Schröttinghausen (Prussian Oldendorf)

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Schröttinghausen
Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 49 ″  N , 8 ° 28 ′ 1 ″  E
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
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Districts of Preußisch Oldendorf
Schröttinghausen village school. Use as a fire brigade museum

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

  1. ^ 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 .

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