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Westerrönfeld is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The name literally means "The field west of the Rön", the Rön being a little tributary of the river Eider. Westerrönfeld is located on the southern bank of the Kiel Canal.

Westerrönfeld
Municipality
Location of Westerrönfeld within Rendsburg-Eckernförde district
Westerrönfeld
Westerrönfeld
Coordinates: 54°17′0″N 9°39′0″E
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictRendsburg-Eckernförde
Municipal assoc.Jevenstedt
Government
  MayorHans-Otto Schülldorf (CDU)
Area
  Total7.78 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[1]
  Total5,014
  Density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
24784
Dialling codes04331
Vehicle registrationRD
Websitewww.amt-
jevenstedt.de

Geography and Traffic


The town is located directly at the Kiel Canal. Neighboring municipalities are (clockwise, starting in the north): Rendsburg, Jevenstedt and Schülp. In former times there were some heath areas and inland dunes in the area of the municipality, of which only a few are still preserved.

From 1901 on the village was a stop of the Rendsburger Kreisbahn, which went from Rendsburg to Hohenwestedt. In 1957 this line was closed down.

Westerrönfeld is located on the Bundesstraße 77 (national road) from Rendsburg to Itzehoe and the Bundesstraße 202 (national road), which leads from St. Peter-Ording via Rendsburg in the direction of Kiel and joins the A 210 (national highway in Osterrönfeld (junction Schacht-Audorf). Thus the community is indirectly connected to the A 7 motorway.


History


The place, which was located at a ford (crossing) of the eider river at the Ochsenweg, was first mentioned in the Kieler Erbebuch in 1437. During the Thirty Years' War, the Swedish troops besieging Rendsburg were stationed in Westerrönfeld, with looting taking place in Westerrönfeld.

Since 1695 there has been a Jewish cemetery in the village where Jewish citizens from Rendsburg were buried.

In the 18th century more than 100 inhabitants died of the plague. For them a cemetery was created especially outside the village.

The community originally belonged to the administrative district (later Amt) Jevenstedt. By refugees, who found a new home in Westerrönfeld, the number of inhabitants grew after the Second World War from 1500 to 2500. In 1948 the municipality left the office. On 1 January 2001 Westerrönfeld gave up self-administration and rejoined the Jevenstedt office.

On 12 December 1991 there was an assassination attempt on two employees of the Abwasserzweckverband in Westerrönfeld. A farmer from Fockbek, who had shot the two officers, drove his car loaded with explosives against the town hall in Fockbek. He then shot himself.[2]


Government



Municipal Council


Of the 19 seats in the municipal council, the CDU has had ten seats since the 2003 municipal elections, the SPD six and the KWG voter group three.

Of the 19 seats in the local council, the CDU has had nine seats since the 2008 local elections, the SPD six and the KWG four.

Of the 17 seats in the municipal council, the CDU has had eight seats since the 2013 municipal elections, the SPD six and the KWG voters' association three.


Coat of arms


The crest and flag were approved on 23 March. It was described as "In blue a golden pole, crossed and covered at the crossing point with a silver waved beam; in the first quarter a silver wagon wheel with eight spokes, in the fourth quarter a fallen silver anchor".[3]

In the past, Westerrönfled used to be a village at the Eider river, which was mainly agricultural. Today it lies in the structure-changing access area of Rendsburg. The wavebars in the crest, marks not only the Eider river but also the Kiel canal, which borders at the municipality to the north. The anchor in the coat of arms indicates that canal and, before that, eider navigation meant participation in waterway traffic for the town. At the same time, the wavebars can be understood as a "talking" translation of the village name "Feld bei der Rinne" (in Low German: "Rönn"). What is meant is the Wehrau, which flows through the neighboring community of Osterrönfeld into the Kiel Canal. The tunnel under the canal, represented by the pole, leads from Westerrönfeld to Rendsburg. It is part of the Bundesstraße 77, which leads through the village. The wagon wheel documents the volume of traffic. The shield color blue symbolizes once again the importance of the waterways for the village.


Flag


The base is blue, two continuous stripes form a Latin cross, the horizontal strip is white and wavy, the vertical is yellow and is covert by the white strip on the crossing point. In the top, left corner is a white wagon wheel and the bottom white corner shows a white, toppled anchor.


Partner Communities


The places Tingleff in Danemark and Züssow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern are the partner communities of Westerrönfeld.


Economy


The town was originally characterized by agriculture, fishing, shipping and shipbuilding. Today the village is an industrial area through the proximity of Rendsburg as well as the traffic connection to Kiel and the connection to the Bundesautobahn 7.


References


  1. "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2020 (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).
  2. Hans-Jürgen Jensen: Polizei fand keine Bombe im Rathaus. In: kn-online.de. 26. März 2019, abgerufen am 26. März 2019.
  3. "Wappenrolle Schleswig-Holstein".

На других языках


[de] Westerrönfeld

Westerrönfeld (niederdeutsch Westerrünnfeld) ist eine amtsangehörige Gemeinde im Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde in Schleswig-Holstein.
- [en] Westerrönfeld

[ru] Вестеррёнфельд

Вестеррёнфельд (нем. Westerrönfeld) — коммуна в Германии, в земле Шлезвиг-Гольштейн.



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