Pivitsheide VL

Pivitsheide V. L. City of Detmold Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ′ 48 ″  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 59 ″  E
Height :	134 m
Area :	5.9 km²
Residents :	6469  (Aug 1, 2006)
Population density :	1,096 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1970
Postal code :	32758
Area code :	05232
Location of Pivitsheide V. L. in the urban area

Pivitsheide V. L. is a district of Detmold in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Lippe in Germany .

Surname

The abbreviation “V. L. ”stands for“ Vogtei Lage ”, to which the village used to belong. The origin of the name is uncertain. It could either come from the Low German term “Püiwitk” (lapwing) or from “Piuits” (poor people). In addition to Pivitsheide V. L. there is also Pivitsheide V. H. The abbreviation “V. H. "stands for" Vogtei Heiden ". Both formerly independent places were incorporated into the city of Detmold on January 1st, 1970.

geography

Pivitsheide V. L. is located about eight kilometers west of the Detmold city center. The place is traversed by the Rethlager Bach , whose origins are the Rethlager springs . In large sections of its course, it has been left close to nature and in the center of the village forms the remarkable Rethlager Mühlenteich. The terminus of tram line 8 of the Detmold tram , which ran from Detmold train station via Heidenoldendorf to Pivitsheide V. L. and was 6.8 kilometers long, was also nearby . Operations began in 1928 and ended in 1954 to make way for private transport.

The Dörenschlucht gorge , through which a pass road leads over the Teutoburg Forest , lies on the southern border of the village . Here is a small, abandoned military cemetery, which bears witness to a battle in the last days of the Second World War . A unit of the Waffen SS had holed up here to stop the advance of the American troops. After seven American Sherman tanks were shot down, they had to retreat to the nearby quarry, where 35 German soldiers and an unknown number of Americans lost their lives.

history

Pivitsheide V. L. is first mentioned in writing in 1590 as vffm Pifit .

In March 2009, the traditional Eichenkrug restaurant , built in 1847, including the outbuildings and a historic half-timbered house, was demolished. The row of houses that characterizes the townscape had previously been empty for years; the Eichenkrug shopping center was built on the vacated site in 2010 .

The historic oak jug

Eichenkrug shopping center 2012

politics

The local mayor is currently Rüdiger Scheuss ( SPD ), the representative in the city ​​council is Edith Kruse (SPD).

Web links

• Official website of the city of Detmold
• Pivitsheide VL in the Westphalia Culture Atlas
• House inscriptions in Pivitsheide VL

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Werner Hüttemann: Chronicle Pivitsheide VH
2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 105 .
3. ↑ Tram in Detmold
4. ↑ Georg Eisenhardt: April 4, 1945 - the "zero hour" in Detmold? In: Detmold in the post-war period (=  special publications of the Natural Science and Historical Association for the Land of Lippe ). tape 41 . Aisthesis Verlag, Bielefeld 1994, ISBN 3-925670-94-7 , p. 50 .
5. ^ German artillery - Artillerie-Gesellschaft-Augustdorf e. V .: The garrison and the history of the military facilities around the Augustdorf site. Retrieved June 20, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Birgit Meineke : The place names of the Lippe district. (=  Westphalian Place Name Book Volume 2). Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-89534-842-6 , p. 392. ( PDF )
7. ↑ Eichenkrug shopping center
8. ↑ Data and facts from the official website of the city of Detmold ( Memento of the original from November 18, 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.