Bökendorf

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Bökendorf
City of Brakel
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 17 ″  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 6 ″  E
Height : 191 m
Area : 13.88 km²
Residents : 769  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 55 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1970
Postal code : 33034
Area code : 05276
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Location of Bökendorf in Brakel
Bökendorf from above

Bökendorf is a district of the town of Brakel in the Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia and thus belongs to the East Westphalia-Lippe region . 769 inhabitants live in Bökendorf (as of December 31, 2015).

Bökendorf is an old settlement that is located between the Egge Mountains and the Weser Valley at an altitude of approx. 200 m above sea level. The townscape is dominated by new buildings, but there are also some historic half-timbered buildings .

history

Bökendorf was first mentioned in a document in 965. In this document, Emperor Otto I gave a hereditary "villa Bodincthorpe" (village of Bökendorf) to the Corvey monastery . The name "Bodincthorpe" probably has to do with a Franconian count Bodo, whom Friedrich Wilhelm Weber referred to as "black count" in his epic "Thirteen Linden". Today the name "Bökendorf" is derived from the Low German word Böke = beech. The "Buchendorf" has had a beech tree in its coat of arms since the 1950s. In 1965 Bökendorf celebrated its 1000th anniversary.

Bökendorf has belonged to the secular rule of the German diocese Paderborn , originally in the duchy of Saxony , since it was founded . From the 14th century, the territory of the prince-bishopric of Paderborn ( Hochstift ) was formed in the Holy Roman Empire , and from the 16th century it became part of the Lower Rhine-Westphalian Empire . In 1802/1803 the bishopric was occupied by the Kingdom of Prussia . In Napoleonic times the place was part of the Kingdom of Westphalia . From 1815 Bökendorf finally belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia, from 1871 it was part of the German Empire . From 1945 to 1949 Bökendorf 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 .

The Bökerhof Castle , seat of the Werner Adolph von Haxthausen was, from 1810 to 1834 the center of the "circle Bökendorfer romantics". In addition to the host Werner von Haxthausen , this group of friends included: Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , her sister Jenny von Droste zu Hülshoff , the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm , Clemens Brentano and Josef Görres . The Brothers Grimm collected fairy tales, sagas and folk songs in East Westphalia . Annette von Droste-Hülshoff learned from the notes of her uncle August Franz von Haxthausen , the "Story of a slave in Algiers" (1808), of an authentic criminal case from the Bökendorf area at the end of the 18th century, which she described in her novella " Die Judenbuche " (1842) processed it literarily. The Bökerhof was the starting point for many years of personal and literary relationships.

In 1864 the Abbenburg-Bökerhof estate was separated from the Bökendorf community. On October 1, 1928, the manor district was again incorporated into Bökendorf. On January 1, 1970, Bökendorf was incorporated into the city of Brakel.

Culture

Bökerhof Castle Literature Museum
Open-air theater , stage design 2001 - Romeo and Juliet

Today the Bökerhof houses a literature museum . Here the visitor gets an impression of the living conditions of the Biedermeier period. Exhibits related to the romantic circle are on display. Events such as readings, concerts and exhibitions take place during the cultural summer. The extensive garden of the historic manor park still houses the three-sided hedge walkway made of hornbeam, partly preserved as an "arcade", which also inspired Annette von Droste Hülshoff and the Brothers Grimm.

During the theater summer an amateur actor ensemble performs fairy tale games, other children's plays as well as plays, comedies and musicals for adults on the open-air stage in Bökendorf . The facility has a roofed grandstand with 1,000 seats and is one of the most popular stages in Germany. Historically, the open-air theater can be traced back to Bökendorf's literary and cultural past.

In addition to a large number of smaller festivities and open days, traditional sports festivals, shooting festivals, concerts by the music association as well as spring markets and Christmas bazaars are among the annual events of the local community. Since 2002 there has been a culture and farmer's market every two years, which has become known beyond the city limits of Brakel.

The Bökendorf local history association emerged from the “Village of the Future” project at Expo 2000 in 2001 as an expression of the local community's ambition. The aim of the association is, in addition to the cross-association coordination of events, the design and control of the cultural and structural development of the local community. His motto is: "Only those who are committed can make a difference."

Overall, the village is characterized by a lively club and community life. In addition to the above-mentioned open-air theater and the Heimatverein are u. a. The sports club with its diverse orientations, the music club and youth orchestra, the rifle's guild, the volunteer fire brigade, the tennis club, the youth groups, the Catholic women's community, the senior club, the pigeon breeding club and the altar boy community should also be mentioned.

