Wanderweg A 6 - Lintel und der Linteler See

This trail leads through the woods and fields of the former municipality of Lintel, which is now part of the town of Rheda-Wiedenbrück. The place name Lintel first appears in 1250, when Bishop Engelbert von Isenberg compensated the cathedral deanery of Johannes in the parish of Wiedenbrück with the tithes of three farms in the farming community of "Linthorne" by transferring the farm at Osterode near Merzen to the Gregorius vicarage in Osnabrück. This is the core of the later municipality of Lintel in the former Amt Reckenberg.

The main farm with the name "Lintlo" is already mentioned in a document from 1234 from the Wiedenbrück town court. Here, two forms of the name run parallel as the name of the community: "Linthorne" as a farming community and "Lintlo" for its main farm. The name of the farm existed for longer. It overcame the name of the farming community and later became the community name Lintel. Linguistically, it can be seen as Lindenbusch or Lindenwald.

Please note in advance: The path is not marked on site. For orientation, please use the digital map, download the gpx track or print out the route as a pdf in advance.