Bechterdissen

Bechterdissen Leopoldshöhe municipality Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 18 ″  N , 8 ° 39 ′ 30 ″  E
Height :	101 m
Area :	4.9 km²
Residents :	1992  (Jul 28, 2019)
Population density :	407 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1969
Postal code :	33818
Area code :	05202

Bechterdissen was an independent municipality and is now the fourth largest district of the municipality Leopoldshöhe in the west of the Lippe district . It borders Bielefeld - Ubbedissen to the west .

geography

Aerial view of Bechterdissen

Aerial view of Bechterdissen

Bechterdissen is located north of the ridge of the Teutoburg Forest in the Ravensberg hill country . The undeveloped areas predominantly consist of agricultural land.

Together with the districts of Asemissen and Greste , Bechterdissen forms a built-up settlement area.

history

Settlement remains in the area of ​​the district of Bechterdissens, which were dated to the Cheruscan period, document a settlement history of around 2000 years.

The Milse estate was mentioned around the year 500 in what is now the area of ​​the district . Free courtyards with the place name Bechterdissen were mentioned in a document in 1500.

Until well into the 20th century, Bechterdissen consisted almost entirely of scattered, mostly agriculturally dominated buildings. In the early 1950s, the Möbel-Fillies company came into being, which created a landmark for Bechterdissen with a small tower. After the company ceased operations in the late 1990s, the tower was to be demolished in 2014 to make way for residential buildings.

In the early / mid-1950s, the largest Bechterdiss settlement was built in the Milser Heide as part of the Reichsheimstätten Act, mostly houses of Mennonites who immigrated from South America and Russia .

Bechterdissen was incorporated into the newly formed community Leopoldshöhe as part of the reorganization of the community through the Lemgo Act . The last mayor of the community from 1964 to 1969 was Walter Nipp.

On January 1, 1969, Bechterdissen was incorporated into Leopoldshöhe.

Adjacent to the Möbel-Fillies site, the second noteworthy settlement (Hasenweg area) was developed by private sponsors in the 1970s as part of a development contract.

religion

Evangelical Church in Bechterdissen

The Evangelical Reformed parish of Asemissen-Bechterdissen and a large Mennonite community are located in the village.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Burkhard Meier among others: Leopoldshöhe: From the past and present of a large Lippe community. Detmold, 2003.
2. ↑ Roland Linde: Courtyards and families in Westphalia and Lippe, The Asemissen District Meierhof and the Barkhausen Office. A court and family story from the border area between Lippe and Ravensberg. Books on Demand, 2002, ISBN 3-8311-3666-1 , p. 56.
3. ^ Regional documentation at the Lippische Landesbibliothek
4. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 68 .