Langeland (Bad Driburg)

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Langeland
City of Bad Driburg
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 54 ″  N , 8 ° 59 ′ 47 ″  E
Height : 233 m
Area : 3.7 km²
Residents : 201  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 54 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1970
Postal code : 33014 ( old: 3490)
Area code : 05238
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Location of Langeland in Bad Driburg

Langeland is a district of Bad Driburg in the district of Höxter , North Rhine-Westphalia, with 201 inhabitants .

geography

Langeland lies on the eastern slope of the Egge Mountains. The immediate neighborhoods are Hohenbreden , Erpentrup and Reelsen . The Emmer , a tributary of the Weser , has its source near Langeland and flows through the village towards Erpentrup , where it receives the Breitenbach.

history

Langeland is also called the rose hip country, as a lot of rose hips grow in the area around Langeland.

The legend of the black cross says that once a charcoal burner was attacked by robbers at that place in the forest and burned in the shape of a cross in his kiln . The charred corpse of the charcoal burner is said to have been lying on the floor in a cross shape. A black cross was set up as a reminder.

The station Langeland is situated on the railway line Hannover-Altenbeken and the railway Altenbeken-Kreiensen . In the 1950s, the Langeland depot got a platform for passenger traffic. However, this was dismantled at the end of the 1960s. Since then, Langeland railway station has been a pure depot again .

On January 1, 1970, Langeland was incorporated into the city of Bad Driburg.

Parish

Langeland, with its local church of St. Joh. Nepomuk, belongs to the parish of the Assumption of Mary, Pömbsen and to the pastoral association of Bad Driburg.

Attractions

South-east entrance to Langeland, view along Horner Strasse, 2007
Rehberg Tunnel, east portal: Langeland, 1909

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.kreis-hoexter.de/unser-kreis/portrait/zahlen-daten-ffekten/m_3801
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 108 .
  3. ↑ Pastoral Association Bad Driburg

Web links

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