Visselhövede

Visselhoevede [ fɪsl̩hø vədə ː ] ( Low German Visselhöövd ) is a small town in the district of Rotenburg ( Wumme), Lower Saxony, in the Lüneburg Heath.

  • 2.1 Middle Ages
  • 2.2 Early Modern Times
  • 2.3 19th and 20th centuries
  • 2.4 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 Coat of Arms
  • 5.1 Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • 5.2 Roman Catholic Church
  • 5.3 Islam
  • 5.4 other denominations
  • 8.1 Railway
  • 8.2 street
  • 8.3 Public Transport
  • 9.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Location

Visselhoevede is on the edge of the Lüneburg Heath on the river Vissel (also Vissel Bach) in the center of the triangle cities - Bremen -Hamburg -Hannover. The area is mainly dominated by agricultural land ( 107.09 km ²). 26.44 km ² is forest area and 5.22 km ² courtyard or building surface. The town is located 70 m above sea level. The highest point is the mountain in the district Drögenbostel hell with 93.4 m. In the nucleus arises from the Vissel and in the district Hiddingen the Rodau. In the area of the city Visselhoevede springs also Lehrde, a 22 km-long right tributary of the Aller.

Boroughs

Visselhoevede is adjacent to the nucleus from the 14 surrounding villages Bleckwedel, Buchholz, Dreeßel, Drögenbostel, Hiddingen, Jeddingen, Kettenburg, Lüdingen, Nindorf, Ottingen, Rosebruch, Schwitschen, Wehnsen and Wittorf. The population is distributed among the villages about half of the nucleus and the other half.

Neighboring towns

Direct neighboring authorities are the community Kirchlinteln ( Verden ), the Municipality Bothel, the community New churches, the town of Soltau, the community and the city Bomlitz Walsrode ( District of Heidekreis ).

History

Middle Ages

Visselhoevede has developed around the source of the river Vissel. There was a pagan sanctuary at this point. The first known written mention of the village falls on the year 1258th A charter of 1288 confirms the transfer of Gografschaft Visselhoevede at the Verden Bishop Konrad.

In 1432 the parish Visselhoevede is in fighting badly damaged and burned the nucleus. The Verden Bishop Johann is a newly built place easily then secure with a bank and ditch and through two gates close (1450 ). The place gets both have the status of a patch.

Early Modern Times

1567 Reformation is introduced. Visselhoevede however 1629 Catholic by the Imperial Edict of Restitution again, and then finally in 1631 to become Protestant.

1645 falls the place with the Duchy of Verden to Sweden. 1712 Visselhoevede is Danish, and in 1719 finally taken over in turn by the Hanoverian Elector Georg Ludwig with the Duchy of Verden. Between 1805 and 1813 Visselhoevede heard by the conquests of Napoleon in the most time to France. The liberation from French rule takes place on 12 October 1813 Russian- Prussian troops. Then Visselhoevede part of the Kingdom of Hanover. Beginning in 1866, followed by a 80 -year-old belonging to Prussia, which is dissolved in 1946 by the victorious powers.

19th and 20th centuries

1874 receives Visselhoevede by building the America Line railway line to the ( removed 1986) 1890 through a series on Walsrode to Hanover in 1906 and supplemented by a further over Brockel to Rotenburg (Wümme ) ( dismounted 1974-1982 ).

1938 Visselhoevede receives the status of a city.

Incorporations

At the municipal reform were on March 1, 1974, the municipalities Bleckwedel, Buchholz, Dreeßel, Drögenbostel, Hiddingen, Jeddingen, Kettenburg (previously in the district Fallingbostel ) incorporated, Lüdingen, Nindorf, Ottingen, Rosebruch, Schwitschen, Wehnsen and Wittorf.

Policy

Franka Strehse (SPD ) is Mayor.

Represented in the City Council is the CDU with 12 seats, the SPD with 9 seats, the Greens and the FDP with 4 seats with 1 seat

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Visselhoevede shows on a silver background, a black nail Spitz cross, topped with a golden bowl, is the head of John the Baptist.

It was officially introduced in 1948 as a coat of arms. But before that since 1581 had been under Prince-Bishop Eberhard von Holle another coat of arms in use.

