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Coat of arms of Borgentreich51°34' N 9°15' E, 188.0 miles WSW of Berlin. municipality in Höxter district. Borgentreich lies roughly 20 km S of Brakel and 10 km NE of Warburg. The community of Borgholz lies on the foothill of a high ridge NE of Borgentreich (main town).

City Borgentreich, Höxter

Cemetery: 2 km outside the village on a hillside in the Peitzbreite, surrounded by fields and woodland (hall 17, No. 48). Used 1840 to first half 20th century. Fifteen visible gravestones. Nazi vandalism means remaining gravestones are not in original location. [Sept  2012]
- Approximately 1975 - 2000 by Heritage Office (Photos)
PUBLICATIONS:
- History in Westphalia-Lippe 1987 , page 80
- History in Piun Stage 1990 , pp. 181, 189
- History in splendor 1998 , pp. 182, 254