Brockhagen
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Brockhagen
Municipality Steinhagen
Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′ 31 ″ N , 8 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ E
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| Height : | 79 m |
| Area : | 25.99 km² |
| Residents : | 3154 (Apr 30, 2012) |
| Population density : | 121 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1973 |
| Postal code : | 33803 |
| Area code : | 05204 |
 Location of Brockhagen in Steinhagen
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Brockhagen is a part of the municipality Steinhagen / Westf. in the Gütersloh district with around 3,154 inhabitants (as of April 30, 2012).
The Future Parade, a techno parade, took place in Brockhagen from 1997 to 2004 , the last event being moved to Bielefeld in 2004.
history
Name interpretation
- In Low German, the term “Brook”, similar to the High German “ Bruch ”, denotes a moist, wooded valley with water accumulation. In the historical spelling "Brock", the letter "c" before the "k" represents an expansion symbol.
- “ Hagen ” means a protective enclosure through bushes and trees, a wall hedge or a planting at ground level to contain grazing animals or to protect the fields from game.
The term is also used in connection with a special legal form, the Hagenrecht . As a reaction to the population numbers that rose sharply in Central Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries, the sovereigns tried to offer their subjects alternatives to the incipient emigration and the establishment of new rural German settlements in the east ( eastern colonization ). In today's Westphalia, too, uninhabited, unsettled areas were opened for colonization. Settlers who settled here, cleared the land and made it arable, enjoyed tax exemption in the first few years. The Hagenrecht also opened up the possibility of a limited form of self-administration and offered the so-called "free hunters", in contrast to the serfs, a less oppressive property and inheritance right.
Brockhagen refers to a break area under the Hagenrecht.
Beginning of settlement
Since the 12th century, the area between the lands of the Marienfeld Monastery , Halle (Westphalia) and the Steinhagen settlement, first mentioned in 1246 as church gate Halle , belong to the county of Ravensberg . It forms the border between the county and the neighboring diocese of Munster and is referred to in the oldest records as a "desert area". Presumably in the middle of the 13th century, the Counts of Ravensberg released this Brockhagen , which consists mainly of birch-oak and red beech-oak mixed forests, for settlement. The first settlement lines follow the streams, in an east-west direction roughly the course of the Landbach ( Abrooksbach ), from northeast to southwest the course of the Howebach.
The earliest documentary mention goes back to the year 1325. At this time the colonists were already guaranteeing secure income, so Count Otto IV. Von Ravensberg (1306–1328) decided to pay the taxes and the like. a. from Brockhagen to use after his death to support his wife Margarete .
Worth seeing in Brockhagen is the Brockhagener Ehrenmal, a memorial for the fallen soldiers from the wars of freedom 1813 to 1815, the Austrian war in 1866, the wars against France 1870/1871 and the two world wars 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945. Was commissioned it was originally inaugurated in 1923 by the then warrior association and in the summer of 1924 as a memorial. The names of the fallen Brockhagen soldiers are carved into stone tablets.
Incorporation
On January 1, 1973 Brockhagen was incorporated into Steinhagen.
Population development
The following shows the population development of Brockhagen during the time as an independent municipality in the Halle (Westphalia) district . The table also shows the population figures from 1970 (census results) and 1972 as well as the district Brockhagen in 2012.
| year | Residents |
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| 1817 | 2142 |
| 1900 | 1833 |
| 1939 | 2028 |
| 1946 | 2855 |
| 1961 | 2893 |
| 1965 | 2911 |
| 1970 | 3053 |
| 1972 | 3112 |
| 2012 | 3154 |
Buildings
Evangelical parish church of St. Georg
The plastered hall building with mighty buttresses was built between 1752 and 1754. The older west tower with a pointed helmet is inscribed in 1568. The cladding of the sound openings in the area of the bell is decorated with fittings in the style of the Weser Renaissance . The pulpit dates from the 18th century. The altar is dated 1675 and has two altar paintings (oil on wood) depicting the Lord's Supper and the Resurrection. The organ, possibly by the organ builder Hans Henrich Reinking , is from 1661.
- The former cantor's house is located directly next to the church . The four-column construction , designated in 1769, was expanded in 1860/70 and extensively renovated in 1981/82.
Facilities
- The first archive and library on the history of apostolic religious communities is located at Uhlandstrasse 6. The denominationally independent institution Archiv Brockhagen is managed by the non-profit supporting association Network Apostolic History . The archive is open to interested visitors once a month, and events and lectures take place regularly.
Sports
The most important sports club is TuS Brockhagen , which is particularly active in handball . The first team of the club was promoted to the league in the 2007/2008 season and relegated to the association league again in the 2009/2010 season. In the 2012/2013 season, the first team was relegated to the regional league.
City personalities
- Tay Schmedtmann (* 1996) German pop singer
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 323 .
- ↑ Halle district (Westphalia): 1816–1969, 150 years Halle district (Westphalia), p. 132.
- ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 100 .
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