Lerbeck

Lerbeck City of Porta Westfalica Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 16 ″ N , 8 ° 56 ′ 34 ″ E
Height :	55 m
Area :	4.29 km²
Residents :	3737 (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density :	871 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	32457
Area code :	0571
	Location of Lerbeck in Porta Westfalica

View from the Kaiser Wilhelm Monument to Lerbeck (left in the background) in 1967

Lerbeck is a district of the town of Porta Westfalica in the Minden-Lübbecke district in East Westphalia .

geography

Lerbeck is north of the Weser Mountains with the Jakobsberg and Königsberg and east of the Weser breakthrough Porta Westfalica (Westphalian Gate) on the Weser . In the east, Lerbeck borders on the Nammen district , in the north on the Meißen district of the city of Minden , in the west on the Neesen district and in the south on the Hausberge district . Geographically, the landscape can be assigned to the Westphalian lowlands as part of the Low German moraine and shrubland.

history

Lerbeck was mentioned for the first time on July 2, 1033 in a document under Emperor Konrad II as "Lierbeke" / Lerbike. In it he confirmed that the monastery of St. Martini in Minden, founded by Bishop Siegbert von Minden, with its possessions, including a hoof in "Lierbeke".

Until the municipal reorganization on January 1, 1973 (from 14 of a total of 16 villages on the Weserbogen, south and north of the Weser Mountains and around the "Westphalian Gate", the town of Porta Westfalica became) Lerbeck was an independent municipality with a total area of around 4 , 29 km² and 2713 inhabitants. She belonged to the office of Hausberge in the Minden district . On December 31, 2017, Lerbeck had 3737 inhabitants.

politics

Lerbeck and Neesen belong to District Committee III of the city of Porta Westfalica. The chairman is Kurt Baberske.

economy

Established businesses

The Grohe AG is the largest employer in Lerbeck. In 1994 it took over the DAL / Rost Group (DAL: Deutsche Armaturenfabrik Lerbeck, formerly Leipzig) and produces and sells sanitary fittings and technology. It is the world market leader in some areas and, together with its other locations, has an annual turnover of over one billion euros.

church

Attractions

The Lerbeck Church was built in 1892 in neo-Gothic style based on designs by the Barkhausen architect Heinrich Hutze.

societies

sports clubs

Blau-Weiß Lerbeck (soccer)
TuS Lerbeck (handball and others)

Other clubs

Aquarius Motorbootverein Neesen / Lerbeck eV
House and property Lerbeck
Lerbeck dog club
Hunters and farmers Lerbeck
Neesen-Lerbeck men's choir

traffic

Lerbeck is on federal highway 482 . Until 1965, the Minden trolleybus ran on the Minden line, Porta Westfalica station , Hitzepohl.

literature

City of Porta Westfalica (ed.): 950 years of Lerbeck. 1033-1983. H. Rosenthal, PW-Lerbeck, 1983.
Karl Brandt: Neesen in Stories and Pictures 2003, pages 133 ff .: Die Glashütten , Verlag Röbke Druck, Minden 2003

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b SV Porta Westfalica - districts. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
^ Günther Leps: Lerbeck in old documents . In: City of Porta Wesztfalica (ed.): 950 years of Lerbeck . 1983, p. 21 .
↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 118 .
^ Committees of the city of Porta Westfalica. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
↑ Mindener Tageblatt: Grohe wants to tease more out of Lerbeck , accessed on October 24, 2012
↑ Florian Langenscheidt , Bernd Venohr (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German world market leaders. The premier class of German companies in words and pictures . German Standards Editions, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-86936-221-2 .

[:0-1] SV Porta Westfalica - districts. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .

[2] Günther Leps: Lerbeck in old documents . In: City of Porta Wesztfalica (ed.): 950 years of Lerbeck . 1983, p. 21 .

[3] Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 118 .

[4] Committees of the city of Porta Westfalica. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .

[5] Mindener Tageblatt: Grohe wants to tease more out of Lerbeck , accessed on October 24, 2012

[6] Florian Langenscheidt , Bernd Venohr (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German world market leaders. The premier class of German companies in words and pictures . German Standards Editions, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-86936-221-2 .