Marienmünster
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Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ' N , 9 ° 13' E |
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| State : | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Administrative region : | Detmold | |
| Circle : | Höxter | |
| Height : | 204 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 64.36 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 4902 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 76 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 37696 | |
| Primaries : | 05276, 05277 , 05284 | |
| License plate : | HX, WAR | |
| Community key : | 05 7 62 024 | |
| LOCODE : | DE MMS | |
| City structure: | 13 towns | |
City administration address : |
Schulstrasse 1 37696 Marienmünster |
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| Mayor : | Robert Klocke ( independent ) | |
| Location of the city of Marienmünster in the Höxter district | ||
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Marienmünster is an East Westphalian town in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany, which was newly formed in 1970 as part of the municipal reform and belongs to the Höxter district . The city is named after the former Benedictine monastery Marienmünster , which was built in the 12th century. About 5200 inhabitants live in Marienmünster, which extends over an area of around 64 km². The city authorities and other central public institutions, such as B. Schools are based in the district of Vörden , which is smaller than the neighboring Bredenborn , but offers the advantage of a more central location.
geography
Geographical location
Marienmünster is located in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia in the Teutoburg Forest / Eggegebirge Nature Park . The city is located in the district of Höxter, the easternmost district of the country, in the Weserbergland .
Important bodies of water in the urban area are the Niese and the Brucht .
The relief of the urban area is strongly wavy, peaks and valleys alternate on a small scale. The highest point is located southeast of Bremerberg at about 340 m above sea level. NN , the lowest point at the outflow of the Niese from the urban area at around 162 m above sea level. NN .
geology
The bedrock in the urban area is essentially made up of clay , marl and sandstones from the Middle Ages , and limestone in the southern edge area . These sedimentary rocks are between one and 1.5 km thick and come from the Triassic and Jurassic . In the course of the earth's history, they have been folded, broken and lifted out to form a mountain of fractures .
Deeper is a solid rock plinth made of rocks from the ancient world ( Devonian , Carboniferous and Permian ). In the flat, undulating western part of the urban area, which belongs to the Steinheimer Börde, the bedrock is covered with loose rock from the Ice Age ( gravel , sand and loess ).
Limestone , sandstone and clay marl stones of the Triassic are the most important aquifers. In some cases, however, the groundwater is salty due to the solution of gypsum and rock salt in the deeper subsoil, so that it cannot be used as drinking water.
The soils in the Marienmünster area are very diverse and vary on a small scale. In the south, west and north-west there are mainly silty - loamy parabrown soils , partly also as pseudogley due to waterlogging ; they are used for agriculture. In the north there are nutrient-rich silty-clayey to clayey brown soils and pseudogley brown soils and pseudogley brown soils above clay and marl stones of the Triassic ; they are also used for agriculture, in some cases they provide space for deciduous or mixed forests.
In the east, in addition to the soils already described above, pseudogleye occurs on larger contiguous areas that are exclusively arable sites.
In the south and south-east, in a framework of clayey loam and loamy clay, brown earth, limestone weathered soils can be found. Here, too, agricultural use predominates; beech forest is only found in cases of large, small-scale differences in altitude . Gleye that are used for grassland have developed in stream valleys .
Marienmünster is consistently well to very well suited for the use of geothermal heat sources by means of a geothermal probe and heat recovery through heat pump heating (see the adjacent map).
Expansion and use of the urban area
The city classified as a "small rural community" covers an area of 64.35 km². The greatest extent in north-south direction is about 9.8 km and in east-west direction about 9.2 km. The central location of the city of Marienmünster is the district of Vörden, where the city administration and all important public institutions are also located.
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| Area in km² | 45.63 | 11.71 | 2.77 | 3.16 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 0.27 |
| Share of total area | 70.91% | 18.20% | 4.30% | 4.91% | 0.76% | 0.50% | 0.42% |
Neighboring communities
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Starting in the north, Marienmünster is bordered by the cities of Schieder-Schwalenberg and Lügde in the Lippe district and Höxter , Brakel and Nieheim in the Höxter district .
City structure
According to Section 3 (1) of its main statute, the city of Marienmünster is divided into the following 13 districts / localities, which were independent municipalities in the Vörden district before 1970 :
| District | Residents 2015 | Residents 2012 | 2009 residents | Residents 2006 | Area in km² | Outline of Marienmünster  |
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| Altenbergen | 473 | 486 | 497 | 508 | 8.15 | |
| Born | 99 | 98 | 108 | 103 | 2.80 | |
| Bredenborn | 1456 | 1497 | 1651 | 1604 | 13.44 | |
| Bremerberg | 100 | 109 | 120 | 123 | 3.36 | |
| Express verse | 80 | 78 | 86 | 83 | 1.54 | |
| Großerbreden | 95 | 93 | 104 | 107 | 1.65 | |
| High house | 166 | 190 | 195 | 206 | 2.17 | |
| Littles | 116 | 127 | 131 | 133 | 0.93 | |
| Kollerbeck | 734 | 744 | 764 | 773 | 7.57 | |
| Löwendorf | 241 | 249 | 253 | 259 | 5.41 | |
| Munsterbrock | 98 | 110 | 117 | 124 | 6.07 | |
| Papenhöfen | 216 | 224 | 230 | 229 | 2.49 | |
| Vörden | 1273 | 1331 | 1375 | 1399 | 8.78 | |
| total | 5147 | 5336 | 5541 | 5651 | 64.36 |
The specified population figures result from updates by the residents' registration office of the city of Marienmünster to the status of January 2012, January 2009 and December 2006. Areas of the districts according to the land registry office in the district of Höxter .
