The settlement stone
Some 7,000 years ago people were already settling here. They lived in so-called longhouses, which were living space, storage and stables at the same time. This stone was created in memory of the demonstrably oldest settlers of Westhofen. Also note the inscription on the plate donated by Mr Hilgert.
The inscription of the plate reads:
About 7000 years ago, the first farmers and cattle breeders of the Neolithic, band ceramics and Hinkelstein culture settled here.
On one of the photos you can see a reconstruction of an old Saxon homestead. In the background the long house. That's how the longhouses looked. They were residential buildings, warehouses and important, even stables.
HALL NAME
Behind the church to the left and right of the caterpillar track
1266 retro ecclesiam
1380 hinder kyerchen Westhouen
1348 uf rupenpade
1399 to rupenpade
1497 at Ruppepfade
1606 at the Rauppenpfadt
1934 Behind the church, left and right of the caterpillar track
Ditto in 1954
Today ditto
As noted above, both corridors have been merged only recently. The first part indicates the church property, the second part the "Rupe" caterpillar. The merger resulted in the longest field name in Westhofen, distinguishing "behind the church to the right of the caterpillar track" and "behind the church to the left of the caterpillar track"
1681 in the Raubbauhm
1721 at the robber's tree
Whether the caterpillar is also related to the tree, is undetectable.
