Barntrup

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For the Barntrup meteorite of 1886, see Meteorite falls.

Barntrup is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an area of 59.46 km² and 9.431 inhabitants (2006), and has 433 people who are out of work. It lies 40km east from Bielefeld and 9km west from Bad Pyrmont at the east border of NRW to Niedersachsen.

This villages are a part of Barntrup.

- Alverdissen
- Selbeck
- Sommersell
- Sonneborn

[edit] History

Barntrup and Alverdissen were founded by the earl of Sternberg in the year 1220.
Originally Barntrup is called Barendorf and was a village at the Schratweg.
Between 1317 and 1359 was Barntrup build on the highes point of the "Thornesberg" who is 189 m high.
This is the central point of Barntrup.

[edit] Education

- Primary school "von-Haxthausen Grundschule" has on this time 420 pupil and 21 teacher.
- High school "Städtisches Gymnasium Barntrup" has about 920 pupil and 50 teacher.
- Jounior high school "Hauptschule des Schulverbandes Barntrup-Dörentrup" has about 350 pupil.