The city administration is based in Vörden.
climate
Climatic data for Marienmünster are not available, therefore data from Bad Driburg , located about ten kilometers to the southwest, and the data from Nieheim, which is only eight kilometers to the west , are used for the representation of temperatures . When assessing it should be taken into account that Bad Driburg is about 50 meters lower, while Nieheim is about the same height.
Marienmünster belongs to the moderate climatic zone of Central Europe and lies in the area of the sub-Atlantic maritime climate . The winters are mostly mild under the influence of the Atlantic and the summers are moderately warm. The annual mean temperature is around 8.5–9 ° C.
Due to the location in the sub-Atlantic maritime climate, a humid climate prevails all year round with relatively evenly distributed rainfall. In total, at the Nieheim measuring station to the west, a long-term average of 908.4 mm of precipitation falls annually, which is significantly more than the German average (700 mm).
The bioclimate of Marienmünster-Vörden and the surrounding area has a large variety of stimulus factors of different intensity and protection factors, so that there are good prerequisites for a promising application of the climate in therapy. This applies to all seasons, with the exception of the winter months, unless there is snow on the heights of the Weser Uplands , Teutoburg Forest and Egge Mountains and continentally influenced, dry and cold weather prevails.
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Marienmünster climate (temperatures: Bad Driburg, 192 m; rainfall: Nieheim, 230 m)
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For the climate in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region , to which the city belongs, see also the article Climate in Ostwestfalen-Lippe .
history
Marienmünster has belonged to the secular rule of the Diocese of Paderborn , originally in the Duchy of Saxony , since it was founded . From the 14th century, the territory of the prince-bishopric of Paderborn ( Hochstift ) was formed in the Holy Roman Empire , and from the 16th century it became part of the Lower Rhine-Westphalian Empire . In 1802/03 the bishopric was occupied by the Kingdom of Prussia . In Napoleonic times the place was part of the Kingdom of Westphalia . Since 1815 Marienmünster belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia, from 1871 it was part of the German Empire . From 1945 to 1949 Marienmünster was part of the British zone of occupation , from 1946 state governed by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and from 1949 also by the Federal Republic of Germany .
History of the districts
Since the city of Marienmünster only emerged in the course of the regional reform in 1970, there is no central historiography for today's urban area. The historical development is therefore assigned to the individual districts.
Altenbergen
Altenbergen is believed to have been founded at the time of Emperor Charlemagne (748–814). Saint Martin was the national saint of the Franks and the church in Altenbergen was consecrated to him. Altenbergen found the first documentary mention in the archdeaconate directory , which identifies the parish as belonging to the Steinheim seat . In 1324 the parish of Altenbergen was handed over to the Benedictine monastery Marienmünster by Bishop Bernhard V of Paderborn . In the 14th and 15th centuries Altenberg was repeatedly attacked by bands of robbers, plundered by troops passing through and abandoned by the population. At the end of the 15th century there was only the old church in Altenbergen. Only in the following decade was the place repopulated and developed into a village. At the same time, the residents of Altenbergen, under the influence of the Lords of Haxthausen, converted to the Lutheran confession, but in 1617 they drove the Lutheran pastor out and became Catholic again.
During the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) Altenbergen suffered greatly from billeting, looting and destruction by foreign troops. Pastor Liberius Maus had the rectory, which had been destroyed in the war, rebuilt in 1662, but had to prevail against the will of the residents when building a school. Like many places in the region, Altenbergen was ravaged by fires. In 1617 33 houses burned down and on Passion Sunday 1781 there was a fire, which destroyed the rectory and seven other houses. The old church, dating from the 13th century, was built so massive that it withstood all conflagrations. It was only torn down in 1899 and a new church was built, which, however, had to be demolished in 1961 due to its dilapidation. A newly built church was consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop Nordhus in the same year. The historic wind turbine was built east of Altenbergen between 1908 and 1911 and served to supply the residents with fresh water until 1959. It is a landmark of the place and also an important technical monument.
Born
Born was formerly called Elbrachtessen, Elbrechsen, Elbrexen and Elbexter and was formerly owned by the Counts of Schwalenberg , who in the 13th century sold or donated their property there to the Marienmünster monastery. As a result, there were various disputes between the monastery and the Lords of Oeynhausen , the Oldenburg pledges . It was about the Schnat limit between the field marks of the Oldenburg and Elbrachtessen. In a settlement in 1554 it was determined that the farmers had to do half their labor on the Oldenburg and the other half on the monastery property. In old feudal letters from 1565, the place name Borun appears with the field of Elbrechtsen , from which Born could have emerged.
