Engar

Engar City of Willebadessen Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 46 ″ N , 9 ° 6 ′ 19 ″ E
Height :	214 m
Area :	2.68 km²
Residents :	279
Population density :	104 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	34439
Area code :	05644
	Location of Engar in Willebadessen

K15 between Ikenhausen and Engar in the valley of the Eder (towards Engar).

Engar is a district of Willebadessen in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Höxter in Germany . Until it was incorporated on January 1, 1975, Engar was an independent municipality in the Peckelsheim district .

Location and traffic

The place is in the valley of the Eder . In Engar, the K 14 from Löwen to Nörde and the K15 from Ikenhausen to Hohenwepel cross and run together for a short time.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in the period from 918-37 as "Engeri", when Bishop Unwan of Paderborn converted the tithe to Engar, which had previously been owned as a fief by the Abbey of Heerse, into free property . Around 1250 the Willebadessen monastery owned two houses in "Engere".

In 1779 there was a noble estate and a dairy in "Enger" owned by the Lords of Schade .

In 1975, Engar was united with the towns of Peckelsheim and Willebadessen and the communities of Altenheerse, Borlinghausen, Eissen, Fölsen, Helmern, Ikenhausen, Löwen, Niesen, Schweckhausen and Willegassen to form the town of Willebadessen.

Population development

year	Residents
1821	116
1832/35	152
1895	171
1931	169
2015	279

Web links

Engar in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

^ 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 .
↑ Handbook of the offices and rural communities in the Rhine province and in the province of Westphalia , Prussian Landgemeindetag West, Berlin 1931

[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 .

[2] Handbook of the offices and rural communities in the Rhine province and in the province of Westphalia , Prussian Landgemeindetag West, Berlin 1931