Altenbeken
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Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ N , 8 ° 57 ′ E |
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| State : | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Administrative region : | Detmold | |
| Circle : | Paderborn | |
| Height : | 250 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 76.22 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 9113 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 120 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 33184 | |
| Area code : | 05255 | |
| License plate : | PB, BÜR | |
| Community key : | 05 7 74 004 | |
| LOCODE : | DE ABN | |
| Community structure: | 3 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Bahnhofstrasse 5a 33184 Altenbeken |
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| Mayor : | Hans Jürgen Wessels ( SPD ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Altenbeken in the Paderborn district | ||
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Altenbeken is a municipality in the Paderborn district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
geography
Geographical location
Altenbeken lies at heights of 200 to 400 m at the western foot of the Eggegebirge in the Teutoburg Forest / Eggegebirge Nature Park . In an easterly direction extending Weserbergland . A few kilometers south is the eastern Sauerland . The district town of Paderborn is 15 km to the southwest . The Beke flows through the place Altenbeken .
geology
The urban area, which is part of the natural spatial allocation to the Altenbekener Kalkbergland of the upper Weserbergland in the Lower Saxon mountainous region, adjoins the northern part of the Paderborn plateau and lies in a basin in the central part of the Egge Mountains . The Egge Mountains, including its western foreland, consist of the sedimentary rocks of sand , limestone and marl stones from the Middle Ages . These rocks formed in the Cretaceous Period when the region was covered by a sea. The strata of the rocks in the Altenbeken area are slightly inclined to the west due to an elevation and displacement in the course of the earth's history. Rocks from the older Triassic , namely limestone and marl stones of the shell limestone, are found on the steeper eastern slope of the Eggegebirge along a line between Kempen in the neighboring Horn-Bad Meinberg and the Neuenheerse train station in the area of the city of Bad Driburg . Rocks from the older Triassic and ancient times can be found in the deep bedrock. In the valleys and in the western foreland of the Egge Mountains, the bedrock is covered by loose rocks from the Ice Age . Sand and gravel were deposited here by rivers and loess by the wind . As a result of calcium dissolution, sinkholes and caves have formed in the limestone and marl stones through karstification .
The fissured sandstones of the Lower Cretaceous and karstified limestones of the Lower Muschelkalk, which were deposited in the Middle Ages, are good aquifers. Their absorption and storage capacity is reduced by the deep demarcation of the terrain surface. Most of the drinking water in Altenbeken is extracted from the sandstones of the Lower Cretaceous, with the Bollerborn spring covering around half of the demand with groundwater from the lower shell limestone. Further drinking water withdrawals take place at the Apuhl source and in the Sagetal borehole. Although the solid rocks of the Mesozoic Ages could partly be used as mineral raw materials, there is currently no extraction.
On the Egge mountain ridge, sandy podsoles rich in stones and debris have developed, which are very poor in nutrients and highly acidic. Similar structured podsol brown soils can be found north of Bollerborn, south of it, brown soils overgrown by forest have developed from the ice age loess. Pseudogleye can be found to a small extent from Altenbeken to south of Schwaney. There, dense clayey marl from the Cretaceous period used as grassland forms a reservoir.
Altenbeken is well suited in the flatter terrain, in the area of the harrow very well for the use of geothermal heat sources by means of a geothermal probe and heat recovery through heat pump heating (see the adjacent map).
Expansion and use of the municipal area
The community of Altenbeken, classified as a "large rural community", covers an area of 76.22 km². The largest share of the area is forest and agricultural area with a total of approx. 89.8%. The largest extension in north-south direction is approx. 19.9 km, in east-west direction approx. 8.9 km.
| Area according to type of use |
Agricultural area |
Forest area |
Building, open and operational space |
Traffic area |
Surface of water |
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other use |
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| Area in km² | 26.19 | 42.24 | 2.97 | 4.10 | 0.21 | 0.35 | 0.12 |
| Share of total area | 34.38% | 55.45% | 3.90% | 5.38% | 0.28% | 0.46% | 0.16% |
Neighboring communities
Altenbeken borders on the following towns and communities: in the north on the towns of Horn-Bad Meinberg and Steinheim , in the east on the town of Bad Driburg , in the south on the town of Lichtenau and in the west on the towns of Paderborn and Bad Lippspringe .
Community structure
According to the main statute of the municipality, Altenbeken is divided into the three districts of Altenbeken , Buke and Schwaney . The three districts are considered separate localities and each have a local chief.
The following table shows the area and the population of the districts:
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| District | Area in km² 1 |
Residents 2 | Districts of the municipality of Altenbeken | |
| Altenbeken | 25.93 | 4000 |
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| Buke | 16.73 | 2500 | ||
| Schwaney | 30.94 | 2970 | ||
| total | 76.22 | 9473 | ||
1 Area information for the former Altenbeken office (does not exactly correspond to today's area)
2 Approximate population information as of December 31, 2007
climate
Altenbeken belongs to the moderate climate zone of Central Europe and lies in the area of the sub-Atlantic maritime climate . The winters are mostly mild under the influence of the Atlantic and the summers are moderately warm. The annual mean temperature is around seven to eight degrees Celsius.
