Varenholz

Varenholz Kalletal municipality Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′ 14 ″  N , 8 ° 59 ′ 11 ″  E
Height :	81 m above sea level NN
Area :	6.1 km²
Residents :	835
Population density :	137 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1969
Postal code :	32689
Area code :	05755
Location in Kalletal

Varenholz is a village in the municipality of Kalletal in the Lippe district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

Aerial view of Varenholz

The village is located in the Weser Valley between Vlotho and Rinteln in the southern Auewiesen at the foot of the Lipper Bergland . The Weser once flowed directly past the village, but its course has now shifted to the north. The Weser can be crossed at this point with a yaw ferry to Veltheim (passenger and bicycle ferry, only operates on weekends and public holidays).

history

Varenholz Castle

Varenholz around 1845, lithograph by L. Niebour

Varenholz Castle is located in Varenholz . In 1188 it was first mentioned as a property of the Vornholte men. In 1924 the Veltheim high-wire ferry was set up. In 1925 the ferry accident in Veltheim occurred there . 81 soldiers of the Reichswehr drowned here while crossing from Veltheim to Varenholz, which is still considered the greatest misfortune of the German army in times of peace. Since then, all recruits had to learn to swim with the Reichswehr and later with the Wehrmacht . Today a memorial commemorates the accident. From 1945 to 1949, Varenholz Castle was rented by the Universum Film (UFA) film company. Then it became a boarding school, today it houses a private secondary school with boarding school and is owned by the Lippe regional association .

Varenholz was incorporated into the municipality of Kalletal on January 1, 1969 .

tourism

The Weser leisure center near Varenholz with its water ski facility and campsite is one of the main attractions in the area in summer.

Personalities

• Rainer Brinkmann , German politician, born on January 9, 1958 in Varenholz

Web links

Commons : Varenholz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• official website of the municipality of Kalletal
• Varenholz in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 67 .