Marienmünster is a town in Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .
26-510: Marienmünster is North Rhine-Westphalia's smallest municipality by land area. It lies in the Weserbergland , in the state's easternmost district, about 15 km north of Brakel . Clockwise from the north, Marienmünster's neighbours are: Marienmünster consists of the following centres: Marienmünster-Vörden's bioclimate and the surrounding area's displays a number of factors of varying intensity that make it quite agreeable and restful, giving
52-550: A church kindergarten. Weserbergland The Weser Uplands ( German : Weserbergland , German pronunciation: [ˈveːzɐˌbɛʁklant] ) is a hill region in Germany , between Hannoversch Münden and Porta Westfalica , along the river Weser . The area reaches into three states , Lower Saxony , Hesse , and North Rhine-Westphalia . Important towns of this region include Bad Karlshafen , Holzminden , Höxter , Bodenwerder , Hameln , Rinteln , and Vlotho . The tales of
78-511: A direct fief to the von Kanne family. There arose in the 16th century between the Count of Pyrmont and the Corvey Monastery a boundary dispute that on 15 June 1535 was arbitrated to the effect that Dungen passed to the von Kanne family. In 1595, Dungen was still called a village. In a document from 1602, a new placename crops up, rendered "Dungen, itzo dat Hagehauß" , archaic German for "Dungen,
104-746: A main farm of 22 Hufen here. Besides Corvey, the Marienmünster Abbey must have been working holdings here quite early on, too, since in 1339, Abbot Hermann von Mengersen surrendered half his earnings from the place to the Counts, the Lord of Everstein and his son Otto, to protect and defend the Abbey's holdings for six years. In 1360, evidence shows that the Corvey estates along with the ecclesiastical fief , passed into Count Hermann von Pyrmont's hands. He in turn passed them as
130-609: A tower at Trendelburg Castle , or Sleeping Beauty , whose castle was based on the now ruined Sababurg near Hofgeismar . The picturesque landscape of the Weser Uplands has inspired many landscape painters and artists: Jacob Pins (1917–2005), Robert Batty , Christian Andreas Besemann, Carl Ferdinand Fabritius , Robert Geißler, Wolfgang Heinrich, Karl Arthur Held, Alfred Hesse, Rudolf Jahns, Herbert Mager, Anton Wilhelm Strack (1758–1829), Pascha Johann Friedrich Weitsch and August Wenderoth. The more significant tourist destinations in
156-847: Is a popular motorcycle destination in northern Germany. In particular, the Köterberg , as the highest elevation from that point to the North Sea, is a popular motorcycle meeting point with a magnificent panoramic view up to 80 kilometres. Other notable attractions are the Schillat Cave , the Tonenburg in Höxter-Albaxen, the Neuhaus Wildlife Park , the Weserstein in Hann. Münden and several museums such as
182-508: Is from the Schwalenberg family's arms. This coat of arms was conferred on 25 July 1973. The town's flag is striped red and white lengthwise with the coat of arms in the middle. The town of Marienmünster has a well-developed tourism industry. The community of Vörden was dubbed "State-recognized climatic spa" in 1999. In 2019 Rock N revel festival began in the village of Altenbergen, bringing international artists such as Phil Campbell and
208-675: Is in Vörden. Between the Oldenburg and Vörden, the Münsterholze , the Hungerberg and Löwendorf lay until the first half of the 16th century a town named Wendedhen (1188), Winethe (1203), Winethen (1240), Wenethen (1241), Wenden (1430). The monks from Marienmünster earned their tithes from this town. According to the registers of the Corvey Monastery, the town was mentioned as early as 980 under
234-805: The Brothers Grimm are set in the Weser Uplands, and it has many renaissance buildings, exhibiting a peculiar regional style, the Weser Renaissance style. The region roughly coincides with the natural region of the Lower Saxon Hills defined by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN). In addition to the whole of the Weser Valley between Hann. Münden und Porta Westfalica, several geologically associated, but clearly separate chains of uplands, ridges and individual hills are considered part of
260-486: The 16th century on the site of the failed village of Mechtestorpe (1138) or Mestorp (1339), where in the 9th and 10th centuries, the Corvey Monastery already had holdings. Hohehaus's history can be traced back to the earlier village of Dungen, which was named as early as 825 or thereabouts in the Corvey Traditions, the monastery's donation registers. The Corvey Monastery received at that time several donations and owned
286-940: The Agricultural Technology Museum in Börry , the hammer mill in Dassel, The German Huguenot Museum in Bad Karlshafen and the Motorcycle Museum in Wickensen . The region is heavily influenced by tourism. Large areas are also utilized by agriculture and forestry and firms involved in processing the products of these industries, such as sawmills . A porcelain factory in Fürstenberg has been working since 1747. 51°58′N 9°30′E / 51.967°N 9.500°E / 51.967; 9.500 Phil Campbell and
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#1733086173083312-607: The Bastard Sons Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons are a Welsh rock band established in 2016 by longtime Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell , following the 2015 death of Motörhead frontman Lemmy . In November 2016, his new project Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons released their first recording, a self-titled EP. The band has subsequently performed in supporting slots with Hawkwind , Guns N' Roses , Saxon and Airbourne . In August 2017, Phil Campbell and
338-700: The Bastard Sons , Massive (band) and H.E.A.T (band) to the area. In Marienmünster are three primary schools and a Hauptschule . Students who go to Realschulen and Gymnasien are driven by bus to nearby towns such as Bad Driburg , Höxter , Steinheim and Brakel . The schools in Marienmünster are: Furthermore, the town of Marienmünster, together with the town of Höxter, runs the Höxter-Marienmünster Volkshochschule . Marienmünster also has two municipal kindergartens , and in Bredenborn
