Porta Westfalica (City)

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Porta Westfalica (City)
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Coordinates: 52 ° 14 '  N , 8 ° 55'  E

Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Detmold
Circle : Minden-Lübbecke
Height : 70 m above sea level NHN
Area : 105.22 km 2
Residents: 35,631 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 339 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 32457
Primaries : 0571, 05722, 05731, 05733, 05751, 05706
License plate : MI
Community key : 05 7 70 032
LOCODE : DE POW
City structure: 15 districts

City administration address : 		Kempstrasse 1
32457 Porta Westfalica
Website : www.portawestfalica.de
Mayor : Bernd Hedtmann (independent)
Location of the city of Porta Westfalica (city) in the Minden-Lübbecke district
Minden Hüllhorst Espelkamp Bad Oeynhausen Lübbecke Rahden Petershagen Preußisch Oldendorf Porta Westfalica Hille Stemwede Nordrhein-Westfalen Niedersachsen Niedersachsen Kreis Herford Kreis Lippe Niedersachsen Niedersachsenmap
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Porta Westfalica (  [ ˈpɔʁta vɛst'faːlika ] , Latin for Westphalian Gate ) is a medium- sized town with around 37,000 inhabitants in the Minden-Lübbecke district . It is located in north-eastern North Rhine-Westphalia , in the East Westphalia-Lippe region between Minden and Bielefeld . The present city was created as part of the municipal reform in 1973 by merging 15 municipalities. The Hausberge district acts as the city center and administrative center . Please click to listen!Play

The chosen name of the new municipality indicates its location on the Weser breakthrough Porta Westfalica , in which the Weser passes through the mountain gate from the Weser and Wiehen Mountains into the North German Plain. It is the only German city with a Latin name. Porta Westfalica's inhabitants are called Portaner .

geography

Geographical location

Porta Westfalica

The city of Porta Westfalica is located in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia , in the southeast of the Minden-Lübbecke district and on the eponymous Weser breakthrough. The Weser , coming from the south, breaks through the Weser and Wiehen Mountains running in a west-east direction , which in the urban area have summit heights between 200 and just over 300 meters.

The urban area is north and south of the Wiehen and Weser Mountains, and east and west of the Weser. The part of the city south of the mountains lies on the Great Weserbogen . There are several large lakes on the Weserbogen (see also Weserbogenlied ). The Weser delimits the southern urban area for long stretches to the west and south. In terms of nature , the urban area lies in the transition area between low mountain ranges (Lower Weser Uplands ) and the North German Plain . The part of the urban area located in the North German Plain on both sides of the Weser in the Middle Weser Valley is part of the Mindener Land landscape . The slightly hilly part to the south away from the Upper Weser Valley is partly attributed to the Ravensberg hill country .

The closest major cities are Bielefeld (35 kilometers southwest of Porta Westfalica), Osnabrück (60 km west) and Hanover (60 km northeast). Besides Petershagen , Porta Westfalica is the only municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia that is largely east of the Weser.

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View over the Porta Westfalica to the Weser Mountains

Geology and soils

Geothermal map of Porta Westfalica

The subsoil at the Porta Westfalica consists of up to 4000 m thick sediments from the Triassic , Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous . Including rocks from the ancient world ( Devonian , Carboniferous , Permian ).

On the surface, the rock consists mainly of clay, marl , limestone and sandstones from the Middle Ages (Jura). The porta sandstone , which has been used since the 11th century, had supraregional importance . On the northern slope of the low mountain range, clay and marl stones from the late Middle Ages (Lower Chalk) also come to light. Clay, silt and sandstones from the early Middle Ages (Upper Keuper) also come to light around Holtrup . In the ridge area of ​​the Wiehen / Weser Mountains, which are geologically identical, rocks from the Jura also dominate. In the foreland, loose rock dominates ( gravel , sand and silt), which were deposited during the Ice Age and in the Post- Ice Age .