Due to the location in the sub-Atlantic maritime climate, a humid climate prevails all year round with relatively evenly distributed rainfall. Climate values for the municipality are not available, so values from neighboring municipalities must be used. At the Feldrom measuring station , which is about eight kilometers north and 110 m higher, a long-term average of 1258.8 mm of precipitation falls annually, which is significantly more than the German average (700 mm). At the Nieheim measuring station about twelve kilometers to the east , which is about the same height as Altenbeken, the annual mean precipitation is 908.4 mm.
The average temperatures are given for Bad Lippspringe, about nine kilometers away, which is significantly lower. The average daily sunshine duration is given for Bad Meinberg , 12.5 km away .
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Precipitation Nieheim (230 m), temperatures Bad Lippspringe (140 m), sunshine duration Bad Meinberg (216 m)
all information from 1961–1990
Source: German Weather Service
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For the climate in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region , to which the municipality belongs, see also the article Climate in Ostwestfalen-Lippe .
history
Pre-Christian time
The oldest evidence of settlement in the Altenbeken area date from the Neolithic Age . So there on the mountain ranges around Altenbeken some mounds and the Kuhlbornquelle in Altenbeken 1934, a stone hammer was found, whose age was estimated at 4000-5000 years. It is interesting to note that this hammer (exact name: hole ax) comes from northern Italy. A similar hammer is in the Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck; Type of rock: diorite / serpentine; Place of origin: Grins / Tyrol; Age: also 3500-2500 BC.
Some small coin finds that were made on the roads to Altenbeken date from Roman times. In addition, small horseshoes were discovered during sewer work in 1958.
Documentary mention
The name "Beken" was mentioned in a document as early as 1036: Bishop Meinwerk donated the tithe of his farm "Bekena" with the outlying areas of Heng, Brockhusen, Elinere and Asseln to the Busdorfstift in Paderborn . The administrators of the Beken Office sat in the main courtyard. The village "Beken" then developed from the farm.
At the beginning of the 13th century there was a dispute between the monks of the Cistercian monastery Hardehausen and the residents of Altenbeken and Schlangen , so that both villages were banned from church . Bishop Bernhard III. documented in 1211 that the ban would only be withdrawn if the residents of both villages allowed the Hardehausener Hof in Druheim to share the Hude and Mast in their forest districts. In this document, seven witnesses from Aldebekene are named, which is the first documentary mention of Altenbeken.
Late Middle Ages
From 1392, people in Altenbeken began to melt ore from the harrow and produce charcoal .
From the 14th century, the territory of the Princes' Diocese of Paderborn ( Hochstift ) was formed in the Holy Roman Empire . Altenbeken belonged to Hardehausen Monastery until 1448 . Around 1400 Altenbeken was ravaged by the plague , hunger and war. At that time there was almost no more bread to buy and people started eating unloved fruits and products from forests and fields. Some cooked bark and ate fodder.
In the beginning of the 15th century, the archbishops of Cologne tried to seize the property of the Paderborn bishops, so that there were several feuds in the Paderborn region . In the uncertain times, the inhabitants of smaller settlements left their property and settled in cities and larger villages. So the "Katherbike" settlement, which was between Altenbeken and Neuenbeken, became a desert . Despite the feuds, farmers, craftsmen, miners and ironworkers met in Altenbeken.
In 1448 the place was separated from the Hardehausen monastery and assigned to the church village of Neuenbeken. A short time later, the smelting of iron ore was stopped. The farmsteads were subject to a tenth obligation to the Busdorfstift, but the residents were servants of the prince-bishop in Paderborn. The prince-bishop was concerned with the well-being of his farmers, as they could pay higher taxes to the diocese if the agriculture was going well.
Early modern age
At the end of the 16th century, the Paderborn region was attacked by Dutch privateers. They ransacked the homes and robbed the citizens of the country. In 1593 many rifle brotherhoods were founded in the Paderborn region. In 1595 the Dutch raided the country again, but allowed the bishop to accept 3,000 Reichstalers. Two years later the Dutch invaded Delbrück , where riflemen from Altenbeken also helped with the defense. During this time the confederation treaty "How to defend this Paderborn Abbey from stadic and other incidents."
In 1607 ore mining was resumed and a new ironworks was built in 1610. In 1615 a new hammer mill followed below Altenbeken. At the time of the Thirty Years War (1618–1648), the peasants in particular got into trouble. Landowners who were no longer able to manage their properties divided up the property among the children, so that many smaller cottages were created. After the end of the war with the Peace of Westphalia , the farmers in Altenbeken had to deliver a bushel of oats to the Neuenbeken parish church every year. Since the goods were previously divided, they were no longer as efficient, so that the bishop issued new ordinances in 1652 and 1655 on the splitting of goods so that his income was secured. In 1720 there was another new decree.
A first parish school is occupied for Altenbeken at the end of the 17th century, although compulsory schooling was not introduced until 1717. Equipping schools and paying teachers was the responsibility of the parish.
