Blankenau (Beverungen)

Blankenau Beverungen municipality Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′ 38 "  N , 9 ° 22 ′ 58"  E
Height :	113 m
Area :	4.76 km²
Residents :	300
Population density :	63 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1970
Postal code :	37688
Area code :	05273
Location of Blankenau in Beverungen

St. Joseph Church in Blankenau

Blankenau is part of the city of Beverungen in the district of Höxter , North Rhine-Westphalia . Blankenau is located in the Weserbergland on the border with Lower Saxony . The state border with Hesse is 10 km south of the town .

history

In 1315 Prince Ruprecht zu Corvey and Theoderich zu Paderborn had Blankenau Castle built.

Until it was incorporated on January 1, 1970, Blankenau was an independent municipality in the Beverungen district .

Web links

Commons : Blankenau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.willi-vogt.de/2010/01/blankenau-pforte-zur-weseraue-2/
• http://www.beverungen.de/fileadmin/Dateien/Dateien/Ortsteile/Blankenau.pdf
• http://www.burgen-und-schloesser.net/nordrhein-westfalen/domaene-blankenau/geschichte.html
• Blankenau (Beverungen) in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 107 .