Frenke (Emmerthal)

Frenke is part of the municipality of Emmerthal in the Hameln-Pyrmont district . The village has 125 inhabitants (May 1, 2005) and is part of the Emmerthal village of Börry .

geography

The center of Frenke is at an altitude of about 70 to 75 m above sea level. NN and about 1.5 km east of the Weser . The district town of Hameln is about 12 km north of Frenke. The Eichberg, about 2 km southeast of Frenke, is the highest elevation in the vicinity at 248 m above sea level.

history

The first documentary mention as "Vranki" can be found for the year 1050 in the Corvey Monastery inventory . Frenke was the ancestral seat of the knight dynasty of the "Lords of Frenke" who had free float in the Hameln - Polle - Alfeld area.

French "Feldlager bei Frenke" on July 24th to 25th, 1757, immediately before the battle of Hastenbeck: clearly recognizable u. a. the individual buildings in the copper engraving " No. 24 " by Jakobus van der Schley .

During the Seven Years' War , the French troops crossed the Weser on July 16, 1757 under the command of Marshal d'Estrées : From July 24 to 25, they set up their camps around Börry and then withdrew to the battle of Hastenbeck .

The independent community for centuries was in the 16. – 19. Century belonged first to the office Wickensen - noble court Hehlen, then to the office Grohnde . It was then part of the Grohnde-Ohsen office that opened in the newly founded Hameln district in 1885 . Since April 1, 1922, it has belonged to the Hameln-Pyrmont district . In the course of the municipality reform in Lower Saxony, the place loses its municipal status on January 1, 1973 and becomes part of the village of Börry in the unified municipality of Emmerthal.

In 2002 Frenke was the district winner in the competition " Our village should be more beautiful - our village has a future."

Worth seeing

In the place there are u. a. a cottage garden , a private museum of local history and a meadow orchard with 35 old German fruit varieties.

literature

W. Hölscher: Frenke - encounters with the history of our place. Frenke 2000

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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 194 .

Web links

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[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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 194 .