Eissen

Eissen has passed through a long evolution. Starting in the early Middle Ages with Aieshusun (the ending -husun points to Saxon time) during the High Middle Ages' name Heisten to today 's form Eissen.

• Aieshusun
• (Villa) Aeissun, Agissun, Agissen
• Heisten
• Eysne, Eyessen, Eisne, Eisenen, Eyhsen, Eihsen, Eißen
• Eissen

Concerning the meaning of each name there are different theories, but none of them is proven:

• Aeissun should descend to Asigsheim. Asig should be thereby a dependence to the Germanic gods family of the Æsir, wherefore Eissen should be named as a holy place. Following this theory, the meadow name Hibbeke means Hillige-Bicke (holy bicke). Indeed, the denotation Asigsheim/Eissen was not found in any deed, although the ending -heim points to Frankish time, furthermore no archaeological evidence was found.
• In the old Saxon language Ey (Ei) denotes a place which is located in a damp and watery terrain, or rather sticks out of such a terrain as a dry landmass. Eissen is surrounded in the north by a watery terrain at the source pond / Hibbeke pond and the Siek creek, in the west by the Eggel river and in the south by the millstream. Consequently, the name could mean that Eissen sticks out of a damp and watery terrain.

The coat of arms was designed and introduced in 1996. Initiated by the St. Liborius Schützenverein, the coat of arms itself should integrate the so-called Taufsteinwappen, an old coat of arms on the church's baptismal font, and symbols that represent the patron Saint Liborius.

The Taufsteinwappen, placed in the bottom part's centre, is headed by the lettering "1080", because for that year a monastery farm of Corvey Abbey is proven for the first time in Eissen. The Latin words "Villa Aeissun" at the bottom belong to a deed which was written in the monastery of Helmarshausen. In this deed Eissen was mentioned. In the middle part are three green bows, which point to the chaplet of tilia which is found in front of Eissen's church.

• Between 1001 and 1010 Aieshusun is mentioned in the beneficence register of the free Reichsabtei Corvey.
• About the year 1080 a monastery farm is listed in a deed of Corvey Abbey.
• Between 1000 and 1100 a stone church was built, sanctified to Saint Liborius. This was an initiative of the diocese of Paderborn. The church became a parish church and Eissen a parish.
• 1447 Bohemian mercenaries on their way back from the siege of Soest destroyed the village Sunrike between Eissen and Borgentreich.
• 1632 troops from Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) marauded the area around Borgentreich and Eissen.
• 1640 the imperial main army with Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and Ottavio Piccolomini moved into wintering grounds in the Fürst-diocese of Paderborn. The result was famine, diseases, epidemics and death in the whole region.
• 1641–1647 the region around Warburg is occupied by troops from Hesse-Kassel.
• From 1756 during the Seven Years' War repeated hostilities occur in the region around Warburg.
• From December 1758 until Easter 1759 four escadrons participate in the Seven Years' War, hessian dragoons quartered in Eissen and neighbouring places.
• Between autumn 1760 and early summer 1761 42 inhabitants of Eissen (about 12% of all inhabitants) die because of the consequences of the war.
• 1812 four forced recruited inhabitants of Eissen do not come back from Russia with Napoleons "Grande Armée".
• 1871 one inhabitant does not come back from the Franco-Prussian War, three more die later, probably because of their injuries.
• From October 1, 1876, Eissen is connected by its own station on the Holzminden–Scherfede railway.
• On May 6, 1879 47 buildings in Eissen burn down within 20 minutes.
• In 1898 a kornhaus is built (similar to a granary) as a result of a Prussion law
• On December 18, 1898 41 citizens found the Eissener Spar- und Darlehnskassenverein eGmbH, which was merged in 1962 with the Spar- und Darlehnskasse Peckelsheim. 1973; it merged again with Volkbank Paderborn which closed the subsidiary in 2001.
• Between 1912 and 1914 the church was rebuilt and enlarged.
• After World War I 30 inhabitants did not return.
• After World War II 71 inhabitants did not return.
• At April 1, 1945 a German infantry company entrenched themselves at the village's southern border. Therefore, US units advancing from Hohenwepel found the village ripe for attack. The church and Kornhaus were heavily damaged, 47 properties totally destroyed. A lot of Eissen is heavily damaged but only two inhabitants are injured. 14 German and 3 American soldiers are dead, 65 soldiers of the Wehrmacht were captured, the rest dropped off along the railway to Borgholz.
• In 1975 Eissen lost its autonomy and became a part of Willebadessen. This was because of reorganisation in North Rhine-Westphalia.
• On June 2, 1984, passenger train traffic was discontinued.

Since the rearrangement of the townships in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1975, Eissen is no more an independent community. Eissen now belongs to the municipal area of Willebadessen and is represented on city council by one direct member. Since the last local election in September 2004, three people from Eissen are members of the city council (CDU: 2, SPD:1).

Aieshusun - Aeissun - Eysnen - Eissen Bild unserer Heimat, Released by St. Liborius-Schützenverein Eissen Selbstverlag/NEWSPOINT-Medienservice Uwe Rottkamp, Bad Salzuflen 2003

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