Retzen

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Retzen
City of Bad Salzuflen
Retzen coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 3 ′ 4 ″  N , 8 ° 48 ′ 19 ″  E
Height : 90 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.14 km²
Residents : 1409  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 197 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1969
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Location of Retzen in Bad Salzuflen

Retzen is a district of the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​of Bad Salzuflen in the Lippe district in Germany .

geography

location

Retzen is located in the east of the city of Bad Salzuflen and consists of two separate areas, which are separated by the Grastrup-Hölsen district of Salzufler . The small settlement of Volkhausen is located in the northeast of the district .

Protected areas

In the northwest, south of Bergkirchen , the “ Bachtal bei Grünau ” nature reserve has been designated since 2002 .

history

Flint artefacts are evidence of settlement as early as the Mesolithic in the area of ​​today's Bad Salzufler district of Retzen.

Between 1324 and 1360 the place Retzen was first mentioned in writing as a rescuer . Other documented names are Rattersen (1363), Retterzen (1370), Rettzen (1450), Retze (1476, in the Landschatzregister), Rettherschen (1488), Retzenn (1514, in the Lemgoer Bürgerbuch), Retzen (1619, in the Lemgoer Bürgerbuch) and Ritzen (1758).

The following names are historically documented for Volkhausen : Volkerdissen (1309; 1322; 1411), Wolmerdissen (1428), Volkersen (1467 in the Landschatzregister), Volkerdisse (1477), Volkirsen (1488, in the Landschatzregister), Volkerssen (1497, in the Landschatzregister), Volkerdissen (1528), Volkerdyssen (1548), Volchusen (1557), Volckerdissen (1569, in the Lemgoer Bürgerbuch), Volckhausen (1583, in the Lemgoer Bürgerbuch), Volxhausen (1587), Volckhusen (1590, in the Landschatzregister; 1617), Volckhaußen ( 1614 and 1615, in the Salbüchern and Volcksen (about 1625 in the land treasure register).

On March 1, 1923, the municipality of Retzen was reorganized by hiving off the previous municipality of Retzen-Papenhausen . Until it was incorporated into Bad Salzuflen on January 1, 1969, Retzen was an independent municipality in the Lemgo district .

politics

Coat of arms and banner

banner

Blazon : "In gold (yellow) a raised blue oblique left bar covered with three golden (yellow) reeds." The coat of arms and the banner as well as a seal were awarded to the community on July 16, 1963 by the interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia. The coat of arms refers to Rethar (reed, reed) a possible derivation of Retzen. The Schilfkolben are thus speaking for the place name.

Description of the banner: "The banner is blue-yellow-blue in a ratio of 1: 4: 1 striped lengthways with the coat of arms above the middle".

Culture and sights

religion

Evangelical Church in Retzen

The evangelical reformed parish of Retzen was founded in 1953. The parish includes the districts of Retzen, Grastrup and Papenhausen. The church of the Protestant community, consecrated in 1960, is located on Kirchweg.

The Catholics of the district belong to the parish of St. Kilian in Schötmar .

In the north of Retzen, on the Eickberg, is the Bergkirchen Evangelical Church , which was built in 1850 . The Evangelical Lutheran community of Bergkirchen has its origins in the revival movement .

Architectural monuments

The following buildings in Retzen are entered in the list of monuments of the city of Bad Salzuflen; The basis for the admission was the Monument Protection Act of North Rhine-Westphalia (DSchG NRW):

  • House, Papenhauser Straße 5 (monument number: 118 / photo: 1993)
  • Former Amtmeierhof Volkhausen, Korl-Biegemann-Straße 50 (? / 2016)

societies

The Kulturring Retzen eV , founded in 2012, is an amalgamation of associations and institutions in Retzen. It includes the Protestant parish, the volunteer fire brigade, the Friends of the Retzen Kindergarten, the Retzen Elementary School's Friends' Association, the Retzer Stage theater and amateur theater group, the Rot-Weiß Grastrup-Retzen gymnastics and sports club, the Retzen table tennis club and the Retzen automobile club.

The association Landeskirchliche Gemeinschaft eV Retzen is networked in the Lippe Community Association. Today it is an addition to the community life of the local Christian communities.

Personalities

  • Ulrich Volkhausen , doctor and dialect poet from Lippe, born on Gut Volkhausen in Retzen. Under the pseudonym "Korl Biegemann" he wrote prose and poetry in Lippisch Platt.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bad Salzuflen: Statistics / Population. Retrieved August 23, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Elke Treude: “ Traces of prehistoric and early historical settlement in the Bad Salzuflen area ” in “Bad Salzuflen - Epochs of City History”, pages 18 to 40
  3. ↑ Birgit Meineke : The place names of the Lippe district. (=  Westphalian Place Name Book Volume 2). Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-89534-842-6 , pp. 403–404. ( PDF )
  4. ↑ Birgit Meineke : The place names of the Lippe district. (=  Westphalian Place Name Book Volume 2). Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-89534-842-6 , p. 496. ( PDF )
  5. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 275 .
  6. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 69 .
  7. ↑ Retzen award of coat of arms and flags
  8. ^ Kulturring Retzen eV: From church history