Lintorf (Bad Essen)

Lintorf Bad Essen municipality Coordinates: 52 ° 18 '27 " N , 8 ° 25' 53" E
Height :	68 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	1856 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	49152
Area code :	05472
Location of Lintorf in Lower Saxony

Lintorf is a village on the northern edge of the Wiehengebirge and belongs to the municipality of Bad Essen in the Osnabrück district in Lower Saxony .

history

Lintorf was first mentioned in a document in 1227. During the existence of the Wittlage district, Lintorf was still the seat of the administration of the Lintorf community. In the course of the enlargement of the district of Osnabrück , today's "Altkreis Wittlage" no longer existed. At the same time, the municipality of Lintorf was attached to the municipality of Bad Essen. The municipal administration is still located there today.

The Gothic Church of St. John was built in 1499.

The doctor and writer Hermann Hartmann lived here in the 19th century .

On July 1, 1972, Lintorf was incorporated into the Bad Essen community.

Population development

Resident population of the municipality of Lintorf with territorial status as of May 27, 1970:

date	Residents
May 17, 1939	502
September 13, 1950	848
June 6, 1961	822
May 27, 1970	945
January 1, 2017	1,856

Economy and Infrastructure

Sports club

The VfL Lintorf is the largest sports club in the area. In addition to gymnastics, football and many other offers, the volleyball department should be highlighted. This has grown rapidly since the late 1980s and is the largest of its kind in Lower Saxony.

traffic

The Lintorf (Han) train station is on the Wittlager Kreisbahn . Only museum trains run here. They are operated by the Minden Museum Railway .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Nord-West-Verlag in cooperation with the Bad Essen community (ed.): Bad Essen . Information for our citizens. 1st edition. Nord-West-Verlag, Bissendorf 2017, p. 7 ( badessen.de [PDF; 9.8 MB ; accessed on May 13, 2017]).
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 260 .
↑ Lower Saxony State Administration Office (Ed.): Municipal Statistics Lower Saxony 1970. Part 2: Population and Employment, Volume 5: District Osnabrück, Hanover 1973, p. 152.

[badessen7-1] Nord-West-Verlag in cooperation with the Bad Essen community (ed.): Bad Essen . Information for our citizens. 1st edition. Nord-West-Verlag, Bissendorf 2017, p. 7 ( badessen.de [PDF; 9.8 MB ; accessed on May 13, 2017]).

[2] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 260 .

[3] Lower Saxony State Administration Office (Ed.): Municipal Statistics Lower Saxony 1970. Part 2: Population and Employment, Volume 5: District Osnabrück, Hanover 1973, p. 152.