Culture and sights

  • Local attractions include the Old Town Market Square and streets that Vissel source and the Town Hall.
  • The today to be considered in Visselhoevede St. John's church was built in 1358 as a Gothic stone building, the 1799 the bell tower was added.
  • The restored old town house in Castle Road is today the seat of culture and heritage association Visselhoevede. In 2006, the site was expanded by a historic heath memory for Visselhof.
  • In the course of urban development, the former Honey and Wachswarenfabrik sundew with the 27 m high water tower was partially reconstructed in 2003. In the water tower and the former office building houses contemporary art galleries and studios.
  • As the home house exists since 2007 in the former water tower, a branch of the registry office. Those wishing to marry there can conduct their marriages.
  • In the royal court, the dog is said to have connected from the fairy tale " The Bremen Town Musicians" the donkey. A cycle route that connects all four sites together, in which the four beasts said to have lived, and performs Visselhoevede, the " Stadtmusikantenweg ", was inaugurated in 2008.

Memorial stone Visselhoevede

Former Honey and Wachswarenfabrik sundew

Sculpture "transformation"

Religion

Evangelical Lutheran Church

The majority of the denominational inhabitants belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church (St. John's parish with St. John's church in Visselhoevede and chapel in Wittorf district ). These forms since September 1, 2010 together with the Holy Cross church in Brockel and the St. Bartholomew's parish church Kirchwalsede the community association Visselhoevede in the church district Rotenburg / Wümme.

Roman Catholic Church

The Catholics are organized into a church with churches in Visselhoevede ( Sacred Heart Church ), Walsrode, Bad Fallingbostel and Bomlitz - plane field.

Islam

The members of Islam are mostly from families of Turkish or Kurdish, but also Arab, Iranian or Pakistani origin and belong to communities in Rotenburg ( Wumme), Verden ( Aller), Bremen or Walsrode.

More confessions

In addition, there is still a church of a New Apostolic Church. In Visselhoevede there are - as in the rest of Germany too - a growing share of denominational unbound inhabitants.

Economy

In the past there were farms in the Zündholzfabrikation, in the candy production and vehicle. Today, the most important industrial operation in the wholesale petroleum operates.

Visselhoevede is a Bundeswehr location. In the barracks Lehnsheide (until January 2005 called Mölders Barracks ) is the Command Support Battalion stationed 285. As part of the Bundeswehr reform (11/ 2011) of the site is to be closed in 2015. From 1972 until March 1992 ( the outskirts Drögenbostel ), a Control and Reporting Center operated in the vicinity. On the Elmhorstberg the air force unit " Stepped Technical train 243 " is stationed. In 2013/14 the powerful stationary radar (MPR ) for military aerial surveillance by the modern radar system Ground Master 406 F has been replaced. In addition, in the area ( outskirts Hiddingen ) operates a relay station for military aviation radio.

On the outskirts of Visselhoevede the NDR operates the transmitter Visselhoevede. Visselhoevede has offices of the Volksbank and Sparkasse Lüneburg Heath eG Rotenburg - Bremervörde.

Social institutions

Visselhoevede is the site of a large nursing home. In the neighboring village Jeddingen, is the home of Jeddingen, an institution for mentally handicapped adults. Nearest hospitals are the Diakoniekrankenhaus Rotenburg ( Wumme), the Heide Circle Hospital in Walsrode and the Aller -Weser Clinic in Verden. In panel medical emergency Visselhoevede associated with the district of Walsrode. Visselhoevede is home to a rescue station of the district of Rotenburg, occupied by the German Red Cross, and has a chapter of the St. John 's Ambulance Association, which provide volunteer rescue personnel and provide training. The Ambulatory Health Emergency service is supervised by on-call practice in the hospital Walsrode.

Traffic

Railway

Visselhoevede has a station on the railway line Uelzen - long Wedel ( American Line ). The former two-track, single-track railway line since 1987 is not electrified.

Road

Visselhoevede is located on the main road 440 Rotenburg ( Wümme ) Dorfmark, and along Route 171 Verden (Aller ) New churches. Ambient motorways A7 towards Hamburg about Bad Fallingbostel - Dorfmark or the A 1 and the A27 towards Bremen Verden or direction Hannover Walsrode.

Public transport

Urban transport is supported by a citizen bus system substantially. In addition, the Weser- Ems Bus GmbH operates its own bus route to Rotenburg ( Wümme).

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Oskar Alexander (1881-1942), businessman
  • Hüner Heinrich (1881-1945), local poet
  • Dieter Brosius (* 1936), archivist and historian
  • Karsten Pruess (1944 ), a physicist at Berkeley Lab
  • Gerd Lüdemann (* 1946), Protestant theologian, University of Göttingen
  • Bernd Hogrefe (* 1948), Brigadier General
  • Klaus Wittmann ( born 1949 ), Aerospace
  • Cord Heuer ( * 1953 ), Veterinary
  • Marlene Crüsemann (* 1953), theological scholar, author
  • Heiner Kuhlmann (* 1963), Geodetic
  • Christopher Deylen (born 1970 ), musician
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