Mossenberg-Wöhren

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Mossenberg-Wöhren
City of Blomberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 7 ″  N , 9 ° 1 ′ 5 ″  E
Height : 158 m above sea level NN
Area : 3.44 km²
Residents : 293
Population density : 85 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1970
Postal code : 32825
Area code : 05236
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Location of Mossenberg-Wöhren in Blomberg
Village street in Mossenberg
Farm in Mossenberg
Board at the village community center in Mossenberg

Mossenberg-Wöhren has been one of the 19 localities of the city of Blomberg in the Lippe district in North Rhine-Westphalia since 1970 . The village is about five kilometers northwest of the city center of Blomberg. In Mossenberg-Wöhren there are 293 inhabitants on an area of ​​3.44 km², which corresponds to a population density of 85 inhabitants / km². The current mayor is Wilhelm Schnittcher (as of December 18, 2008).

history

Mossenberg was called tom Ossenberg around 1488 , at that time 117 people lived there in 17 colonies . In a document from 1361 Wöhren is referred to as von Worde , which means enclosed land . The Wöhrener chapel was first mentioned in a document in 1600. The bell there dates from 1680 and its sound can still be heard over the two villages today; however, the tower clock was not installed until 1932.

Mossenberg is also known as the Lippisches Schilda , because there are many stories and anecdotes about this place. Once the Mossenbergers are said to have rolled the Wöhren church tower on peas into their village. These and other stories have even been published in the area's school reading books.

On January 1, 1970, Mossenberg-Wöhren was incorporated into the city of Blomberg.

Infrastructure

There are three more in Wöhren and one full-time farm in Mossenberg. In 1994 a village community center was inaugurated in Mossenberg. One of the clubs in the district is the Heimatverein Mossenberg-Wöhren with a Low German group, a painting group and a senior group.

Personalities

The future German Chancellor (1998-2005) Gerhard Schröder was born in Mossenberg on April 7, 1944 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Blomberg locality Mossenberg-Wöhren
  2. ^ Christian Kuhnke: Lippe Lexikon . Keyword: Mossenberg-Wöhren . Boken Verlag, Detmold 2000. ISBN 3-935454-00-7
  3. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 104 .

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