A violent conflict broke out in the 17th and 18th centuries between the farmers and the Marienmünster monastery. The dispute, which lasted almost 100 years, was about Huderechte in Bornschen Feldmark and was finally decided on July 2, 1774 by the Court and Provincial Court of Paderborn. The Borner farmers were right and were allowed to graze their cattle from Martini in the Feldmark and use the Greventeich belonging to the monastery as drinking troughs . After the secularization of the monastery, the monastery courtyard came into the possession of the Born community. The secondary customs office established in 1817 on the border with the Principality of Lippe was closed again in 1818 due to poor roads .
Bredenborn
The earliest settlement probably took place in the 7th or 8th century. Bredenborn was first mentioned in a document in 1128 under the name Bredinburne in connection with the foundation of the Marienmünster monastery by Count Widukind von Schwalenberg. At the same time, Bishop Bernhard von Paderborn transferred his property in Bredenborn to the monastery. The monastery farm yard could have been near the Borne pond . From 1138 the monastery received the tithe from Bredenborn and the serf farmers had to cultivate the surrounding fields.
During the feuds in the 14th century, Abbot Hermann von Mengersen had Bredenborn Castle built and the village was fortified against robbers and pillaging troops. As early as 1323 the place was enclosed by a wall with a moat and the monastery servants were responsible for its protection. In 1330 Bredenborn received city rights. In 1341 the Paderborn bishop Balduin von Steinfurt took over the rule of Bredenborn, which had been transferred to the monastery 200 years earlier. In 1652 a church was built, which was consecrated to the patron Saint Joseph and Saint Agatha, and Bredenborn became an independent parish. At the time of the Reformation, the monks were called back to the monastery to protect their faith and the residents of Bredenborn had to attend the local church service during this time. This ensured that the Bredenborn residents did not convert to the Lutheran faith .
Like the neighboring communities, Bredenborn also suffered from billeting and looting during the Thirty Years' War. In addition, there were plague epidemics from 1672 to 1676 and a famine caused by prolonged drought in 1684. The frequent fire disasters of this time were not as devastating in Bredenborn as they were often in other places. This was possibly due to the Bredenborn Fire Code of 1746 , which stipulated that the fastest citizens were paid bonuses for fighting fires.
As a result of the secularization, the Paderborn cathedral chapter in Bredenborn lost its properties and in 1812 the Prussian government ordered the division of the property. In 1814/15 the city with less than 800 inhabitants was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia. In Bredenborn, the Liborian Brotherhood celebrated the first Liborifest in 1747. The Libori Chapel dates from 1812.
Bremerberg
According to Corvey's register of donations from the 9th and 10th centuries, Bremerberg was one of the oldest possessions of the monastery. The place name developed from the earlier names Breme, Bremen and Lüttekenbremen . The monastery courtyard in Bremen also belonged to the foundation of the Marienmünster monastery by Count Widekind I von Schwalenberg in 1128. In addition, the monastery acquired the tithe in the village in 1287 by buying it from the Schwalenberg counts Adolf and Albert.
At the time of feudal rights in the 14th century and because of ongoing attacks and looting, the village of Lüttekenbremen was protected and defended by the brothers Volmer and Heinrich von Wehrdere at the instigation of the monastery.
From 1554 the farmers from Bremerberg had to do half of their labor on the Oldenburg and the other half for the monastery. After the secularization, the monastery courtyard remained in hereditary lease, but the associated forest became state property.
Express verse
In the late Middle Ages, Eilversen was called Eilvernahm and is mentioned for the first time in the Corvey fief registers of Abbot Erkenbert in connection with some of the courts there. A few years later, Eilversen belonged to the Marienmünster monastery. In the 14th century the ownership changed again and now the village belonged to Samt Oldenburg, which was shared by the noble lords of Lippe and the bishop of Paderborn. In the 13th century there lived a noble family who took the name of the village. Knight Ludolf von Eilversehen , wife Rixa and son Johannes belonged to the entourage of the Counts of Schwalenberg and the Bishop of Paderborn. The Reformation could not gain a foothold in Eilversen either. From 1589 the place belonged to the parish Altenbergen and thus to the monastery Marienmünster.
Großerbreden
Großenbreden, like Kleinenbreden and Papenhöfen, emerged from the village of Wenden around 1600 . The place was mentioned in the registers of Corvey monastery around 980 as Wynithun . It was here that monks from Marienmünster earned their tithes. In the 16th century the area was divided into the villages of Großenbreden, Kleinenbreden and Papenhöfen, which are now all districts of the city of Marienmünster. The listed chapel was built in 1747 and is dedicated to St. James.
