Schmechten

Schmechten City of Brakel Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′ 8 ″ N , 9 ° 5 ′ 2 ″ E
Height :	214 m
Area :	6.77 km²
Residents :	215 (December 31, 2015)
Population density :	32 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1970
Postal code :	33034
Area code :	05648
	Location of Schmechten in Brakel

Schmechten is a 215-inhabitant district of Brakel in the district of Höxter , North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 826 when it was donated to the Corvey Abbey. The Metbrunnen , north of the village, is a mineral spring that was already known around 973.

Before Schmechten was incorporated into Brakel on January 1, 1970, the place was an independent municipality in the Brakel district .

View from the southwest along the K 19 to Schmechten

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.brakel.de/Stadt/Portrait/Ortschaften/Schmechten
↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 108 .

Web links

Commons : Schmechten - collection of images, videos and audio files

gallery

Schmechten - view from the west
Mead fountain Schmechten (mineral acid)
Mead fountain in the Monumenta Paderbornensia (1672)

[1] ttp://www.brakel.de/Stadt/Portrait/Ortschaften/Schmechten

[2] Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 108 .