Belke-Steinbeck

Belke-Steinbeck City of Enger Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 27 ″  N , 8 ° 34 ′ 48 ″  E
Height :	95 m above sea level NN
Area :	3.82 km²
Residents :	2406  (Dec. 31, 2007)
Population density :	630 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1969
Postal code :	32130
Area code :	05224
Location of Belke-Steinbeck in Enger
Ev.-luth. Lukas Church in Belke-Steinbeck

Belke-Steinbeck is about 2,500 inhabitants counting district of the northeastern North Rhine-Westphalia located east Westphalian town of Enger . Before the regional reform in 1969, it formed its own community .

history

From 1823 to 1958, there was a public bathing establishment on today's “Belker Brunnen” street, the so-called “Bad Belke”. Tub baths with medicinal properties were offered there.

The Herford small railway ran through Belke-Steinbeck from 1900 to 1966 ; From Steinbeck station you could take the narrow-gauge railway, which has been electrically operated since the 1930s, directly to the east. a. Drive to the district town of Herford , Bad Salzuflen and Vlotho . In a westerly direction you could drive to the Wallenbrück district of Spenger. In 1966 the Herford small railway was stopped.

On January 1, 1969, Belke-Steinbeck was incorporated into Enger.

education

In the Humboldtstr. 20 is the Belke-Steinbeck / Besenkamp community elementary school.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 74 .