End of the Principality of Paderborn
On February 18, 1756 and January 19, 1757 there were earthquakes in Altenbeken. In August of that year the Seven Years' War broke out on the town and brought hardship and impoverishment to the population. Many perished from starvation and some houses were destroyed.
In May 1766 a whirlwind swept over Altenbeken and destroyed many buildings. A drought followed in June that also dried up the wells. The drought lasted until January 1767. In the same month the earth shook again in Altenbeken and some houses developed cracks. In 1769 the first fire insurance was introduced in the prince-bishopric, as many houses were covered with straw. Stone-roofed houses were released for a year.
The rulership of the prince-bishop ended in 1803 when the bishopric fell to Prussia as a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss . Prussia rearranged the administration and divided the territory into circles. Altenbeken belonged (as it is today) to the Paderborn district. By decree of December 23, 1811, the farmers had to pay the tithe in cash. Many farms at that time were in debt due to the previous chaos of war. The workers earned their wages in the ore mines or in the ironworks. The consequences were foreclosures like those carried out in Altenbeken. A bad harvest in turn brought hardship and hunger over the place and no one was willing to take over the mayor's post. Since 1815 Altenbeken was finally part of the Kingdom of Prussia.
In Napoleonic times the place was part of the canton Driburg of the prefecture Höxter in the Kingdom of Westphalia . At that time Altenbeken had 650 inhabitants. From 1871 the place was part of the German Empire .
Construction of the railway in the 19th century
On July 8, 1851, the construction of the railway from Altenbeken to Warburg began with around 1600 workers, which significantly increased the turnover of local innkeepers and merchants. By 1858 the number of residents increased from 956 to 1090. The railway line was inaugurated on July 21, 1853, then the migrant workers withdrew and the sales of the shops fell again. In 1856 a poor council was formed as more and more of the village's inhabitants became impoverished and begged.
From 1861 to 1864 the Rehberg tunnel was built and the railway line connected to Kreiensen . In 1864 the station was inaugurated and Altenbeken had 1,300 inhabitants. In 1872 the line to Hanover was opened and in 1895 the line from Herford – Himmighausen to Lipperland (Detmold) was added. Altenbeken became an important railway junction. More and more railway workers and other professional groups settled in the village. On December 20, 1901, twelve people died in a railway accident in Altenbeken .
The viaduct in 1900
The Rehberg Tunnel in 1909
Modern times
During the First World War , 307 local boys and men were called up for military service, as were 48 railway workers. 220 soldiers were stationed in Altenbeken to guard the railway facilities and the viaduct . The local factories and schools were closed. 81 soldiers were awarded the Iron Cross , 54 citizens did not return home.
With inflation in the 1920s, the ironworks ran into financial difficulties and had to lay off 100 workers. In the railroad industry, 208 workers lost their jobs. In 1924 a fire burned four houses. In 1926 the ironworks finally had to cease operations, so that unemployment rose sharply.
time of the nationalsocialism
After Hitler was appointed Chancellor on January 30, 1933, a local NSDAP group was founded on February 15 that year, which only a few citizens joined. Many citizens later joined the NSDAP organizations and the school children became members of the Hitler Youth. After the invasion of Poland on September 1st, 80 soldiers were stationed in Altenbeken to guard the railway line and its structures. A total of six anti-aircraft guns were set up against air attacks. In August 1940 French prisoners were housed in the rifle hall and used as slave labor in sawmills and in railway maintenance. On July 15, 1940 there was an air raid on Bad Lippspringe, so that the flak positions on the viaduct were subsequently reinforced.
The first of a total of five full alarms occurred in Altenbeken on September 13, 1944. On the 15th of the following month, the Altenbeken station was attacked for the first time by nine fighter pilots with on-board weapons and 40 light parachute bombs. However, only two railroad cars with ammunition burned out and some houses suffered minor damage. The biggest attack took place on November 26, 1944 after the high mass in the church. After the full alarm of the highest level, an estimated 400 bombers destroyed the tracks on the viaduct, and five bombs hit the structure itself. Furthermore, twelve houses and the cross chapel were badly damaged, 27 houses were completely destroyed. Three days later there was a second attack on the viaduct, killing 22 people, fifteen of whom were already busy rebuilding the viaduct. The construction was also ordered again after the second attack. The third attack on the railway was on February 9, 1945 with around 200 bombers, but they missed their target. At 2 p.m. on February 22, 1945, the viaduct was attacked for the fourth time. The last attack was flown on March 30, 1945, but only two bombs were dropped.
On April 3, 1945, the Americans had already taken Neuenbeken and parts of Horn . On April 4, at around 1 p.m. , the SS and state rifles faced only a brief battle with the Americans, who then took Altenbeken. On April 5th they moved on via Driburg and Brakel to the Weser. On May 10th, the station was run again by German railroad workers and reconstruction began. After a year, makeshift operations were resumed on May 1st.
post war period
1945–1949 Altenbeken was part of the British zone of occupation , from 1946 governed by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and from 1949 also by the Federal Republic of Germany . On September 15, 1946, Josef Driller was elected to succeed Franz Volkhausen in the mayor's office. At the beginning of 1947 the administration of Altenbeken was relocated to the town after long negotiations.