High house
Hohehaus was called Dungen in the Middle Ages and is mentioned as early as 825 in the Corvey property donation registers. At this time Corvey Monastery received several donations, including a main courtyard and 22 Hufen land in Dungen . The Marienmünster monastery also acquired properties here at the beginning of the 14th century, which Abbot Hermann von Mengersen had the Count of Everstein and his son protect and defend around 1340. Around 1360 the Corvey estates passed into the possession of the Counts of Pyrmont , who in 1407 handed them over as a direct fief to the von Kanne family in Lügde, including tithes and jurisdiction. In the course of the 16th century a border dispute developed between the Counts of Pyrmont and the Corvey monastery, which finally ended in a settlement in 1535. Dungen fell to the Kanne family , while Corvey received the Drenkhusen farm in return . In 1595 the name Dungen still appears as a village name, while a document from 1602 reads: Dorf zu Dungen, as itzo called Hagehauß. Since 1660 only the new name Hohehaus appears .
Together with Löwendorf, Hohehaus suffered particularly badly from the consequences of various armed conflicts. The Eversteiner Feud (1403–1407), the Thirty Years War (1618–1648) and the Seven Years War (1756–1763) should be mentioned, which led to the almost complete destruction of the places.
Littles
Kleinenbreden, like Großenbreden and Papenhöfen, originated from a place that was called Wenden around 1430 , but was referred to as Wynithun in the registers of the Corvey monastery in 980 . Here monks from Marienmünster had acquired tithes. In the 16th century the area was divided into the villages of Großenbreden, Kleinenbreden and Papenhöfen, which are now all districts of the city of Marienmünster.
Kollerbeck
Historically, Kollerbeck is closely connected to the nearby Oldenburg . Kollerbeck is mentioned for the first time in a list of goods that Archbishop Philipp of Cologne acquired for the church in 1184. After the successful war against Duke Heinrich the Lion (1180–1181), he became lord of the county of Schwalenberg. In 1184 he acquired the Oesdorf near Pyrmont estate from Widukind and the feudal property of the Count in Kollerbeck, which apparently already existed as a village at that time. In 1231 Kollerbeck appears in the archdeacon directory of the diocese of Paderborn as a parish. The parish then belonged to the Archdeacon Steinheim . There is a document from 1240 that was signed by Johannes, priest of Kollerbieke as a witness. The parish in Kollerbeck probably existed until the end of the 15th century.
In 1231 the name of the noble lord Friedrich von Kollerbeck appears on a document as Nominus Frethericus of Colribike . Friedrich descended from the Counts of Schwalenberg and his grandfather, Count Widukind I von Schwalenberg, was the founder of Marienmünster Monastery. Friedrich had moved his residence to Kollerbeck and then adopted the name of the village. It can no longer be proven whether the former castle was built by Friedrich. It was a moated castle that was north of the village and whose location is still known today. According to a document from 1358, one half of Kollerbeck and the Oldenburg were sold or pledged to the Lords of Lippe and the other half to the diocese of Paderborn. In 1803 the church property was nationalized in the course of secularization. In 1861 the residents of Kollerbeck built a church that was consecrated to John the Baptist, and in 1899 Kollerbeck was again elevated to an independent parish.
Löwendorf
Löwendorf is one of the few rural villages in East Westphalia-Lippe that have retained their basic structure . The place was first mentioned in the 9th century as Leveringtorp and is one of the oldest possessions of the Corvey Monastery. Löwendorf's historic settlement can still be seen today. The oldest courtyards and the chapel from the 12th century are spread around the village pond. There is also an eastern expansion of the place, which is reminiscent of a street village . A type of house that is still frequently encountered today is the Low German hall house as a four-column construction .
The places Löwendorf, Hohehaus, Saumer and a few other places that were later desolate had a common church. It was initially located in the later abandoned village of Langenhagen, but was soon rebuilt in Löwendorf. Löwendorf is mentioned in 1231 as the parish of Leverinetrop in the Archdeaconate of Steinheim. In the 16th century, the administration of the parish apparently moved to Marienmünster. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the church in Löwendorf was known beyond the borders as a place of pilgrimage, where miraculous healings of diseases and ailments had occurred.
In 1695 the brothers von Kanne zu Bruchhausen sold the fiefdom to the Paderborn prince-bishop von Wolff-Metternich with the consent of the Corvey monastery . He had a castle built near the Angers by the baroque master builder Ambrosius von Oelde . In 1813 the Löwendorf estate was sold to eight farmers from Löwendorf for 12,400 thalers. Concerned that the property could fall back into the hands of a nobleman, the Löwendorfer tore down the manor buildings and used the stones to expand the church. It was expanded to its present size in 1826.
Munsterbrock
Münsterbrock emerged in the 16th century from the abandoned villages of Katshern , later Ketsen and Asserinchusen . These former villages were already the property location of the Marienmünster monastery. According to a contract, the farmers from Münsterbrock had to do half of their labor from 1554 on the Oldenburg and the other half for the monastery. The name Münsterbrock appears for the first time next to the name Ketsen around 1527. In the history books of the abbots of Marienmünster it says: Anno 1527, May 15th, the day before the martyr Bonifatius, we accepted the first farmers in Ketsen / Münsterbrock.
