Hohenhausen

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Hohenhausen
Kalletal municipality
Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 25 ″  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 55 ″  E
Height : 160 m above sea level NN
Area : 10.45 km²
Residents : 3819
Population density : 365 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1969
Postal code : 32689
Area code : 05264
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Location in Kalletal
Hohenhausen, view from the southwest

Hohenhausen is a village in the municipality of Kalletal and its administrative seat. Hohenhausen is the main town of Kalletal with around 3800 inhabitants.

location

The place is located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the Lippe district . It is located 10 kilometers north of Lemgo , 20 kilometers north of Detmold, 28 km northeast of Bielefeld , 21 km south of Minden and 14 km southwest of Rinteln . Hohenhausen is located in the valley of the Wester kalle stream at an altitude of about 160 meters above sea level.

history

Hohenhausen was first mentioned in a document around 1018 as Hodanhusun . The formerly independent municipality has been a district and the administrative seat of the newly founded large municipality of Kalletal since the territorial reform of January 1, 1969.

Infrastructure

The federal highway 238 runs through the village from Rinteln to Lemgo. The next motorway exits on the A 2 are Ostwestfalen / Lippe , Vlotho-West (formerly Exter) and Bad Eilsen .

In Lemgo , Vlotho and Rinteln are the nearest regional stations. Regional bus routes run through Hohenhausen. There is a citizens' bus to reach the surrounding villages, which has been called the "Jacobi Line" since 2011.

Economy and tourism

Agriculture only plays a minor role in Hohenhausen. Tourism has also decreased significantly in recent years. However, there are still some overnight accommodations in hotels / inns and guest houses. The local economy is characterized by numerous rather smaller industrial and service companies as well as retail stores.

The industrial park of the same name is located in the north-west of Echternhagen .

There is an outdoor swimming pool on site.

Events

Every two years, on the last weekend in August, the "Heimatfest" takes place in Hohenhausen in odd years. The festivities begin with a torchlight procession through Hohenhausen, which ends at the “Hohenhauser Ententeich”.

The highlight is the parade on Sunday. Everyone is invited to design a foot group or a carriage as they wish. Above all, the local club members take part. The Heimatfest ends on Monday evening with an award for the most beautiful groups of carriages and feet. The Heimatfest is known far beyond the borders of the Kalletal.

Sports

TSG Hohenhausen is the local sports club. There is a soccer, handball and popular sports department. The footballers play in the district league A. The juniors in football play in the JSG Bentorf-Hohenhausen Kalldorf. In 1909 athletic Hohenhausers erected a memorial in honor of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn .

building

Mention should be made of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Hohenhausen. It consists of a Romanesque hall from the 12th century. The vaulting, choir and heightening of the west tower followed in the 15th century. The building of the Corves mill from the Renaissance period is used today, among other things, as a library and community center. Outside the town center is the listed courtyard with the Hohenhausen -Dalbke watermill. The listed Jewish cemetery in Hohenhausen is a reminder of the former Jewish community . In Hohenhausen there are several schools, a primary school, the Stephan-Ludwig-Jacobi-Realschule, the Fröbelschule and a secondary school which together form a kind of large school center.

  • Evangelical Reformed Church Hohenhausen

  • Corves Mill

  • Watermill in Hohenhausen-Dalbke

  • Timmering house

Sons and daughters of the village

  • Stephan Ludwig Jacobi (1711–1784) inventor of the "artificial fish farming"
  • Karl Heldman (1872–1914) Mayor of Bad Salzuflen 1900–1906 and of Eckernförde 1906–1914

  • Stephan Ludwig Jacobi monument

literature

  • Wilhelm Süvern: The parish Hohenhausen - history of the communities Hohenhausen, Bentorf, Brosen and Westorf (Lippische cities and villages 5). Lemgo 1965.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birgit Meineke : The place names of the Lippe district. (=  Westphalian Place Name Book Volume 2). Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-89534-842-6 , p. 239. ( PDF )
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 67 .