Hankenberge

Hankenberge Municipality Hilter Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′ 28 ″ N , 8 ° 8 ′ 4 ″ E
Residents :	700 (March 31, 2004)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	49176
Area code :	05409

Hankenberge is part of the entire municipality of Hilter am Teutoburg Forest in the district of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony with around 700 inhabitants. It consists of the parts Hankenberge Ort and Hankenberge Sauerland. Until 1972 Hankenberge was an independent municipality. In the course of the district reform , it became part of the entire Hilter community.

Origin of name

Two traditions are known about the naming of the place.

On the one hand, Hankenberge can be derived from the Old High German "hangen" = slope and "berg" = mountain. It roughly means the village on the mountainside.

On the other hand, there is a legend according to which small dwarf-like beings, the "honken", similar to the brownies , are said to have helped the inhabitants of this village with their daily work and that is why the village was named after them.

geography

The memorial stone on Limberg

Hankenberge is located in the western area of the Teutoburg Forest and borders in the north on Georgsmarienhütte , in the east on Wellendorf , in the south on Hilter and in the west on the Teutoburg Forest. The highest mountain is the Limberg in the Teutoburg Forest with a height of 194.3 meters. In 1910 the Zeppelin LZ7 "Germany" crashed on this mountain . A memorial, the Zeppelin Stone, reminds of this .

history

Wealden coal has been mined in the area of the former Hilterberg colliery on the edge of Hankenberge since 1885/86 . The mine was closed in 1903. A memorial plaque commemorates mining. After the end of the Second World War, coal was mined again until 1953.

On July 1, 1972, Hankenberge was incorporated into the municipality of Hilter am Teutoburg Forest.

Population development

Resident population of the municipality of Hankenberge with territorial status as of May 27, 1970:

date	Residents
May 17, 1939	553
September 13, 1950	844
June 6, 1961	713
May 27, 1970	784

traffic

Hankenberge was a station on the Osnabrück – Brackwede (-Bielefeld, "Haller Willem") railway .

There are currently bus connections to Osnabrück and Bad Rothenfelde .

societies

The community of Hankenberge and the community of Wellendorf maintain a sports club, the so-called sports community Hankenberge Wellendorf (short: SG-Hankenberge / Wellendorf or SGHW). In 2008, after the gymnastics department, the youth of the soccer department also merged with TuS Borgloh. There is also a traditional rifleman and homeland club, as well as a marching band.

Events

The Schützen- und Heimatverein Hankenberge celebrates its shooting festival every autumn, it is the last shooting festival of the year in Lower Saxony.

Furthermore, an indoor soccer tournament, the Dütecup, has been held since 2006.

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. 259 .
↑ Lower Saxony State Administration Office (Hrsg.): Municipal Statistics Lower Saxony 1970. Part 2: Population and Employment, Volume 5: District Osnabrück, Hanover 1973, p. 138.

[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. 259 .

[2] Lower Saxony State Administration Office (Hrsg.): Municipal Statistics Lower Saxony 1970. Part 2: Population and Employment, Volume 5: District Osnabrück, Hanover 1973, p. 138.