Barkhausen (Porta Westfalica)

Barkhausen City of Porta Westfalica Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 14 "  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 34"  E
Height :	55 m above sea level NN
Area :	7.4 km²
Residents :	4276  (December 31, 2017)
Population density :	578 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	32457
Area code :	0571
Location of Barkhausen in Porta Westfalica

Barkhausen is a district of the city of Porta Westfalica in the district of Minden-Lübbecke and thus belongs to East Westphalia-Lippe in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

The district has 4276 inhabitants (as of 2017) and is the only district in the northwest of Porta Westfalica and thus on the left bank of the Weser . It lies at an altitude of 49  m above sea level. NN .

history

Memorial plaque for the victims of the subcamp in Porta Westfalica

Barkhausen was until 31 December 1972, a separate municipality in office Dützen in Minden . From the 1930s onwards, the community used the suffix “at the Porta”. As part of the regional reform , Barkhausen was incorporated into the newly created city of Porta Westfalica on January 1, 1973.

From 1893 Barkhausen was connected to Minden by a small train , the later electric Minden tram . The reason for this rail connection was the Kaiser Wilhelm monument erected from 1882 to 1886 and the subsequent development of the area around the Hotel Kaiserhof into a destination for excursions. Since 1954 there was a connection to the trolleybus Minden at the tram terminal Porta , which led over the Weser to Porta Westfalica station and on to Hausberge an der Porta. The plan was to replace the single-track tram with a trolleybus route; however, the railway cessation in 1959 was followed by operation with diesel buses. The trolleybus operation was stopped in the 1960s.

In the era of National Socialism were in Barkhausen between March 1944 and April 1945, the concentration camp Porta Westfalica the Neuengamme concentration camp . The camp was located in the ballroom of the Hotel Kaiserhof, which had been confiscated by the SS and housed around 1,500 prisoners from different countries. These mainly worked on creating underground production facilities for the armaments industry in Jakobsberg .

archeology

On the parcel “Auf der Lake”, which was undeveloped until 2008, archaeological excavations took place in the run-up to the development in 2008–2012 , which uncovered human traces from the Bronze Age to recent history.

Excavations on the undeveloped parcel “Auf der Lake”, in the background the Wittekindsberg with the Kaiser Wilhelm monument , 2008

On the western edge of the area, within a Bronze Age urn grave field, a burial of a man with a bronze sword from around 1200 to 1100 BC was found, which is unusually rich for Westphalia . There are comparative pieces for the fittings of his sword scabbard in northern Lower Saxony and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . An early Iron Age cremation from the 6th century BC. A 17 cm high bronze rib cistern served as an urn, which was probably originally made in northern Italy.

From the Roman camp Porta Westfalica witnessed numerous findings, especially coins and metal objects such. B. Roman shoe nails.

In the 8th and 9th centuries AD, a small Saxon burial ground was created. Numerous other small metal finds, u. a. Bullets made of lead and pits with remains of fire come from a mercenary camp from the Thirty Years' War , which is probably related to the siege of Minden in 1634. The most recent archaeological find is a well-preserved British telephone line that was installed immediately after the end of World War II , but has not been in use for a long time. An association founded by interested citizens presented the results of the excavations in Barkhausen.

Attractions

Kaiser Wilhelm Monument

A nationally known tourist attraction is the Kaiser Wilhelm monument on the Wittekindsberg , which, in addition to the television tower, serves as the landmark of the city ​​of Porta Westfalica . The Wittekindsburg is also located on this mountain . Also worth seeing is a former mansion on Bundesstrasse 61 , Gut Wedigenstein . In the northern part of the city is the Baltus See .

traffic

Until the construction of the Weserauentunnel , the B 61 ran through the heart of the district. The Weser Bridge Porta connects the district with the Hausberge district.

There are bus connections to Minden and via the center in Hausberge to Eisbergen .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

• Ida Carola Ströver-Wedigenstein (1872–1955), poet and visual artist
• Martin Hutze (1894–1968), local politician, mayor of the city of Minden 1945–1946
• Wilhelm Witthaus (1900–1974), politician (NSDAP)
• Friedrich L. Boschke (1920–1999), chemist and science author
• Wolfgang Stegemann (* 1945), Protestant theologian and university professor
• Ekkehard W. Stegemann (* 1945), Protestant theologian and university professor, twin brother of Wolfgang Stegemann
• Norbert Mette (* 1946), Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
• Reinhard Korte (* 1948), local politician (CDU), mayor of the city of Minden 1999–2004

Personalities associated with the place

• Karl Friedrich Stellbrink (1894–1943), pastor and opponent of the National Socialists, was vicar in Barkhausen in 1920/1921

literature

• Fritz W. Franzmeyer: The porta to the left of the Weser: 2000 years of history and stories from the Aulhausen-Barkhausen area . Berlin: Franzmeyer and Löhl, 2002; ISBN 3-00-008655-2 . Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2013; ISBN 978-3-7322-0890-6 (chronicle)
• Robert Kauffeld, Fritz W. Franzmeyer, Hans Rösler: When our grandmother was still little: Pictures from old Barkhausen at the Porta . Berlin: Franzmeyer and Löhl, 2003; ISBN 3-9809268-0-X (illustrated book)
• Fritz W. Franzmeyer, Robert Kauffeld: And Willem looked on calmly - reports and anecdotes from the eventful Barkhauser life of bygone days . Porta Westfalica: Association of Authors Franzmeyer-Kauffeld, 2005; DNB 974297054 ( short stories)
• Rainer Fröbe: "Destruction through work"? Concentration camp prisoners in armaments factories at Porta Westfalica in the last months of the Second World War . In: Joachim Meynert, Arno Klönne (Hrsg.): Repressed history: persecution and destruction in East Westphalia 1933-1945. Bielefeld: AJZ, 1986; ISBN 3-921680-55-7 ; Pp. 221-297

Web links

Commons : Barkhausen (Porta Westfalica)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Barkhausen
• City of Porta Westfalica
• Website of the association “Römerlager Porta Westfalica e. V. ” with a lot of further information and pictures about the archaeological excavations.
• Barkhausen in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} SV Porta Westfalica - districts. Retrieved June 20, 2019 . 
2. ^ 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. 326 .
3. ^ The camp in the Kaiserhof / Barkhausen. In: www.gedenkstaette-porta.de. Retrieved May 22, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Hannelore Kröger, Eugen Müsch: Valuable - the Rippenziste from Porta Westfalica-Barkhausen. Archeology in Westphalia-Lippe 2010 (2011), pp. 265–268.
5. ^ Bettina Tremmel: Augustan marching camp in Porta Westfalica-Barkhausen. Archeology in Westphalia-Lippe 2009 (2010), pp. 45–47.
6. ↑ Bettina Tremmel: Augustan marching camp in Porta Westfalica-Barkhausen “On the Lake” . Archeology in Westphalia-Lippe 2010 (2011), pp. 79–81.
7. ↑ Werner Best: Pearls and Swords - early medieval body graves from Barkhausen. Archeology in Westphalia-Lippe 2010 (2011), pp. 115–118.