Aspen

Aspen municipality Hövelhof Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 17 "  N , 8 ° 35 ′ 36"  E
Height :	100 m above sea level NN
Area :	12.76 km²
Residents :	680  (2012)
Population density :	53 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	33161
Area code :	05294

Espeln is a district of the municipality of Hövelhof in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany and belongs to the Paderborn district .

Espeln is located in the east of the Westphalian Bay .

history

Memorial stone of the battle at Haspelkamp

Herz-Jesu-Kirche Espeln

Espeln was first mentioned in writing on April 29, 1446 in a purchase contract for the sale of a cow from the alarm clock from Espenloh to the castle kitchen in Neuhaus Castle (then Neuhaus). Espeln was first referred to as a peasantry on July 4, 1502, when the farmers from Osterloh and Steinhorst complained to the land rent master Peter von Lyns in Paderborn that the subjects of Count von Rietberg had set up a landwehr with a lockable passage on Delbrücker soil.

On April 16, 1604, Spanish mutineers passed the Espelnschlingen at the Weckerhof to reach the county of Rietberg. They had previously besieged Paderborn and withdrew after 12,000 thalers had been surrendered. They were allowed to go under secret observation. Then hotspurs opened fire on the rearguard of the Spaniards. Two distinguished soldiers - probably officers - were killed. After that, the entire Delbrück region was devastated by the Spanish soldiers. At Haspelkamp alone there were 400 dead and over 100 injured in the battle. But there were up to 700 in total.

After the soldiers extorted 1000 thalers, they moved to Rietberg.

At the beginning of the 20th century Espeln was banned from church.

The local community and citizens' association has existed in Espeln since 1920. Every year, this organizes the Great Homeland Festival and Thanksgiving Day on the 1st Sunday in September with a parade several hundred meters long. The move consists of at least 20 items (harvest wagon, hay wagon, evening wagon, children's train, minstrel trains, etc.). The king of the harvest is then determined by riding a wreath.

In the 1960s, the paths and streets were given names. Before, the houses and courtyards only had numbers.

On January 1, 1975 Espeln was umgemeindet from Ostenland to Hövelhof as part of the reorganization of the communities.

Regular events

• Homeland and harvest festival every first Sunday in September
• Every April Puch moped races
• Sports festival in June
• Fox hunt by the Espeln rider group
• Easter fire of the rural youth
• Saint Martin
• Christmas market on the 1st of Advent

literature

• Heimatverein Ostenland eV (Ed.): 700 years Ostenland. Thomehope . Bonifatius, Paderborn 1989.
• Johannes Buschmeier: Streets and ways in Hövelhof , Bonifatius-Buchverl., 1995. 272 ​​S.

Web links

Commons : Espeln  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hövelhof community
• The location page

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.espeln.de/
2. ↑ www.espeln.de: The Battle of Haspelkamp ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ www.espeln.de: Der Kirchenbann  ( 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.  
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. 328 .