Bödefeld is a locality in the municipality
Schmallenberg
Schmallenberg ( Westphalian: ''Smalmereg'') is a town and a climatic health resort in the High Sauerland District, Germany. By area, it is the third biggest of all cities and towns of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the second biggest o ...
in the
High Sauerland District in
North Rhine-Westphalia,
Germany.
The village has 1102 inhabitants and lies northeastern of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 488 m. The river Palme flows through the village. Bödefeld borders on the villages of
Gellinghausen
Gellinghausen is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The village has 97 inhabitants and lies in the north of the municipality of Schmallenberg at a height of around 4 ...
,
Westernbödefeld
Westernbödefeld is a locality in the municipality Schmallenberg in the district Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, N ...
, Brabecke, Osterwald, Obervalme (Bestwig), Lanfert, Hiege and Walbecke.
The first written document mentioning ''Buodevelden'' dates from 1072 in a charter from
Grafschaft Abbey of
bishop Anno of Cologne.
Hunold von Hanxleden was bailiff of Fredeburg and Lord (Herr) of Bödefeld. In 1410 he was granted permission by the Electorate of Cologne to build the castle of Bödefeld. Construction lasted from 1425 to 1428.
The village used to belong to the municipality of Freiheit Bödefeld in Amt Fredeburg until the end of 1974.
Statistisches Bundesamt
The Federal Statistical Office (german: Statistisches Bundesamt, shortened ''Destatis'') is a federal authority of Germany. It reports to the Federal Ministry of the Interior.
The Office is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and ...
(Hrsg.): Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982. W. Kohlhammer
W. Kohlhammer Verlag GmbH, or Kohlhammer Verlag, is a German publishing house headquartered in Stuttgart.
History
Kohlhammer Verlag was founded in Stuttgart on 30 April 1866 by . Kohlhammer had taken over the businesses of his late father-in-law ...
, Stuttgart/Mainz 1983, , S. 335 f.
Gallery
File:Bödefeld - Kirche St. Cosmas und Damian - panoramio.jpg, Saints Cosmas and Damian Church
File:Bödefeld 1905.jpg, Bödefeld, 1905
External links
Bödefeld
References
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Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia
Schmallenberg