Schönhagen (Extertal)

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Schönhagen
Extertal municipality
Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 59 ″  N , 9 ° 9 ′ 34 ″  E
Height : 150-370.6 m above sea level NN
Area : 11.68 km²
Residents : 203  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 17 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1969
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Location of Schönhagen in Extertal

Schönhagen is a scattered settlement in East Westphalia-Lippe with 203 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2016). It is the second smallest district of the municipality Extertal in the district of Lippe in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Location and description

The place is in the east of the municipality of Extertal, newly founded in 1969 by the Lemgo law , in the southern Weser Uplands, orographically to the left. H. south of the Weser and was until then an independent municipality. It lies at a height of between 150-370.6 meters above sea ​​level on the border with Lower Saxony. The village of Reine , through which the border between the two federal states runs, has a special feature . To the west of the village, near the neighboring district of Bösingfeld , the administrative seat of the municipality, is the course of the Exter .

Hameln is about 14 kilometers east, Rinteln 15 kilometers north and Lemgo 18 kilometers southwest.

history

Schönhagen is first mentioned in writing in 1348 as Schonenhaghen .

On January 1, 1969, the previously independent municipality of Schönhagen was incorporated into the new municipality of Extertal. Smaller areas of the community of Schönhagen were reclassified to Extertal in 1969 , but according to the main statute they do not form separate districts.

Infrastructure

The course of the state road NRW 861, which has a connection to the Extertalstraße to the west near Bösingfeld , runs through the district . This creates a connection between the towns of Barntrup and Rinteln through the Extertal. The Extertalbahn , which is now only used for tourism, runs almost parallel to the road . There was a train station on this railway line at Bösingfeld.

Even if the town is still rural, agriculture and forestry hardly play a significant role today . There is a campsite in the tourism area. The Schönhagen estate should be mentioned as a sight. A few kilometers north on the "Rintelschen Hagen" in the district of Rott are the remains of the ramparts of the Uffoburg , an early medieval castle.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. extertal.de
  2. Tim-online.de
  3. 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. 433. ( PDF )
  4. Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 67 .
  5. Rinteln.de