Weesen (Hermannsburg)
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Weesen is an entity belonging to unit Hermannsburg town village in the northern district of Celle in Lower Saxony. The place is in South Heath Nature Park, in the Lüneburg Heath, about 1 km to the east from the nucleus Hermannsburg and has about 520 inhabitants. Due to the location of Weesener Bach, whose run was put under protection 1999 flowing. On some farms has the old stairs storage from the 19th century.
History
On 1 January 1973 Weesen was incorporated into the municipality of Hermannsburg. One part was reclassified to Unterluess. Until then Weesen was one of the geographically largest municipalities in Lower Saxony.
Station Weesen
1892 a railway line was built in a length of 70 km for a narrow -gauge railway from Uelzen via Weesen to Celle as part of a military exercise. The purpose of the exercise was to explore how you as soon as possible with a narrow- gauge railway can transport to the front in the event of war material. The construction team consisted of four Prussian, Bavarian and a four reservist companies. You just chose this route because it had a few obstacles and the heath area was deposited.
The Chief of Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General Alfred Graf von Schlieffen, inspected the work. From July 28 to August 12, 1892, regular operation ran on the field sheet. It perverse 14 daily trains in each direction. On July 30, a forest fire broke out and caused a major disruption.
To reduce the field train met on 8 August 1892 a total of 372 enlisted men, 48 officers and 20 officers. On September 22, 1892, the work was completed.
In Weesen nothing points to the former existence of this route out only a section of road is still called " station ". In the vicinity of the farm Severloh, east of the Born Rieth Moors, the trajectory is a longitudinal trench also evident on the Citronenberg.
Conservation friends Weesen e.V.
On February 4, 1984, the club was " Conservation friends Weesen eV " was founded as a community Weesener citizens against the machine rooms of the Weesener creek. Due to the previously used crawler excavator of the brook was deepened and it created enormous environmental damage to water, some of which continue to be effective to this day.
The purpose of the association is particularly the protection and care of the creek in the area of the district Weesen. This goal will be achieved by the careful hand removal, planting of alder, opening ditches and gravel packing. In addition, the management of landscape, nature and home is essential association task.
Since its foundation the club has also developed a variety of other activities and an intense life of its own:
Plantings and bird protection
Mid -1980s, a program was launched to rear planting in the field mark by Lower Saxony over the lower nature conservation authorities. The club participated in this program and planted in consultation with the district of Celle, Hermannsburg town and farmers numerous trees along the roads to. In addition to the windscreen for fields against erosion (eg partridges ) back protection areas found by these hedges also small game. In addition, they are a beautiful focal point for locals and guests. Built-up areas as well as outside of the village were avenues, especially with lime, hawthorn and mountain ash, partly planted with fruit trees. These measures were financed by both the club and by a grant of the district. A special planting and protection measure, the orchard dar. In 1992, a 0.75 hectare of arable was leased in the extension of the track and planted by the association with old varieties of fruit. Particularly insects of all kinds, and numerous bird species can develop protected here. For several years, the gravel and sand mining on Hundsberg is prohibited. The community of Hermannsburg leased the land in 2007 to the Weesener Conservation friends einfriedeten the area with rear plantations. The all-round planting of the small hill now offers a "painterly " look. With club money and a large amount of work by the association were so far over 1,000 nesting boxes, including 10 each owl and bat boxes, hung around Weesen which are cleaned every winter. About the assignment of cases is recorded.
Rescue transformer house
A relic from the early days of electrification is the transformer station at the sports ground. This was built around 1914 plant should be in 1991, demolished. The Nature Conservation friends Weesen eV reached, however, that the responsible power supply company " SVO " the building handed over for further use and service to their club. With the support of the community Hermannsburg it has been restored and now serves bats and owls birds as a base.
Stairs storage in oak grove
In the village center, a historic staircase storage in 1992 next to the fire station built as part of the village renewal program in significant personal contribution of the club and thanks to other helpers from Weesen. The attic was built as a club room for meetings.
Stairs storage of 1808
Half-timbered farmhouse
Monuments
- Monuments in Weesen