Brakel, Germany
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Location of Brakel within Höxter district
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| Coordinates: 51°43′N 9°11′E / 51.717°N 9.183°ECoordinates: 51°43′N 9°11′E / 51.717°N 9.183°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Admin. region | Detmold | |
| District | Höxter | |
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| • Mayor | Hermann Temme (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 173.74 km2 (67.08 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 110 - 361 m (−1,074 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 16,586 | |
| • Density | 95/km2 (250/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 33034 | |
| Dialling codes | 05272, 05648 (Brakel-Gehrden) | |
| Vehicle registration | HX | |
| Website | www.brakel.de | |
Brakel is a town in the district of Höxter in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Brakel lies at the midpoint of the district of Höxter between the Eggegebirge and the Weser in the Oberwälder Land nature area in the old Saxon region of Nethegau.
Brakel consists of the following centres:
Auenhausen (population 130), Frohnhausen (population 309) and Hampenhausen (population 54) are Brakel's highest constituent communities, and are sometimes also known as the Heggedörfer. Between 1142 and 1147, these three villages had their first documentary mention. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Gehrden Monastery had holdings in these three villages. The Heggedörfer, along with the town of Gehrden, were amalgamated into the greater community of Brakel after the old district of Warburg was dissolved.
Beller has a population of 228.
Bellersen lies on the edge of the extensive woods in the Bruch Valley. Bellersen is said to be "North Rhine-Westphalia's Model Tourism Village". Bellersen has earned international fame as "Dorf B." in the Judenbuche by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. Bellersen is home to 704 inhabitants.
In 1965, this village celebrated its one-thousandth anniversary of existence. The Schloss Bökendorf (stately home) was the centre of the "Circle of Romantics" with Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, the Brothers Grimm, Clemens von Brentano and Josef Görres. It is known today for its open-air stage. Bökendorf has 852 inhabitants.
The village's forerunner, a group of farms, was first mentioned in the ninth century. There are 644 inhabitants in Erkeln.
This titular town was first mentioned in 868. Idyllically set in the Oese Valley on the eastern slopes of the Eggegebirge, Gehrden is said to be a tourism destination. The former Benedictine abbey there, founded in 1142, had great influence and several landholdings in the Warburger Land until its seizure by the state in 1810. Gehrden was incorporated into the greater community of Brakel after the old Warburg District was dissolved in 1975. Until then, Gehrden had belonged to the Amt of Dringenberg-Gehrden. The Romanesque monastery church has Westphalia's greatest peal of bells. In the Klosterpark (Monastery Park) stands Germany's third-oldest linden tree, the Zwölfapostel Linde (Twelve Apostles Linden), which was planted by the Benedictine nuns shortly after the monastery was founded. There are 961 inhabitants in Gehrden.
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