Borgentreich

Borgentreich is a municipality in Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.GeographyBorgentreich lies roughly 20 km south of Brakel and 10 km northeast of Warburg.The constituent community of Borgholz lies on the foothill of a high ridge northeast of Borgentreich (main town).Constituent communitiesBorgentreich consists of the following 12 centres: Borgentreich Borgholz Bühne Drankhausen Großeneder Körbecke Lütgeneder Manrode Muddenhagen Natingen Natzungen RösebeckHistoryBorgentreich was mentioned for the first time in 1280 under the name Borguntriche when Otto von Rietberg, the Bishop of Paderborn, was granted leave by Siegfried von Westerburg, the Archbishop of Cologne, to fortify the town.BorgholzBorgholz was first mentioned in 1291 in two documents, both confirming that there was a Borcholte at this time. It has to thank for its founding – as does the main town – a dispute over sovereignty in the area between the Archbishops of Cologne and the Bishops of Paderborn in the 13th century. The Archbishops of Cologne were trying to hem the Bishops' domain in with a ring of towns and castles.