364-467: The Bastard Sons announced that they were to start recording their debut album. On 26 October 2017, Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons announced the title of the debut album as The Age Of Absurdity , which was released on 26 January 2018 on Nuclear Blast Records . The album was produced by Romesh Dodangoda. At the 2018 Metal Hammer Awards ceremony in Germany, it won Best Debut Album. The band's line up for
390-642: The Weser Uplands. In its narrowest sense, the following would be included (running from north to south): The largest contiguous area of forest in the Weser Uplands lies on the Solling in the Solling-Vogler Nature Park . Its woods stretch southwards as far as the Reinardswald (on left bank of the Weser) and Bramwald (right bank), interrupted only by the island-like Uslar Basin and the narrow Weser valley. Even on
416-407: The abbey a tower gules with cupola sable, on the abbey wall between the side towers an eight-pointed star Or. The abbey in the arms is a stylized representation of the west façade of the Marienmünster abbey church established by Count Widukind III of Schwalenberg in 1128. Its meaning in relation to the town is therefore quite visible even today as a unifying symbol of town, people and church. The star
442-447: The album features Phil and his three sons, together with former Attack! Attack! vocalist from South Wales Neil Starr: On 21 April 2018, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons released a cover of " Silver Machine " for Record Store Day . The track was previously available as a bonus track on some CD versions of The Age of Absurdity . The band completed a headlining tour of the UK and Europe in
468-736: The area the proper preconditions for using the climate in therapy. This goes for all times of year other than the winter months, when cold, dry weather takes hold under the influence of Continental systems, and the Weserbergland, Teutoburg Forest and Eggegebirge have their heights covered in snow. The town of Marienmünster was formed on 1 January 1970 by merging the until then independent municipalities of Bredenborn, Vörden (both towns), Altenbergen, Born, Bremerberg, Eilversen, Großenbreden, Hohehaus, Kleinenbreden, Kollerbeck mit Langenkamp, Löwendorf mit Saumer, Münsterbrock mit Abtei, Oldenburg and Papenhöfen mit Bönekenberg. The town's administrative centre
494-497: The far side of the rivers Fulda and Werra - and thus beyond the Weser Uplands - the dense forest continues further south without significant interruption to the Kaufungen Forest . In addition to the aforementioned core ridges, other ranges and ridges are also sometimes considered part of the Weser Uplands. These mainly include the following (with maximum elevations given in metres above sea level (NN) : The last major changes to
520-477: The house in the forest". Later, this was shortened to "Hagehaus", and by 1660, the current form "Hohehaus" had arisen. Town council's 22 seats are apportioned as follows, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 September 2004: Note: The last two named are citizens' coalitions. Marienmünster's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: In argent an abbey gules with two side towers gules with pointed roofs sable and between these and behind
546-485: The landscape were made during the course of the ice ages by the glacial advances of the Scandinavian ice sheet which gave rise to much of Germany's present-day Northern Lowland . The Weser Uplands once developed its own style of architecture. Between 1520 and 1640 a great number of buildings were built in the so-called Weser Renaissance style. Characters from the area who have achieved international renown include
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#1733086173083572-501: The legendary Pied Piper of Hamelin , the Lying Baron , Baron Munchausen , whose real-life inspiration came from Bodenwerder , and Doctor Eisenbarth who died in Hann. Münden . In addition, many fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm were set in the region, for example, Snow White , which is supposed to have taken place in Alfeld, Rapunzel , who let down her long hair for her prince from
598-400: The name "Wynithun". In the 16th century, the three villages of Großenbreden (Wendenbreden 1541, Wendelbreden 1650, Großenwendelbreden 1793), Kleinenbreden (Lütkenbreden 1650, Lükewendelbreden 1793) and Papenhöfen (earlier die Höfe zu Wenden 1545) developed. The farming community of Bönekenberg, belonging to Papenhöfen, was described as a settlement beginning in 1430. Settlement was established in
624-650: The region, in addition to the historic towns mentioned above are the Weser Uplands Schaumburg-Hamelin Nature Park , the Solling-Vogler Nature Park , the roughly 500 kilometre long-distance cycle path, the Weser Cycleway along the River Weser. A botanic feature are the rare Dwarf Beech trees ( Süntelbuchen ). Of increasing importance is motorcycle tourism. The Weser Uplands, like the Harz ,
650-402: The truth is that we just had fun with it. Once again, we made the record we wanted to make and it's been really exciting. It was awesome to take our minds off everything and just concentrate on recording a kick ass album for the fans to enjoy." On 2 June 2021, the band announced they had parted ways with vocalist Neil Starr. On 18 January 2022 the band announced that Joel Peters had been made
676-503: The winter of 2018. On 4 September 2020, the band announced on social media that a new album We're the Bastards would be released on 13 November via Nuclear Blast. The album was recorded in 2020 and produced by Todd Campbell in Wales and mixed by Soren Anderson. Vocalist Neil Starr said: "It's definitely great to know that we have an audience now. We know there are people that want to hear it, but
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