Bödexen
Encyclopedia
Bödexen is a quarter of Höxter
, in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia
, Germany
. The village is 203 meters over sea level. In the north of Bödexen is the Köterberg
the highest mountain in Weser Uplands with 495 meters. The brook Saumer flows through Bödexen. With an expanse of 21,58 km² and 960 residents Bödexen is the third smallest urban district of Höxter.
. Documented Bödexen was first mentioned in the Corvey traditions. It says under number 117: Marcbodo and Giki and son Hunwardi in place of the father transferred / donated four farms, two in Bodikeshus (un) and two located elsewhere for the salvation of the Hoger and his father Marc Ward and mother Ricsuit . Witnesses Beuo, Aldmer, Anulo, Wulfger, Pumi, and twenty others. The donation was apparently before the year 836, because of the additional ad reliquias sanctorum martirum Stephani atque Viti.. (Near the bones of St. Stephen and St. Vitus ...) is missing. This saint was the Abbey Church at Corvey dedicated to 840th.
The name Bödexen is Saxon origin. In the 9th century was the name still Bodikeshusun (house / yard of the Bodo). After two centuries, Bodikessen fact, the Tithe
Bishop
of Paderborn
, Corvey gave the monastery. In 1700 was from Bodikessen at a population and building census Böx. This led to the passage of time the present name Bödexen.
Höxter
Höxter is the seat of the Höxter district, and a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia on the left bank of the river Weser, 52 km north of Kassel in the centre of the Weser Uplands...
, in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The village is 203 meters over sea level. In the north of Bödexen is the Köterberg
Köterberg
The Köterberg, at above sea level, is the highest hill in the Lippe Uplands and lies on the state border between North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in North Germany...
the highest mountain in Weser Uplands with 495 meters. The brook Saumer flows through Bödexen. With an expanse of 21,58 km² and 960 residents Bödexen is the third smallest urban district of Höxter.
History
One suggests a grave mound on the autumn mountain originating stone ax that the residence existed Bödexen since the Stone AgeStone Age
The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period, lasting about 2.5 million years , during which humans and their predecessor species in the genus Homo, as well as the earlier partly contemporary genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus, widely used exclusively stone as their hard material in the...
. Documented Bödexen was first mentioned in the Corvey traditions. It says under number 117: Marcbodo and Giki and son Hunwardi in place of the father transferred / donated four farms, two in Bodikeshus (un) and two located elsewhere for the salvation of the Hoger and his father Marc Ward and mother Ricsuit . Witnesses Beuo, Aldmer, Anulo, Wulfger, Pumi, and twenty others. The donation was apparently before the year 836, because of the additional ad reliquias sanctorum martirum Stephani atque Viti.. (Near the bones of St. Stephen and St. Vitus ...) is missing. This saint was the Abbey Church at Corvey dedicated to 840th.
The name Bödexen is Saxon origin. In the 9th century was the name still Bodikeshusun (house / yard of the Bodo). After two centuries, Bodikessen fact, the Tithe
Tithe
A tithe is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government. Today, tithes are normally voluntary and paid in cash, cheques, or stocks, whereas historically tithes were required and paid in kind, such as agricultural products...
Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of Paderborn
Paderborn
Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader, which originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried.-History:...
, Corvey gave the monastery. In 1700 was from Bodikessen at a population and building census Böx. This led to the passage of time the present name Bödexen.
Demographic development
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1.12.1910 | 620 |
| 1925 | 646 |
| 1933 | 691 |
| 1939 | 646 |
| 31.12.1967 | 778 |
| 23.06.1998 | 990 |
| 31.12.2003 | 1.007 |
| 31.12.2005 | 981 |
| 31.12.2006 | 967 |
| 31.12.2007 | 963 |