Brokhausen

Brokhausen City of Detmold Coordinates: 51 ° 57 '54 "  N , 8 ° 55' 34"  E
Height :	169 m above sea level NN
Area :	4.1 km²
Residents :	620  (Aug 1, 2006)
Population density :	151 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1970
Postal code :	32758
Area code :	05231
Location of Brokhausen in the city area

Brokhausen ( Low German : Breoksen ) is a district of Detmold and is located about four kilometers to the northeast from the city center. The neighboring districts of Detmold are Hakedahl , Klüt , Barkhausen and Mosebeck . The name Brok comes from Bruch , which is used to describe a swampy area. From 1621 there is a document in which the village of Brocksen is mentioned. The place is much older, because there is evidence that there was a Pothof in Brokhausen as early as 1390 . The Pothof had a pond that still exists today as a village pond. It formed the center of the former peasantry, which for centuries consisted of scattered farms and kötter settlements .

Today you can visit well-preserved half-timbered houses in the district. The Brokhausen Easter Cycle Run is a spectacle that is repeated every year .

On January 1, 1970 Brokhausen was incorporated into the district town of Detmold.

The 4.1 km² district of Brokhausen has 620 inhabitants (as of August 2006). The local mayor position is currently vacant and the representative in the city ​​council is currently Rüdiger Preuss ( SPD ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Name from questionnaires in the archive of the Westphalian dictionary
2. ^ Christian Kuhnke: Lippe Lexikon . Boken Verlag, Detmold 2000, ISBN 3-935454-00-7 .
3. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 104 .
4. ↑ Data and facts from the official website of the city of Detmold

Web links

• Private website of the Brokhausen district