Religions
Due to its affiliation to the former Paderborn Monastery, the majority of the population in Altenbeken is traditionally Catholic . Until 1448 the Catholic community belonged to the Hardehausen monastery, then the community was parish off to Neuenbeken. With a document dated April 23, 1692, Bishop Hermann Werner separated the chapel from Neuenbeken and assigned it to the parish village of Buke. In the 18th century the chapel was raised to the rank of vicarie . The vicarial building was built in 1764, but the vicarage could not be filled until 1774.
Three attempts were unsuccessful to establish their own parish until the fourth attempt was successful in 1894. Altenbeken had to raise 3,000 marks to the parish in Buke to redeem it, and an annual sexton fee of 25 marks had to be paid. In 1905 the Holy Cross Church was built. Years ago, a cemetery hall was added to the old church , as it is called by the locals. After a cemetery chapel was built in the cemetery, it was converted into a sacristy. Today the three Catholic parishes are organized in the Egge Pastoral Association in the Paderborn deanery of the archbishopric of the same name . These include the parishes Heilig Kreuz in Altenbeken, St. Dionysius in Buke and St. Johannes Baptist in Schwaney.
In 1888 there were 1285 Catholic and 104 Protestant Christians and 11 Jews in Altenbeken. In December 1900 a Protestant church was built, which was consecrated on November 14, 1901. On March 22, 1934 the church burned down to the outer walls. A new building began on November 11th of that year and was inaugurated on July 14th, 1935. With the influx of immigrants after the Second World War, the proportion of Protestant Christians rose sharply, so that in May 1946 the position of assistant preacher was established. Today the Protestant Christians in Altenbeken, Buke and Schwaney belong to the community in Bad Driburg.
The denomination of the students in Altenbeken can be an indication of the distribution of religions. Accordingly, in the school year 2006/2007 33.3% of the pupils stated Protestant, 54.9% Catholic and 2.2% Islamic as religious affiliation. 3.5% said they belonged to another religion and six percent had no denomination.
The Holy Cross Church in Altenbeken
The Evangelical Church in Altenbeken
The St. John Baptist Church in Schwaney
The St. Dionysius Church in Buke
Incorporations
In May 1921 Bad Lippspringe was declared a town and the Lippspringe office was dissolved. The remaining communities of Altenbeken, Neuenbeken, Benhausen, Marienloh, Buke and Schwaney were merged to form the new Altenbeken office . The official administration initially remained in Bad Lippspringe. In 1947 the administration was relocated to Altenbeken.
Due to the Sauerland / Paderborn law , the Altenbeken office was dissolved at the end of December 31, 1974. The previous municipality of Altenbeken was merged with the municipalities of Buke and Schwaney to form the new municipality of Altenbeken on January 1, 1975; it is the legal successor to the dissolved office. The communities of Benhausen and Neuenbeken of the former office were incorporated into the city of Paderborn . Marienloh was reclassified from office to the city of Paderborn in 1969.
Population development
The village of Altenbeken developed slowly despite an existing iron industry. In 1448 it had about 300 inhabitants, at the time of the Seven Years' War about 600. Only with the construction of the railway from 1851 and the associated upswing did the population increase significantly.
The figures are approximate before 1836, census results from 1836 to 1970 and for 1987 and from 1975 official updates by the State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia, statistics division . The figures from 1975 to 1985 are estimated values, the figures from 1990 are extrapolations based on the results of the 1987 census. From 1871 and 1946, the figures relate to the local population , from 1925 to the resident population and from 1985 to the population at Location of the main residence . Before 1871, the population figures were determined using inconsistent survey methods.
Altenbeken according to the territorial status at that time
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Altenbeken according to the current territorial status
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¹ census result
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council currently consists of 28 seats. In addition, the mayor is the council chairman. The following table shows the local election results since 1975:
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| Political party | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | ||||||||
| CDU | 13 | 48.16 | 13 | 46.29 | 13 | 46.50 | 15th | 52.27 | 15th | 53.16 | 14th | 49.30 | 14th | 50.88 | 16 | 56.89 | 18th | 66.53 | ||||||||
| SPD | 10 | 36.89 | 11 | 38.01 | 12 | 42.88 | 10 | 35.74 | 11 | 39.81 | 9 | 30.90 | 10 | 34.56 | 11 | 38.60 | 8th | 28.43 | ||||||||
| Green | 3 | 9.10 | 2 | 8.38 | 2 | 7.43 | 2 | 7.15 | - | - | 2 | 8.08 | 2 | 9.43 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| ABA 1 | 1 | 3.62 | 2 | 7.32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| FDP | 1 | 2.23 | - | - | 1 | 3.20 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3.45 | 1 | 5.13 | 0 | 4.51 | 1 | 5.03 | ||||||||
| UWG 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4.84 | 1 | 7.03 | 2 | 8.27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Individual applicants | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1.01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Total 3 | 28 | 100 | 28 | 100 | 28 | 100 | 28 | 100 | 27 | 100 | 27 | 100 | 27 | 100 | 27 | 100 | 27 | 100 | ||||||||
| voter turnout | 59.31% | 62.48% | 67.86% | 69.78% | 84.16% | 73.77% | 81.33% | 81.29% | 92.12% | |||||||||||||||||
1 Altenbekener Bürgerallianz
2 Independent community of voters
3 Without taking into account rounding differences
mayor
Hans Jürgen Wessels (* 1956) (SPD) has been the first full-time mayor of the Altenbeken community since 1999. He conducts official business against a majority of the CDU council. In the 2014 municipal elections, he was confirmed in office in the first ballot with 52.39% of the valid votes; likewise, the CDU continues to hold the relative majority of the council seats.
