Kirchbrak is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in

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. The municipality lies only a few kilometers east of Bodenwerder. Through Kirchbrak flows a small river called

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, a tributary of the

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. It consists of five small villages and hamlets, named ''Kirchbrak, Westerbrak, Osterbrak, Breitenkamp'' and ''Heinrichshagen''. Kirchbrak is situated on the northern edge of the hilly area Vogler. Kirchbrak has two monumental buildings: * the Lutheran ''Saint Michael's Church'', built in the

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, containing a remarkable 18th-century

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and a 17th-century

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; only open to visitors for attending Sunday services. * the ''AMCO-Fabrikerweiterungsgebäude'' (AMCO factory enlargement building; built in

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), an industrial monument designed by the famous architects

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and Ernst Neufert; especially remarkable, because it is one of the earliest architectural creations in which Neufert took part.

Gallery

Falk_Oberdorf_Vogler_physisch.jpg, Map of the ''Vogler'' area Ebersnackenturm_095.jpg, View from the hill ''Ebersnacken'' close to Kirchbrak AMCO_Fabrikerweiterungsgebäude_Westseite_Detail.jpg, AMCO-Fabrikerweiterungs-gebäude AMCO_Fabrik_Kirchbrak.jpg, The entire AMCO- factory in 2019; the yellow segment in the background is the monumental part

People

Andreas Rebers Andreas Rebers (born 7 January 1958) is a Kabarett artist, author and musician from Munich. His shows often incorporate performances on the accordion or the piano. Early life Rebers was born in Westerbrak in Lower Saxony. By the age of 15, Rebe ...

(born 1958), German cabaret artist, author and musician

References

Holzminden (district) {{Holzminden-geo-stub