Blankenrode

Blankenrode City of Lichtenau Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 19 ″ N , 8 ° 54 ′ 35 ″ E
Height :	369 m above sea level NN
Area :	10.29 km²
Residents :	166 (March 31, 2007)
Population density :	16 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	33165
Area code :	02994
	Location of Blankenrode in Lichtenau
	Aerial photo (2013)

Blankenrode is the southernmost district of Lichtenau in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .

geography

Geographical location

Blankenrode is located in the southern Egge Mountains near the source of the Altenau . The place is in the border area to the districts Höxter and Hochsauerland.

Neighboring places

Starting in the northwest, the Lichtenau districts of Dalheim , Husen and Holtheim border Blankenrode in a clockwise direction . Then follows the border of the Paderborn district , behind which the Warburg district of Scherfede in the Höxter district and the Marsberg district of Meerhof in the Hochsauerland district are located.

climate

Like Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Blankenrode belongs to the oceanic climatic area of northwest Germany , to which it owes low temperature differences and mild winters. However, continental influences are already at work . The temperature in summer is higher and the nights are cooler than in closer proximity to the coast. The location on the edge of the Egge Mountains causes a submontane climate of the low mountain range with cooler temperatures and higher precipitation than in other locations in the district.

history

In 836 the place Snevede , "located at the sources of the Altenau", was mentioned in a document.

Around 1250, the bishop of Paderborn founded the castle town of Blankenrode on a mountain head of the Egge as a border fortress against the county of Waldeck , which was owned by Count Heinrich VI. was destroyed by Waldeck in 1384. While the city was not being rebuilt, the castle was first rebuilt and expanded with a bailey. The village of Blankenrode was later founded about 1.5 kilometers west of it.

On August 10, 1952, the municipality of Blankenrode was formed by hiving off the previous municipality of Dalheim-Blankenrode .

Incorporation

Before January 1, 1975, the former municipality of Blankenrode belonged to the Atteln district in the Büren district . When the Sauerland / Paderborn Law came into force on that day, most of the municipalities of the Atteln Office and thus also Blankenrode were merged with the municipalities of the Lichtenau Office to form the new city of Lichtenau (Westphalia) and came with this to the Paderborn district.

The city of Lichtenau is the legal successor to the dissolved office of Atteln and the municipality of Blankenrode.

politics

Michael Schleicher is the mayor of Blankenrode.

societies

Local history association Blankenrode

Culture and sights

Lead sinks

"Bleikuhlen" in the nature reserve Bleikuhlen and Waschebachtal with the Westphalian Galmeiveilchen, which only occurs there

Medieval deserted town Blankenrode

Web links

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

Village Blankenrode in the city of Lichtenau (Westphalia)

Local history association Blankenrode

Geological Survey North Rhine-Westphalia: Special publication of the Bleikuhlen nature reserve near Blankenrode (PDF; 96 kB) ( Memento from April 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Blankenrode in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

^ Geographical Commission for Westphalia (ed.): Geographisch-Landeskundlicher Atlas von Westfalen, Topic X Administration and Management, double sheet state and municipal administrative structure , Münster 1990. Cf. Gerhard Henkel : History and Geography of the Büren District. Paderborn 1974, p. 101 f and attached map.
^ Gerhard Henkel : History and geography of the Büren district. Paderborn 1974, p. 24 ff.
↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 216 .
^ 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. 320 f .

[1] Geographical Commission for Westphalia (ed.): Geographisch-Landeskundlicher Atlas von Westfalen, Topic X Administration and Management, double sheet state and municipal administrative structure , Münster 1990. Cf. Gerhard Henkel : History and Geography of the Büren District. Paderborn 1974, p. 101 f and attached map.

[2] Gerhard Henkel : History and geography of the Büren district. Paderborn 1974, p. 24 ff.

[3] Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 216 .

[4] 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. 320 f .