The honorary mayors of Altenbeken since 1905:
- 1905–1915 Josef Hösche
- 1915–1933 Ignatz Claes
- 1933–1945 Franz Volkhausen
- 1945–1946 Anton Gehlhaus
- 1946–1948 Josef Driller
- 1948–1956 Anton Freitag
- 1956–1975 Heinrich Menne
- 1975–1979 Anton Finke
- 1979–1993 Willi Ernst
- 1993–1995 Werner Niggemeyer
- 1995–1999 Dagmar Kleinemeier
- 1999– Hans Jürgen Wessels, as full-time mayor
badges and flags
The municipality of Altenbeken was granted the right to use a coat of arms with a certificate from the District President in Detmold on December 3, 1976. Blazon
The Altenbeken Viaduct shown in the coat of arms is the symbol of the municipality. After two years of construction, it was opened by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, who financed the construction, which cost 529,000 thalers. He is said to have said: I thought I was going to find a golden bridge because so many talers had been used up . Due to the modern illumination of this building, the bridge shines in a golden glow at night.
According to a certificate from the District President Detmold dated December 3, 1976, the municipality has the right to use a flag as a banner.
Flag description
- Blue and yellow striped lengthways with the municipality's coat of arms in the yellow head of the banner
Town twinning
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According to resolutions of the local councils, there has been a town partnership with the French community of Betton near Rennes since 1993 . The partnership documents were signed on July 16, 1993 in the Egge Museum in Altenbeken and on October 9, 1993 in Betton. The Franco-German Circle of Friends of Altenbeken-Betton , which was founded at the time and which mainly organized mutual visits, has since disbanded, although the town twinning has continued and the tasks of the Circle of Friends are now carried out by the local administration.
Culture and sights
theatre
The organizer Kulturbüro OWL has brought numerous well-known artists to Altenbeken in recent years, partly in cooperation with the WDR . In 2006/2007 Martina Schwarzmann , Rainald Grebe , Gabi Köster , Wiglaf Droste , Volker Pispers , Fatih Çevikkollu and Paul Millns performed in Altenbeken. The venue is usually the Eggemuseum, where the WDR Cabaret Festival 2007 took place.
Museums
The Eggemuseum , which opened in 1976, is located in an old half-timbered house in Altenbeken . Here mainly exhibits from the time when iron extraction and processing was important in Altenbeken.
music
There are several music associations in each of the three Altenbekener districts.
The music trains in particular are heavily involved in youth work and shape the image of local festivals and events.
The Guard Grenadiers Altenbeken are a music corps made up of an English brass band. The historical uniform of the Guard Grenadiers corresponds to the officer uniform of the 8th Guard Grenadier Regiment of Frederick the Great from the 17th and 18th centuries. Century. The beginnings of the Guard Grenadiers go back to 1908. Accordingly, the broad music repertoire ranges from old German marches to world-famous film melodies and current hits from the charts.
The railway orchestra from Altenbeken goes back to a music group of the Josephsverein, which was founded in 1919. Two years later it became an independent association, which joined the Bundesbahn-Sozialwerk in 1948. It has been a registered association since 1987. In addition to traditional brass music and popular melodies, the repertoire includes big band arrangements and sacred works.
The Trumpeter Corps 8th Hussars Buke developed from the marching band of the Buke volunteer fire brigade founded in 1949. The musicians have been appearing in the uniforms of the hussar regiment "Emperor Nicholas II of Russia" since 1971, and their music and performance are based on this historical model. The musical focus of their repertoire is cavalry marches.
The Bundesschützen-Garde-Musikkorps Schwaney was founded in 1901 as a marching band with drummers and whistlers. After interruptions due to the world wars, the club grew continuously from 1948 onwards. In 1968 fanfares were added as instruments, and in 1973 the musicians performed for the first time in red uniforms, which in 1983 were adapted to those of the English court guard. The name of the club was then changed to Garde Musikkorps in 1990 . The repertoire includes marching music, concert music, light music and church music. The association has 54 active and 34 passive members (as of September 2007). At the large 105-year anniversary concert on November 4, 2006, the Diocesan Federal Master Hans Besche of the Federation of Historical Rifle Brotherhoods appointed the Guard Music Corps to the Federal Rifle Music Corps and has since been entitled: "Federal Rifle Guard Music Corps Schwaney".
