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- The current city of Arnsberg was created in 1975 by merging 12 surrounding municipalities (Bachum, Breitenbruch, Herdringen, Holzen, Müschede, Niedereimer, Oeventrop, Rumbeck, Uentrop, Voßwinkel and Wennigloh) into one city.
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The current city of Arnsberg was created in 1975 by merging 12 surrounding municipalities (Bachum, Breitenbruch, Herdringen, Holzen, Müschede, Niedereimer, Oeventrop, Rumbeck, Uentrop, Voßwinkel and Wennigloh) into one city.
The city originated in the 11th century around a castle of the counts of Werl and was chartered in 1238. The countship of Arnsberg was under the jurisdiction of the electors of Cologne after the 12th century and was the main seat of the Westphalian fehmic courts (or Vehmgericht; medieval secret tribunals that usurped many functions of government).
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The purchase and annexation of Werl-Arnsberg in 1368 united the territories of the north and south of the Sauerland.
Arnsberg sets great store not only by history but also by the arts. ... City’s Location. Facts & Figures. Name: Arnsberg Established: 789 Population: ~81,000
In 1816, the governmental districts of Arnsberg, Minden and Münster were created. Modern Westphalia. After World War II in 1946, the present state of North Rhine-Westphalia was created by the British military government from the former Prussian Province of Westphalia and the northern half of the former Prussian Rhine Province. The old ...
In the 12th century, old Arnsberg became the seat of Westphalian jurisdiction (whose coat of arms is still used today by the Hochsauerlandkreis). Later, the city lost its independence and belonged to the Cologne area when their archbishops reigned the area.
The town, which had received its first charter in 1237 and later joined the Hanseatic League, became the capital of the duchy. Encyclopedia Alphabetically.
