Hövelhof

Hövelhof
Hövelhof
Municipality
	Former hunting lodge of the Paderborn prince bishops
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hövelhof within Paderborn district
	Hövelhof Hövelhof
	Coordinates: 51°49′N 08°39′E / 51.817°N 8.650°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Paderborn
Subdivisions	5
Government
• Mayor	Michael Berens (CDU)
Area
• Total	70.67 km2 (27.29 sq mi)
Elevation	106 m (348 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	16,522
• Density	230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	33155–33161
Dialling codes	05257; 05294 Hövelhof-Espeln
Vehicle registration	PB
Website	www.hoevelhof.de

Hövelhof is a municipality in the district Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since the 14. March 2012 Hövelhof can use the official additive Sennegemeinde (English: "Senne municipality").

Geography

Hövelhof is located in the Senne area, the eastern part of the Westfälische Bucht, approx. 10 km northwest of Paderborn.

Neighbouring municipalities

Division of the municipality

Klausheide
Staumühle
Espeln
Riege
Hövelriege

Description

Unusually for a village as small as Hövelhof, it is relatively self-contained—there are numerous supermarkets, restaurants, clothes shops, travel agencies, pubs and much more, meaning that the village could theoretically remain independent of the city of Paderborn. In fact, the only common feature of a full-fledged town that is missing from Hövelhof is a cinema, for which inhabitants do indeed need to venture into Paderborn City Center—approximately 15 km (10 mi) away. It also has five schools, its own fire brigade, and a library.

Culture

Hövelhof has two main festivals during the year. The first is the Schützenfest, a celebration of the St. Hubertus Hunters' Guild, which takes place on the hunting grounds. The second is the Hövelmarkt, a general village fair with not only market stalls, but also fairground rides and traditional German dances, complete with traditional music and costume.

Politics

The local government is dominated by the conservative CDU.

Coat of arms, seal and banner

The coat of arms of Hövelhof shows historical and geographical symbols:

The cross in the top field represented the bishop cross from the prince-bishops of Paderborn, who were the sovereigns since the Middle Ages up to 1803.
The wave line symbolises the brooks and rivers, especially the river Ems.
The hunting horn stands for the hunting castle, build by the prince-bishop Dietrich Adolf von der Recke in the year 1661.
The green color stands for the wealth of forest and green areas.

The seal contains the coat of arms with the transcription Gemeinde Hövelhof Krs. Paderborn. The banner is striped lengthways with green and white and has the coat of arms in the upper third.