The marching band of Queen Cuirassiers Altenbeken was officially founded in 2003 and is presented in the historical uniform of the cuirassier regiment "Queen" No. 2 . However, the career of minstrel music in Altenbeken can be traced back to 1906. At times known as the minstrel and fanfare parade, which broke away from the "Guard Grenadiers" in 1984, some former minstrels joined forces in 1985 to found the minstrel march "Old Guard". From this later the "Queen Cuirassiers" emerged. Today the marching band is characterized by many young flautists and drummers who enjoy the music and want to pass on the minstrel tradition. The broad repertoire ranges from traditional street marches and concert pieces to modern light music and professional drum shows.
Buildings
Altenbeken is known from a tourist point of view for the listed Altenbeken Viaduct , which was inaugurated in 1853 and whose image the municipality also has in its coat of arms. The imposing railway bridge is 482 m long, 35 m high, spans the Beke valley with 24 arches and is the largest sand-lime bridge in Europe. It was destroyed by bombs in November 1944 and a second time in February 1945 and could not be put back into operation until October 1950. The small viaduct is located three kilometers west in the direction of Neuenbeken .
The 1632 m long Rehberg tunnel from Altenbeken to Langeland is one of the local railroad structures . This was officially put into operation on October 1, 1864.
The Kreuzkapelle is a baroque three-bay hall building from 1669, which was originally vaulted. In the Second World War the vault was destroyed and a beamed ceiling was installed. Inside you can see a crucifixion group and a hanging Madonna from the 18th century.
There is also an old oil mill in Altenbeken that was powered by the Beke.
Memorial locomotive
The freight locomotive 044 389-5 is erected in the village as a memorial. It was used in front of heavy freight trains on the routes near Altenbeken until 1976 and symbolizes the steam locomotive era that shaped the place. It was set up in 1977 after the locomotive was restored by the staff (engine driver and engine fitter) in the former depot. About the history: When the amusement park in the "Driburger Grund" was inaugurated in 1976, the then mayor Anton Finke made the suggestion to set up a locomotive for the children to play here. The manufacturer Anton Driller suggested buying a real locomotive and immediately offered DM 10,000. The then secretary of the union of German locomotive drivers (GDL) Rudolf Koch, who was present at this meeting as a member of the local council, spoke to chairman Franz Wollf and a letter was sent to the Central Office in Minden to inquire about the price. Now it happened in quick succession. After the then municipal director Heinrich Middeke and the management of the railway depot expressed their support for this project, the 044389 locomotive was selected in Ottbergen and purchased on December 10, 1976 at a price of DM 14,800 plus 11% VAT = DM 16,428. The total costs with purchase, restoration, spare parts and transfer amounted to approx. 40,000 DM. The money was without exception provided by donations. The local Volksbank donated the symbolic purchase price of 16,800 DM. The location at the museum was determined - the Höschen forge used to be here. The track system (a heart of the lime kiln siding) was laid by foreman Ronald Lange and his colleagues.
On October 14, 1977, the locomotive began its last journey. This time on a low-loader from Paderborn under the viaduct, which she had often traveled over the stone arches "under steam" in the past. Over the years it has always been maintained by the “Initiative Dampflok” under the leadership of Rudolf Koch, who has now given up this task.
Nature reserves and natural monuments
Altenbeken has a share in two nature reserves. These are the Egge-Nord area with a total size of approx. 1871 ha and the tunnel at the large viaduct west of Altenbeken with a size of around 1.9 ha.
Sports
In Altenbeken there are four general sports clubs, which primarily offer offers from popular sports . In addition, there are three shooting sports groups, a volleyball club, two women's swimming clubs , a DLRG local group, a tennis club and a running club. Most of the sports clubs are organized in the Altenbeken community sports association.
Regular events
The Vivat Viadukt railway and culture festival has been held in Altenbeken every two years since 2003 . In addition, the Schützenfest takes place every year, which is organized by the St. Sebastian Schützenbruderschaft Altenbeken.
On St. Nicholas Day, the Bahn-Sozialwerk has been organizing a St. Nicholas Parade since 1948, during which St. Nicholas traditionally drives a (steam) locomotive into the train station and then moves to the market square and distributes gifts to children there.
The radio station WDR 5 broadcasts the series Lob der Provinz from Altenbeken at irregular intervals as part of the cabaret and entertainment program Entertainment on the Weekend .
Culinary specialties
In the Paderborn area mainly rye and less wheat was grown, so that Paderborn bread developed. Three quarters of rye and a quarter of wheat are mixed with a little sourdough in a wooden baking trough. The dough has to steep one night and can be baked the next day.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Road traffic
The most important east-west connection is the B 64 , which cuts through the Buke district and connects Altenbeken with the Höxter area and the Paderborn area. In addition, Landesstraße 828 (L 828), which connects Altenbeken with Detmold in the north and the A 44 towards Warburg in the south, and Landesstraße 755 (L 755), a branch line towards Paderborn and Höxter , meet in Altenbeken . The A 44 and A 33 are about 15 km away.
