Oettern-Bremke is a village in the borough of Detmold in the district of Lippe in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and lies about 5 km north of the town centre. The neighbouring Detmold villages are, in a clockwise direction, Bentrup, Loßbruch, Klüt, Jerxen-Orbke and Niewald. Oettern-Bremke was probably in the 13th century, like the neighbouring villages of Nienhagen and Niewald, founded as a Hagenhufendorf. The name Oettern comes from otters, that presumably lived in the nearby stream of the same name: Oetternbach. Bremke was mentioned as Bredenbeke in old documents dated 1322 and 1507.[1] Formerly an independent municipality, it is part of the town Detmold since 1970.
Oettern-Bremke | |
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Coordinates: 51°58′2″N 8°52′15″E / 51.96722°N 8.87083°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
District | Lippe |
Town | Detmold |
Area | |
• Total | 3.25 km2 (1.25 sq mi) |
Elevation | 171 m (561 ft) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 153 |
• Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 32758 |
Dialling codes | 05231 |
Around 153 villagers live in Oettern-Bremke on an area of 3.2 km2 (as of August 2006). The current village chairman is Bernd Moritz (SPD), the representative in the Detmold town council is Wolfgang Köster (SPD).[2]
References
edit- ^ Christian Kuhnke: Lippe Lexikon. Boken Verlag, Detmold 2000, ISBN 3-935454-00-7
- ^ Data and facts at the official website for Detmold