Benhausen

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Benhausen
City of Paderborn
Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 26 "  N , 8 ° 49 ′ 39"  E
Height : 193 m above sea level NN
Area : 9.8 km²
Residents : 2378  (December 31, 2011)
Population density : 243 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 33100
Area code : 05252
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Location of the Benhausen district in Paderborn

Benhausen is an eastern district of Paderborn in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia . With around 2300 inhabitants, it is the smallest district in Paderstadt. Until 1974 Benhausen was an independent municipality in the Altenbeken district . In the vernacular, the place is often only called Bensen for short .

geography

Benhausen is located northeast of the core city of Paderborn at 51 ° 45 'north and 8 ° 49' east in the north of the Paderborn plateau on the western edge of the Egge Mountains at an altitude of 193  m above sea level. NN . The Gotte flows south of the village, and its runoff is regulated by the Benhausen flood retention basin . In the northeast, the Beke forms the border towards the Neuenbeken district at around 400 m and that towards Marienloh at around 300 m. The village belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Lippe .

Benhausen seen from the south

Expansion of the village

Benhausen covers an area of ​​9.9 km². The north-south extension is about 5 km, the west-east extension about 3 km.

Neighboring places

Beginning in the north in a clockwise direction, Benhausen is bordered by the Paderborn boroughs Marienloh , Neuenbeken , Dahl and the Paderborn core city.

history

Since the early Middle Ages, the area of ​​Benhausen has belonged to the later Hochstift Paderborn .

In 1802 the Paderborn bishopric lost its state independence when it was occupied by Prussia , but fell back to the Kingdom of Westphalia for a few years in 1807 and to Prussia in 1813 after the Napoleonic defeat. Benhausen is incorporated into the province of Westphalia , which was founded in 1815, and by decree of the royal government in Minden it comes to the Paderborn district, which was founded in 1816 . When the districts are divided into offices , Benhausen comes to the office of Lippspringe.

In 1921, Lippspringe was released from the administrative division and the previous official seat moved to Altenbeken. As a result, the office concerned was initially given the name “Amt Lippspringe with its seat in Altenbeken” and later the name “Amt Altenbeken”.

On January 1, 1975, Benhausen became a district of Paderborn.

Catholic Church of St. Alexius

Religions

Interior view of the St. Alexius Church in Benhausen

Like all places in the former bishopric of Paderborn, Benhausen also has a predominantly Catholic population. For these there is the parish vicarie Sankt Alexius in the Dean's Office Paderborn of the pastoral care region Hochstift in the Archdiocese of Paderborn .

The Lutherans in Benhausen belong to the evangelical parish of Bad Lippspringe in the Paderborn parish of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia .

Incorporations

In 1879 the hamlet of Dören belonging to the municipality of Benhausen was incorporated into the city of Paderborn.

As part of the North Rhine-Westphalian territorial reform , the previously independent municipality, which belonged to the Altenbeken office, was approved on January 1st, 1975 with the "Law on the reorganization of the municipalities and districts of the Sauerland / Paderborn area ( Sauerland / Paderborn law )" of November 5th 1974 merged with the city of Paderborn and the communities of Dahl, Elsen, Neuenbeken (mostly), Sande and Schloss Neuhaus to form the new city of Paderborn.

Population development

The number of inhabitants more than doubled from 1950 to the end of 2011.

year Residents
1950 (Sep 13) 1049
1961 (June 6) 905
1970 (May 27) 1107
1974 (June 30) 1332
2006 (Dec. 31) 2345
2007 (Dec. 31) 2331
2010 (Sep 30) 2384
2011 (Dec. 31) 2378
2013 (Dec. 31) 2359

politics

City council elections

In the last local election in 2004, the citizens of Benhausen cast their votes in the election for Paderborn city council as follows:

Mayor

  • Franz Driller ( CDU )

Buildings

traffic

Benhausen is on the state roads L755 in a west-east direction between Paderborn core city in the west and the Paderborn district of Neuenbeken towards Altenbeken in the east and in north-south direction via the L937 between Schlangen and Bad Lippspringe in the north to the B64 in the south to the outlying areas Transport connected. A special feature is the Benser bow of the Hamm – Warburg railway line between Paderborn main station and the Altenbeken railway junction , which crosses the L755 twice and the L937 in the north once outside of the built-up area and thereby curves around the town. With rail traffic, Benhausen could therefore only be reached quickly from the south in emergencies and rescue operations. For decades there was a struggle to re-route and "straighten" the railway line. Since no funds have been made available for this, a tunnel under the railway line will be built in the west from 2016 so that the site can also be reached more easily in emergencies after the planned completion. Benhausen does not have its own train stop.

In public transport , Benhausen is included in the network traffic of the PaderSprinter and the BahnBus ​​Hochstift .

Web links

Commons : Benhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 328 .
  2. ↑ Benhausen district . vote iT GmbH. September 26, 2004. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  3. ↑ Tunneling under the railway is taking shape. Neue Westfälische , February 9, 2014, accessed on August 24, 2014 .