Willebadessen

Geschichte

Willebadessen is a town in Höxter district and Detmold region in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.GeographyLocationWillebadessen lies on the eastern edge of the Eggegebirge (the southern extension of the Teutoburg Forest) about 25 km southeast of Paderborn, and is crossed by the little river Nethe, which rises in the neighbouring community of Bad Driburg-Neuenheerse, emptying eventually into the Weser near Höxter-Godelheim.Constituent communities Altenheerse Borlinghausen Eissen Engar Fölsen Helmern Ikenhausen Löwen Niesen Peckelsheim Schweckhausen Willebadessen WillegassenHistoryBorlinghausenBorlinghausen was first mentioned in a document on 8 December 1065 under the name Burchartinchusen in German King, later Emperor, Henry IV's (1050–1106) time, which was also marked by his "Walk to Canossa" in 1077. In the aforesaid year, Henry donated to his old teacher, the Archbishop Adalbert of Hamburg-Bremen, a forested lordly estate in the gau of Engern. The document in question laid out the boundaries of the estate in question quite thoroughly, mentioning several local centres, including Burchartinchusen.