Oestinghausen
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Oestinghausen is a village in the Municipality of Lippetal in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with a population of 2076 (as of 20 June 2005).
Oestinghausen has a primary school and a kindergarten. The Sportclub Schwarz-Gelb Oestinghausen, the Carnival-Club and the "Schuetzenverein" Sankt Hubertus regularly use the Community Hall and the sports field. Other clubs are the Oestinghausen marching band, the Scouts and a volunteer fire department.
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[edit] Geography
Oestinghausen is located on the Bundesstraße 475 (Federal Road) about seven kilometers north of the city of Soest, Germany on the creeks Ahse and Rosenaue, which flow together south of the village. .
[edit] Economy
The economic centre is in the area around the old train station. Here there are a supermarket, a hairdresser, bank, pharmacy, and stationery and photo-shop with Post office. Several companies are located in an industrial estate.
[edit] History
Oestinghausen was an old Saxon settlement, and was first mentioned in a document in 1189. After the "Soester Fehde", which ended with the separation of Soest from the bishops of Cologne in 1449, Oestinghausen remained with the bishops of Cologne. The "Amt Oestinghausen" had its own jurisdiction. In 1802, the estates of the bishops of Cologne had been newly organized and Oestinghausen became part of Hesse. In 1808, the population of Oestinghausen was 552 persons and in 1816, Oestinghausen became part of Prussia. Oestinghausen lost its own jurisdiction and belongs since that time to the district of Soest. The "Amt Oestinghausen" consists of the villages of Bettinghausen, Eickelborn, Heintrop-Bünninghausen, Hovestadt, Hultrop, Krewinkel-Wiltrop, Lohe, Niederbauer, Nordwald, Oestinghausen, Ostinghausen and Schoneberg. From 1898, a narrow-gauge (1 m wide) railway, later known as Pengel Anton from the "Westfälische Landeseisenbahn", was built to service the rural area. In Oestinghausen a four-track switchyard and station was constructed, because the junction here is to the village of Hovestadt, connected to the main rail line from Hamm to Soest. The last train traveled on 5 October 1952.
In 1969, the village of Oestinghausen was incorporated into the municipality of Lippetal. Its population in the 19th and 20th centuries did not alter significantly; today the population has more than trebled from the prewar (1939) figure of 602.
[edit] Buildings
The most important building in Oestinghausen is the romanesque church Saint Stephanus in the old centre of the village. It has been the parish church for the villages of Oestinghausen, Krewinkel, Wiltrop and Niederbauer.
The church was built c. 1000 as a parish church for the local farm (erzbischöflichen Oberhof). In 1186, Phillip von Heinzberg, bishop of Cologne, called it the "Oberhof". The transept and vaulted ceiling were added in the thirteenth century and the top of the steeple was erected in 1715. The altar was built in the Baroque style c. 1685 and the side altars built in the late Rococo style c. 1775. The church was restored between 1975 and 1980.
The church is surrounded by several half-timbered houses. The court writer worked and lived in the Renaissance-style half-timbered house called the "Chur Cöllnisches Amtshaus".
An important event in Oestinghausen is the annual Schützenfest.
