Kirchlengern

Kirchlengern ( Low German: ( Kirk ) Liörnern ) is a municipality belonging to a county in the East-Westphalian district of Herford ( Detmold ) in the north- east of the federal state of North Rhine -Westphalia. The municipality is situated approximately 25 km north of Bielefeld. The community Kirchlengern in its current expansion arose only in a local government reform in 1969, but some districts of the municipality are already in 1150 first mentioned in writing.

• 2.1 Amalgamations
• 2.2 Population development

• 4.1 municipal
• 4.2 Mayor
• 4.3 Coat of Arms
• 4.4 Twin towns

• 5.1 theater
• 5.2 Museums
• 5.3 Music
• 5.4 Structures 5.4.1 Collegiate Church
• 5.4.2 mansion
• 5.4.3 Good and Good Oberbehme Stone Lake
• 5.4.4 Otto, the scrap man
• 5.4.5 Other Structures

• 5.6.1 General
• 5.6.2 pools

• 6.1 Established businesses
• 6.2 traffic 6.2.1 rail and bus
• 6.2.2 Road Traffic
• 6.2.3 bicycle traffic

• 8.1 Community Library
• 8.2 Aqua Fun
• 8.3 Town Hall
• 8.4 Straßenverkehrsamt Herford
• 8.5 Education

• 9.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 9.2 Other personalities

Geography

Geographical Location

The municipality is located in Ravensberger hills in the lower Weser mountain country, ranging in the northern parts of the municipality up to the foothills of the Wiehengebirge. The south of the municipality is located in the lowlands of the Else and Werre, both of which form part of the border with wages in the east and merge right on the border to wages. At the confluence is located at 52 m above sea level. NN height at the same time the lowest point of the community. The highest elevation is the " Bald Mountain" ( Reesberg ) 148 m above sea level. NN in the south of the church. For Wiehengebirge in the north the land rises inside the city limits up to about 123 m above sea level. NN on. The nearest major cities are located 25 km south of Bielefeld and 40 km west preferred Osnabrück. The community is located 10 km north of the county town of Herford, 5 km west of the city of wages and 4 km east of the city frets.

Waters

Through the municipal area flows from west to east, the Else and flows on the eastern border in the coming from the southwest Werre, then ultimately drain into the Weser. From the north of the Else and Werre from Wiehengebirge Coming flow to numerous streams, such as the Rehmerloh - Mennighüffer mill creek which flows through the northern part of the municipality and dehydrated in wages in the Werre. Coming from the south flows the fire stream that flows through Hidden Hausen and Enger, west of Rees Berg to the Else.

Geology

The area is part of the natural area for Ravens Mulde. The Ravens Mulde is a gently undulating, between 50 and 140 m above sea level. NN -lying hills. Numerous small valleys (called Sieke ) intersect often suddenly and deeply into the otherwise weak kuppierte country. Geologically, are essentially Liasplatten ago with loess, which have been converted by Zertalung in the Pleistocene to the hill country. Under the loess cover, there are some Geschiebelehme. More legacy of the ice ages are the frequently encountered boulders. The Elsetal and the lower reaches of the Werre form the running east to west glacial valley of the Else- Werre Lowland.

Kirchlengern is moderate to good, in some locations very well, for the use of geothermal heat sources by means of borehole heat exchanger and heat recovery by the heat pump (see the accompanying map ).

Expansion and use of the urban area

Kirchlengern stretches over an area of ​​33.78 km ², making it the after just a little smaller Hiddenhausen the second smallest village in the area heavily overdeveloped Herford. The form of the municipal area is at a length of 10 km in the north-south direction and a width of max. 6.5 km relatively narrow east-west direction.

Kirchlengern was used as Altsiedelland early agriculture. Together with the towns frets, Hidden Hausen and wages forms the southern part of the municipality of an almost continuous agglomeration. The northern parts of the community are less densely populated, but is also here, as throughout the community forest is very rare. On the consistently fertile Lössgebieten grain and corn are also increasingly cultivated oilseed rape. The following table shows the exact land use

Neighboring communities

The community Kirchlengern bordered to the north by the municipality Hüllhorst ( district of Minden -Lübbecke ), to the east by the city of wages, in the south on the community of Hidden Hausen and in the west on the town frets (all Herford ).