Large areas of fertile loess soil suitable for arable farming can be found in the foothills of the mountains. They are designed as parabroun earths or as pseudogleye when waterlogged . In the case of solid rock from the Middle Ages (Holtrup, Kammlage), the loess thickness is greatly reduced. Here you can find brown soils made of stony clayey loam. The thickness of these layers is greatly reduced in the exposed heights of the mountains; rendzines can therefore also be found on limestone . In the Wesertal Valley and its floodplains, there are less fruity, partly moist, sandy or gravelly brown soils deposited by the river. These soils are only used extensively for agriculture. Partly also originated here peat layers , the fens form.

In mountain and other individual locations, Porta Westfalica is very well suited for the use of geothermal heat sources by means of geothermal probes and heat recovery through heat pump heating (see the adjacent map).

Expansion and use of the urban area

The urban area of ​​around 105 square kilometers extends from south to north about nine kilometers. The maximum extension from east to west is around 14 kilometers. The highest point is the Papenbrink on the border with Lower Saxony in the east of the city area and in the Weser Mountains at 303  m above sea level. NN ( 52 ° 13 '17 "  N , 9 ° 3' 0"  E ). The lowest point is in the Weser Valley near Neesen at around 39  m above sea level. NN ( 52 ° 16 ′ 4 "  N , 8 ° 55 ′ 39"  E ).

The area of ​​the city is mainly used for agriculture and is accordingly rural. Essentially only the Wiehengebirge and the Wesergebirge are forested. For Minden-Ravensberg , which is relatively densely forested, the proportion of forests is well below the national average. The following table provides an overview of the land use:

Area
according to type of use		 Area
in ha 		proportion of
Agriculture 5555 52.8%
Forest 1713 16.3%
Settlement and
traffic areas		 2498 23.8%
Waters 0400 03.8%
Other use 0352 03.4%

Source: LDS

Neighboring communities

Porta Westfalica borders on the following municipalities: In the west on the city of Bad Oeynhausen , in the north on the city of Minden (both district of Minden-Lübbecke, North Rhine-Westphalia). In the north, east and south-east of the cities of Bückeburg and Rinteln in the district of Schaumburg in Lower Saxony . In the southwest it borders on the city of Vlotho in the Herford district and in the south on Kalletal in the Lippe district (both North Rhine-Westphalia).

City structure

Districts of the city of Porta Westfalica

According to Section 3, Paragraph 4 of the main statute, the 15 districts of Porta Westfalica are organized by six district committees in order to address and solve any problems that arise in the individual districts.

(Population as of December 31, 2017):

climate

The climate in Porta Westfalica is determined by its location in the oceanic-continental transition area of Central Europe and by its natural spatial location in the Ravensberger Mulde in the south and in the Mindener Land in the north. The area is mostly in the sub-Atlantic maritime climate , but has temporary continental influences . The winters are mostly mild under the influence of the Atlantic, the summers are moderately warm and the rainfall is relatively evenly distributed. The annual mean temperature is around 8.5 ° C, although the altitude influences this. The elevations of the Wiehen and Weser Mountains are around 0.5 ° C cooler. The Weser Valley and the area of ​​the North German Plain are up to 0.5 ° C warmer.

The precipitation in the Ravensberger Mulde is significantly influenced by the protected basin location. The Teutoburg Forest , the Eggegebirge and Lipper Bergland shield the Ravensberger Mulde from the damp weather fronts coming from the Atlantic from a preferential wind direction south-west. The mean annual amount of precipitation here is around 750 mm. The part located in the North German Plain has lower annual precipitation amounts of around 700 mm.

history

Porta Westfalica around 1841

In 2008, a Roman millstone, a coin, a lead solder and parts of a garment clasp were found in the district of Barkhausen, which can probably be dated to the first decade after Christ. This is where the assumption is based that the summer camp of Varus , from which he went into battle , is to be found in the Roman camp in Porta Westfalica .