Papenhöfen
Papenhöfen, like Großenbreden and Kleinenbreden, emerged from the village of Wenden around 1600 . The place was mentioned in the registers of Corvey monastery around 980 as Wynithun . Here monks from Marienmünster earned their tithes. In the 16th century the area was divided into the villages of Großenbreden, Kleinenbreden and Papenhöfen, which are now all districts of the city of Marienmünster. The Bönekenberg farmers belong to Papenhöfen and have only had this name since around 1430. It emerged from the abandoned village of Mechtestorpe or Mestorp , where goods belonging to the Corvey monastery were already in the 9th and 10th centuries.
Vörden
Vörden is the central place in Marienmünster. The time of the first settlement cannot be specifically proven. The place name could come from the term Furth or Vurth. Flat spots for crossing rivers are called Vort or Vorde in Low German . The spelling has changed over time, so that Vörden was created. During the feuds at the beginning of the 14th century, Vörden was protected by a castle, walls, rampart and moat at the instigation of the Abbot of Marienmünster. In 1324 the abbot handed over the castle and Vörden together with the Gogericht to the Paderborn bishop Bernhard V and placed himself under the protection of the Paderborn church. In 1342 Vörden was granted city rights and many residents from the surrounding villages sought protection behind the city walls.
Vörden was repeatedly hit by fire disasters, for example in 1504, 1511, 1540, 1639, 1857, 1875 and 1909. During the Seven Years' War, Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig opened his headquarters in Marienmünster in 1761. Devastation of the fields, robbery and looting were the result and Vörden, like the whole region, suffered greatly from the war.
The water supply in Vördens has always been problematic due to its altitude. This was particularly evident in dry summers and the frequent fires when the fire water ran out. So a mate was set up. The water was conveyed from the headwaters of the Hogge into the town in pipes made of oak trunks hollowed out by fire . In 1913 a central water supply was set up and the Kump lost its former importance. Today's Kump dates from 1883 and has a capacity of around 80 m 3 .
In 1832 a signaling station for opto-mechanical telegraphy was built on the Hungerberg on the Berlin-Cologne- Coblenz line. Due to technical advances in electromagnetic telegraphy , the station was abandoned in 1849 and the building was converted into a chapel.
End of the war in Marienmünster
Shortly before the end of World War II , on April 5, 1945, the 83rd US Infantry Division approached the city from the west. A company of the German Air Force was stationed in Bredenborn to defend the place against the Americans. Mayor Ahleke and Dechant Niehaus managed to get Captain Konrad Pessler to leave the place with his troops and holed up in a nearby wood. In the brief skirmish that followed, three German soldiers fell, the others were taken prisoner of war. There is no information about the American losses.
Vörden was defended by German tank destroyers that destroyed two American tanks. When the place was then bombarded by artillery, courageous residents hoisted the white flag from the church tower. At this time there were no more German troops in the city, which was taken by the Americans without a fight.
Kollerbeck was also occupied by the Americans on April 5th. The district of Langenkamp was defended by a Waffen SS unit, which received the Americans with machine gun fire and held the position until evening. No residents were harmed in the fierce battle.
Religions
Due to the affiliation to the former bishopric of Paderborn, the majority of the population of Marienmünster is traditionally Catholic . The five Catholic parishes with their seven churches are organized in the Marienmünster Pastoral Association in the Höxter deanery of the Archdiocese of Paderborn .
The evangelical believers belong to the parish of Marienmünster-Nieheim. It maintains the Marienmünster chapel and belongs to the Paderborn parish of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia .
The denominational affiliation of the students in Marienmünster can be an indication of the distribution of religions. According to this, in the school year 2006/2007 20.7% of the students stated Protestant, 66.7% Catholic and 0.2% Islamic as their religious affiliation. 5.1% said they belonged to another religion and 7.3% had no denomination.
Incorporations
With the "Law on the reorganization of the Höxter district" of December 2, 1969, the city of Marienmünster was created on January 1, 1970 through the merger of the previously independent titular cities of Bredenborn and Vörden and the communities of Altenbergen, Born, Bremerberg, Eilversen, Großenbreden , Hohehaus , Kleinenbreden, Kollerbeck (with Langenkamp), Löwendorf (with Saumer), Münsterbrock (with Abbey and Oldenburg ) and Papenhöfen (with Bönekenberg) were formed. The Office Vörden , to which all the above-mentioned municipalities belonged, was dissolved. After disagreement about the name of the new community existed, since both Bredenborn as the largest town and Vörden as the former official seat and location of the town hall wanted their own names, it was decided to name the new community after the old abbey "Marienmünster".
Population development
The following overview shows the population of the city of Marienmünster according to the respective territorial status. The figures are census results up to 1970 and official updates from the State Statistical Office from 1975 onwards . The figures for 1975, 1980 and 1985 are estimated values, the figures from 1990 onwards based on the results of the 1987 census. The data relate to the resident population up to 1985 and from 1987 to the “population at the place of the main residence”.
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2 municipalities of the Vörden district that were merged on January 1st, 1970 to form the town of Marienmünster
politics
Traditionally, the political attitudes of the population are predominantly Catholic-conservative. In the Weimar Republic , the Center Party therefore received absolute majorities in the Reichstag elections. Today the CDU has an absolute majority of votes. In the local elections, this constituency is divided between the CDU (with a relative majority) and the Independent Voting Association (UWG), which has been running successfully since the 1980s. Other parties operating at the federal level, on the other hand, are barely or not represented at all.