Community structure

The municipality is divided into seven districts, of which Kirchlengern is the largest. He is the namesake of the 1969 resulting from the independent communities of the Office Kirchlengern merger. The previously independent community Südlengern was the community Kirchlengern ( Südlengern village), and the City Frets ( Südlengern Heather ) are allocated in this reorganization of Herford. An unofficial district is Oberbehme to the same Good Oberbehme.

Climate

The predominant climate is the Atlantic maritime climate. Climate data in the long-term average (1971-2000) for the 10 km air distance away Herford shows the following table.

In the long-term average (1961-1990), the region had an average of 1473 sunshine hours per year (observation station: Herford ). The weather data for Kirchlengern should not significantly deviate from the specified data from Herford because the cities are about the same and in comparable natural spatial location in the long-term average.

See also: Climate in East Westphalia -Lippe

History

Even before the ninth century, there were the first signs of human habitation. The Altsiedelland to the Else was inhabited by Saxon Engern, which were then Christianized the Great around 800 by the Franks under Charlemagne and subject. Since the 12th century there first mentions the church today Kirchlengern. Presumably in 1147 the Bishop of Osnabrück, Philip of Katzenelenbogen, the monastery Quernheim had founded as an Augustinian nunnery. Their Basilica ( Collegiate Church ) dates from the 12th century, but was rebuilt several times and probably goes back on a sacred predecessor. The district pin Quernheim making it probably one of the first permanent settlements Kirchlengerns. Of Herford Abbey in 1150, 1151 and Südlengern Rehmerloh The districts were Häver (referred to as Hevere ) Kirchlengern ( Linegaron ) and Quernheim ( Quernem ) mentioned in writing in the late 12th century in the lifting role. Monastery peasantry (originally on Low German: beym Burschop Closter ) evolved as peasantry around the monastery in pen Quernheim. The name for this district is, however, probably emerged only in the 18th century. During the Reformation, the monastery in pen Quernheim 1532 was converted into a free secular convent. After the Peace of Westphalia of 1648, the Principality of Minden fell ( area north of Elsevier ) and the County Ravens Mountain (south of the Else ) to Brandenburg- Prussia. From 1807 to 1810 the area was part of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia. From 1811 to 1813 the entire present-day municipality was incorporated into France. 1813 (1815 officially ) it fell again to Prussia. On 1 December 1810, the aristocratic ladies seminary was closed to cross home and its possessions in 1815 handed over to Prussia, who managed it until 1832 as a domain. 1832, the district court was founded in 1816 in Quernheim was moved to frets. Mayor Wilhelm Bacmeister began in 1860 so that the freehold of the pen, to which a good and a manor belonged, divided into plots for sale. Thus was formed by settlers from the pen lands since 1860, the 161 ha comprehensive community pin Quernheim with small houses and small peasant ownership.

Around the middle of the 19th century collapsed with the emergence of mechanical looms the pure craftsmanship of flax fiber, also occurred in the years 1847-1850 to crop failures. Economic improvement finally brought a road connection from Herford to Luebbecke via Kirchlengern (now B239 ) and the construction of a railway from wages towards Osnabrück ( Hanoverian Western Railway, inauguration 1855). Since 1855 Kirchlengern thus has a train station. 1904 From here, was also a cross connection to the railway line Hamm- Minden through Herford and Bielefeld. Between 1897 and 1937 Kirchlengern termination stop was also a small railway line to Oberlübbe that mainly served the transport of ore, but also persons transported ( " Wallücker Willem ").

From 1843 to 1918 Kirchlengern belonged to the district of Gohfeld - Mennighüffen, 1919, a private office Kirchlengern - forerunner of today's church. 1929, the formerly independent estate districts Oberbehme and stone finishes ( formerly the district of Herford or frets ) were released and came to the office district Kirchlengern.

