Bevern, Lower Saxony
Bevern is a patch and a municipality in the southern part of the wood Minden in Lower Saxony. Named after the spots Samtgemeinde Bevern has their headquarters there
- 4.1 municipal
- 4.2 Conceptual Masterplan
- 4.3 Coat of Arms
- 4.4 Town twinning
- 7.1 freeman
- 7.2 daughters and sons
- 7.3 personalities associated with Bevern
Geography
Bevern is in the Weser mountain country between the highland and mountain ranges Castle Hill in the north and in the south Solling; are not far away to the north and Vogler Homburg Forest in the northeast. It is located about two kilometers east of the confluence of the current flowing through the village of Bever Bach into the Weser.
Community structure
Besides the town Bevern itself and the village forest for spots include the hamlets and villages Dölme, Lobach, Lütgenade and Reileifzen.
History
The town was first mentioned in the year 822/856 in charters of the monastery of Corvey.
1501, the first church was built by Brun of Bevern. Archbishop of Cologne, Hermann of Hesse consecrated the church 1506. 1595 was Statius tear Munchausen the Church and replace it with a new building.
1603-1612 was Statius von Munchausen the Bevern Castle in the Weser Renaissance style built. The castle is a few other stations in the meantime Cultural and location of the EEA.
In 1703 Bevern was awarded market rights.
1832/1833 the Telegraph Station 28 of the Royal Prussian Telegraph optical connection from Berlin to Coblenz was built on Castle Hill. Remains of this then 14 m high station with house can still be seen today. 1850, the station was abandoned after commissioning of the electrical telegraph line Berlin- Cologne.
1846, a Jewish cemetery was established in Bevern. A second Jewish cemetery was established in 1855 on Steinbrink.
On November 19, 1893, the inauguration of the built in neo-Gothic style Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Church took place. It was built from partially artfully worked Weser sandstone. The bell tower dates of 1571st
In June 1939, had to make an emergency landing because of a lack of fuel a military aircraft Bf 109 between Bevern and Allersheim. Also, it came in August 1943 to an emergency landing of a Ju 52 before Angermühle.
On 1 January 1973, Samtgemeinde Bevern arose. 1996 lived 4571 citizens in Bevern. In June 2007 the population was 4205 inhabitants.
For the development of the postal system in Bevern see: postal route Brunswick- wood Minden.
Origin of the name
The place name has two equivalent Herleitungsmöglichkeiten. For one, he could be on the word " beaver " go back to the words " shake " to another or " tremble ". For Bevern both derivations are ultimately possible and neither of them can be given clear preference. Former place names of Bevern were in the years 822-826 Byueran, 980-982 Byuerun, 1015-1036 Biveran, 1197 Bivere, 1200 Beveren, 1245 Biveren 1263 Bevere and 1290 Beveren.
Religions
78 % of the population are Protestant Beverns, 16 % are Roman Catholic, 6% belong to another or no religion.
Incorporations
On 1 January 1973, communities Dölme, Lobach, Lütgenade and Reileifzen were incorporated.
Policy
Parish council
The council has been working for the local elections on 11 September 2011 as follows:
- SPD 7 seats
- CDU 5 seats
- FDP 3 seats
Conceptual Masterplan
By means of a civil claim was initiated in Bevern first time a citizens' forum "Strategic planning " with the goal of a development concept supported by citizens.
Working basis for this is the proven strategy teaching " bottleneck Concentrated strategy ". Bevern is thus a pilot project for a systematic local development in the economic area Holzminden.
Coat of arms
From red and green divided by silver wave beams. Above the Golden Renaissance castle Bevern with 6 silver banner and green gate, down a resist sighted golden beaver next two gnawed golden tree stumps with golden foliage. Reason: For the symbols were important for the community Bevern, built in the Weser Renaissance castle, and the beaver, after the Bever creek = beaver creek and then Bevern was named = beavers selected.
