Friedewalde

Friedewalde City of Petershagen Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 12 ″ N , 8 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E
Height :	52 m above sea level NN
Area :	20.94 km²
Residents :	1689 (Dec. 31, 2008)
Population density :	81 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	32469
Area code :	05704
	Location of Friedewalde in Petershagen

Friedewalde is a district of Petershagen in the Minden-Lübbecke district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

Located in the far west of Petershagen, borders Friedewalde the east by the districts Südfelde and Meßlingen the city Petershagen and the district Stemmer of the city Minden , in the north on the community Warmsen the Samtgemeinde lamp in Nienburg ( Lower Saxony ), the west and the south to the districts of Holzhausen II and Hille in the Hille community . The center of the district can be described as the area around the village church.

history

In 1327 the name Friedewalde was first mentioned in a document (Vredewolt). Around this time, Friedewalde Castle was also built. It served to defend the city of Minden . Another knight's seat, Haus Himmelreich, was built in the middle of the 16th century. Evidence of this building can still be found today (e.g. a cellar vault, stone evidence in the church). Until 1667 Friedewalde belonged to the parish of St. Marien in Minden. Friedewalde and Stemmer still form a parish today.

Until the municipal reorganization on January 1st, 1973 Friedewalde was an independent municipality with a total area of approx. 20.94 km² and 1668 inhabitants (December 31, 1972) and belonged to the Petershagen office and the Minden district .

politics

The population of Friedewalde has been represented in relation to the council and administration of the city of Petershagen since 1973 by a local councilor, and after a change in 2009 by a local mayor. This is chosen on the basis of the election result by the city council of Petershagen. The last mayor (until 2009) was Alfred Borgmann, the current mayor is Karl-Christian Ebenau.

Culture and sights

The Wegholm windmill was built in 1861 to replace a poorly built court mill. It is a Wallholland with a plastered conical mill tower. In 1899 the original star was replaced by a wind rose system. The windmill belongs to the Westphalian Mühlenstrasse .

church
Wegholm windmill

Economy and Infrastructure

The clubs and groups are combined in the cultural community. The cultural community coordinates the dates and initiates joint cultural events, such as the village community festival with a large parade of wagons. The following clubs and groups are members:

Altenclub Friedewalde
"Bridge to Gomel" - Initiative Children of Chernobyl
Ev. Women's aid Friedewalde-Stemmer
Friends of primary school Friedewalde
Friends of Kindergarten Friedewalde
Volunteer fire brigade , fire fighting group Friedewalde
Mixed choir Friedewalde
Heimatverein Friedewalde
Church choir Friedewalde
Kyffhäuser Comradeship Friedewalde
Local agricultural association Friedewalde in the WLV
Trombone Choir Friedewalde
Poultry Breeding Association Friedewalde
Riding and driving association Friedewalde
Shooting club "Am Waldesrand" Friedewalde
Social Association, former Reichsbund
Gymnastics and sports club "Freya" Friedewalde
Volleyball Club Friedewalde
Folk dance group "Kleiriehe" Friedewalde

traffic

The state roads 764, Minden-Diepenau, 772, Hille - Petershagen and 770, Espelkamp - Petershagen as well as through the Kreisstraße 11, Minden - Warmsen, tie Friedewalde into the regional traffic structure.
In addition to the Galgenheide, the district of Wegholm is the end of the cycle path on the former railway line of the Mindener Kreisbahnen to Friedewalde-Wegholm, which is part of the mill route in parts .

Web links

Location info Friedewalde of the Kulturgemeinschaft Friedewalde eV
Friedewalde in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

↑ Gerhard Seib: The spook in the Castle of Heaven. A lesson in popular enlightenment efforts, communicated by Rudolph Zacharias Becker (1752-1822). Messages of the Mindener Geschichtsverein, year 57 (1985), pp. 141–146.
↑ 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. 117 .

[1] Gerhard Seib: The spook in the Castle of Heaven. A lesson in popular enlightenment efforts, communicated by Rudolph Zacharias Becker (1752-1822). Messages of the Mindener Geschichtsverein, year 57 (1985), pp. 141–146.

[2] 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. 117 .