Incorporations

During the municipal reorganization in North Rhine -Westphalia was the new community Kirchlengern formed on 1 January 1969 the Office Kirchlengern ( with Häver, Kirchlengern, Monastery peasantry, Quernheim, Rehmerloh, pen Quernheim ) and Südlengern village and small parts of the community Spradow.

Population Development

The following table shows the population change since 1969:

1 Source: State Statistical Office 2 Source: State Statistical Office

Religion

The population is predominantly Protestant (66.7 % of the population ). Further 8.53% are Catholic. 24.9 % of people of another religion are pending or religious affiliation.

• Protestant churches of EKvW are the Ev. Parish Hagedorn, the Evangelical Lutheran. Parish Kirchlengern, the Evangelical Lutheran. Parish pin Quernheim and the Lutheran. Lydia parish frets for the district Südlengern
• Evangelical Free Church community are the Ev. free community Kirchlengern
• Roman Catholic communities are to Pastoralverbund Bünder land belonging to communities of St. Canisius and St. Xavier in pen Quernheim and St. Mary's in the district Kirchlengern. Here, the future bishop of the Archdiocese of Paderborn Matthias King was pastor.
• More New Religious Movements, the New Apostolic Church northwest of the country, and the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses and the Free Bible Church Kirchlengern that in Kirchlengern as a splinter group of Jehovah's Witnesses established for the first time.

Policy

Kirchlengern is a kreisangehorige municipality in the district of Herford. County seat is Herford. Select Kirchlengerns citizens since 1999 the mayor in a direct line. They also elect a Municipal Council currently 34 representatives.

Parish council

The community Kirchlengern policy is currently designed by four parties and a constituency association. The council has 34 members elected in 2009. In addition, the mayor comes as Council President. The following table shows the composition of the Council and the local election results since 1975:

UWG: Independent voters Community

Mayor

Kirchlengerns mayor is Rüdiger Meier ( CDU), who was first elected on 26 September 2004, 56.17 per cent directly from the citizens of the community. On 30 August 2009, he was confirmed with 60.30 percent in office. Predecessor was Werner Helmke (SPD ), who was elected in a runoff election in 1999 with 58.7 percent of the valid votes. More predecessor:

• Friedrich Hartmann ( around 1975 )
• August whitefish ( around 1978 )
• Heinrich Stüwe
• Rolf width citizens
• Günter Schröder
• Werner Helmcke

Coat of arms

The community Kirchlengern has been awarded with certificate of the provincial government in Detmold on 15 February 1972, the right to bear a coat of arms. It shows a sign of red and silver divided; above three growing out a stalk acorns, down a red bar. The questions in the upper mindensche red field three silver acorns point to the former trade association of the Quernheimer Mark. The boundaries of the same are consistent after exclusion of the community Spradow essentially with those of the previous Office Kirchlengern, who led an identical crest. Red is the color of the territory Minden. Silver refers to historical and territorial- neighborly relations with the county Ravens mountain, with the territory Minden since 1719 formed an administrative province of Brandenburg- Prussian state and to the membership of the community to Wittekind Herford.

The community Kirchlengern has also been awarded with certificate of the provincial government in Detmold on 15 February 1972, the right to bear a flag. She is striped red and white along.

See also: List of coats of arms in the district of Herford and list of flags in Herford

Twin Cities

Tännesberg is partner community since 1982 in the Upper Palatinate district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria. The village has about 1500 inhabitants.

Culture

Theater

Kirchlengern has no theater, but the cultural program of community Kirchlengern "Cultural Forum " at the Erich Kästner Comprehensive School Kirchlengern. The local movie theater light view shows only 2.50 times on a 6 meter screen films outside of the mainstream, no earlier than 8 weeks after federal start. The viewers have a say in the program by desires.

