Kirchlengern (district)
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Kirchlengern
Kirchlengern municipality
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| Height : | 64 (52-120) m |
| Area : | 9.51 km² |
| Residents : | 5956 (Dec. 31, 2009) |
| Population density : | 626 inhabitants / km² |
| Postal code : | 32278 |
| Area code : | 05223 |
  Location of Kirchlengern in Kirchlengern
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Kirchlengern is the southernmost district and the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name in Kirchlengern in the Herford district . Before January 1, 1969, Kirchlengern was an independent municipality in the Kirchlengern district. The district of Kirchlengern has 5956 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2009) and is thus the largest district in the municipality of Kirchlengern.
geography
Kirchlengern is located in the south of the municipality of Kirchlengern in the Else and Werre valley at an altitude of around 55 m. The lowest point is at the confluence of the two rivers at around 52 meters. The area rises to the south and north. In the south, the district of Kirchlengern is part of the Reesberg , the highest mountain in the municipality in the district of Südlengern , and rises to a height of around 120 meters.
history
Kirchlengern was as Linegaron in a lifting role of Herford mentioned in 1150 for the first time and later temporarily only as Kirchlengern referred. The area of the later municipality north of the Werre initially belonged to the Principality of Minden and the Quernheimer Mark area , the south to the County of Ravensberg . After the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, however, both areas fell to Brandenburg-Prussia . From 1807 to 1810 the area belonged to the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia . From 1811 to 1813, the entire current municipal area of France was incorporated. In 1813 (officially 1815) it fell back to Prussia. In 1855 Kirchlengern was connected to the railway network with a train station. This fueled the tobacco industry, which had its center in the nearby Bünde and displaced the less profitable flax processing in proto-industrialist acquisition structures. From 1897 to 1937, Kirchlengern was also the final stop on the disused Wallücker Willem line . On June 30, 1929 the manor districts Steinlake and Oberbehme fell to the municipality of Kirchlengern. From 1843 to 1918 Kirchlengern still belonged to the Gohfeld - Mennighüffen district and was incorporated into the new Kirchlengern district in 1919, in addition to which the districts of today's Kirchlengern community were already essentially part of. It was not until January 1, 1969 that the municipality ended its independence. In a municipal reform, the seven municipalities of the office were merged to form the new large municipality of Kirchlengern, which despite their name is not seen in continuity with the old municipality of Kirchlengern.
| year | Residents |
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| 1885 | 610 |
| 1925 | 2392 |
| 1933 | 2848 |
| 1939 | 2941 |
| 1961 (June 6) | 4466 |
| 2006 (Dec. 31) | 6036 |
| 2008 (Jan. 1) | 6030 |
| 2009 (Dec. 31) | 5956 |
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the municipality of Kirchlengern showed a silver bridge on a red background (over the Else), above a bundle of five silver tobacco leaves. The coat of arms is only used unofficially as the coats of arms of the district, as the current district, as a dependent regional body, no longer has a coat of arms.
The red background indicates the Principality of Minden , to which Kirchlengern once belonged.
The bridge (here: border bridge) indicates the location on the border between the county of Ravensberg and the principality of Minden. Customs were levied on the royal land toll bridge. It is also connected with the following special events: In 1416, Wulbrand, Bishop of Minden and Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich and Berg, Count of Ravensberg, negotiated disputes on the Lenniger Bridge (Lenniger for Kirchlengern). In 1582, an envoy from Count Simon zu Lippe was denied access to the bridge on his way to the Bishop of Minden. While retreating from the Anglo-Hanoverian armed forces under Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig, French troops partially destroyed the stone bridge built in 1747.
The bundle of five silver tobacco leaves is intended to refer to the tobacco industry that dominates the town, which determined the economic development of the village from around 1860 after the Osnabrück - Löhne railway line opened.
Infrastructure, education and economy
Kirchlengern has a primary school and is one of the locations of the Erich Kästner Comprehensive School. The municipal water park AquaFun and the town hall are located in the district. The Herford District Road Traffic Office is also located in Kirchlengern. Kirchlengern has a train station on the Löhne-Rheine , Bassum-Herford / Bielefeld and Bünde-Hildesheim lines . Kirchlengern is connected to national road traffic by the federal highway 30 and the federal highway 239 . Hettich, the largest company in the Herford district, is based in the Kirchlengern district. E.ON Westfalen Weser operates the Kirchlengern power plant in Kirchlengern .
Attractions
In the district are the Oberbehme and Steinlake estates , which were enlarged in 1929 to include the previously independent estate districts. The construction of the Elsetal bridge was documented in the broadcast with the mouse . Kirchlengern also has a Catholic (St. Marien) and a Protestant church.
Sons and daughters (selection)
- Georg von Borries senior (1811–1870), Prussian manor owner and politician, member of the Prussian manor house
Web links
- Description of the coat of arms kirchlengern.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Internet presence of the Kirchlengern community: numbers data facts
- ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 253 .
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 74 .