It is also possible that Germanicus fought the battle at the Weser crossing at the Weserfurt in 1616. The findings so far do not allow a final assessment. The Latin name of the city came about later, so that this cannot be an indication of Roman settlement. The name Porta Westfalica comes from the 18th century, when the Latin and French languages ​​were in vogue among the nobles . The breakthrough valley of the Weser between the Weser and Wiehen Mountains was named with the name Porta Westfalica ("Westphalian Gate") . Porta Westfalica was not chosen as the name for today's city until 1973.

The first continuous settlement probably took place only in the Saxon period. A first settlement of today's urban area has been documented in writing since 1019. The first known settlement at this place dates back to 1096, when the Schalksburg was first mentioned in a document. At that time it was owned by the Lords of the Mountains , who exercised the bailiwick rights in the Minden bishopric until 1397 . The Schalksburg therefore developed into an important administrative center of the region and was the seat of the Hausberge department for centuries . The present city center of Porta Westfalica developed around this. For the first time in 1353 castle people were also announced who resided in the castle now called "Haus zum Berge". The surrounding settlement was named "Hausberge" after the castle.

The market rights were granted in 1618, the city ​​rights in 1720. The place was away from the main traffic routes and therefore developed only slowly in the period that followed. Even when the Duchy of Minden fell to Brandenburg-Prussia in 1648 , Hausberge remained the seat of the now Prussian Hausberge office with the bailiwicks of Überstieg, Berg and Bruch, Gohfeld and Landwehr (plus Flecken Hausberge). The office fully or partially covered the present-day areas of the municipalities of Porta Westfalica, Minden , Bad Oeynhausen , Löhne and Vlotho . Although the importance of the office faded noticeably after the founding of Minden-Ravensberg and the introduction of rural districts, the office of Hausberge was to last until the end of the Principality of Minden.

In 1806 the area fell to Napoleonic France. The area of ​​today's city of Porta Westfalica was incorporated into the de facto French vassal state Kingdom of Westphalia in 1807 . It was initially part of the department of the Weser and its district of Minden . The places to the right of the Weser were combined in the canton Hausberge. Only Barkhausen to the left of the Weser was part of the canton of Haddenhausen . In 1810 Barkhausen fell directly to France and was henceforth part of the mayor's office of Dützen in the canton of Minden ( department of the Upper Ems ). Most of the right-hand part of today's city of Porta Westfalica remained in the Kingdom of Westphalia. This part was incorporated into the department of the Leine ( Rinteln district ).

Local mountains only grew more rapidly with the construction of the main line of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in the 19th century. In 1864 the first Weser bridge was built in what is now the city between Barkhausen and Hausberge, at that time a chain bridge.

In 1896 the symbol of the city, the Kaiser Wilhelm monument was built.

In 1944, the railway accident at Porta Westfalica occurred near the Porta train station , in which 79 people died.

Incorporations

The present-day town of Porta Westfalica was created as part of the regional reform under the Bielefeld Act of October 24, 1972 with effect from January 1, 1973 and was thus officially named as such. This transferred a term that was previously only known as landscape to a city. The old office seat Hausberge was designated as the seat of the council and administration, at the same time Hausberge became the town center, which was developed as the town center between 1978 and 1988.

14 of the 16 legally independent municipalities of the Hausberge office in the former Minden district were combined; two municipalities switched to other municipalities: the municipality of Uffeln changed as a district to the town of Vlotho in the Herford district , Meißen came to the district town of Minden . The community of Barkhausen, until then located in the Dützen district, which was dissolved at the same time (also in the Minden district), was incorporated into Porta Westfalica.

The 15 combined former communities form the current districts of Porta Westfalica. After January 1, 1973 there were no further reclassifications or incorporations into the urban area.

