Bürenbruch is a part of

Ergste Ergste is a stadtbezirk (a district) of the town of Schwerte in Germany. As of 31 December 2012, Ergste had a population of 7025 inhabitants. It lies south of the river Ruhr near Sauerland. Ergste is twinned with the French commune A commune i ...

, a district of

Schwerte Schwerte ( Westphalian: ''Schweierte'') is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Schwerte is situated in the Ruhr valley, at the south-east border of the Ruhr Area. South of Schwerte begins the mountainous ...

. It lies south of the

Ruhr The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...

near

Sauerland The Sauerland () is a rural, hilly area spreading across most of the south-eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, in parts heavily forested and, apart from the major valleys, sparsely inhabited. The Sauerland is the largest tourist region in ...

and is mainly used for silviculture and agriculture. At 2012 Bürenbruch had a population of 243 inhabitants.

Geology

In Bürenbruch are a few streams, for example the Lollenbach and the Wannebach.NRW Wanderkarte 1:25000. 17: Hagen, Gevelsberg, Iserlohn, Witten.

History

Before 1975, Bürenbruch belongs to the county Iserlohn (Kreis Iserlohn). A street of Bürenbruch, the Michaelisweg, is a historical path through which in earlier centuries the

tithe A tithe (; from Old English: ''teogoþa'' "tenth") 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 or cheques or more r ...

Michaelmas Day Michaelmas ( ; also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is a Christianity, Christian festival observed in some Western liturgical year, liturgica ...

(September 29) was placed in the form of agricultural products from the

fief A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an Lord, overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a for ...

to the castle Hohen Limburg of

Hagen-Hohenlimburg Hagen-Hohenlimburg (formerly known as Limburg an der Lenne, changed to Hohenlimburg in 1903; Westphalian: ''Limmerg''), on the Lenne river, is a borough of the city of Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hohenlimburg was formerly the chi ...

. The former evangelical, single-class school in Bürenbruch, was named Reingsen zu Bürenbruch, because the previous school was in Reingsen, another part of Ergste. The school was built in Bürenbruch in 1855. It was closed in 1967 and is now privately owned.

References

Paul Tillmann: ''Heimatbuch zur Hundertjahrfeier der Volksschule Bürenbruch.'' ''Aktive Senioren''. Volume 24, Nr. 98
External link
''Müllers Großes Deutsches Ortsbuch 2012: Vollständiges Ortslexikon''. Walter de Gruyter, 31.08.2012 Statistisches Bundesamt: ''Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- u. Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen u. Reg.-Bez. vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982.'' Kohlhammer, Stuttgart/Mainz 1983, .

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