Wilgersdorf
50.8158.145400Koordinaten: 50 ° 48 ' 54 " N, 8 ° 8' 42" O
Location of Wilgersdorf within the municipality Wilnsdorf.
Wilgersdorf is a municipality in the district of Siegen -Wittgenstein Wilnsdorf in North Rhine -Westphalia.
- 2.1 Population figures
- 2.2 pits
Geography
Wilgersdorf is the winning country in a very wooded area in the Rothaargebirge. The highest elevations in the local area are the Kalteiche with 579.3 m and the Tiefenrother height with 552.3 m above sea level. NN. In addition, the 466.8 m high Hemmerberg between Wilgersdorf and Wilnsdorf is. South of the town rises the white. In the town itself flows of less than 2 km long goldsmith Born and another small stream in the white. Wilgersdorf has a district area of 11.54 km ².
Neighboring towns
Neighboring towns of Wilgersdorf are rowing village in the north, Gernsdorf in the northeast, Dillbrecht in the east, Fellerdilln and Steinbach in the southeast, Haigerseelbach ( to Haiger ) and Würgendorf ( to GER) in the south, Gilsbach in the southwest and Wilnsdorf in the West.
History
1377 Wilgersdorf was first mentioned as " Vylgirstorff ".
In 1491 the town was completely destroyed by fire. The plague killed in 1563 ten of 204 Wilgersdorfern. 1636 died from hunger and disease, 45 % of the population. Formerly belonged to the village church Haiger, in February 1587 request was made to Wilnsdorf to Umpfarrung. From 1595 Wilgersdorf then belonged to the parish Wilnsdorf. 1716 began with the construction of a new interdenominational church in the village. 1621 was the place where Johann von Nassau. 1648 Wilgersdorf was merged with Wilnsdorf and Rödgen to a community, in 1818 the Office Wilnsdorf allocated.
On August 31 and September 2, 1857, there were two major fires, with 26 houses, a school and a chapel were killed. On November 2, 1920 burned four homes and three outbuildings.
1906 an aqueduct was built. This was in 1912, financed with the money of a Lüdenscheider manufacturer, who paid rent for hunting in Wilgersdorf. Between 1910 and 1911 the mill Jost, was acquired in 1890 by August Jost, expanded and built a dynamo to generate electricity. From 1911 Wilgersdorf was supplied with electricity from there. 1926, the volunteer fire department was established. 1953 a Protestant club house was built in 1957 inaugurated a new Catholic church.
1963 Otto dug Krasa and Paul Theis residential and smelting from the La Tène period (500 BC). On January 1, 1969, the Office Wilnsdorf was dissolved and the then independent municipality Wilgersdorf incorporated in the course of municipal reform in the new large municipality Wilnsdorf. 1977 celebrated the place its 600th anniversary.
Population figures
Number of inhabitants of the place:
Notes: Figures 1969/ 1994 per 31 December; 1991 March 31.
Pits
In Wilgersdorf the pit was New Hope ( to Landeskrone ) from 1883 to 5 March 1913, 300 workers. On December 28, 1900 Landeskrone consolidation took place with the Wildener pit. The total depth was 440 meters. Were mined zinc, lead and Silberfahlerz, and siderite.
New Jerusalem existed from 1806 to 1912. 1882 consolidated the pit with New Hope. The pit was Victoria from 1883. Besides there were the pit Bomkutte.
In 1900 a tunnel was built, which served in 1945 as an air raid shelter. He is now referred to as " Briedoffelsloch ". Followed in 2005 by the redesign of the tunnel mouth hole, and since 2008 he has been a station for Wilnsdorf pit trail.
Infrastructure and transport links
Wilgersdorf is located on the country road 904, which leads from the village of rowing over the place on the Kalteiche and meets on the highway 54. On the 45 freeway on the place Wilnsdorf is attached. The nearest train station is at the helm village.
The village has its own primary school and two kindergartens, both of which are run by the Catholic Church. There is a football pitch, a sports court and a gym in the town. In addition Wilgersdorf has a volleyball court, a riding school and a tennis facility with four clay courts, as well as an outdoor pool.
Personalities
- Gerhard Neuser (1938-1993); Football players (Sportfreunde Siegen, FC Schalke 04)
- Herbert Landau ( born April 26, 1948); Judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
- Reinhold Mathes ( born March 31, 1949); Football players (Sportfreunde Siegen, Borussia Dortmund)
- Mockenhaupt (born 6 December 1980); Athlete who grew up in Wilgersdorf