Borgholzhausen

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Borgholzhausen
Town centre of Borgholzhausen
Town centre of Borgholzhausen
Flag of Borgholzhausen
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Coat of arms of Borgholzhausen
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Location of Borgholzhausen within Gütersloh district
Borgholzhausen is located in Germany
Borgholzhausen
Borgholzhausen
Coordinates: 52°06′00″N 08°18′00″E / 52.10000°N 8.30000°E / 52.10000; 8.30000Coordinates: 52°06′00″N 08°18′00″E / 52.10000°N 8.30000°E / 52.10000; 8.30000
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionDetmold
DistrictGütersloh
Subdivisions12
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Dirk Speckmann[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total55.84 km2 (21.56 sq mi)
Highest elevation
306 m (1,004 ft)
Lowest elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total8,964
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
33829
Dialling codes0 54 25
Vehicle registrationGT
Websitewww.borgholzhausen.de

Borgholzhausen is a town in the district of Gütersloh in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 20 km north-west of Bielefeld.

Borgholzhausen is a sister city to New Haven, Missouri in the Missouri Rhineland of the United States.

Geography and early history[]

Borgholzhausen lies in the middle of a clearing in the Teutoburg Forest, on the northern edge of the Westphalian Lowland. The mountain range bisects the town's area roughly NW-SE, and is in turn bisected by the mountain pass at which the town of Borgholzhausen was founded. The mountainous part of the Borgholzhausen area generally reaches heights of 200–300 meters ASL, while the pass area and other lower-lying parts are at less than half that elevation.

The town centre is about one kilometer east of Mount and south of Mount . Thus, the northern parts of Borgholzhausen are located in the Ravensberg Hills, while the south is in the Münsterland. The bedrock in the former part is a thick layer of mainly Cretaceous sediments, while the latter has a less thick layer of generally Mesozoic rocks covering the rump of a Paleozoic mountain range.

The Borgholzhausen pass was an important route for crossing the Teutoburg Forest in Bronze Age times. As early as 1,500 BC, there was extensive settlement in the pass area. Numerous urnfield cemeteries have been unearthed in and around the town.

Town divisions[]

  • Barnhausen
  • Berghausen
  • Borgholzhausen
  • Casum
  • Cleve
  • Hamlingdorf
  • Holtfeld
  • Kleekamp
  • Oldendorf
  • Ostbarthausen
  • Westbarthausen
  • Wichlinghausen

Church[]

The Protestant Church dates back to the 14th century and features a stone-carved altar from around 1500.

References[]

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 21 June 2021.


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