was built in 1922‒1923 by the famous industrial architects Werner Issel and Walter Klingenberg. Constituent communities Nassenerfurth Nassenerfurth is a small livable village with good infrastructure. Nassenerfurth had its first documentary mention in 1040. There is a Wasserschloss (stately home with a moat) as well as a church from the 15th century. The population is about 630. Stolzenbach Stolzenbach has 123 inhabitants. The Stolzenbach Pit mined brown coal beginning in 1956. On 1 June 1988, 51 miners were killed in a coal dust explosion there. The now abandoned coal pit is an important site for palaeontological finds, notably of the turtle species Palaeoemys hessiaca and Borkenia oschkinisi, the former named after Hesse, and the latter after Borken. Trockenerfurth Trockenerfurth has 967 inhabitants (as of March 2004). Sons of the town Wilhelm Christoph Friedrich Arnold (1826-1883), cultural historian Heinrich von Porbeck, major general, died at the Battle of Talavera (1809) Hans Wittich (1911-1984), mathematician Ernst Koch (1807-1858), writer and jurist Johann von Geyso (1593-1661), general Schools Gesamtschule Gustav-Heinemann-Schule GHS-Borken] Grundschule Borken Förderschule - Teichgartenschule (Teichgartenweg 1) Grundschule Kleinenglis Notes External links Borken's official homepage Hessian Brown Coal Mining Museum's official homepage Arnsbach Kleinenglis Singlis Nassenerfurth Volunteer fire brigade's homepage (main town) Gesamtschule Gustav-Heinemann-Schule GHS-Borken Schwalm-Eder-Kreis