Erpentrup

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Erpentrup
City of Bad Driburg
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 19 ″  N , 9 ° 0 ′ 8 ″  E
Height : 222 m
Area : 4.91 km²
Residents : 177  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 36 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1970
Postal code : 33014
Area code : 05238
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Location of Erpentrup in Bad Driburg

Erpentrup is a district of Bad Driburg in the Höxter district , North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

Erpentrup is located on the eastern slope of the Eggegebirge approx. 237  m above sea level. NN . The immediate neighborhoods are Hohenbreden , Langeland , Grevenhagen , Merlsheim , Himmighausen Bhf and Sandebeck .

Two streams flow through the village, the Emmer and the Breitenbach, which unite at the level of the cemetery and continue to flow as the Emmer to the neighboring village of Merlsheim. The area at the foot of the Egge Mountains is also called rose hip land.

history

The first documentary mentions can be found in the 12th century. A settlement with the name Erpinchtrop is named around 1138 , city count Heinrich von Paderborn is said to have maintained the Erpingtorp estate as an episcopal fief at the beginning of the century . From 1143 until the family died out in 1437, the estate was owned by the Knights of Iburg and then fell to Dietrich II von Moers , the Prince-Bishop of Paderborn. From 1451 the estate was enfeoffed by the von Schilder family. After this family also died out in 1794, Erpentrup passed into the possession of Clemens August von Mengersen and finally to the von Oeynhausen family at the end of the 19th century .

On January 1, 1970 Erpentrup was incorporated into the city of Bad Driburg.

Origin of name

The final syllable -trup is an old name for -dorf . The front part is less clear and can be the name of a previous owner ( Erpo ) or it can have been derived from Apa or Epe , a historical name for river , through a sound shift .

Population development

On June 6, 1961, the then community had 144 inhabitants. On December 31, 2016, Erpentrup had 177 inhabitants.

church

In Erpentrup there was a chapel as early as 1732, which was also used as a school in the 19th century. The dilapidated chapel was demolished in 1976. Today Erpentrup with its St. Joh. Nepomuk Church and the neighboring Langeland belong to the parish of Mariä Himmelfahrt, Pömbsen and the pastoral association Bad Driburg.

Culture and sights

From 1968 the Erpentrup glassworks produced glass figurines according to traditional forms. It is now closed.

societies

  • Rifle clubs Erpentrup, Langeland and Hohenbreden
  • Sports club VfL Langeland
  • Langeland-Erpentrup volunteer fire department
  • Eggegebirgsverein and German hiking youth
  • mixed choir

Web links

Commons : Erpentrup  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Siegfried Schröder: The sources of Roman historiography. (PDF; 6.6 MB) In: Trojaburg. Journal of European Early History & Mythology. P. 23 , accessed on May 24, 2013 .
  2. ↑ a b Erpentrup in the valley of the Emmer. Retrieved May 24, 2013 .
  3. ↑ a b W. Lippert, Lothar Lippert: The Eggegebirge and its foreland . 5th edition. Bad Driburg 1996, p. 426 .
  4. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 108 .
  5. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 183 .
  6. ↑ https://www.kreis-hoexter.de/unser-kreis/portrait/zahlen-daten-ffekten/m_380 >
  7. ↑ Pastoral Association Bad Driburg
  8. ^ Bad Driburg Tourism: Erpentrup glassworks. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 6, 2011 ; Retrieved March 12, 2013 .