Dankersen

This article covers the Dankersen district of Minden. For Gut Dankersen, headquarters of a line of the Ditfurth family , see Rinteln .

Dankersen City of Minden Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 30 ″  N , 8 ° 57 ′ 55 ″  E
Height :	44 m above sea level NN
Area :	5.56 km²
Residents :	4983  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density :	896 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	32423
Area code :	0571
Location of Dankersen in Minden

Dankerser Church

Dankersen is a district of the East Westphalian city ​​of Minden in North Rhine-Westphalia , east of the waterway intersection , right on the state border with Lower Saxony .

geography

Dankersen is split into two parts by the Hanover – Minden railway line , which are connected by an underpass. The quarter has an old village center with its own church, which was restored in 2006 . There are still many old half-timbered houses from the 19th and 20th centuries, some of which are still in very good condition. There are also around ten farms in Dankersen, three of which are full-time farms (as of 2006). North of the Mittelland Canal is Hasenkamp , a district of Dankersen that emerged from an old farming community.

history

The formerly independent place was first mentioned in a document at the end of the 11th century as the ancestral seat of the Dankersen ( Thancwardessen ) families . In 1390 the village of Dankersen was taken over by the Minden Bishop Otto III. von Schalksberg pledged to Nikolaus von Hilwardingshausen (Hilferdingsen). The red brick village church (St. Peter and Paul) was built in 1860 instead of a village chapel that had become too small. Originally a typical East Westphalian village, shaped by agriculture, Dankersen was incorporated on January 1, 1973. Some old half-timbered houses are still preserved.

education

The Dankersen-Leteln primary school (formerly Dankersen primary school) is Dankersen's oldest primary school . It emerged from the former elementary school . There is also the Primus School, which has a special educational concept. The only secondary school is a branch of the Kurt Tucholsky Comprehensive School in Minden .

Sports

Dankersen is the home of the handball Bundesliga club GWD Minden .

societies

The local DRK club Dankersen is based in Dankersen.

Infrastructure

The Mittelland Canal runs through Dankersen, and many of the main roads have only recently been renovated.

traffic

The Dankersen stop was on the Nienburg – Minden railway line . But this is no longer served. All trains pass Dankersen without stopping.

Since 2017, the railway line has been isolated by a noise barrier to protect the population .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Erich Riebartsch (1902–1986), Roman Catholic theologian
• Herbert Lübking (* 1941), handball player
• Heinrich Dietmar Borcherding (* 1942), District Administrator of the Minden-Lübbecke district from 1984 to 1999
• Horst Bredemeier (* 1952), handball trainer and manager

Web links

• City of Minden
• Minden-Dankersen district
• DRK Dankersen
• Dankersen in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population statistics of the city of Minden ( Memento from April 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed October 13, 2014.
2. ↑ The farmers of the historical Bailiwick of Überstieg (1787)
3. ^ Entry on the Dankersen headquarters in the " EBIDAT " scientific database of the European Castle Institute
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. 326 .
5. ^ Homepage of the DRK Dankersen , accessed on November 19, 2019