Barntrup () is a town in the

Lippe Lippe () is a ''Kreis'' ( district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe ...

district of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...

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. It has an area of 59.46 km² and 8,501 inhabitants (2019). It lies 40 km east from

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region ('' Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and ...

and 9 km west from

Bad Pyrmont Bad Pyrmont (, also: ; West Low German: ) is a town in the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont, in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population close to 19,000. It is located on the river Emmer, about west of the Weser. Bad Pyrmont is a popular spa resor ...

at the east border of NRW to Lower Saxony.

Town division

* Alverdissen, a former residence of the House of

Lippe-Alverdissen Lippe-Alverdissen was a German County of the ruling House of Lippe. The branch was created in 1613 following the death of Count Simon VI of Lippe, with his realm being split between his three sons with his youngest son Philipp receiving the est ...

* Barntrup * Selbeck * Sommersell * Sonneborn

History

Barntrup and Alverdissen were founded by the Earl of Sternberg in the year 1220. Originally Barntrup was called Barendorf and was a village at the Schratweg. Between 1317 and 1359 Barntrup was built on the highest point of the "Thornesberg" which is 189 m high above sea level. This is the central point of Barntrup. Kerssenbrock Castle (also called Schloss Kerssenbrock or Barntrup Castle, see picture) was constructed from 1584-1588 by Anna von Kerssenbrock (maiden name Anna von Canstein). Her husband, Franz von Kerssenbrock, had been a mercenary in the French Wars of Religion, where he had made much money. The Kerssenbrock family was one of the main noble families in the region. It is still today owned by the ''von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk'' family.

Education

* Primary school "von-Haxthausen Grundschule" has at this time 420 pupils and 21 teachers. * High school "Städtisches Gymnasium Barntrup" has about 920 pupils and 50 teachers. * Junior high school "Hauptschule des Schulverbandes Barntrup-Dörentrup" has about 350 pupils.

Sons and daughters of the town

* Hermann von Kerssenbroch (1519-1585), longtime rector of the High School Paulinum in Münster (Westfalen) * Heinrich Meibom (1555-1625), poet and historian * Ludwig Winter (1894, † unknown), politician (NSDAP) * Ulrich Born (born 1950), lawyer and politician (CDU)

Literature

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Economy

The power transmission and industrial automation company KEB Automation KG is located in Barntrup.

References

External links

Official website
(in German) {{Authority control Lippe Principality of Lippe