Augustdorf

Augustdorf is a municipality in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany and belongs to the district of Lippe. It is thought by way of certainly one of the largest Bundeswehr barracks in Germany and via a military training location. 1775 is the year of basis of the municipality Augustdorf. On December 11, 1775 Count Simon August zur Lippe signed a Meier quick, which authorized August Simon Struss to create a colonate and a pitcher on the Doren.

In 1779, the cultivation plan for the brand new settlement became decided on Doren, but the settlement became to begin with gradual. In 1780 there have been handiest 4 thatched huts in the agreement. In 1789, the agreement on the Doren turned into given the name Augustdorf in reminiscence of the Count, who died in 1782. In 1890, the military administration of the German Reich laid down at the Senne south of August village as the website online of a military training location, which turned into positioned into operation in 1892 and first of all comprised about 50 km ². Mainly unpopulated land became a confined area. Since the quit of the Second World War, the area is below British management.