- Leopoldshöhe
Infobox German Location
Wappen = LeopoldshöheKlein.jpg
lat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 01 |lat_sec = 00
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 41 |lon_sec = 29
Lageplan = Lokal Ort Leopoldshöhe.png
Bundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen
Regierungsbezirk = Detmold
Kreis = Lippe
Höhe = 113
Fläche = 36.94
Einwohner = 16100
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 33818
Vorwahl = 05208
Kfz = LIP
Website = [http://www.leopoldshoehe.de/ www.leopoldshoehe.de]
Bürgermeister = Gerhard Schemmel
Partei = SPDLeopoldshöhe is a municipality in the
Lippe district ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia ,Germany , with c. 16,000 inhabitants.Located in the rolling plains north of the
Teutoburger Wald range, Leopoldshöhe consists of eight formerly independent municipalities: Asemissen, Bechterdissen and Greste to the south, Leopoldshöhe proper, Krentrup and Schuckenbaum at the center, and Nienhagen and Bexterhagen to the north. Both Asemissen and Leopoldshöhe proper have a pronounced infrastructure (supermarkets, gas stations, specialized shops, etc.).Located only 10 km from the city of
Bielefeld , the southern and central parts of the municipality today have a mostly suburban feel to them, but also contain several industrial zones, whereas the north is still mainly rural.Asemissen is only a few hundred meters away from the A2
autobahn motorway, and (with theOerlinghausen railway station) is on the railway line from Bielefeld toDetmold andLemgo . A bus service connects almost all villages to the railway station.History
Local proper names still existing today - particularly of the village of "Krentrup" - indicate settlements in the area well before 800 AD. The estate of Niederbarkhausen, at the border between Asemissen and Oerlinghausen, is mentioned in the oldest surviving document about the area, which dates from 1036 AD. In 1616, a total of 55 farms and estates is counted in the area of today's municipality.
Since this large rural area was rather sparsely populated, there was no church and people had to walk to other communities to attend service, until, in 1850, a church was built exactly in the middle between the neighboring churches of Oerlinghausen and Schötmar. Leopold, prince of Lippe, attended the consecration and named the budding village around the church after himself. Today, Leopoldshöhe proper is the only one of the eight constituent villages to have a centralized structure with church, market square, etc.
External links
* [http://www.leopoldshoehe.de/ Official website] de icon
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