Alhausen (Bad Driburg)

Alhausen City of Bad Driburg Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 57 ″ N , 9 ° 3 ′ 15 ″ E
Height :	202 m
Area :	7.56 km²
Residents :	734 (Jul. 1, 2018)
Population density :	97 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1970
Postal code :	33014
Area code :	05253
	Location of Alhausen in Bad Driburg

View from the K18 to Bad Driburg-Alhausen (Schwiekengrund)

Alhausen is a city suburb northeast of the city of Bad Driburg in Höxter , Detmold , North Rhine-Westphalia . Alhausen is the birthplace of the politician, poet and doctor Friedrich Wilhelm Weber .

history

View from Rosenberg to Alhausen

The place is first mentioned around the year 900 on a map by Otto the Great as Allungeshus near Iberg ( Iburg ) and Brecal ( Brakel ). In 1225 the place is mentioned as the seat of Antonius de Allenhusen. Around 1300 there are records of the knight family von Aldingeshus (later Aldinghus , Allenhusen , then Alhausen ). Around 1580, when the Dutch hordes attacked Westphalia, a vigilante group was also established in Alhausen. Around 1590 the general mobilization takes place in the Hochstift Paderborn. In 1618 the Thirty Years War reached the place. The oldest house in the village was built in 1675. The first school was built in Alhausen in 1755.

Incorporation

On January 1, 1970 Alhausen was incorporated into the city of Bad Driburg.

Population development

On June 6, 1961, the then community had 588 inhabitants. At the beginning of July 2018, 734 residents were registered in the village of Alhausen.

religion

St. Vitus Church

In addition to the Catholic parish of St. Vitus and the communities Pömbsen, Langeland-Erpentrup, Reelsen, Dringenberg, Neuenheerse and Bad Driburg which includes Pastoralverbund Bad Driburg. Construction of today's St. Vitus Church began in 1907.

politics

The chairman of the Alhausen district committee is Franz Hölscher from the Independent Voter Association (UWG) of the Bad Driburg city association.

Club life

Alhausen volunteer fire department
Friends of the Alhausen fire fighting group
St. Vitus Schützengilde Alhausen e. V.
Sports club Rot-Weiß Alhausen e. V.
Equestrian community Alhausen Eggeland e. V.
Catholic rural youth movement (KLJB) Alhausen
Hall operator association Dreizehnlindenhalle Alhausen
Friedrich Wilhelm Weber Society V.

Culture and sights

Weaver museum

St. Vitus parish church
Memorial of honor
Marian column
Friedrich Wilhelm Weber Museum with poetry and herb garden
Pottery studio
Ulenstein

Annual events

Shooting festival of the St. Vitus shooting guild, last Sunday before Pentecost
Vitus procession, mid-June
Horse show of the equestrian community Eggeland Alhausen, end of June

literature

Michael Simon, Günter Wiegelmann: Everyday life in the village is changing . Münster 1992, ISBN 3-88547-813-7 .

Web links

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

Website of the village of Alhausen
Alhausen (Bad Driburg) in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 108 .
↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 156 .
^ City of Bad Driburg, budget 2019

[1] Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 108 .

[2] Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 156 .

[3] City of Bad Driburg, budget 2019