City council
The following table shows the composition of the city council and the local election results since 1975:
| 2014 | 2009 | 2004 | 1999 | 1994 | 1989 | 1984 | 1979 | 1975 | ||||||||||
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| Political party | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % |
| CDU | 11 | 48.0 | 12 | 50.60 | 12 | 54.33 | 13 | 55.39 | 13 | 49.46 | 10 | 42.72 | 11 | 47.96 | 13 | 62.30 | 16 | 74.67 |
| UWG 1 | 5 | 21.5 | 4th | 19.52 | 4th | 15.97 | 3 | 18.31 | 5 | 18.09 | 5 | 24.24 | 5 | 22.59 | 6th | 26.83 | 5 | 25.33 |
| SPD | 4th | 19.9 | 3 | 17.00 | 3 | 15.75 | 4th | 15.80 | 6th | 21.79 | 3 | 16.54 | 2 | 8.46 | 2 | 10.40 | - | - |
| WGB 2 | 2 | 10.8 | 3 | 12.88 | 3 | 13.95 | 2 | 10.50 | 3 | 10.65 | 2 | 10.88 | 2 | 12.64 | - | - | - | - |
| GREEN | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5.63 | 1 | 8.15 | - | - | - | - |
| Individual applicants | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.47 | - | - | ||
| Total 3 | 22nd | 100 | 22nd | 100 | 22nd | 100 | 22nd | 100 | 27 | 100 | 21st | 100 | 21st | 100 | 21st | 100 | 21st | 100 |
1 Independent community of voters
2 Voters community proximity to citizens
3 Without taking into account rounding differences
Allocation of seats in the Council since 2009
For comparison: the distribution of seats in the Council from 2004 to 2009
mayor
Mayor of Marienmünster is the non-party Robert Klocke, who was elected for the first time on August 30, 2009 with 52.6% of the valid votes. On September 13, 2015, Robert Klocke was re-elected with 57.3% of the valid votes.
His predecessor Ulrich Jung (CDU) was re-elected on September 26, 2004 with 65.5% of the valid votes, after he had already been elected for the previous term of office with 62.8% of the valid votes on September 12, 1999. He stopped running in 2009.
Coat of arms, flag and seal
The city of Marienmünster was granted the right to use a coat of arms, a flag and a banner with a certificate from the district president in Detmold dated July 25, 1973 (Section 2 of the main statute of the city of Marienmünster).
Description of the coat of arms :
“In silver (white) a red church with three black-roofed towers, the middle tower with a baroque dome. Under the black gable roof between the side towers a golden (yellow) eight-pointed star. "
The coat of arms shows the stylized Marienmünster Abbey Church, which gave the city, which was formed on January 1, 1970, its name. It forms the unifying element between the city, the population and the church.
Description of the flag:
"Red and white striped lengthways with the city coat of arms shifted from the center to the pole."
Description of the banner:
"Red and white striped lengthways with the city arms in the upper third."
The city has an official seal with the city arms.
Description of the seal:
Upper inscription: STADT, lower inscription: MARIENMÜNSTER,
seal image: In the base of the writing the coat of arms, in which the content of the city coat of arms is reproduced in outline.
Town twinning
A partnership with the city of Schönewalde in Brandenburg has existed since 1991 . Initially to support the development of local self-government, meetings between friendly associations, especially the volunteer fire brigades, take place in the meantime.
In addition, Marienmünster is a member of the New Hanseatic League of Cities .
Culture and sights
theatre
There is no theater building in Marienmünster. In the districts of Altenbergen and Bredenborn, amateur actors perform plays at irregular intervals.
Museums
There is no museum in Marienmünster, but there is a lookout and museum tower. This is reminiscent of station No. 30 on the optical telegraph line from Berlin to Koblenz .
music
In Marienmünster there are six choir communities, a marching band and a general music association.
Buildings
The most famous building is the former Benedictine Abbey Marienmünster with the parish church of St. Jakobus the Elder and Christophorus . It was founded in 1128 and abolished in 1803. The Romanesque building from 1150 was significantly rebuilt in the 17th century. The basilical nave was converted into a hall and the crossing tower was raised. A three-bay choir and later the sacristy were added to the east. Inside the church there is an organ by Johann Patroclus Möller . To the west of the abbey church is the Mother of Holy Hope grotto , which is now a pilgrimage site.
The Oldenburg is the family seat of the Earls of Schwalenberg. The fortification with ramparts and ditches was probably created around 1100. In its center is a mighty residential tower, which was probably built in the second half of the 14th century and renovated in 1687. Similar tower houses are in Beverungen and Lichtenau (Westphalia) . The baroque farm building in the outer bailey (now in ruins) certainly dates back to the time of the renovation.
The Castle Vörden is a baroque mansion with castle park. The Hungerberg Chapel , which is part of a complete Way of the Cross with 14 stations, has also been preserved. Until 1959, the Altenbergen wind turbine was used to supply water to the town of the same name. It is east of the village.