Museums

In the fire museum in the district Häver historical fire brigade uniforms, equipment and syringe carriage of the fire department will be on display over 1000 m². Clearly structured, there are the departments of respiratory protection, uniform, awards and decorations, water supply and motorization. Highlights of the collection are the vehicles and turntable ladders, all of which are ready for use. The fire museum in a converted farmhouse from the 18th century is on display every first and last Sunday of the month. The Bauernbad Rehmerloh is a historic bath and lodge of 1883., It served as a public cleansing bath for the rural population. Was bathed by these mostly on weekends, so that performed during the week Spas with "healthy" bath salts. It was renovated in operation until 1973 and from 1996 to 2002 and has since been open to visitors as a museum.

Music

In Südlengern a local chapter of the Christian music-related organization Ten Sing is a resident. There are also inter alia the gospel choir Kirchlengern eV, the Protestant church choir Kirchlengern, Männergesangverein MGV 1898 pin Quernheim and the brass choir of the YMCA Kirchlengern. In the old elementary school building, near the town hall, the music school Kirchlengern is established.

Structures

Overall Kirchlengern has 35 registered in the list of monuments preservation, including:

Collegiate Church

The Collegiate Church in pen Quernheim is a Romanesque building in the core of the 12th century. In the 16th century the nave was extended in the late Gothic style to the north and re- arched. It is germ cell Kirchlengerns, former monastery and nunnery. Very impressive is a multipart late Gothic winged altar from the time around 1525.

Manor house

Right next to the collegiate church is the manor house called Äbtissinnenhaus of 1676th It was initially built as a residence for about 30 head inside the ladies pin Quernheim. The abbey was dissolved in 1810 in the wake of secularization and initially continued as a Prussian state domain. The Prussians sold 1832 Commissionsrath Conrad Delius to Minden and Delius gave the manor to his son, retired Major Wilhelm Bacmeister to Grapenstein ( 1791-1874 ). This inhabited until 1861, the building and left it in 1837 to extend to 6.5 m. In 1861 it was sold because of money worries Bacmeisters to the cigar factory Steinmeister & Wellensiek that the house again extended and a cigar factory einrichteten. It was used until 1971 and was in 1976 just before the demolition. Since 1993, the Biological Station Ravens mountain is located in the district of Herford in the mansion. In a room with a historic ceiling paintings weddings are performed since 1998 as well.

Good and Good Oberbehme Stone Lake

The water castle or Good Oberbehme was first mentioned in 1450. Until the 17th century it belonged to the family of Quernheim. 1734 acquired Friedrich von der Horst to Haldem by the brothers of Cornberg the estate. In close vicinity of the Good Niederbehme, which belonged to the 19th century the family of cross home, which also include the Good Ulenburg belonged in wages was. This caused disputes. Only one year after the acquisition, leaving the Baron von der Horst of the Lord Quernheim to Niederbehme therefore the building of Oberbehme and built into good stone manor house Lake new. The rights of Oberbehme were transferred to Stone Lake, while the rights of Niederbehme, whose buildings were demolished, were transferred to Oberbehme. But could be used for the good stone Lake and demolition waste of good Niederbehme. The Manor Stone Lake in the Baroque style, created in 1735 by Friedrich von der Horst to Haldem, is since 1789 owned by the Borries family. 1789 sold Julius August von der Horst Stein paints to Franz Christian von Borries. 1803 went to Philipp von Borries, whose descendants still own it today. The property was once 170 acres. Today, Dr. Reyner von Borries has lived in the manor house of the manor Stone Lake. The rest of the good he has leased. This property is surrounded park.

Otto, the scrap man

The well-known under the name of Otto, the scrap metal man sculpture is work of art and advertising a chain of petrol stations at the same time. The over 10 meters high, clearly recognizable as a man to colossus scrap stood first in Hidden Hausen and then wandered on to Kirchlengern - Häver. Beginning of 2007 were him there the storm Kyrill and his exposed location on the mountain Huell undoing. He buckled and almost fell to the gas station.

