Obernbeck

Obernbeck City of wages Coordinates: 52 ° 12 ′ 10 ″  N , 8 ° 42 ′ 8 ″  E
Height :	55 m above sea level NN
Area :	5.6 km²
Residents :	6523  (Dec. 31, 2003)
Population density :	1,165 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1969
Postal code :	32584
Area code :	05732
Location of Obernbeck in Löhne

Obernbeck [ ˌʔoːbɐnˈbeːk ] is a district of the city ​​of Löhne in northeast North Rhine-Westphalia . Until it was founded in 1969, the place formed its own community .

Location and districts

The district is located in the west of the Löhn city area. Neighboring districts are Ulenburg in the north and east, Löhne-Bahnhof in the southeast and Löhne-Ort in the south. Otherwise, Kirchlengern joins with Südlengern , Kirchlengern-Dorf and Häver in the west.

Obernbeck has about 6,500 inhabitants and is located on the north bank of the Werre . The terrain rises sharply to the west with the ridge of the Egge, further east it rises more gently from the river valley. Districts are Obernbeck (center), Feld and Ellerbusch . The neighboring official district of Ulenburg with just under 500 inhabitants is also partly counted as part of Obernbeck in the general perception.

history

• 1151: first documented mention
• Lutheran Reformation around 1550
• 1811–1813: brief membership in Napoleonic France
• 1897–1937: Operation of the “ Wallücker Willem ” small train from Kirchlengern via Obernbeck to Oberlübbe
• 1914: own parish , the Christ Church is consecrated
• 1968–1971: Construction of the Federal Motorway 30 , the route is cut through the middle of the old village center

On January 1, 1969, the municipality of Obernbeck becomes part of the newly founded city of Löhne.

schools

• Protestant elementary school Obernbeck
• Werretalschule Obernbeck (special needs school)

Parishes

• Evangelical Lutheran Church Community Obernbeck
• Catholic parish of St. Laurentius (larger catchment area)

pronunciation

Despite the final consonants c and k , the preceding vowel e is pronounced long, because the c is an elongated c . So the pronunciation is [ obɛɐnˈbeːk ].

Personalities

• Marie Hüsing (1909–1995), Protestant deaconess, poet and writer; born in Obernbeck
• Walter Heise (1931–2017), music teacher and scholar; born in Obernbeck
• Friedel Bolle (* 1947), economist

literature

• Detlef Scheiding: People on the move in dark times. A biographical contemporary document from 1936–1946 in Obernbeck. Wages 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-039119-4
• Detlef Scheiding: "You will be amazed ..." The monk Campani and the church in Obernbeck . Wages 2004, ISBN 3-00-013778-5 .
• Fritz Schwier: Chronicle of the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Mennighüffen until 1926 and Obernbeck until 1936. Löhne 1988

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 75 .
2. ↑ Evangelical Lutheran Church Community Obernbeck