Gombeth
Encyclopedia
Gombeth is a constituent community of Borken
(Hesse
, Germany
) and had its first documentary mention in 857 as "Gumbetta die Marka". Once an independent community, it has now been amalgamated with Borken. Gombeth is surrounded on all sides by brown coal mines, being found to the south, towards Singlis
(nowadays the windsurfing lake), and towards Borken
. The pit east of Gombeth was filled in by PreussenElektra
as part of the renaturation programme.
Borken, Hesse
Borken is a small town with about 13,000 inhabitants in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany.The town is a former centre for brown coal mining and coal-fired electrical generation in Hesse. The coalmine, unlike those in other regions, also had underground workings...
(Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) and had its first documentary mention in 857 as "Gumbetta die Marka". Once an independent community, it has now been amalgamated with Borken. Gombeth is surrounded on all sides by brown coal mines, being found to the south, towards Singlis
Singlis
The formerly independent community of Singlis has been since its amalgamation with Borken in 1974 with its population then of 880.The following constituent communities are in direct neighbourhood...
(nowadays the windsurfing lake), and towards Borken
Borken, Hesse
Borken is a small town with about 13,000 inhabitants in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany.The town is a former centre for brown coal mining and coal-fired electrical generation in Hesse. The coalmine, unlike those in other regions, also had underground workings...
. The pit east of Gombeth was filled in by PreussenElektra
PreussenElektra
PreussenElektra was a German electric company that existed from 1927 to 2000. From its founding until around 1970, it was owned by the Republic of Prussia and the Federal Republic of Germany...
as part of the renaturation programme.
Historic buildings
- Church tower "Warte auf der Landwehr" (built 1431)
- Amtshaus (Sternstraße, built 1686)
- Rittergut Handt (stately house, built 1505 - 1515)
- Rittergut Kalbsburg (about 2 km north of town) with "Hohenenglis" tower and villaVillaA villa was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity,...
(built 1911 - 1913)