Warstein

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nameWarstein
typeStadt
image_photoWarstein vom Piusberg.jpg
image_captionView of Warstein with St. Pancratius and the Old Church
image_coaWarstein-coa.svg
coordinates
image_planWarstein in SO.svg
stateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
regionArnsberg
districtSoest
elevation310
area158.03
postal_code59581
area_code02902 (Warstein),
02925 (Allagen)
licenceSO
Gemeindeschlüssel05 9 74 044
divisions9
websitewww.warstein.de
mayorThomas Schöne
leader_term2020–25
partyindependent
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|name = Warstein |type = Stadt |image_photo = Warstein vom Piusberg.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = View of Warstein with St. Pancratius and the Old Church |image_coa = Warstein-coa.svg |coordinates = |image_plan = Warstein in SO.svg |state = North Rhine-Westphalia |region = Arnsberg |district = Soest |elevation = 310 |area = 158.03 |postal_code = 59581 |area_code = 02902 (Warstein), 02925 (Allagen) |licence = SO |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 9 74 044 |divisions = 9 |website = www.warstein.de |mayor = Thomas Schöne |leader_term = 2020–25 |party = independent Warstein () 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

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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 in the south of the city near a hill called Stimm Stamm; the lowest elevation is 216 m 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 km2 total area, the town can be roughly divided into the following subdivisions ():

  • Allagen
  • Belecke
  • Hirschberg
  • Mülheim
  • Niederbergheim
  • Sichtigvor
  • Suttrop
  • Waldhausen
  • Warstein

History

The evidence of human life was found in the 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.

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

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Warstein is twinned with:

Economy

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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.

Notable people

References

References

  1. [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
  2. "Warstein - City - ILC".
  3. "About {{!}} Quality From the Heart of Warstein". Siepmann-Werke GmbH & Co. KG.

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