Offelten
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Offelten
City of Preussisch Oldendorf
Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 5 ″ N , 8 ° 30 ′ 26 ″ E
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| Height : | 60 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 5.55 km² |
| Residents : | 843 (Jan. 1, 2007) |
| Population density : | 152 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1973 |
| Postal code : | 32361 |
| Area code : | 05742 |
 Location of Offelten in Preußisch Oldendorf
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Offelten is a place with 843 inhabitants and a district of Preußisch Oldendorf in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Minden-Lübbecke .
Until the end of 1972 Offelten was an independent municipality in the Preußisch Oldendorf district ( Lübbecke district ). On January 1, 1973, the place was incorporated into Preußisch Oldendorf.
The place is one of the most beautiful half-timbered villages in East Westphalia-Lippe. Numerous historical half-timbered rural buildings have been preserved in Offelten. The maintenance of the building structure is supported by the residents and the city of Preußisch Oldendorf. Conversion concepts are drawn up for individual farm sites. Agriculture still shapes the image of the place today.
The Limberg and Offelter Berg nature reserve is located south of Offelten .
traffic
The Offelten stop is on the Wittlager Kreisbahn . Museum trains of the Minden Museum Railway to Bohmte Ost station , which previously only ran from Preußisch Oldendorf , have been running there in addition to transfer trips since 2018 .
Personalities
- Heinrich Albert von dem Bussche (1664–1731), mining captain in Clausthal and chamber president in Hanover
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 325 .
- ↑ Hubertus Braun in: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Hrsg.) Offelten - Portrait of a village in the Mindener Land at the turn of the 20th to the 21st century . Münster: 2002. ISSN 1617-8270 .
- ↑ Joern Spreen-Ledebur: Museum train runs again. In: New Westphalian . Newspaper publisher Neue Westfälische GmbH & Co. KG, May 11, 2018, accessed on September 3, 2019 .
