Borgholzhausen
Town
Town centre of Borgholzhausen
Town centre of Borgholzhausen
Flag of Borgholzhausen
Flag
Coat of arms of Borgholzhausen
Coat of arms
Location of Borgholzhausen within Gütersloh district
Borgholzhausen is located in Germany
Borgholzhausen
Borgholzhausen
Borgholzhausen is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Borgholzhausen
Borgholzhausen
Coordinates: 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
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,001
 • 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 is located in a clearing in the Teutoburg Forest, on the northern edge of the Westphalian Plain. The mountain range roughly bisects the city area NW-SE and is in turn bisected by the mountain pass where the town of Borgholzhausen was founded. The mountainous part of the Borgholzhausen area generally reaches elevations of 200–300 meters above sea level, while the pass area and other lower-lying parts are less than half that elevation.

The town center is about one kilometer east of the Johannisegge mountain and south of the Hankenüll mountain. The northern parts of Borgholzhausen are in the Ravensberger mountains, while the south is in the Münsterland. The bedrock in the former part is a thick layer mainly of Cretaceous sediments, while the latter has a less thick layer of generally Mesozoic rocks covering the trunk of a Paleozoic mountain range.

The Borgholzhausen pass was an important route for crossing the Teutoburg Forest in the Bronze Age. As early as 1,500 B.C. The pass area was populated across the board. Numerous urn field cemeteries have been excavated in and around the city.

Town divisions

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

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 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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