Schöning (Delbruck)

Schöning City of Delbrück Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 13 ″ N , 8 ° 29 ′ 40 ″ E
Height :	79 m above sea level NN
Area :	7.08 km²
Residents :	1517 (Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density :	214 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	33129
Primaries :	05250, 05244
	Location of Schöning in Delbrück

Schöning is a small village in the Paderborn district that belongs to the city of Delbrück . 1517 people live there.

The village lies in a landscape characterized by agriculture , especially poultry and asparagus cultivation , south of the Ems, which is still young here .

history

The farmer's son and later Count Johann Sporck was born on the Sporckhof in Schöning, probably in 1595. Johann Graf von Sporck served in the Thirty Years War . Emperor Leopold I appointed him commander in chief of the imperial cavalry in 1664 and elevated him to the rank of imperial count. Count von Sporck died in 1679 on the Hermannstädtel estate in Bohemia. The Delbrück secondary school bears his name.

Schöning used to belong to the municipality of Westerloh together with the neighboring villages of Lippling and Steinhorst . With the regional reform, which came into force on January 1, 1975, they became districts of Delbrück .

Coat of arms of Schöning
Catholic Church “St. Meinolf ”in Schöning
Interior view of the Sankt Meinolf Church in Schöning

Attractions

The catholic church Sankt Meinolf should be mentioned as a building .
The family company Tierpark Nadermann has been located in Schöning since 1967 . Several hundred animals, including various species of predators, are kept on an area of around eight hectares. The zoo is of regional importance as an excursion destination.

Web links

Schöning (Delbrück) in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

↑ Home> City Hall> Politics and Administration> Statistics, Statistics. stadt-delbrueck.de, June 30, 2019, accessed on February 16, 2020 .
^ 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. 327 .

[1] Home> City Hall> Politics and Administration> Statistics, Statistics. stadt-delbrueck.de, June 30, 2019, accessed on February 16, 2020 .

[2] 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. 327 .