Uhry (Königslutter)

Uhry is a west of the Dorms scrim Direction district of the city Konigslutter in the district of Helmstedt in Lower Saxony. Uhry has about 156 inhabitants ( 2012).

Location

The village is located about 35 km east of Brunswick and about 20 km south of Wolfsburg. Uhry is just off the A2, on which is located close to the village of highway parking Uhry.

History

On March 1, 1974, originating from the Gifhorn community Uhry was incorporated into the city Konigslutter.

Facilities

In Uhry the Resurrection Chapel of the Evangelical Free Church congregation is Uhry ( Baptist church ). In addition Uhry together with the neighboring village Beienrode the sports club SV Beienrode / Uhry eV together with Beienrode Uhry is a volunteer fire department.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Uhry represents graphically so to speak, a map dar. In the green shield cross the creek Uhrau and the place nearby A 2 on the section Hannover - Berlin, which Uhry as it divides into four parts. The glans penis in addition to the leaves and the ear mark Uhry as a wealth of forest and agriculture dominated place. The Municipal Council of the District of Gifhorn related to the March 1, 1974 community took the coat of arms on December 20, 1959. The government district president of Lüneburg approved it on February 2, 1960.

Hasenwinkel

Uhry is one of the places Heiligendorf, Neindorf, Almke, Small Steimke, Ox Village, Rhode, Ahmstorf, Beienrode, Rennau and Rottorf to the landscape of the rabbit angle, the south adjoins the leavened in the city of Wolfsburg Greven country. The landscapes Hasenwinkel and Greven land belonged to the late Middle Ages to the Official Faller life.

Silica sand mining

Northeast of Uhry located is a mining area for silica sand. Before about 50 million years ago was located on the territory of today's Uhry a river delta, where fine sands and gravels were deposited. The white sands, which consist almost entirely of quartz sand originated. In the Saale glacial period about 200,000 years ago, a several meters thick layer of sand, gravel and large boulders was deposited on the fine sands. Approximately 300 of these stones are in Findlingsgarten king Lutter in a modeled ice age landscape.

The largest boulder found in the sand pit has about 45 tons. It is situated at an information point on the road connecting Uhry to Rhode. From this point you have a good view of the sand pits and the resulting lakes therein.