Bösingfeld

Bösingfeld Extertal municipality
Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 4 ″  N , 9 ° 7 ′ 32 ″  E
Height :	197 m
Area :	10.58 km²
Residents :	4243  (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	401 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1969
Postal code :	32699
Area code :	05262
Location of Bösingfeld in Extertal

Bösingfeld

With 4243 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2016), Bösingfeld is the largest town and at the same time the administrative seat of the municipality of Extertal in the Lippe district on the edge of the Weser Uplands .

location

Bösingfeld is located about 50 kilometers east of Bielefeld , 14 kilometers south of Rinteln and 17 kilometers west of Hameln in the far northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia directly on the border with Lower Saxony . The place is on the Exter , a left tributary of the Weser .

The highest point is the Hohe Asch in the southeast at 371 meters .

history

The place was founded shortly before the year 1252 as a planned city by the Counts of Sternberg , whose ancestral seat (the Sternberg Castle ) is only a few kilometers to the west. This castle also influenced the coat of arms of the municipality of Extertal. The city was laid out according to the system that was widespread at the time with a main street and two parallel side streets. It did not have a city wall; but probably a castle, the traces of which are no longer visible today. However, Bösingfeld later lost its town charter and was downgraded to a town .

On the occasion of the state elections in Lippe in 1933 , Adolf Hitler held a campaign speech here and in other places in East Westphalia-Lippe together with other so-called " NSDAP giants" on January 4, 1933 in a marquee in front of a good 7,000 listeners.

In the course of the local reorganization, the village became a part of the newly founded municipality of Extertal on January 1, 1969 , whose main town Bösingfeld became the administrative seat.

Old coat of arms

	Blazon : "In silver, an eight-pointed star above a natural sandstone-colored battlement wall in the base of the shield."
	Justification for the coat of arms: The wall represents the battlements of the Bösingfeld castle. The eight-pointed star is based on the star from the oldest surviving seal from 1364 and establishes the relationship with the former landlords, the Counts of Sternberg . The coat of arms was awarded on March 7, 1938 by the Reichsstatthalter in Lippe and Schaumburg Lippe.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Evangelical Reformed Parish Church

Bösingfeld around 1756: The Lippe three-street scheme is clearly visible

• Evangelical Reformed Parish Church . The first church building was probably built around 1252 at the time of the town elevation. In 1632 the building was largely destroyed by fire. The current ship, which probably dates back to the 15th century, was renewed in 1708. From 1853 to 1857 it was "expanded and beautified" by the Lippe building officer Ferdinand Ludwig August Merckel . The tower was rebuilt in 1934 after the medieval predecessor had to be put down due to dilapidation. The most important piece of equipment is the baroque pulpit with the figures of the four evangelists .
• Within the so-called three - street system (cf. Lemgo , Blomberg , Barntrup , Horn ), only a few half-timbered buildings from the 17th to 19th centuries are still available as a result of extensive renovation and renovation measures. B. Südstrasse 11 (marked 1649) and 13 (probably also from the 17th century). The latter, however, is significantly affected by a more recent stem. According to the inscription on the gate beam, Südstraße 15 was not built until 1811. The so-called Pulverberghaus was the oldest house . The richly carved half-timbered building from 1628, covered with Solling panels, was destroyed by fire on August 9, 1976.
• The Bösingfeld Jewish cemetery is located on Bahnhofstrasse . The cemetery with its 33 preserved tombstones ( mazewot ) is a protected architectural monument .

Infrastructure

• Street:

To the west of Bösingfeld runs the Extertalstrasse , the L758, built in 1968/69. In 1986/87 the L432 leading to Hameln was run as a bypass road north around the town center. The closest motorway access is 17 kilometers north at Bad Eilsen on the A2 .

• Rail:

In 1927 Bösingfeld was connected to the rail network with the construction of the Extertalbahn . The line was closed in 1969 for passenger traffic, freight traffic continued until 2001. The nearest train stations are in Lemgo , Rinteln , Hameln and Bad Pyrmont . There are ICE stations in Bielefeld , Herford , Paderborn and Hanover .

• Aviation:

The next major airports are Hannover-Langenhagen and Paderborn / Lippstadt .

Economy and tourism

Even if the area around Bösingfeld is still dominated by agriculture, agriculture practically no longer plays a role. The industry is characterized by small and medium-sized companies. Tourism only plays a subordinate role. Mention should be made, however, of the museum railroad trips on the Lippe state railway that take place in the summer months, as well as the trips on the bicycle trolley from Rinteln .

Web links

Commons : Bösingfeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• www.extertal.de
• Bösingfeld in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Website of the municipality of Extertal, History of the Extertal , accessed on March 27, 2009 ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Entry on Bösingfeld Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute.
3. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 67 .
4. ↑ Extertal municipality