhouette of the city Werther for in accordance with the packaging of today based in Halle (Westfalen ) Storck.