Twinning
Bevern has five sister cities in the French wine -growing region in the Medoc Gironde estuary, not far from the Atlantic coast. For some time a reciprocal visit by French and German friends, this partnership takes place. The individual partner cities are:
- Saint- Estèphe
- Cissac
- Vertheuil
- Saint- Germain- d'Esteuil
- Saint -Seurin -de- Cadourne
Culture and sights
The most famous attraction is the castle Bevern, one of the most important monuments of the Weser Renaissance, built in 1603-1612 according to the specifications of the client, Statius von Munchausen. There is a regular four-winged building with ornate gables, with two diagonally opposite stair towers around a square courtyard with a moat, two bridges and a castle garden.
In 1986, the county Holzminden the Castle of the community and builds it into a cultural center since then continuously from. It permanently houses the local museum of Bevern and offers every summer an interesting backdrop for the event " Nocturnal Castle ", is illuminated in the frame with elaborate lighting effects, the castle courtyard.
From the summer of 2007, in Bevern Castle of the first European theme park for history, " Erlebsniswelt Renaissance " (EEA ), opened as a multimedia experience.
The history of the castle Bevern is presented against the background of the embossed fractures and cuts biography of Statius von Münchhausen in a special production with a total of 19 interactive stations such as warfare or the rapidly increasing money economy, this also included the speculation and moneylending.
Famous and infamous Statius was mainly due to his great wealth. This enormous financial success, however, was rather speculative and based on the grain trade, but especially on money lending.
Economy
1900 Raiffeisenbank eG was founded in Bevern and merged in 2002 with the Volksbank eG Weser Uplands.
Since 1949, the Bertram exists Elektrotechnik GmbH for electrical engineering and automation technology, image processing and system engineering.
The Reinhard Hörnlein GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 1955 and stated, in particular fronts for furniture in solid wood, plastic, lacquer and high-gloss ago. She later became a subsidiary of Gustav Wellmann GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Casawell Group today for Alno AG) and had to file for bankruptcy, which led to the dissolution of the company in July 2004 in November 2003. Around 135 employees were last employed.
1976 went bankrupt and the engineering plant C. Müller in Bevern Forest.
The Egger coating plant Marie Münster GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of the Egger Group from St. Johann in Tirol, Austria, since 1995 medium density manufactures wood fiberboard ( MDF) and took over in 1988, founded in Bever village board Fiberboard GmbH & Co. KG.
Personalities
Freeman
- Erich Sander (born 28 December 1913 in Naumburg, † 22 July 2005), local politicians, FDP member, 1973-1976 Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor Samtgemeinde. Honorary citizenship in 1993 awarded for his outstanding service to the castle Bevern and researching its history.
Daughters and sons
- August Ferdinand of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel - Bevern (1677-1704), Major General
- Ferdinand Albrecht II (Braunschweig -Wolfenbüttel ) ( 1680-1735 ), Duke of Brunswick- Lüneburg and Prince of Brunswick- Bevern
- Anton Ulrich of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel (1714-1766), second son of the Duke of Brunswick- Bevern
- William Henke (1897-1981), pastor, theologian and Bishop of Schaumburg -Lippe
- Otto Uhden, Professor of Water Resources, numerous publications on the Lower Saxon area, including the work " spots and lock Bevern "
- Heike Baehrens (* 1955), religious educator, politician (SPD) and since 2013 member of the German Bundestag
- Rosa Roedelius (* 1975), Austrian visual artist
Personalities associated with Bevern
Gerverot Louis (1747-1829), porcelain painter and longtime director of the porcelain manufacturer Fürstenberg, lived in his last years in Bevern Castle. The former Lower Saxony Environment Minister Hans -Heinrich Sander has long been rector of the main and primary school in Bevern. In addition, the singer Stephan Remmler the German rock group trio was at the end of the 70 years in the primary school as Bevern (music) teacher. In the 70s, the musician Michael Rother, Hans -Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius lived in a commune in the district forestry and produced there are some milestones of Krautrock, such as the albums Musik von Harmonia ( Harmonia ), sugar and time Sowiesoso (clusters). Rother is still resident in forestry today.