Dringenberg-Gehrden office
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Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ N , 9 ° 3 ′ E |
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| Basic data (as of 1974) | ||
| Existing period: | 1857-1974 | |
| State : | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Administrative region : | Detmold | |
| Circle : | Warburg | |
| Area : | 114.46 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 7577 (May 27 1970) | |
| Population density : | 66 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Office structure: | 10 municipalities | |
The Dringenberg-Gehrden office was an office in the northwest of the former Warburg district in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany, with its seat in the official city of Dringenberg . The administrative office was located in the rooms of the Dringenberg Castle, which today houses a museum, among other things. The Office went prince-bishop's offices Rentamt Dringenberg and Gogericht Brakel ahead, interrupted by the cantons Gehrden and Dringenberg in the department of Fulda the kingdom Westphalen .
geography
The Dringenberg-Gehrden office was in the west of the Upper Weserbergland . The office extended from the Eggegebirge , by which it was bounded in the west, over the Eggevorland to the southern center of the Net hebelgland in the east. Since the main ridge of the Egge Mountains forms the Rhine-Weser watershed , the entire area of the office belonged to the catchment area of the Weser .
Neighboring municipalities and offices
Starting in the north in a clockwise direction, the Dringenberg-Gehrden office originally bordered the city of Bad Driburg and the offices of Driburg and Brakel ( Höxter district ), Borgentreich and Peckelsheim ( Warburg district ) as well as Lichtenau ( Büren district ) and Altenbeken ( Paderborn district ).
This changed on January 1, 1970. By law of December 2, 1969, the town of Bad Driburg and the municipalities of the Driburg Office were merged to form the new town of Bad Driburg and the municipalities of the Brakel Office to form the new town of Brakel .
Organization and population
The office was divided into the ten communities Altenheerse , Auenhausen , Dringenberg , Frohnhausen , Gehrden , Hampenhausen , Kühlsen , Neuenheerse , Siddessen , and Willebadessen , of which Dringenberg, Gehrden and Willebadessen had town charter and the former was also the administrative seat.
In the last census before the dissolution of the office in mid-1970, the municipalities of the office had a resident population of 7,577. With an area of 114.46 km², this meant an average population density of 66 inhabitants per square kilometer, which was below the district average of 88 inhabitants per square kilometer. The following overview shows the ten municipalities with their population and territorial status as of May 27, 1970:
| Surname | Residents | Area in km² |
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| Altenheerse | 412 | 6.42 |
| Auenhausen | 150 | 3.79 |
| Dringenberg, city | 1711 | 22.73 |
| Frohnhausen | 292 | 4.56 |
| Gehrden, city | 918 | 15.70 |
| Hampenhausen | 58 | 4.03 |
| Cooling | 137 | 2.73 |
| Neuenheerse | 1449 | 16.99 |
| Siddessen | 424 | 7.80 |
| Willebadessen, city | 2026 | 29.71 |
| Dringenberg-Gehrden office | 7577 | 114.46 |
history
prehistory
In the 18th century the town of Dringenberg was the seat of the administration of the Oberwald district , the Dringenberg Oberamt and the Dringenberg Rentamt . After the occupation of the bishopric of Paderborn in 1802 by Prussian troops, the Prussian administration envisaged a new division of the districts of the bishopric into counties. The Brakel district was formed from the northern part of the Oberwald district . This also included the Dringenberg office with the towns of Dringenberg, Gehrden, Siddessen, Altenheerse, Neuenheerse and Kühlsen.
With the establishment of the Kingdom of Westphalia and the introduction of the French administration in 1807, the cantons of Dringenberg and Gehrden were founded by decree in the area of the dissolved office . The canton of Dringenberg included the city of Dringenberg and the places Schwaney, Altenheerse, Neuenheerse, Kühlsen and Willebadessen. The canton of Gehrden included the city of Gehrden and the places Siddessen, Frohnhausen, Auenhausen, Hampenhausen, Natingen, Fölsen, Niesen, Rheder and Schmechten.
After the defeat of Napoleon and the formation of the Prussian province of Westphalia , the cities of Dringenberg and Gehrden became administrative locations of the newly formed Warburg district. The administrative district Dringenberg included Dringenberg, Altenheerse , Kühlsen, Neuenheerse and Willebadessen. The administrative district of Gehrden included Gehrden, Auenhausen, Frohnhausen, Hampenhausen, Natingen, Niesen, Siddessen and Foelsen. In 1841, the term “canton” from the time of the French occupation was replaced by the German term “ office ” and the existing administrative structure was approved.
Foundation and development
The Dringenberg-Gehrden office was created in 1857/58 by merging the Dringenberg and Gehrden offices . Between 1871 and 1885 the communities of Niesen and Fölsen moved to the Peckelsheim office.
On January 1st, 1975 the Sauerland / Paderborn law came into force, whereby the Warburg district was merged with the previous Höxter district to form the new Höxter district:
The city of Dringenberg , Neuenheerse and Kühlsen were incorporated into the city of Bad Driburg , the city of Gehrden , Auenhausen, Frohnhausen, Hampenhausen and Siddessen into the city of Brakel . Altenheerse and the city of Willebadessen were merged with the municipalities of the Peckelsheim office to form the new city of Willebadessen , based in Peckelsheim. The new city of Willebadessen became the legal successor to the office.
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the Dringenberg-Gehrden office shows the cross of the Paderborn bishopric in the shield head. The abbess's staff crossed with a Latin cross in the field is reminiscent of Gehrden's Benedictine abbey. Cross and staff are angled on the sides and below by three roses, which stand for the three former abbeys of Gehrden, Willebadessen and Neuenheerse in the official area.
See also
- Oberwald district of the former principality of Paderborn
- Department of the Fulda of the former Kingdom of Westphalia
literature
- Diether Pöppel: Gehrden. Benedictine monastery / castle - church - "city" through the centuries . Bonifatius-Druckerei, Paderborn 1988, p. 209 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Kingdom of Westphalia: "Royal Decree, whereby the division of the kingdom into eight departments is ordered", with: "Directory of the departments, districts, cantons and communes of the kingdom" (PDF; 5.1 MB)
- ^ Wolfgang Leesch: Administration in Westphalia 1815-1945 . In: Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . tape 38 . Aschendorff, Münster 1992, ISBN 3-402-06845-1 , p. 381 .