Rail and bus transport
The station Altenbeken is a railway junction at which the long-distance passenger trains of the lines Dusseldorf - Hamm - Kassel - Erfurt - Leipzig - and Dusseldorf - Hamm - Kassel Munich run. The following lines are offered in local transport:
| line | Line designation | Line route | operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| RE 11 | Rhein-Hellweg-Express | Düsseldorf - Dortmund - Hamm - Paderborn - Altenbeken - Kassel | Abellio NRW |
| RB 72 | East Westphalia Railway | Herford - Location - Detmold - Altenbeken - Paderborn | Eurobahn |
| RE 82 | The linen weaver | Bielefeld - Location - Detmold - Altenbeken | Eurobahn |
| RB 84 | Harrow track | Paderborn - Altenbeken - Ottbergen - Holzminden - Kreiensen | NordWestBahn |
| RB 89 | Ems-Börde Railway | Münster - Hamm - Paderborn - Altenbeken - Warburg | Eurobahn |
| S 5 | S-Bahn line 5 | Paderborn - Altenbeken - Steinheim (Westphalia) - Schieder - Lügde - Bad Pyrmont - Hameln - Weetzen - Hanover - Langenhagen - Hanover Airport | DB Regio North |
A connection to the upper center of Paderborn is made for the Buke district by the bus line S30 (Bad Driburg - Buke - Paderborn), which runs every hour. From the districts of Altenbeken and Schwaney, Paderborn can be reached with the R31 bus (Altenbeken - Buke - Schwaney - Willebadessen) and change to the S30 in Buke.
Altenbeken is in the “Hochstift” sub-network area (districts of Höxter and Paderborn) of the Westphalian tariff . The authority responsible for public transport in this area (with the exception of the city of Paderborn) is the NPH ( Nahverkehrsverbund Paderborn-Höxter ).
Air traffic
The Paderborn / Lippstadt Airport offers about 30 km an international transport connections by air.
media
News from Altenbeken can be found in the two regional daily newspapers Westfalen-Blatt and in the Neue Westfälische . In addition, the journal Die Warte for the districts of Paderborn and Höxter appears quarterly in the Hochstift Paderborn , with articles on regional history, literature and art. In addition, the Egge-Rundblick appears monthly with official news, regional information and association announcements for Altenbeken, Buke and Schwaney. Altenbeken belongs to the distribution area of the local radio station Radio Hochstift . The Bielefeld studio of Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) with a regional office in Paderborn is responsible for Altenbeken for public radio and television .
Public facilities
With the Eggelandhalle, Altenbeken has a multi-purpose hall with a bowling alley, shooting ranges and a grandstand for 300 spectators for sporting events. The hall gives the local clubs a home and is used for sports and concert events and folk festivals.
There is also a municipal indoor swimming pool in Altenbeken and a leisure facility with a children's playground and a log cabin with a stone grill in the “Driburger Grund”.
The volunteer fire brigade in Altenbeken is divided into the three fire engines Altenbeken, Buke and Schwaney. Up to 20 young people are trained in the youth fire department. The Buke fire brigade has its own trumpet corps. Comrades over 60 years of age are accepted into the honorary department. A total of 130 firefighters are currently active. These include around 80 people who wear breathing apparatus. The rescue service is guaranteed by the Buke ambulance. The fire brigade has a height rescue group that specializes in particular in rescuing wind turbines . The fire brigade also has a two-way fire engine that can also be used to rescue from Deutsche Bahn tunnels .
The three Catholic parishes belong to the pastoral room “An Egge und Lippe”, founded in 2016. Before they were grouped together in the pastoral group "Egge". There is a parish library in each of the three districts.
education
The primary school association Altenbeken - Buke - Schwaney operates school locations as open all-day primary schools in all three districts.
The private Realschule Altenbeken has been located in the Egge school center in Altenbeken since the 2019/20 school year. In addition, altenbekener pupils attend secondary schools in the surrounding area, e.g. B. in Bad Lippspringe and Bad Driburg comprehensive schools and in Bad Driburg and Neuenheerse the high schools St. Xaver and St. Kaspar.
In 2007, a total of 677 students were taught at the schools in the municipality with 45 teachers, 71% of them in primary schools and 29% in secondary schools.
The Volkshochschule Altenbeken is a branch of the VHS Paderborn and offers adult education.
For early childhood education there are four catholic kindergartens in Altenbeken and Schwaney, as well as a day-care center in Buke with 75 places under municipal sponsorship.
Established businesses
Altenbeken is characterized by a medium-sized, but underdeveloped economic structure. Large companies are not based. The most important branch of employment in absolute terms is education , in which almost 24% of the population work. This is almost 14 percent more than the average for comparable municipalities. Overall, the ratio of employed to population is around nine percent. This is the lowest value of all cities and municipalities in the Paderborn district. One reason for this is the large number of (early) retirees from the former Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Bundespost . A large part of the resident employees subject to social security contributions are out- commuters .
Personalities
Honorary citizen
The following people have been made honorary citizens of the Altenbeken community:
- 1979: Heinrich Neuheuser (1906–1983), local homeland caretaker, local history researcher and chronicler. One street was named Heinrich-Neuheuser-Weg in his honor .
