Volmerdingsen

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Volmerdingsen
Volmerdingsen coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 18 ″  N , 8 ° 47 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 100 m above sea level NN
Area : 11.78 km²
Residents : 3675  (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density : 312 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 32549
Area code : 05734
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Location of Volmerdingsen in Bad Oeynhausen

Volmerdingsen is a district of the city of Bad Oeynhausen in the Minden-Lübbecke district in East Westphalia . With an area of ​​almost 12 square kilometers, it is the largest district of Bad Oeynhausen.

location

Volmerdingsen is located in the northern part of the city of Bad Oeynhausen and borders in the east, south and west on the districts of Eidinghausen , Werste and Wulferdingsen . In the north, Volmerdingsen borders the Haddenhausen district of the city of Minden and the Rothenuffeln district of the Hille community ,

From a natural point of view, the place is in the northern part of the Ravensberg hill country and is part of the Eastern Wiehen Mountains , which form the northern border of the place on the ridge. In the area of ​​the Bergkirchener Pass, the place overlaps slightly on the northern slope. Part of the location of Bergkirchen , especially its striking church, is already on Volmerdingen territory.

history

Volmerdingsen was first mentioned in a document in 1089.

On the occasion of the municipal reorganization , which came into force on January 1, 1973, the previously independent municipality of Volmerdingsen was incorporated into the Rehme district with a total area of ​​around 11.78 km² and 4327 inhabitants in Bad Oeynhausen.

Attractions

Evangelical Church Volmerdingsen
Boulder in Volmerdingsen

In the center of the village, east of the Evangelical Church, lies a granite boulder weighing around 40 tons , which was transported from southern Sweden by glaciers to Volmerdingsen during the early Saale Ice Age. Its greatest circumference is 10.70 meters.

school

Since 2012, Volmerdingsen has been part of the primary school network between Weser and Wiehen , a network of former primary schools in the Dehme and Volmerdingsen districts. There is also a kindergarten in Volmerdingsen.

Others

Volmerdingsen is shaped by the Wittekindshof diaconal foundation north of the old town center , which was founded there in 1887. With over 2,500 employees, the foundation is the largest employer in the city of Bad Oeynhausen.

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Institute for Regional Studies (ed.): The natural space units on sheet 85 Minden. Edited by Sofie Meisel. (Geographical land survey 1: 200000, natural spatial structure of Germany), Remagen 1959. online
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 115 .
  3. ^ Bad Oeynhausen: Schools
  4. ^ Bad Oeynhausen: Kindergartens
  5. ↑ Walter Krämer: Interview with Helmut Lütkepohl . In: AStA Economic and Social Statistics Archive . tape 13 , no. 1 , April 2019, p. 87-94 .

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