Meierberg

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Meierberg
Extertal municipality
Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 36 ″  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 56 ″  E
Height : 240 m above sea level NN
Area : 5.33 km²
Residents : 436  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 82 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1969
Postal code : 32699
Area code : 05262
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Location of Meierberg in Extertal

Meierberg is a small village in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia with 436 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2016) and is part of the municipality of Extertal in the Lippe district .

location

The place is located on a ridge of the Weserbergland east of the Exter river at an altitude of up to 247 meters above sea level and about 90 meters above the Exter valley. In the valley of the Exter, about 750 m westward as the crow flies. is the neighboring village of Nalhof , to which Meierberg was part of the municipality.

Bösingfeld , the main town of the municipality, is about 3.5 kilometers south as the crow flies; the neighboring town of Almena is not far to the west; the neighboring town of Rinteln is a good 10 kilometers further north.

history

The exact date of the establishment of the town is not known. However, the first settlement in the Stone Age can be assumed, as can be seen from some visible remains in the area of ​​the municipality of Extertal. In the 9th century, the Uffoburg was built north of the village. In later centuries Meierberg, like the surrounding towns, belonged to the County of Sternberg . The Counts of Sternberg were also the founders of the village church in Almena , to whose parish Meierberg belongs. The church there was built around 1200.

On January 1, 1921, the municipalities of Bremke and Nalhof ceded parts of the area to rebuild the municipality of Meierberg.

As early as 1961, Meierberg joined forces with other surrounding towns and founded a school association, the focus of which was the Almena village community school. At the instigation of the authorities and the neighboring village of Silixen , this school was closed and the students had to accept the way to the central school in Silixen. Since January 1, 1969, the formerly independent municipality has been part of the newly founded municipality of Extertal.

Economy and tourism

Meierberg is apparently still an agricultural scattered settlement , even if more and more workers find their jobs in the surrounding areas. Two carpenters' shops, an electrical company, a master car company and a mushroom farm are to be mentioned as commercial operations. In addition to guest beds in a guesthouse and a holiday home, there is also a campsite .

The place has no significant sights; But there are numerous boulders from the last Ice Age near Meierberg .

traffic

State road 758 (Extertalstrasse) runs west of the village in the Exter valley. Some district roads run through Meierberg itself and the regional buses also run on them. The next motorway junction is Bad Eilsen in the north near Rinteln on the A 2 .

Regional train stations are in Rinteln, Lemgo , Hessisch Oldendorf and Hameln . IC and ICE trains also stop in Bielefeld , Bad Oeynhausen and Hanover .

The normal-gauge and even formerly electrically operated small railway (Extertalbahn) between Barntrup , the places in the valley of the Exter and Rinteln has been closed for passenger traffic. It was operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Extertal (vbe), which still exists as a forwarding and bus company today. However, there is the possibility of using bicycle trolleys for the greater part of the railway line . On some weekends in the summer months there are also journeys with historic trains.

The next international airports are in Hanover and Paderborn .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Otto Weerth's excavation report to the government , accessed on June 26, 2010
  2. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 221, 261 and 264 .
  3. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 67 .