Population development

year Residents
1973 (January 1) 34,321
1974 (June 30) 34,529
1975 (December 31) 34,946
1980 (December 31) 34,532
1985 (December 31) 33.193
1987 (May 25) ¹ 33,787
1990 (December 31) 35,061
1995 (December 31) 35,794
year Residents
2001 (December 31) 37,250
2002 (December 31) 37,303
2003 (December 31) 37,313
2004 (December 31) 37,348
2005 (December 31) 37,306
2006 (December 31st) 37.211
2007 (December 31) 35,660
2008 (June 30th) 35,577
year Residents
2012 (December 31) 35,347
2017 (December 31) 35,660

¹ census result (information for the current territory)

Religions

Church in Lerbeck

The population is predominantly Evangelical-Lutheran after the prince-bishopric of Minden accepted the evangelical doctrine and at the latest since it was secularized in 1648 and was added to Protestant Prussia as the Principality of Minden .

Smaller shifts in the denominational landscape were a result of general internal migration and secularization, the influx of Eastern European repatriates and southern European guest workers after the Second World War.

An indication of the distribution can be the denomination of the students of the city of Porta Westfalica. According to this, around 70% of the students are Protestant, 6% Catholic, 2% Islamic. 11% state that they belong to another denomination and 11% do not consider themselves to be a denomination.

One of ten Jehovah's Witnesses congress centers across Germany is located in the Möllbergen district on Bornholzweg and is used for congresses and meetings. The catchment area extends over a radius of around 200 km. The local assembly Porta Westfalica is housed in the front part of the center.

politics

mayor

Bernd Hedtmann (non-party) was elected mayor on May 25, 2014 as a non-party candidate, who was nominated by the SPD and the Greens, with 63.91% of the valid votes.

He succeeds Stephan Böhme (SPD), who was elected mayor for the first time on October 10, 2004 with 54.3% of the valid votes in the second ballot. For a second term of office, Böhme was confirmed in office on August 30, 2009 with 44.59%.

Porta Westfalica has had a full-time mayor since Hilmar Wohlgemuth (CDU) was elected on September 26, 1999. The office of city ​​director was abolished with the introduction of a full-time mayor. Since then, the mayor has also taken on the role of head of administration.

List of previous mayors:

1973-1983 Willi Watermann ( SPD )
1983-1999 Heinrich Schäfer (SPD)
1999-2004 Hilmar Wohlgemuth ( CDU )
2004-2014 Stephan Böhme (SPD)
2014– Bernd Hedtmann (independent)

City council

Allocation of seats in the
city ​​council in 2014
     
A total of 40 seats
  • Green list: 5
  • SPD: 19
  • FDP: 3
  • CDU: 12
  • REP: 1

The city council of Porta Westfalica currently has 40 seats. Then there is the mayor as the council chairman. The following table shows the local election results since 1975:

all sources:
1994 to 2004

source 2014 		2014 2009 2004 1999 1994 1989 1984 1979 1975
Political party Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats %
SPD 19th 45.32 17th 40.99 17th 42.70 17th 41.96 20th 50.03 23 51.36 22nd 48.23 23 50.12 23 49.73
CDU 12 30.62 13 32.02 15th 37.42 17th 41.83 13 31.26 12 26.67 13 28.68 14th 30.34 14th 31.60
Green 5 12.68 4th 10.08 3 8.32 2 6.14 4th 9.29 4th 8.79 4th 9.24 - - - -
FDP 3 8.39 4th 10.46 5 11.56 4th 10.07 4th 9.41 6th 13.18 6th 13.85 8th 18.29 8th 18.67
REP 1 2.61 1 1.67 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Individual applicants 0 0.38 0 1.74 - - - - - - - - - - 0 1.25 - -
left - - 1 3.03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total 1 40 100 40 100 40 100 40 100 41 100 45 100 45 100 45 100 45 100
voter turnout 49.86% 50.52% 54.23% 54.07% 82.31% 70.49% 73.04% 78.02% 88.03%

1 without taking into account rounding differences

Coat of arms, flag and banner

Banner, coat of arms and flag
Banner Porta Westfalica.svg DEU Porta Westfalica COA.svg
Flag Porta Westfalica.svg

The city of Porta Westfalica was granted the right to use a coat of arms, a flag and a banner with a certificate from the District President in Detmold dated November 12, 1973.

