Haus Biele was built in the town of
Hovestadt by Friedrich Karl Biele (the grand
father of Caspar Biele) in 1770 originally for an
agricultural business. In 1804, a distillery
was established and later a Gasthaus or "guest house". The property passed
through the family and remained private property through the 1990's.
After the restaurant was closed in
1995, the house was bought by the community of Lippetal. (Hovestadt is now part of Lippetal)
The community used the house to lodge emigrants and asylum applicants.
A renovation of the House Biele into a community center was completed in the autumn of 2003. The citizen office of the Lippetal is now there. Bus tickets and train tickets can be bought and there and accommodations for the local societies and for the music and art. The Lippetal link is:
A renovation of the House Biele into a community center was completed in the autumn of 2003. The citizen office of the Lippetal is now there. Bus tickets and train tickets can be bought and there and accommodations for the local societies and for the music and art. The Lippetal link is:
Present day address is : Bahnhofstrasse 15, 59510 Lippetal,
Germany
A book on Haus Biele including its history, its renovation, and
the Biele family member that lived there was writen and published by Elisabeth
Frische on 2010. Information (in German) can be found at:
and
Still more details on Haus Biele and other historical information
about Hovestadt can be found on a website created by Felix Bierhaus (in German)
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| Haus Biele from a 1893 Post Card |
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| Haus Biele from 1913 Post Card |
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| Haus Biele Today |
