Ettenbostel

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Ettenbostel is a deserted village in the former rural community in Harlem Altkreis Fallingbostel (now a district of the unincorporated area Osterheide ), located in the Heidmark in Lower Saxony. The village was in 1935/36 " resettled " because the Wehrmacht established the military training area of ​​Bergen. This was taken over in 1945 by the British occupation forces and continuously expanded. Since the 1960s, the area is also used by the Bundeswehr and NATO forces.

History

Ettenbostel was once called Ettingeborstelde and was annotated mentioned in the charter of the monastery 9 Walsrode in 1218 for the first time. The old name is translated as the peasantry of ETTO, consequently as clan settlement. In the treasure register Celle are for this place already recorded five courtyards.

The heath and moorland farmers farmers ensured their survival through the Schnuckenhaltung. Only when the hardpan could be broken and thus succeeded in the cultivation of arable land, moved the Schnuckenhaltung in the background.

The surroundings of Ettenbostel is described in lore as the "most beautiful Urheideland the former district Fallingbostel. At the time of resettlement lived in Ettenbostel and the neighboring village of Benhorn 173 inhabitants.