Description according to the main statute § 2:

By battlements section divided into red and silver (white); above three silver (white) pinnacle towers, below a red eagle wing laid out in bars with a golden (yellow) clover stem

The coat of arms was awarded to the Office Hausberge on February 3, 1936 by the President of the Province of Westphalia . The battlement wall with the towers symbolizes the former Schalksburg in Hausberge , the ancestral seat of the noble lords of Berge , who in turn had an eagle wing in their coat of arms. The colors red and silver indicate the former rule of the prince-bishops of Minden , to which the area of ​​today's city belonged for centuries.

The hoist flag is divided in red and white with the city coat of arms shifted from the center to the pole. The banner is split in red and white and has the coat of arms above the middle.

Town twinning

With the construction of the Berlin Wall , the representatives of the Hausberge Office decided on December 21, 1962 to help the elderly and children in Berlin in their need. Politicians decided in favor of the Berlin-Kreuzberg district and on August 30, 1968, the representatives of Porta Westfalica and Berlin-Kreuzberg decided to establish a partnership in order to cultivate human, cultural and local political relationships. In 1973 the partnership was transferred to the city of Porta Westfalica after the Hausberge office was dissolved. With the district reform in Berlin in 2001, the partnership was transferred to the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district . The partnership associations maintain close relationships and visit each other at events.

The city council of Porta Westfalica sent a greeting card to the citizens of the Hanseatic city of Demmin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on October 3, 1990 . They wanted to give the city regular construction assistance. From this a city connection developed, which was sealed on December 17, 1990. On September 10, 2004, the connection was upgraded to a true partnership. The local clubs exchange ideas and visit each other.

In 1979 Vera Kohlmeyer from Waterloo ( Illinois / United States ) discovered that she had German ancestors in Porta Westfalica; three of the four grandparents emigrated to the USA with many others from the area around 1850/60. Together with August Macke from Porta Westfalica, the first contacts were made, which were documented on October 1, 1980. In 1983 the first group of visitors from Waterloo came to East Westphalia. Since then, regular visits have been made to the twin cities.

Culture and sights

Kaiser Wilhelm Monument

theatre

In the Barkhausen district, in a former quarry, directly below the Kaiser Wilhelm monument, there is the Goethe open-air theater . In the summer months, one adult and one children's play is performed there. Furthermore, the theater group of the municipal high school Porta Westfalica performs plays in the school center south every year. The artist group Spectacular perform cabaret and improvisational theater in the Spek Spek theater in the Kleinenbremen district .

Museums

The Museum of Mining and Geological History has existed since 1995 . An exhibition on the 100-year history of iron ore mining has been set up in part of the mine in Kleinenbremen.

music

The city's music school offers music education, training and maintenance. There is a music garden for children up to three years of age, followed by early musical education up to six years of age. For primary school children a musical education is offered, then the children can in the tool carousel try different instruments and learn. In addition, lessons on various instruments are offered. A youth singing group, two choirs and three male choirs offer something for singers.

Buildings

The Kaiser Wilhelm monument is on the Wittekindsberg ( 276  m above sea level ), which is still part of the city . The Hotel Kaiserhof is at its feet . Interesting is also the old in the central district Hausberge and the visitor mine in Kleinenbremen , an area directly on Jacob Berg ( 238  m above sea level. NN ) and the A 2 located.

On the Jakobsberg there is a 142 meter high telecommunications tower ( type tower ) with a publicly accessible viewing platform and Bismarck memorial room, a building that shapes the landscape and is also a popular excursion destination with a panoramic view.

