Hollenstedt
Coquille is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, with around 3100 inhabitants. It belongs to Samtgemeinde Coquille.
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 3.4 community partnerships
- 4.1 Music
- 4.2 Structures 4.2.1 Church
- 4.2.2 castle
- 5.1 traffic
Geography
Community structure
The municipality includes the villages of Coquille Coquille, Emmen, Ochtmannsbruch, Ochtmannsbruch settlement, Staersbeck and Wohlesbostel.
History
The first recorded written reference Hollenstedts as Holdunsteti was 804 in the Frankish annals:
Nam imperator super Albiam Fluvium sedebat, in loco, qui dicitur Holdunsteti, et missa ad Godofridum lega tio per perfugis reddendis me * dio Septembrio Coloniam venit.
"For the emperor [ Charlemagne ] resided near the River Elbe in a place of Holunstedi is, and after he had sent an embassy to [ King] Godfried [ of Denmark ] because of the issue of refugees in mid-September he went to Cologne. "
Policy
Parish council
The council, which was elected on 11 September 2011, broken down as follows:
- CDU 6 seats
- SPD 2 seats
- Green 3 seats
- WGH 4 seats
(As at municipal election on September 11, 2011)
Mayor
Jürgen Böhme (CDU ) is the mayor of the municipality of Coquille. Rüdiger grief ( WGH ) is first Deputy Mayor and administration representatives. Jörg Meier (CDU ) is second Deputy Mayor.
Coat of arms
Blazon: In red one with the cutting excepted to the right silver hatchet with golden stem.
Community partnerships
There is a partnership with Wińsko (Poland).
Culture and sights
Music
- Hollenstedter brass music
- Spielmannszug Coquille
- Music School Coquille area e.V.
Structures
Church
In Coquille, the St. Andrew's Church with wooden bell tower a special attraction dar.
Castle
See main article: Castle Wall Coquille
South of Coquille River is located in a loop of the Este, the so-called Karl Castle or Old Castle. The ring wall was built in the 9th century. After previous excavations by the Helms- Museum of the castle wall was reconstructed in 1980 and is now the shape of the plant shortly after the task again. Is looked after conditioning as Helms- Museum - branch.
The scientific classification of the castle is controversial. According to annals Charlemagne 804 to negotiations with envoys of the Danish king Gudfred ( Göttrik ) was in Coquille. If the castle was already at that time or even as a storage of the Emperor in Coquille, is not fully understood. Due to the design and the shards of material found, it may also be that it was only built by Slavs with a foray into the area south of the Elbe to the end of the 9th century.
Sports
- Heated outdoor swimming pool ( A float pool with a length of 50 meters, a wading pool, a diving tower with two 1 -meter and two 3- meter diving boards, heated heat going to the swimmer and non- swimmer pool )
- Max -Schmeling- Hall ( 2 gymnasiums )
- Trails through quiet forests and green valleys and cycle paths offer the holiday maker as well as to canoeing to Buxtehude on the current flowing through a charming valley landscape Este.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Coquille is located on the A1 and the cycle route Hamburg -Bremen. The rail link to Harsefeld ( EVB, formerly part of the connection Bremervörde - beech wood in the North Heath ) was dismantled in 2006. The passenger traffic on this route ( course book number 217c ) was set on May 25, 1968; the track direction Buchholz has been completely shut down at this time and then removed.
Today in Coquille operate three bus lines, all operated by the CCG Stade and Hamburg traffic group are connected:
- 2038 Buxtehude - Moisburg - Coquille
- 4037 Buchholz - Trelde - Wenzendorf - Dierstorf - Coquille
- 4039 S -Bahn New Wulmstorf - Elstorf - Coquille - Regesbostel
- Also several corporate and school-related shipping services
All bus lines operate only on weekdays.
In 2011, Coquille and places within the integrated municipality Coquille by the airline service regional park shuttle ring 2 were approached on Sundays, public holidays and Saturdays. This free bus service with the option of bicycles served primarily the excursion traffic and was only offered in the summer months from 16 July to 16 October. The places within the integrated municipality Coquille were thus for the first time in 43 years even on Sundays and holidays reachable again by public transport, but only for about three months.
In 2013, the regional park shuttle line 1 is from July 14 to October 14 and then travels Coquille and some belonging to the Samtgemeinde places six times a day on Saturdays and Sundays at.
Since it can be in the remaining nine months of Coquille on Sundays and public holidays public transport neither reached nor left, a visit from Coquille and the members of the Samtgemeinde Coquille member communities on Sundays and holidays is limited almost exclusively to the individual mobility in passenger cars.
Personalities
- Max Schmeling, German boxing legend, and his wife Anny Ondra, Czech-German actress, lived in a neighboring town of Coquille ( Dierstorf Heath ). Their common grave is located on the Hollenstedter cemetery. A monument is located at the sports halls.