Windhorst (Warpe)
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Windhorst
Warpe parish
Coordinates: 52 ° 43 ′ 50 ″ N , 9 ° 4 ′ 28 ″ E
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| Incorporation : | March 1, 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 27333 | |
| Area code : | 05022 | |
Location of Windhorst in Lower Saxony |
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Windhorst ( Low German Windhöst ) is a district of the municipality of Warpe in the district of Nienburg / Weser in Lower Saxony ( Germany ).
geography
Windhorst is located 19 km northwest of the district town of Nienburg / Weser on federal highway 6 between Bremen (49 km) and Hanover (67 km).
The village of Windhorst, with the hamlet of Burdorf, is 4.44 km² and has around 200 inhabitants.
history
The place Windhorst arose from around 1200 through settlement from the neighboring place Warpe. Burdorf is a few hundred years older. Around 1740 Windhorst was separated from Warpe and became an independent village. From 1706 to 1968 there was a school in Windhorst. Since the municipality reform, which came into force on March 1, 1974, Windhorst has been part of the municipality of Warpe . From 1990 to 2004, the former Bremen Senator Horst Werner Franke lived in Windhorst.
literature
- Heinrich Gade : Historical-geographical-statistical description of the counties Hoya and Diepholz . Nienburg (Weser) 1901
- Patches stooping: 1100 years stooping . 1982
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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 191 .