The Wittekindsburg on the ridge of the Wiehengebirge is well worth seeing . The castle was built in the 10th century and is now used as a café and restaurant. The foundations of the old cruciform church are also on the site . The oldest traces of settlement of a Fliehburg go back to the pre-Roman Iron Age (3rd – 1st century BC).

The underground relocations in the Weser and Wiehen Mountains, built by forced laborers among others, are generally not open to the public.

In Porta Westfalica, the 1.7 km long, two-tube Weserauentunnel runs parallel to the Weser . The tunnel, which was inaugurated on December 6, 2002, is intended to relieve the Barkhausen district of through traffic.

Natural monuments and protected areas

Great Weser Arch

The Weser breakthrough Porta Westfalica in the city of Porta Westfalica was awarded as a national geotope in 2006. At the same time, the Wohlverwahrt iron ore mine in the Kleinenbremen district was recognized as the second national geotope.

In Porta Westfalica there are 16 nature reserves with different protection purposes. The largest, the Wittekindsberg, extends with 111.7 hectares over the cities of Porta Westfalica and Bad Oeynhausen. A forest path through the deciduous forest shows visitors the surroundings in the categories of forest ecology, nature conservation, archeology, history and geology. The eagle owl and pine marten are native to the area.

The Nammer camp is surrounded by the Nammer Klippen nature reserve with 74.10 hectares. The ground monument from pre-Christian times is a ring wall system from the time from 300 to 100 BC.

The other noteworthy nature reserves Auf dem Sprengel , Hehler Feld and Modde each cover almost 50 hectares. They are located in old quarries and are former excavation waters or grounds.

Sports

About 60 clubs maintain the sporting offer of the city of Porta Westfalica. Most of them are organized in the city sports association. Four large sports halls and several small halls are available for those who do sports. There is also an indoor and outdoor pool in the city. In addition to the usual popular sports, there is a hang-gliding club , a sports flying club, a sailing club and various water sports clubs.

Regular events

Every year on Pentecost Sunday is the Portafest under the Kaiser . At this traditional costume festival at the Kaiser Wilhelm monument, folk dance and traditional costume groups from the near and far and also from abroad perform.

On the second full weekend in September there is a city ​​festival in the heart of Hausberge . A flea market with information stands is being organized by the city festival association. Artists perform and live music is played.

Every last weekend in May, the “Porta tables open” market takes place in Hausberge. If the last weekend in May falls on Whitsun, the date is postponed to the first weekend in June.

In addition, there are the shooting festivals of the eleven local shooting clubs.

Economy and Infrastructure

Gravel excavator and ruins of an old railway bridge
The station of Porta Westfalica

In Porta Westfalica there is the now decommissioned coal-fired power station " Community power station Weser " operated by E.ON. Since January 6, 2006, garbage has also been incinerated in the power plant (plastics, textiles, films and photographic paper, as well as paint and varnish waste). There was considerable resistance from the citizens of Porta Westfalica and the municipalities in the area against this waste incineration. The power plant was shut down in March 2015, and electricity was last produced on March 27, 2015.

The Großer Weserbogen leisure facility offers camping and outdoor swimming facilities surrounded by nature and water. In summer, the Amanda Weser ferry runs to Rehme, opposite the town of Bad Oeynhausen.

The Porta Markt shopping center has existed in the Barkhausen district since 1965 .

Established businesses

traffic

Veltheim cable ferry
Porta Westfalica airfield

Porta Westfalica is located on the A 2 motorway and on the Hanover - Amsterdam and Hanover - Cologne railway lines . The federal highways B 61 and B 482 , some of which are built similar to autobahns, cross the area. During the construction of the Weserauentunnel , a new Weser bridge was built in an offset position. The previous bridge was built in 1954 and was built in connection with a new trolleybus route.

The Porta Westfalica Station is located on the Hamm-Minden railway . It is served hourly by RE trains Cologne / Bonn Airport - Düsseldorf - Bielefeld - Minden ( Rhein-Weser Express ) and RE trains Rheine or Bielefeld - Minden - Braunschweig or Nienburg (Weser) . There are direct bus connections to Minden. The city is part of the Westphalian tariff .

