Etteln

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Etteln
Borchen municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 38 "  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 47"  E
Height : 162 m above sea level NN
Area : 23.42 km²
Residents : 1944  (Jan. 1, 2005)
Population density : 83 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 33178
Area code : 05292
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Location of the Etteln district in the Borchen municipality

Etteln is the southern district of the Borchen municipality in the Paderborn district in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). Etteln's old postcode is 4799 (formerly 4791).

geography

Altenau in Etteln

Etteln is located on the Paderborn plateau and is traversed by the Altenau .

Starting clockwise in the west, Etteln borders the Salzkotten district of Niederntudorf , the Borchen districts of Alfen , Kirchborchen and Dörenhagen , the Lichtenau district of Henglarn and the Bad Wünnenberg districts of Helmern and Haaren .

history

Witch trials in Borchen

From 1597 to 1611 witch trials were carried out in Borchen in the area of ​​today's Borchen municipality. 13 people from Etteln were charged, nine people were burned for alleged sorcery, including Elisabeth Schaefer , Margaretha Vogt , "The Josepsche" from Etteln and Gertraud Kneips .

Modern times

In July 1965 Etteln was hit by a severe flood , the Heinrich flood.

Up to and including December 31, 1974 Etteln was a separate municipality in office Atteln in county Buren . When the Büren district was subsequently dissolved on January 1, 1975 ( Sauerland / Paderborn law ), Borchen became a community.

Population development

1818 860
1871 1096
1885 1067
1905 988
1933 1071
1939 1066
1946 1565
1961 1276
1970 1391
1973 1413
1974 1451
2005 1944

politics

Mayor

  • 1975-1994 August Agethen
  • 1994–2009 Friedhelm Rustemeier
  • 2009–2014 Andreas Voss
  • 2014– 0000Ulrich Ahle

Ulrich Ahle (CDU) is the mayor of Etteln.

Local council election

In the local elections in 2009, Ettelner citizens cast their votes in the election for Borchen municipal council as follows:

  • CDU 54.90%
  • SPD 22.04%
  • Free Voting Community Borchen ( FWB ) 4.90%
  • Borchener Bürger Union ( BBU ) 14.80%
  • Free Democratic Party (FDP) 3.37%

Economy and Infrastructure

The Borchen-Etteln motorway junction on the A 33 ( Bad Wünnenberg - Paderborn - Bielefeld ) is only 3 km north of the Wünnenberg-Haaren motorway junction with the A 44 Dortmund - Kassel . The southern extension of the A 33 beyond the motorway junction is the B 480 in the direction of Brilon - Winterberg . A bus line that runs every half hour on weekdays, the R82, connects Etteln northwards with the seat of the municipality of Kirchborchen and the district town of Paderborn and southwards with the Altenau valley and Lichtenau .

There is a primary school and a Catholic kindergarten in the village.

religion

Kluskapelle, front view

The Catholic Church of St. Simon and Judas Thaddäus is located in Etteln . The Evangelical Lutheran residents belong to the Evangelical parish of Lichtenau.

Culture and sights

Buildings

The Kluskapelle is located a little away from the village . It was built in 1677 and consecrated to St. Lucia on October 21, 1681 by Nicolaus Steno (Niels Stensen) . The occasion was the recovery of Bishop Ferdinand von Fürstenberg from a serious illness. In 1867 the chapel received a new bell after the old one was stolen.

Catholic parish church Etteln.

The Catholic parish church of St. Simon and Judas Thaddäus von Etteln was built in 1748 in the baroque style and dedicated to the apostles Simon and Judas Thaddäus . In 1953 a transept was added.

Between 700 BC The various phases of use of the Hünenburg Gellinghausen lie northwest of Etteln.

"Devil's Stone"

During the time of the struggle between pagan and Christianity, the legend about the devil's stone was born. He is lying on the jetty and it is said that the devil is said to have observed a Christian missionary preaching to converting Gentiles. Thereupon the devil threw a large boulder in anger at the priest and his audience, who should smash them. But as if by a miracle, the stone fell on the slope and remained there immovable. Since then, this boulder has been called the Devil's Stone .

Personalities

In the witch trials in Borchen , people from Etteln were burned for alleged sorcery: Elisabeth Schaefer , Margaretha Vogt and Gertraud Kneips . "The Josepsche" von Etteln was imprisoned and tortured in Lippspringe .

Well-known personalities from Etteln include the dressage rider Hubertus Schmidt , team Olympic champion of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and the Osnabrück Bishop Franz-Josef Bode .

literature

  • Michael Weber: Memories of the war from Etteln an der Altenau near Paderborn. A home book. Publisher Ch. Möllmann. Borchen. no year

Web links

Commons : Etteln  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geographical Commission for Westphalia (Ed.): Geographisch-Landeskundlicher Atlas von Westfalen, Topic X Administration and Management, double sheet state and municipal administrative structure , Münster 1990.
  2. ^ 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. 327 .