Parks
The gardens of the Marienmünster Abbey are owned by the church, but are open to the public with the exception of the pastor's garden and the farmyard. Little can be seen of the originally baroque gardens and the former kitchen gardens. The churchyard is now used as a cemetery, the monastery cemetery, like the former kitchen gardens, has been redesigned into an easy-care green area. The pastor's garden, which was framed by high walls, previously a baroque pleasure garden, can only be recognized by the modeling of the ground and is partly used as a parking lot and as a meadow. Other parts of the former facility were built on.
The Vörden Castle Park is private property, but its entire size of around 3 hectares is open to the public. Little is known about the origins and development of the park. The city wall of the city of Vörden encompassed the former castle, which stood on the site of today's castle courtyard. The park is in the area in front of the city wall. A historical view from the middle of the 19th century shows the castle with a retaining wall on the steeply sloping castle slope. The moat used to be there, in front of the city wall. A landscape park typical of the time with paths and various groups of trees can be seen on a photo from 1898. In the 1920s, the castle slope was surrounded by a second terrace wall, so that it is now terraced twice by strong retaining walls. A large grass terrace was created between these retaining walls, which is now used for the town's annual rifle festivals. After the Second World War, parts of the park were reforested for wood extraction and as a privacy screen, which caused the park to lose its character as a landscape park more and more in the 1960s. Starting in the 1960s, parking areas were also increasingly used as pasture. Some old solitary trees in the park indicate the former beauty of the landscape park.
Natural monuments and nature reserves
The notable natural monuments in the urban area are a former marl cave east of Großenbreden, the Kolk pond a little further east, an outcrop in the Lower Gipskeuper north of Vörden at the foot of the Hungerberg and the karst spring of the Bangerngraben in Bredenborn. In addition, several solitary trees are designated as natural monuments.
Along with Nieheim and Steinheim, Marienmünster has a share in the approximately 363.8 hectare nature reserve Emmeroberlauf and Beberbach .
Sports
There are five general sports clubs and a driving and riding club in Marienmünster. There are seven sports fields and three sports halls available in the city area. Tennis clubs maintain their own facilities in the districts of Bredenborn, Kollerbeck and Vörden. There is a mini golf course with 18 holes in the Vörden district.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The federal road 239 , coming from Steinheim , crosses the urban area of Marienmünster in the direction of Höxter in a west-east direction.
There are no train stations or railway lines in the city. The nearest regional train stations are in Steinheim, around 12 km away, as well as in Brakel and Höxter, both around 16 km away, the closest long-distance train station is Altenbeken, 25 km away.
Marienmünster is part of the Paderborn-Höxter local transport network ("Hochstift tariff"). Buses run regularly to Brakel, Nieheim, Steinheim and Höxter.
The Paderborn / Lippstadt Airport is km to the southwest about 66th
The approximately 500 km long Teutoburg Forest wellness cycle route , which is designed as a circular cycle path, leads through Marienmünster .
media
At daily newspapers appearing Neue Westfälische and Westfalen-Blatt , they report, six days a week on local events. The cover edition of both newspapers is obtained from the respective main editorial offices from Bielefeld . In addition, the magazine Die Warte for the districts of Paderborn and Höxter appears quarterly in the Hochstift Paderborn and the Corveyer Land , with articles on regional history, literature and art.
Marienmünster belongs to the reporting area of the regional studio Bielefeld of the WDR . Radio Hochstift has been broadcasting since 1991, particularly addressing regional issues and having a higher proportion of listeners compared to national broadcasters (for example WDR).
Public facilities
The Catholic Church in Vörden and the Kolping Family in Bredenborn maintain youth homes for open youth work .
The volunteer fire brigade in Marienmünster is divided into ten fire fighting groups. Together it has 310 members of which 221 are active (as of 2013).
In the Vörden district there is an indoor leisure pool with a teaching pool, whirlpool and sauna.
education
There is a primary school in Vörden in the town of Marienmünster. The operation of the elementary school Kollerbeck was stopped in summer 2009; that of the elementary school in Bredenborn 2015. Pupils attending secondary schools, grammar schools, comprehensive schools, secondary schools and special needs schools are taken to the surrounding cities of Bad Driburg, Höxter, Nieheim, Steinheim and Brakel by bus.
In 2007, a total of 412 students were taught at the city's schools with 23 teachers, 68% of them in primary schools and 32% in secondary schools.
In addition, the city of Marienmünster and the city of Höxter operate the Höxter-Marienmünster adult education center . There are also two municipal kindergartens and one church-sponsored kindergarten in Marienmünster.
The Marienmünster Music School has existed since 1977 and is publicly owned. It offers lessons in early musical education as well as training on a wide variety of musical instruments.
Established businesses
Marienmünster is characterized by a medium-sized economic structure, large companies are not based. The most important branch of industry in absolute terms is manufacturing . Of the just under 1,000 people employed in the city, a little more than 39% work in this branch of business. The ratio of employed to population in the city is around 18.2%. A large part of the resident employees subject to social security contributions are out- commuters .