The city has several cycle paths , the Weser cycle path deserves a special mention . In Veltheim there is a yaw ferry for pedestrians and cyclists.

The Porta Westfalica airfield for small and glider planes is located in the district of Vennebeck . The nearest international airport is in Hanover, around 70 kilometers away .

In addition, the Minden tram operated in Barkhausen from 1893 to 1959 and the Minden trolleybus from 1953 to 1965 .

The two banks of the Weser are connected at Hausberge by the Weser Bridge Porta and in Neesen by the Theodor Heuss Bridge . A fixed crossing of the Weser had existed at Hausberge since 1865. Before that, the Porta ferry connected the banks here.

Hiking trails

Alongside the European long-distance hiking trail E11 (2,500 km from Scheveningen ( Netherlands ) to Gołdap ( Poland )), the Burgensteig (115 km to Höxter ), the Runenweg (74 km to Schlangen ), the Wittekindsweg (95 km to Osnabrück ) run through Porta Westfalica. , the Weserweg (193 km to Bremen ) as well as the 70 km long Cheruskerweg leading from Detmold .

media

The Mindener Tageblatt is available by subscription. The marketing association “Idea per Porta e. V. ”published the first issue of the association's own Porta magazine in December 2003 , which to this day appears ten times a year and is distributed to all households in Porta Westfalica by post.

In the area of ​​broadcasting, the broadcasting area of Radio Westfalica coincides with the Minden-Lübbecke district. Radio Westfalica belongs to the Radio NRW broadcasting group .

The reporting area of ​​the regional studio Bielefeld of the WDR also extends over the urban area of ​​Porta Westfalica.

Public facilities

The Porta Westfalica volunteer fire brigade has a full-time fire and rescue station in the city. The area is divided into four fire compartments, which are covered by 15 fire fighting groups in the districts. To promote young talent, young people are trained in 12 youth fire brigades.

The main office of the city library is located in the Hausberge district. This is designed as a family library. A branch has been set up in Lerbeck as a children's and youth library. The media inventory comprises a total of around 27,000 units, including not only books, but also around ten percent new media such as CD-ROMs , audio books or games.

The commercial enterprise of the city of Porta Westfalica takes on the tasks of sewage disposal, waste disposal, street maintenance (including summer and winter cleaning), green space maintenance, water maintenance and cemetery management as a self-operating facility of the city.

Stadtwerke Porta Westfalica GmbH is the local network operator responsible for the natural gas and drinking water networks in the city. The company also operates several heating systems. As a supplier, it supplies customers with electricity, natural gas, water and heat. 75.08% belong to the city of Porta Westfalica and 12.46% each to the energy companies Westfalen Weser Netz GmbH and RWE Deutschland AG Dortmund

In accordance with the Waste Act of the Federal Republic of Germany, the waste is disposed of at the Pohlsche Heide waste disposal center .

education

There are 18 kindergartens in the city for early childhood education. Seven kindergartens are run by the AWO , six by parishes, one by the DRK and four by other providers.

The city has ten primary schools and three secondary schools. A secondary school, a comprehensive school and a grammar school round off the educational offer for children and young people. The Comprehensive School Porta Westfalica will be the first secondary school in the city to begin in the 2012/13 school year with “joint lessons” in year 5. The former special needs school was dissolved by a council decision by the city of Porta Westfalica on April 20, 2015.

