Schröttinghausen (Prussian Oldendorf)
Schröttinghausen
City of Preussisch Oldendorf
Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 49 ″ N , 8 ° 28 ′ 1 ″ E
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Height : | 49 m above sea level NN |
Area : | 6.77 km² |
Residents : | 378 (Jan. 1, 2007) |
Population density : | 56 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | 1st January 1973 |
Postal code : | 32361 |
Area code : | 05742 |
Districts of Preußisch Oldendorf
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Schröttinghausen is the most northerly and westerly district of Preußisch Oldendorf in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Minden-Lübbecke district .
The small village is on the border with Lower Saxony . Highway 767 runs through the village .
The village school was built in 1862. The famous astronomer and astrophysicist Walter Baade started school here in 1899. A fire brigade museum was set up in the former school , which is under monument protection .
In 1894 the place came to the district of Lübbecke , on January 1, 1973 by the Bielefeld law to the city of Preußisch Oldendorf.
Personalities
- Walter Baade (1893–1960), astronomer, astrophysicist, born in Schröttinghausen
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 325 .