Böckum (Erwitte)
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Böckum
City of Erwitte
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| Residents : | 245 (April 1, 2019) |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1975 |
| Postal code : | 59597 |
| Area code : | 02945 |
  Location of Böckum in Erwitte
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Böckum is a district of the city of Erwitte in the Soest district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1974 Böckum was a municipality in what was then the Lippstadt district .
geography
Böckum is located in the northwest of the city of Erwitte near the Hamm – Warburg railway line . The place is made up of two smaller, self-contained settlement areas. In the northern part is the St. Stephen's Chapel and a triangular square surrounded by residential buildings. The southern district, about 300 meters away, is characterized by agriculture.
history
The first written mention of Böckum comes from the year 1242. Since the 19th century Böckum was a rural community in the office of Anröchte of the Lippstadt district. On January 1, 1975, Böckum was incorporated into the city of Erwitte by the Münster / Hamm Act , which was assigned to the enlarged Soest district.
Population development
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1871 | 190 | |
| 1885 | 182 | |
| 1910 | 229 | |
| 1939 | 210 | |
| 2019 | 245 |
Architectural monuments
The St. Stephen's Chapel and the half-timbered farmhouse at Am Bahndamm 18 are listed in Böckum .
Culture
The Schützenverein Böckum-Norddorf is one of the bearers of local customs .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Erwitte population statistics April 1, 2019
- ^ Website of the city of Erwitte
- ↑ Census of Prussia 1871
- ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia 1885
- ↑ Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on May 2, 2019 .
- ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. lippstadt.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