The Volkshochschule Minden is a special purpose association of the municipalities of Porta Westfalica, Minden, Petershagen and Hille. For adult education, the offer of the adult education center in neighboring Minden must be used. In addition, the "Malche" is located in Porta Westfalica; a theological-pedagogical seminar.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

In today's urban area of ​​Porta Westfalica were born:

Personalities connected to the city

literature

  • Heinz-Peter Mielke (Ed.): Minden and the Porta Westfalica in old postcards . Flechsig Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 1979, ISBN 3-88189-084-X .
  • Reinhard Busch (Hrsg.): Porta Westfalica in old postcards . 2nd Edition. European Library, 1998, ISBN 90-288-2827-3 .
  • Rainer Pape: Charming Werretal. Between the Teutoburg Forest and Porta Westfalica . Heka Verlag , Leopoldshöhe 1995, ISBN 3-928700-15-4 .
  • Jochen Bergmann: The underground war at the Porta Westfalica. Underground production in the Third Reich . Epubli Verlag , Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-8442-1389-8 .
  • Karl Brandt: Neesen in Stories and Pictures 2003 . Röbke Druck, Minden 2003.
  • Günther Leps / City of Porta Westfalica: 950 years of Lerbeck, contributions to its history 1033 −1983 . H. Rosenthal, Porta Westfalica-Lerbeck 1983.
  • Michael Funk: Friedrich Borchard and the Porta Westfalica glass factory: Regional company history as reflected in a biography . Klartext, 1995, ISBN 3-88474-607-3 .
  • Peter Könemann: Sand and gravel mining in the Weser Valley at Porta Westfalica . LIT, 1995, ISBN 3-8258-2394-6 .

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  1. ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 .  ( Help on this )
  2. ↑ https://www.portawestfalica.de/sv_porta_westfalica/Stadtleben/Die%20Stadt/Die%20Landschaft/
  3. ^ Geological Service NRW: Geology, groundwater, deposits, soils, building ground of the communities in NRW. Porta Westfalica. ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  4. ↑ Geological Service NRW: Using geothermal energy - Geothermal study provides planning basis ( Memento from September 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 369 kB)
  5. ↑ State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia: Municipal profile Porta Westfalica, City  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 222 kB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.lds.nrw.de  
  6. ^ Main statute of the city of Porta Westfalica from November 5th, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Committees - SD.NET RIM 4. Accessed June 20, 2019 .
  8. ^ SV Porta Westfalica - districts. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Climate on the side of forest and wood North Rhine-Westphalia for the Weser Uplands with map  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 153 kB) accessed on August 12, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wald-und-holz.nrw.de  
  10. ↑ Precipitation data of the DWD for Bad Oeynhausen 1961–1990 ( Memento of the original from 23 September 2015 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. (zip; 349 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dwd.de
  11. ↑ Thomas Strünkelnberg: Varus Battle: Archaeologists find camp of the Roman generals. Spiegel Online, August 7, 2008, accessed August 7, 2008 .
  12. ^ 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. 326 .
  13. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 118 .
  14. ↑ State Office for Data Processing and Statistics: Pupils at general education schools in North Rhine-Westphalia according to religious affiliation ( Memento from October 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ↑ http://www.jehovaszeugen.de/Kongresssaele-in-Deutschland.69.0.html
  16. ↑ Results of the mayoral election 2014 , accessed on June 20, 2014 (PDF; 121 kB)
  17. ↑ Regional Returning Officer NRW: The Ministry of the Interior informs: Final result for Rahden 1999 , accessed on August 12, 2013
  18. ↑ State database NRW; Election results for the municipality code 05770032
  19. ^ State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia: Local elections
  20. ↑ Announcement of the result of the council election of the city of Porta Westfalica on May 25, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2016 .
  21. ^ Porta Westfalica partnership association
  22. ↑ Porta Westfalica Concentration Camp Memorial and Documentation Center. Retrieved May 22, 2016 .
  23. ↑ Gallery from the Nazi era opened in Porta Westfalica. May 7, 2016, accessed May 22, 2016 .
  24. ↑ portawestfalica.de> Stadtleben> Die Landschaft retrieved in February 2016
  25. ↑ Website of the business enterprise of the city of Porta Westfalica ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2010 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wirtschaftsbetrieb.de
  26. ↑ City of Porta Westfalica: announcements accessed on July 11, 2019