Halver

Halver
Halver
	Halver town hall in 2008
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Halver Location of Halver within Märkischer Kreis district
	Coordinates: 51°11′N 07°28′E / 51.183°N 7.467°ECoordinates: 51°11′N 07°28′E / 51.183°N 7.467°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Märkischer Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Michael Brosch (SPD)
Area
• Total	77.37 km2 (29.87 sq mi)
Elevation	440 m (1,440 ft)
Population (2016-12-31)[1]
• Total	16,259
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	58553
Dialling codes	02353
Vehicle registration	MK
Website	www.halver.de

Halver is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has a population of 18,083 (2004) and covers an area of 77.37 km², of which 51% are used for agricultural purposes and 35% are forest. It is located in the hills of the Sauerland; at its highest elevation it is 440 m above sea level.

History

Around 950 the Oberhof Halvara was first mentioned in the Werdener Probsteiregister. For more than 500 years Halver was the seat of a Fehmic court, the earliest definite evidence of which is in 1243; it ceased to exist in 1753. This court was most famous because of the trial of duke Henry XVI the Rich of Bavaria-Landshut and the knight of Toerring on May 2, 1430.

With effect from October 1, 1912 the municipality Halver was split, Schalksmühle becoming an independent municipality. Both were administered together in the Amt Halver. As part of the communal reforms of the district of Altena the Amt was dissolved on January 1, 1969, and Halver was granted city rights.

Nicolai church

Kerspetalsperre (Dam)

Station

Coat of arms

The red and white checked base refers to the fess from the arms of the Counts of the Mark. The stone judgement table under a linden tree represents the Feme court. It was designed by Otto Hupp, and was granted on March 29, 1935.

The Amt Halver had a separate coat of arms, which was also designed by Otto Hupp. It combined elements from the two member municipalities Halver and Schalksmühle: in the upper part is a linden branch symbolizing Halver, in the bottom the upper half of a black mill wheel as the symbol of Schalksmühle. Separating the two is the red and white checked fess, as above. The coat of arms was granted on June 8, 1936, and expired with the dissolving of the Amt in 1969.

Districts

Number of inhabitants

Municipality Halver

1915: 6.476
1925: 7.729
1935: 8.122
1939: 8.772
1946: 12.045
1961: 13.684
1968: 15.713

Town Halver

1969: 16.254
1978: 16.176
1988: 15.399
1995: 16.983
1999: 17.876
2003: 18.111
2006: 17.776
2008: 17.465
2010: 17.159
2012: 16.300
2014: 16.677^[2]

Mayor

At the election in 2015, Michael Brosch (SPD) became the new mayor in Halver, he won against his predecessor Dr. Bernd Eicker.

International relations

The town twinning with the Swedish city Katrineholm originated from the connection between a music group from Halver and a traditional dancing group from Katrineholm. It was officially signed on September 30, 1963.

On April 25, 1975 the twinning agreement with the French city Hautmont was signed. There has also been a city friendship with Pardess-Hanna in Israel since 1989.

Sons and daughters of the town

Eugen Schmalenbach (1873-1955), economist, the local commercial vocational school was named after him

References

↑ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
↑ "Zahlen & Statistik". halver.de (in German). Retrieved 2015-12-07.

External links

http://www.halver.de

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[1] "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2018-02-24.

[2] "Zahlen & Statistik". halver.de (in German). Retrieved 2015-12-07.