Other buildings

• Ostermeier's yard is a typical Westphalian Fachhallenhaus house in the heart Kirchlengerns. The premises of the former farmhouse Ostermeier's courtyard serve the public both as a cultural meeting center and the local library.
• Yard Tiemeier in Südlengern district is also a Westphalian hall house. It dates from 1605 and is one of the oldest farmhouses in Kirchlengern and beyond.
• The effervescent mill was one of the first power plants in Elsetal and provided South and Kirchlengern with electricity. The young master miller Heinrich Schürmann, was born in 1872 in the Nienburger mill in bundling Hunnebrock, learned at the Mühlereifachschule in Leipzig knowledge of water turbines. In 1898 he left the mill operating his father and Henry Schürmann 1902 installed the first dynamo to the shower mill, in which he was married. Then he invited her to a public showing of the carbon filament lamp in the station restaurant raven. The first lines were drawn from the shower to the mill cigar factory Heinecke in Kirchlengern. A second wiring harness leading to the bakery Wöhrmann and, at the instigation of the main teacher Kirchhoff, continue to school Südlengern village.
• Construction of supported on concrete piers Else viaduct over the Elsetal and the highway was documented in the program with the mouse. A camera on the roof of the adjacent power plant is made every day a photo of the construction, which were then shown in fast motion. The bridge was created in the so-called incremental launching method with a launching nose, so to speak, shifted gradually from one side of the pillar.

Parks and nature encoder Offer

In the north, a 5-star Nordic walking park with loop trails 4-18 CM is created. The manor Stone Lake has a public not accessible 4 -hectare park with a wide lawn axis and large solitary trees. The park is preserved in the state of the 19th century. In the park is a 1.6 -meter-long whale rib.

In Kirchlengern parts of Rehmerloh - Mennighüffer mill stream and the Elseauen are protected. A total of approximately 240.1 ha are under protection, equivalent to about 7.13% of the municipal territory.

Sports

General

Among the sports clubs include the TV Häver for grassroots sport, the tennis club TSG- Kirchlengern, the fencing club Quernheimer FC, ​​the club SGEM Kirchlengern and the football clubs VfL monastery peasantry, BV 21 pin Quernheim and Red-White Kirchlengern. 26 clubs with approximately 5,100 members have joined together in community sports association Kirchlengern. On the go-kart track in the district Kirchlengern can be operated on a 610 -meter race track racing. Biggest sports halls are the triple gymnasium with bleachers for 500 spectators at the comprehensive school and the sports hall in Quernheim. There are also, among others, 5 sports courts, including an artificial pitch in Friedenstal in pen Quernheim.

Swimming pools

The only swimming pool Kirchlengerns is the indoor and outdoor pools Aqua Fun.

Regular events

• Feuerwehrfest in Südlengern
• Summer Festival Kirchlengern
• Winter Ball of Fire squad monastery peasantry / pin Quernheim
• Athlete ball on the first Saturday in February at the sports hall in Quernheim
• Dance into May the advertising community at the restaurant Myer Zwo in pen Quernheim
• Maypole on May 1 in Südlengern °
• Setting up the Christmas tree on 1.Advent in Südlengern °
• Christmas market on the first Thursday and Friday in December at the collegiate
• Christmas Market at 2.Advent in Kirchlengern °

Specialty

The Butcher Spengemann produced as a specialty bratwurst Ravens Ravens Berger Berger Art These specialty is fresh, not sold brewed. They are filled into wafer-thin sheep casings and have a very spicy and strong taste.

Economy and infrastructure

Established businesses

Kirchlengern has a diverse economic structure with metal, wood, glass, materials handling, packaging, furniture, high-tech and graphic industry. Kirchlengern has 5,164 social insurance contributions (as at 30 June 2006). Largest employer is the company Hettich. The Hettich Group, with headquarters in Kirchlengern is a supplier and service provider for the furniture industry and has a total of 5200 employees, of course, not all work in Kirchlengern. Furthermore, the power station Minden- Ravensburg mountain is worth mentioning. The company operates the power plant Kirchlengern for electricity generation in the vicinity of the station Kirchlengerns and is a company of E.ON Westfalen Weser AG. With 150 employees Dewert produced electric motor drive systems for the care, hospital and furniture. The marketing and purchasing alliance emendo, currently (as of December 2011) 200 computer dealers are connected across Germany, has in Kirchlengern its Headquarters. Menke produced as many companies in the District of Herford furniture. The Great Butcher Spengemann is especially known for its Westphalian bratwurst.

