Calenberg (Warburg)

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Calenberg
City of Warburg
Coat of arms of Calenberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 3 ″  N , 9 ° 9 ′ 51 ″  E
Height : 199 m
Area : 3.87 km²
Residents : 460
Population density : 119 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 34414
Area code : 05641
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Location of Calenberg in Warburg

Calenberg is a district of Warburg in the district of Höxter , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) with around 460 inhabitants and is located approx. 4.5 km south of the core town of Warburg on the Calenberger Bach .

The place should not be confused with the principality of the same name Calenberg in Lower Saxony.

The hilltop castle Calenberg

history

Capitals and cities of the Principality of Paderborn until 1802/03 (as of 1789):
Paderborn , Warburg , Brakel , Borgentreich | Beverungen , Borgholz , Bredenborn , Büren , Driburg , Dringenberg , Gehrden , Calenberg , Kleinenberg , Lichtenau , Lippspringe , Lügde , Nieheim , Peckelsheim , Salzkotten , Steinheim , Vörden , Willebadessen , Wünnenberg

From 1500 to 100 BC There are some finds (three burial mounds), a Hünenburg and a fortification in Calenberg. Around 700 the area was Christianized. From 1018 people settled at the foot of the Calenberger Bergsporn. Two years later, the possessions in the region around Warburg, including Calenberg, passed from Count Dodiko , who had no descendants, to the Bishop of Paderborn . Around 1250 the Calenberg Castle was built by the Lords of Berkule in Calenberg . In 1307, the Paderborn bishop Otto enfeoffed the Westphalian family von Papenheim with the castle, which was soon called Rave von Calenberg . They were also given the rights of patronage over the Wormeln Monastery , which previously belonged to the Counts of Everstein. In 1321, a pastor named Plebanus Dietrich was first mentioned in Calenberg. Since its foundation, Calenberg has belonged to the secular rule of the German diocese of Paderborn , originally in the duchy of Saxony . From the 14th century, the territory of the prince-bishopric of Paderborn ( Hochstift ) was formed in the Holy Roman Empire , and from the 16th century it became part of the Lower Rhine-Westphalian Empire .
see also Holthusen Castle

In 1326, Calenberg Castle was loaned to the Pappenheimers again in a contract. In the contract, the place is referred to as a city. In the Principality of Paderborn , the city of Calenberg belonged to the state estates and was allowed to participate in the state parliament of the monastery in the municipal college . In 1606 the chapel of Calenberg was raised to a parish and the neighboring town of Dalheim was assigned to the Calenberg church. A teacher by the name of Johann Hoppen was first mentioned in 1682 in Calenberg.

Surname

There are the following historical names for the current place name Calenberg: Calenberge, Calenberghe, Kalenberge. Kalinberge, Kalenberghe.

19th century

Prussian troops moved into the Paderborn bishopric in August 1802 in anticipation of the decisions of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss . From 1807 to 1813 Calenberg belonged to the Kingdom of Westphalia and the Canton of Volkmarsen in the Cassel district of the Fulda department . After the Congress of Vienna , Calenberg fell back to Prussia in 1815 and belonged to the newly established Prussian province of Westphalia . Calenberg was assigned to the Warburg district, newly founded in 1816, with the district town of Warburg and the Warburg-Land department in the administrative district of Minden . From 1871 Calenberg was part of the German Empire .

20th century

In 1912 Calenberg received an electricity supply. In 1929 Calenberg got a post office, which was closed in 1972. 1945–1949 Calenberg was part of the British zone of occupation , from 1946 governed by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and from 1949 by the Federal Republic of Germany . On January 1, 1975, when the Sauerland / Paderborn law came into force , Calenberg became a district of Warburg.

Attractions

Regular events

  • Shooting festival
  • summer party

societies

Sports club , voluntary fire brigade , hall development association, shooting club (re-established in 1745)

Surroundings

Neighboring towns are Wormeln , Herlinghausen , Welda and Dalheim (Warburg) in Westphalia and Wettesingen in Hesse .

Famous pepole

literature

  • Brinkmann, Bernhard (1986): Calenberg . In: Mürmann, Franz (ed.): The city of Warburg 1036–1986. Contributions to the history of a city. Volume 2. Warburg: Hermes, pp. 441-443. ISBN 3-922032-07-9 .
  • Strümper, Hannelore (1995): Calenberg. An illustrated book about art, monuments, Christian symbols and memories. Warburg, Wettesinger Weg 5: ESC self-loss. Stockings.
  • Strümper, Walter (1994) (Ed.): From Calenberg's Past Days. Bulletin and home letter of the local home attendant. Warburg: ESC publ. Calenberg.
  • Waldeyer, Adalbert (1994): Calenberg. Mosaic stones of its history. Warburg: Hermes publishing house.
  • Waldeyer, Adalbert (2004) (Ed.): Chronicle of the Calenberg shooting club. Warburg: ESC publ. Calenberg.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 328 .