Augustdorf Explained

Type:Stadt
Image Coa:COA Augustdorf.svg
Coordinates:51.9°N 52°W
Image Plan:Augustdorf in LIP.svg
State:North Rhine-Westphalia
Region:Detmold
District:Lippe
Elevation:179
Area:42.18
Postal Code:32832
Area Code:05237
Licence:LIP
Gemeindeschlüssel:05 7 66 004
Website:www.augustdorf.de
Mayor:Thomas Katzer[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 25
Party:SPD

Augustdorf is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an area of 42.18 km2 and about 10,100 inhabitants (2020).

History

In 1775 Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold issued a writ of lease (Meierbrief) for the area of today's Augustdorf in favour of August Simon Struß, permitting him to establish a settlement (colony) at Dören hill. In 1779 the actual development plan for the settlement was decided, but the place hardly developed. In 1780 the settlement at Dören consisted of only four tiny thatched huts. In 1789 the settlement was named in honour of Count Simon August.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020