Warstein
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| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Arnsberg |
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| Subdivisions | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content.(2020–25) | Thomas Schöne[1] (Ind.) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 59581 |
| Dialling codes | 02902 (Warstein), 02925 (Allagen) |
| Vehicle registration | SO |
| Website | www.warstein.de |
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Warstein (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a municipality with town status in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located at the north end of Sauerland.
Geography
Warstein is located north of the Arnsberger Wald (forest), at a brook called Wäster. The area south of the city is mostly forested; the lightly forested Haarstrang mountain is to the north. The river Möhne flows between these two areas. The highest elevation is 581 m (1,906 ft) in the south of the city near a hill called Stimm Stamm; the lowest elevation is 216 m (709 ft) in the village Waldhausen in the north.
Neighbouring municipalities
The following municipalities, some with town status, border Warstein (clockwise, beginning in the north): Anröchte, Rüthen (town), Bestwig, Meschede (town), Arnsberg (town), Möhnesee, Bad Sassendorf. Of these, Bestwig and Meschede are in the district of Hochsauerlandkreis, on Warstein's (and, thus, Soest district's) southern border.
Subdivisions
While named for the main settled portion within its 157.91 square kilometres (60.97 sq mi) total area, the town can be roughly divided into the following subdivisions (Template:Langx):
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- Allagen
- Belecke
- Hirschberg
- Mülheim
- Niederbergheim
- Sichtigvor
- Suttrop
- Waldhausen
- Warstein
History
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The evidence of human life was found in the Bilstein Cave between Warstein and Hirschberg.
Warstein was first mentioned officially in the year 1072. Historians once thought Warstein was organized as an official town in 1276, but its exact charter date is unclear. Likely, it was founded between 1276 and 1296 by the Archbishop of Cologne, Siegfried von Westerburg.[3]
In the Middle Ages, Warstein was part of the Hanseatic League, a trade association for guilds, a very important international trading association at that time.
A fire in 1802 destroyed a significant portion of the town. After the 1802 fire the town centre was moved to the Wester brook. In 1844, the Amt Warstein was founded.
In 1975, Warstein and the other eight independent villages merged to form the new borough of Warstein.
The decrease of population in Warstein since 1998:
- 1998: 29,102
- 1999: 29,084
- 2000: 29,028
- 2001: 29,007
- 2002: 29,012
- 2003: 28,762
- 2004: 28,629
List of mayors
- 1999–2004: Georg Juraschka (SPD)
- 2004–2015: Manfred Gödde (BG)
- 2015–incumbent: Thomas Schöne (CDU)
International relations
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Warstein is twinned with:
- File:Flag of France.svg Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France - twinned in 1964
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Wurzen, Saxony, Germany - twinned 3 October 1990
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hebden Royd, United Kingdom - twinned November 1995
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Pietrapaola, Italy - an official friendship since 2001
Economy
The largest employer in Warstein is the Warsteiner brewery, founded in 1753. It is one of the largest breweries in Germany. Second largest employer is steel mill operator Siepmann-Werke, founded in 1891. In addition to its mills, the overall Siepmann Group head office is located in Warstein.[4]
Notable people
- Benito Bause (born 1921), television actor
- Georg Dassel (1852-1934), quarry owner and industrialist
- Friedhelm Hillebrand (born 1940), engineer
- Karl-Werner Schulte (born 1946), professor
- Hugo Siepmann (1868-1950), industrialist
- Emil Siepmann (1863-1950), industrialist an namesake of Emil-Siepmann-Strasse
- Jan-Lennard Struff (born 1990), tennis player notable for becoming the first lucky loser to reach a Masters 1000 final
References
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- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2024 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022" (in Deutsch). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Warstein - City - ILC". stadtbuecher.de. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About | Quality From the Heart of Warstein". Siepmann-Werke GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Further reading
- Heppekausen, Wolfgang; Clewing, Christian: Warstein: Bilder einer sauerländischen Stadt. Selbstverlag, Warstein 2001. Template:ISBN
- Gerte, Franz im Auftrag der Volkshochschule Möhne-Lippe: Wie war das?: Belecke 1923–1948. Selbstverlag, Belecke 2001.
- Bamberg, Fritz: Die neue Stadt Warstein in alten Ansichten. Europäische Bibliothek, Zaltbommel 1986. Template:ISBN
- Bender, Josef: Geschichte der Stadt Warstein. Stein, Werl 1973. Template:ISBN
- Sandgathe, Günther: Die Stadt Warstein im Dreissigjährigen Krieg. Selbstverlag, Warstein 1971.
External links
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