- 1980: Heinrich Fernhomberg. He worked here as a general practitioner for several decades and died on November 9, 1988.
sons and daughters of the town
The following well-known personalities were born in Altenbeken:
- 1777: Johann Theodor von Natorp , architect of classicism
- 1857: Franz Laufkötter , nationalist politician of the SPD
- 1977: Carsten Linnemann , member of the Bundestag for the CDU
Other personalities
Personalities who were not born in Altenbeken, but who lived and / or worked here:
- Anton Ludwig Ulrich (1751–1834), founder of a hammer and ironworks in Altenbeken and mayor of Altenbeken during the Kingdom of Westphalia from 1808 to 1813.
- Julius Ludwig Quassowski (1824–1909), Royal. Prussia. Railway director, was a builder and board member of the techn. Offices during the construction of the Altenbeken Railway
- Ida Kropf, b. Brüning , owner of an ironworks in Altenbeken at the end of the 19th century
- Georg Wilhelm Degode (1862–1931), German landscape painter and photographer, carried out a study trip to Altenbeken in 1917
- Franz Kruckenberg (1882-1965) led 1930 on the altenbeken-kreiensen railway, the first testing with a Schienenzeppelin by
- Rolf Ertmer (1925–2004), German model railroader and author
literature
- Rudolf Koch, Hugo Düsterhus: Altenbekener Höfe and half-timbered houses from earlier centuries . European Library, Zaltbommel / Netherlands 2002, ISBN 90-288-6699-X .
- Rudolf Koch: Altenbekener Chronik in keywords 1211–2011 . Borgentreich 2011 (printing: Gicom Druckservice).
- Rudolf Koch: Altenbeken in the hail of bombs . Borgentreich 2010 (printing: Gicom Druckservice).
- Rudolf Koch: Altenbeken yesterday and today, part 1. Commentary printing: Gicom Druckservice, Borgentreich 2016.
- Rudolf Koch: Altenbeken yesterday and today part, 2nd comment print: Gicom Druckservice, Borgentreich 2017.
Web links
- Information on the Buke district
- Information on the Schwaney district
- Home care Altenbeken
- Homeland and History Association Altenbeken eV
- Altenbeken in the Westphalia Culture Atlas
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 . ( Help on this )
- ↑ The Altenbekener Kalkbergland has the number 363.01, the Paderborn plateau has the number 362 and the Sintfeld has the number 362.1
- ^ Geological Service North Rhine-Westphalia, Geoscientific Community Description Altenbeken ( Memento from November 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Geological Service NRW: Using geothermal energy - Geothermal study provides planning basis ( Memento from September 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 369 kB)
- ↑ a b State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia: Municipal profile Altenbeken ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Main statutes of the Altenbeken community ( memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 66 kB) of July 14, 1994 in the version of June 15, 1999
- ^ Office Altenbeken: Office Altenbeken
- ↑ German Weather Service
- ↑ Document from the year 1211
- ^ Altenbeken home care
- ↑ State Office for Data Processing and Statistics: Students at general education schools in North Rhine-Westphalia according to religious affiliation
- ^ Law on the reorganization of the municipalities and districts of the Sauerland / Paderborn area (Sauerland / Paderborn law) . 5 November 1974.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 327 .
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia: Municipal statistics of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia: population development 1816–1871 . Düsseldorf 1966, p. 188
- ↑ State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia: Municipal statistics of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia: Population development 1871–1961 . Düsseldorf 1964, pp. 370-371.
- ↑ State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia: The resident population in the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia 1970: Results of the census on May 27, 1970 . Düsseldorf 1972, p. 40.
- ^ Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW: Special series on the 1987 population census in North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume 1.1: Population, private households and employed persons . Düsseldorf 1989, p. 110.
- ^ State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia, Statistics division: State database North Rhine-Westphalia
- ↑ State database NRW; Election results for the municipality code 05774004
- ^ State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia: Local elections
- ↑ Article in Ostwestfalen-Lippe, March 29, 2007, No. 75 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Archive of the Altenbeken local home maintenance
- ↑ a b viaduct at baukunst-nrw
- ↑ Sister cities in OWL ( Memento from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 129 kB), accessed on January 21, 2016
- ↑ a b Resolution HA / 124/06: Town partnership between the city of Betton and the municipality of Altenbeken, meeting on November 16, 2006 ( memento of October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 61 kB)
- ↑ Guard Grenadiers Altenbeken
- ↑ train Orchestra Altenbeken
- ^ Trumpeter Corps 8th Hussars Buke
- ^ Federal Rifle Guard Music Corps Schwaney
- ↑ www.spielmannszug-altenbeken.de
- ↑ Rudolf Koch: Altenbekener museum locomotive 044 389-5. 2nd Edition. Gicom Druckservice, Borgentreich 2017.
- ^ Special website of the Altenbeken community. Retrieved January 21, 2016 .
- ↑ Aims and tasks of the NPH on nph.de
- ↑ Home - Private Realschule Altenbeken. Retrieved October 24, 2019 .
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