The Geseke district of Ehringhausen, located 3 km north of the Hellweg, first appears in the sources in 1350 as "Erdinghusen". A document from 1486 bears witness to the fact that the vicar from Störmede was asked to help out the local parish priest for the Feast of St. James.
In the 17th century, a new chapel was built at the southern end of the village, which was demolished after the current church was built in 1912/13 due to dilapidation and lack of space. In contrast to today, church services were rarely held in the past. In addition to the patron saint's feast, the so-called monthly mass (monthly mass donated by some families), which was conducted by the parish priest of Störmede, has been handed down from the 18th century.
Inside the church, the wooden altars were partially removed in the early 1960s and their figures used as wall decorations. This included a statue of St. James, which is now placed on the right-hand side wall. St. James, the patron saint of the church, village and shooting fraternity, can also be found in the non-official coat of arms of Ehringhausen, designed in 1998, in the upper left-hand field in the form of a scallop shell.
Source: Ulrike Spichal, Ways of the pilgrims of St. James in Westfalen. In 9 stages from Höxter via Paderborn and Soest to Dortmund. Way of St. James, Volume 8, Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (ed.), Cologne (2010).
