Brunkensen

Brunkensen City of Alfeld (Leine)
	Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′ 30 ″ N , 9 ° 46 ′ 9 ″ E
Height :	112 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.3 km²
Residents :	817 (Sep 2017)
Population density :	154 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	31061
Area code :	05181
Location of Brunkensen in Lower Saxony
	Entrance

Brunkensen is a district of the Lower Saxony town of Alfeld (Leine) with the hamlet of Brünighausen .

geography

Brunkensen is located west of Alfeld between the Duinger Berg in the northwest and Reuberg in the south and the seven mountains in the east and Hils in the west. The Glene, which gave the valley its name, flows through the village.

history

Hermann Wristbergh, who has lived in Winzenburg Castle since 1372 , acquired the Brunkensen Bailiwick from the noblemen of Homburg in 1393 . Christoph von Wrisberg was the first of his family to live in Brunkensen after an inheritance had been divided.

There are two manors in Brunkensen, one in the village (formerly owned by the Wrisberg and their heirs, Count Goertz ) and the "Upper Gut" from the 19th century, formerly owned by the von Löhneysen family and later by the Roth family from Weteritz and now the von Velsen-Zerweck family (descendants of the Roth family).

From 1896 to 1967 the place had a rail connection over the small railway line Voldagsen-Duingen-Delligsen.

On March 1, 1974, the municipality of Brunkensen from the district of Holzminden was reorganized into the district of Alfeld (Leine) and at the same time incorporated into its district town.

politics

Local council

The joint local council of Brunkensen and Lütgenholzen consists of five councilors from the following parties:

CDU : 3 seats
SPD : 2 seats

(Status: local election September 11, 2016)

Local mayor

The local mayor of Brunkensen and Lütgenholzen is Hendrik Bünger-Lang (CDU). His deputies are Matthias Mahnkopf (CDU) and Peter Pommeranz (SPD).

coat of arms

	Blazon : “A gray horse on a blue background. On the steed the robber Lippold with the stolen bride. The clothing of the people is kept red and yellow . "
	Foundation of the coat of arms: The Lippoldssage is common property of all residents of the community. The name of the Brunkens in the neighboring communities is still today "The Lippolds".

Culture and sights

The Lippoldshöhle between Duinger Berg and Reuberg in the southwest of Brunkensen is an old man-made defense system and today a popular destination.
Close to the Lippoldshöhle, a boulder - the Lying Stone - is clamped between a rock needle and a rock face, which is supposed to slide down when people lying underneath it.
St. Martin's Church from 1720 was built on the site of its previous building.
In the center of the village is the Heimatstube, in which everyday objects, workshops and documents of important events around the village of Brunkensen as well as an extensive collection of minerals and fossils are exhibited.

Lippoldshöhle
Lying stone
St. Martin's Church
Wrisberg relief above the church door

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

Albrecht Graf von Goertz (1914–2006), automobile designer
Uwe Schmidt (* 1954), political scientist, politician (SPD), since July 2009 district administrator of the Kassel district

People connected to the place

Gustav von Görtz-Wrisberg (1815–1882), Duke Braunschweig colonel, commander of the Duke Braunschweig Infantry Regiment No. 92 (1868–1869), died in Brunkensen
Hermann von Görtz-Wrisberg (1819–1889), lawyer, financial expert, politician and Brunswick State Minister, comes from the branch of the Hessian family of the Counts von Schlitz called von Görtz, based in Brunkensen near Alfeld
Marion Gräfin Dönhoff (1909–2002), editor-in-chief and co-editor of the German weekly newspaper “Die Zeit”, an important post-war journalist and interlocutor for leading politicians in the world, lived in Brunkensen
Brunk Meyer (1926–2005), soil scientist, lived in Brunkensen

literature

Wilhelm Barner : Hoike. Legends and stories from the country between Hildesheimer Wald and Ith. In: Series of publications by the Alfeld local history museum. No. 7. Alfeld 1960. P. 90 ff. (Räuber Lippold).

Web links

Commons : Brunkensen - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

^ Wilhelm Hartmann: Origin and Coming of the Lords of Wrisberg. In: Alt-Hildesheim 22 (1951). Pp. 9-13.
^ 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. 205 .
↑ ^a ^b Local council Brunkensen / Lütgenholzen. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Website of the city of Alfeld. Retrieved on September 17, 2017 (still available despite notice).@1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b Mandate holder of the city of Alfeld - Brunkensen / Lütgenholzen. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Website of the city of Alfeld. Retrieved on September 17, 2017 (still available despite notice).@1@ 2

↑ The coat of arms of Brunkensen. In: Website city of Alfeld. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012 ; accessed on September 17, 2017 .

[1] Wilhelm Hartmann: Origin and Coming of the Lords of Wrisberg. In: Alt-Hildesheim 22 (1951). Pp. 9-13.

[2] 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. 205 .

[Rat-3] Local council Brunkensen / Lütgenholzen. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Website of the city of Alfeld. Retrieved on September 17, 2017 (still available despite notice).@1@ 2

[Mandat-4] Mandate holder of the city of Alfeld - Brunkensen / Lütgenholzen. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Website of the city of Alfeld. Retrieved on September 17, 2017 (still available despite notice).@1@ 2

[Wappen-5] The coat of arms of Brunkensen. In: Website city of Alfeld. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012 ; accessed on September 17, 2017 .