In Kirchlengern also the furniture store furniture company is represented by a branch, which is currently expanding the sales area to over 20,000 sqm in its branch in Kirchlengern.

Traffic

Rail and bus

The Kirchlengern railway station is on the railway line wages - Rheine, branches off from the here a 4 km long cross- connection to the railway line Hamm- Minden. The platforms are accessible without steps. In rail transport the following trains:

• RE 60 " Ems - Leash Express" Rheine -Osnabrück - Kirchlengern wages ( Westphalia ) Minden -Hannover- Braunschweig
• RB 61 " Wiehengebirgs track " Bad Bentheim- Rheine -Osnabrück - Kirchlengern - Herford - Bielefeld
• RB 71 " Ravens Berger track " Rahden frets - Kirchlengern - Herford - Bielefeld
• RB 77 " Weser Railway" ( bun- Kirchlengern ) - wages -Hameln -Hildesheim

The districts are served by a local bus ( ring line). Regional buses to Herford and frets. Wages can be reached with a Dial-a.

Kirchlengern belongs to the tariff association " The Six " (OWL Transport GmbH).

Road

Kirchlengern is connected via the B 239, which produces between Luebbecke and Herford connection to the A 30 to the trunk road network.

Bicycle traffic

Through the city runs, among others Else- Werre bike trail (54,5 km from the bifurcation to the Werre mouth in Bad Oeynhausen ) and the BahnRadRoute Weser -Lippe (350 km from Bremen to Paderborn ). The cycle network is signposted.

Media

As newspapers Neue Westfälische, and the Westfalen-Blatt appear with local section for Kirchlengern. The local radio station Radio Herford is to receive in Kirchlengern to 94.9 MHz.

Public institutions

Gemeindebücherei

In half-timbered house Ostermeier's yard the local library with 16,000 media, including videos, DVDs and CDs, housed.

Aqua Fun

The water park Aqua Fun has an indoor and outdoor pool, salt water areas, a spa tub, giant slide, children's Plant pinto, diving pool in the outdoor area, and a sauna.

Town hall

The Town Hall was built in the 1990s for 2.4 million euros, as the old town hall was too small. There were several planning alternatives, including a version that included a cafe in the town hall. Citizen protests and high costs eventually resulted in a more favorable construction variant without Cafe.

Straßenverkehrsamt Herford

As the largest branch of the county government Herford to the Department of Motor Vehicles is in Kirchlengern.

Education

Kirchlengern has three primary schools in Kirchlengern / Häver, pen Quernheim and Südlengern. The Erich Kästner comprehensive school is a branch of the comprehensive school in frets. The secondary school is located exclusively in frets. There is also a special school with a focus on learning ( Albert -Schweitzer -Schule ), a professional and vocational school ( vocational training center metal), the music school of the community Kirchlengern and Health School Kirchlengern.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

In Kirchlengern were born?

• The Publisher August Velhagen was born 1809 in Quernheim the son of the bailiff pin
• The estate owners, government officials and politicians Georg Franz Ubaldus Diedrich von Borries was born 1811 in Good stone finishes.
• Heinrich Ernst Lindemann, German politician and Mayor of Dortmund, Dusseldorf and Essen was born in 1833 in Kirchlengern.
• The estate owners, government officials and politicians Rudolf von Borries was born in 1843 on Good stone finishes.
• The German politician Karl Kreft was born in 1879 in Kirchlengern. He was a member of the Weimar National Assembly.

Other personalities

• Former Member of Parliament Reinhard Goehner lives with his family on a farm in Kirchlengern and breeds horses there.
• The later bishops Matthias King and Hubert Berenbrinker were pastors in Kirchlengern
• The noble Cornbergs were wealthy in Kirchlengern
• The actor Andreas Hermann lived in his youth in Kirchlengern