Herringhausen (Herford)

Herringhausen City of Herford Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 50 ″  N , 8 ° 36 ′ 50 ″  E
Height :	122 m above sea level NN
Area :	2.16 km²
Residents :	2736  (Dec. 31, 2015)
Population density :	1,267 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1969
Postal code :	32051
Area code :	05221
Location of Herringhausen in Herford

Herringhausen is a district of Herford . In the west, the Herringhausen district of the city of Enger is immediately adjacent . Before 1969, these two parts formed a common municipality in the Herford district. To distinguish it from the Engers district, Herford-Herringhausen is also called Herringhausen Ost .

Herford-Herringhausen as seen from the tennis hall in Eickum

history

The place is mentioned for the first time as Hetheredingusen in a deed of donation from 1151. Herringhausen appears in the Ravensburger Urbar from 1556 with 23 courtyards. The main axis of the place is the old trade route from Herford to Osnabrück , which is now called Engerstrasse. Herringhausen was an independent municipality until 1968 . In the course of the territorial reform , the place was divided on January 1, 1969 and added to the neighboring cities of Herford and Enger.

population

Herringhausen Ost became a district of Herford. On December 31, 2015 it had 2,736 inhabitants. Herringhausen is thus significantly larger than the Engers district of the same name.

Neighboring communities

Herringhausen borders in the east on the Radewiger Feldmark of the city of Herford, in the south on Herford- Diebrock and Herford- Eickum , in the west on Enger-Herringhausen and in the north on Hiddenhausen - Oetinghausen .

Public facilities

In Herford-Herringhausen there is a municipal elementary school and a kindergarten for the Protestant parish.

Protestant church

Evangelical Church Herringhausen

The Protestant church was built in 1958. The parish, which had previously belonged to the Herford Münster parish , became independent on January 1, 1964. The community also includes some parts of Diebrock and Eickum. The simple building is characterized by Dutch clinker. The tower stands to the east of the nave. The clinker brick was also left in the interior. In contrast, the altar, baptismal font, pulpit and window reveals are made of sandstone. The windows are made of antique glass. The gallery on the back wall of the church receives its light through a round window.

Economy & Infrastructure

Business

The Herringhausen industrial area is one of the largest industrial areas in the city of Herford. This is where the Poggenpohl kitchen furniture works and the office furniture manufacturer Febrü are based.

Local supply in the food sector

Herringhausen has a supermarket and two bakeries. In addition, there is an organic farm shop. The gas station also has a small shop.

traffic

Engerstraße is the central traffic axis that runs from Herford to Enger through the middle of Herringhausen. Herringhausen is connected to local public transport by the S1 city bus. The buses run every half hour during the week from Eickum / Herringhausen to Herford or from Herford to Herringhausen / Eickum. With this bus line, the train station and the city center can be reached without changing.

Medical care

There is a dental practice and a pharmacy in Herringhausen. There are no more general practitioners on site. The nearest family doctors are in Herford-Eickum and Hiddenhausen-Oettinhausen.

societies

The largest club based in Herringhausen is FA 1910 Herringhausen-Eickum , a sports club specializing in football, table tennis, running, gymnastics and gymnastics.

environment

The Füllenbruch nature reserve connects to the Herringhausen industrial park . The Lambach rises south of the Engerstraße and flows through the Tränental and after 2.8 km flows into the Kinsbeke in Eickum . It is part of the Asbeke-Kinzbachtal nature reserve .

literature

• Theodor Helmert-Corvey: 1200 years of Herford , Maximilian-Verlag, Herford 1989, page 437 ff., ISBN 3-7869-0249-6

supporting documents

1. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 74 .
2. ^ City of Herford: Numbers, data, facts
3. ↑ mhv: bus network city of Herford. Retrieved August 28, 2018 .