Attractions

Bökerhof Castle

Good Hainhausen
Good Abbenburg
Way of the Cross Bökendorf

Bökerhof Palace is located in Bökendorf, and was built between 1768 and 1771 according to plans by the Hildesheim court architect Anton Went . To the south is the Hainhausen estate with a park and to the north is the Abbenburg estate with its Hellersen plant. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff described the condition of the Abbenburg estate park in the first half of the 19th century as follows: “About 200 paces from the house (to the quiet side) a very high and wide arcade, broken off in the middle, where there is a wonderful linden tree with stone tables and benches around it. ”To the east of the manor house, this area is adjoined by a meadow surrounded by deciduous trees and conifers and a pond. Another area south of a quarry stone wall, which could have been a castle wall, was probably cultivated as a kitchen garden. The area of ​​the estate described by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff is still clearly recognizable as a hill next to a linden tree. Some hornbeams, which probably belonged to the remainder of the arcade, are still present. The eastern garden area, like the areas near the house, is well maintained. However, the area around the pond is overgrown.

Euro memorial stone

The euro memorial stone is in the center of Bökendorf, in front of the Volksbank office (Dreizehnlindenstrasse 16).

It was built to commemorate the changeover to the euro in 2002 in the first twelve European countries, taking into account Bökendorf's cultural past. Its inauguration took place as part of the first Bökendorfer culture and farmers' market on July 28, 2002.

A boulder weighing 1.3 t was artistically designed for the memorial stone . Euro coins from all twelve countries were perfectly integrated into a silhouette of Europe , formed from a chrome-nickel-steel combination . A large euro symbol positioned in front of the Europe silhouette symbolizes the currency changeover that has taken place. A 20 DM note from the last series in circulation was chosen as a symbol of the disused currency in combination with the local literary and historical past , on the front of which is portrayed a well-known Bökendorf's valuer, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff . The back of this banknote is dedicated to her well-known novella " Die Judenbuche " in the form of a printed pen and a beech . A stylized small tree made of beech wood is placed on top of the monument and is also intended to remind of the novella, as is a euro-beech tree planted at the ceremonial unveiling. In this novella, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff had a historically true incident from the Bökendorf area in a literary way.

Charitable institutions and offers

  • Literature museum Schloss Bökerhof with historical manor park
  • Bökendorf open-air stage
  • St. Johannes Nepomuk Parish Church
  • Municipal kindergarten
  • St. Josef Seniorenhaus Bökendorf
  • Parish home with social and youth rooms
  • Sports and leisure hall with associated cultural areas
  • Tennis home with two tennis courts
  • Football field (lawn) with associated rooms
  • Three playgrounds and adventure areas for children, plus one at the kindergarten
  • The wave, a wetland as a place to relax
  • Log cabin-style barbecue hut on the edge of the forest with an additional fireplace in the outside area
  • Designated bike and hiking trails, especially in the adjacent forests

Personalities

Awards

  • Since 1997 "cultural model village" in Ostwestfalen-Lippe (awarded by the North Rhine-Westphalian state government)
  • "Village of the future" as part of the OWL-Expo project of the same name (Expo 2000).
  • 2006 and 2009 national silver village in North Rhine-Westphalia in the state competition " Our village has a future ", and a "Special Award for outstanding individual performance" in the year of 2009.
  • 2010 Golddorf in the district competition "Our village has a future".

literature

  • Friedel Brenneke: Blaukittel, a historical novel from the mountainous Westphalia . Books on Demand GmbH, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-4758-5 (Friedel Brenneke was born in Bökendorf in 1953 and has been head of the "History, Society and Politics" department at the Volkshochschule Bochum since 1995. In his work he describes Blaukittel in impressive form historical-cultural conflicts in his homeland in the 19th and 20th centuries).
  • Günter Tiggesbäumker: The Paderborn Monastery , portrait of a region . Schöningh, 1997, ISBN 978-3-506-95293-6 (hardcover).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.brakel.de/Stadt/Portrait/Ortschaften/B%C3%B6kendorf
  2. ^ 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 .
  3. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 107 .
  4. ^ Anna Bálint: Abbenburg Gut, Brakel-Bökendorf . In: District Höxter (Hrsg.): Castles, palaces and historic aristocratic residences in the district Höxter . Höxter 2002, ISBN 3-00-009356-7 , p. 26th f .