Barntrup

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Barntrup
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Barntrup
Barntrup (Germany)
Barntrup
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Detmold
District Lippe
Town subdivisions 5
Mayor Herbert Dahle (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 59.46 km² (23 sq mi)
Elevation 203 m  (666 ft)
Population 9,225  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 155 /km² (402 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate LIP
Postal code 32683
Area code 05263
Website www.barntrup.de
Location of the town of Barntrup within Lippe district
Map

Coordinates: 51°58′59″N 09°07′00″E / 51.98306, 9.116667
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 Lower Saxony.

Contents

[edit] Town division

  • Alverdissen
  • Barntrup
  • Sommersell
  • Selbeck
  • 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.

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