A local company is Lineol , a manufacturer of mass figures .
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
The following well-known personalities were born in Marienmünster:
- 1811: Albrecht von Roeder , born in Vörden, founder of Cat Spring in Austin County , Texas , USA .
Other personalities
Not born in Marienmünster, but lived and / or worked here:
- Günther I. von Schwalenberg , founder of the Marienmünster Abbey
- Bernhard von Lippe , financial supporter of Marienmünster Abbey
- Leander van Eß , at times a monk in the Marienmünster Abbey
- Johann Patroclus Möller , builder of the organ at Marienmünster Abbey
- Hans-Hermann Jansen , artistic director of the Society of Friends of Music at Marienmünster Abbey
- Walter Steffens , composer, professor at the Detmold University of Music
Others
In 1999, the village of Vörden was awarded the title "State-approved climatic health resort".
literature
- Working group Stadtgeschichte Marienmünster (Ewald Grothe, Franz Meyer, Britta Padberg, Thomas Stratmann): Persecuted - gassed - forgotten. On the history of the Jews in the localities of the city of Marienmünster. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 1990.
- Wilhelm Hagemann: Vörden: history of an agricultural town in eastern Westphalia (= studies and sources for Westphalian history . Volume 61 ). Bonifatius, Paderborn 2008, ISBN 978-3-89710-424-2 .
- Ewald Grothe : Bredenborn in the Höxter district. From the story of a Westphalian village . In: The waiting. Home magazine for the Paderborn and Höxter districts . tape 55 , 1987, pp. 10-12 .
- Ewald Grothe: The chaos of war and city expansion. Bredenborn's development mirrors Westphalian local history. In: The waiting. Home magazine for the Paderborn and Höxter districts . tape 57 , 1988, pp. 29 .
- Anton Keck: Origin and development of the community Bredenborn. From the estate of the stud. Hermes and the Bredenborn files . In: Heimatborn . 1923, p. 39-43, 46 f .
- Diether Pöppel: City and parish Bredenborn . In: Yearbook District Höxter . tape 3 , 1995, p. 187-196 .
- Willy Gerking: The Oldenburg near Marienmünster. On the Lippisch-Paderborn history of Oldenburg and its dairy. Detmold 2009.
- Josef Werpup: History of the districts of the city of Marienmünster with a historical outline of the Marienmünster Abbey. Dresden 2014.
Web links
- Website of the city of Marienmünster
- Marienmünster in the Westphalia Cultural Atlas
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 . ( Help on this )
- ↑ Geological Service North Rhine-Westphalia, Geoscientific description of the municipality of Marienmünster ( memorial from February 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Geological Service NRW: Using geothermal energy - geothermal study provides planning basis ( Memento of September 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 369 kB).
- ↑ State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia : Municipal profile Marienmünster ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ a b Main statute of the city of Marienmünster of October 7, 1999 in the version of the 4th amendment statute of February 3, 2005 ( Memento of the original of September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF).
- ↑ Numbers and facts about Marienmünster, Population 2012 ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Climate data from the German Weather Service .
- ↑ City of Marienmünster - Altenbergen ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Stadt Marienmünster - Born ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ City of Marienmünster - Bredenborn ( Memento of the original dated February 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ City of Marienmünster - Bremerberg ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ City of Marienmünster - Eilversen ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ City of Marienmünster - Großenbreden ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ City of Marienmünster - Hohehaus ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ City of Marienmünster - Kleinenbreden ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ City of Marienmünster - Kollerbeck ( memento of the original from April 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ City of Marienmünster - Löwendorf ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ City of Marienmünster - Münsterbrock ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ City of Marienmünster - Papenhöfen ( memento of the original from April 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ City of Marienmünster - Münsterbrock ( Memento of the original from August 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Heinz Meyer: At that time - The Second World War between Teutoburg Forest, Weser and Leine. Verlag K. W. Schütz KG, Preußisch Oldendorf 1980, ISBN 3-87725-094-7 , p. 194.
- ↑ State Office for Data Processing and Statistics: Students at general education schools in North Rhine-Westphalia according to religious affiliation .
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 108 .
- ^ Ministry of the Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Citizens Service: Law on the reorganization of the Höxter district .
- ↑ State database NRW; Election results for the municipality code 05762024
- ↑ State Office for Data Processing and Statistics: Local elections .
- ↑ http://www.wahlresults.nrw.de/kommunalwahlen/2015/aktuell/762024_KREISANGEHOERIGE_GEMEINDE_XML_DATA.html .
- ↑ City of Marienmünster: Partner City ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ^ Regional Association Westphalia-Lippe: Gardens of Marienmünster Abbey in LWL-GeodatenKultur.
- ↑ Brochure old gardens in new splendor from the LWL office for landscape and building culture in Westphalia, accessed on April 4, 2016.
- ^ Regional Association Westphalia-Lippe: Vörden Castle Park in LWL Geodata Culture.
- ↑ Geodata portal of the Höxter district, natural monuments .
- ↑ Website of the city of Marienmünster ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Volunteer firefighter.
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