Kerstenhausen is a constituent community of Borken (Hesse, Germany) and had its first documentary mention in 1044 as Christinehysen. The document, issued from Gandersheim, can today be found in the State Archive in Lucerne.
In 1974 became Kerstenhausen an annexation by Borken. Today has Kerstenhausen about 600 inhabitants.
In 1344, the Margarethenkirche (St. Margaret's Church), which belonged to the village, had its first documentary mention. Kleinkerstenhausen lay to one side of the road that today runs between Arnsbach and Kerstenhausen. Through the course of the centuries, Kleinkerstenhausen shrank into a single yard, and in 1578, it had its last documentary mention, at least as a living community. The Margarethenkirche fell into ruins.
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