Neheim ? the town for shopping
Neheim - that is another side of the town. Trade and industry characterize the picture. The streets of Neheim's town centre stretch around the "Johanneskirche" (St. John the Baptist's church), the "Sauerland Cathedral" which is visible from far away, and invite you to do shopping, to stop for a bite to eat or to stroll around.
The weekly market on Saturdays is an attraction for thousands of visitors from the whole region. Neheim - the town for shopping in Sauerland.
Neheim, similar to Arnsberg, looks back onto a long varied history. 1358 count Gottfried IV grants a town's ordinances and privileges to Neheim. During the following troubled times the "Straw Village", to this day the historical heart of Neheim, burns down completely several times. Lootings, epidemics and times of poverty do not let the little town at the confluence of the rivers "Ruhr" and "Möhne" come to rest. A town blaze in the year 1807 and the following years of hunger take it out of Neheim's citizens again.
But the people of Neheim kept their chins up: in the middle of the last century trade, craft and business start to prosper in Neheim - the beginning of a development, which has a lasting effect on the character of the town picture. Above all, the domestic lighting industry helps the town to worldwide fame.
Neheim?s historical core
1941 Neheim and Hüsten merge into a new town: Neheim-Hüsten - "Town of lightings" as it's still being lovingly called today, although they now are two self-contained boroughs of Arnsberg.
Hannah and Konrad from Neheim
"We feel good in Neheim. There is not the hectic of the large cities but it still never becomes boring. We like best to meet at the ice parlour. Laughing, chatting, making plans for the weekend and watching people strolling around - you see each other. "
Gransau square reminds of the times,
when all the cattle
were taken to the public pastures.