Bornum am Elm

Bornum am Elm is a district of Konigslutter with about 850 inhabitants and is located on the northern edge of the Elms at 127 m above sea level. NN in the district of Helmstedt.

History

Was first documented in 1135 Bornum in connection with the construction of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter and Paul (known as Imperial Cathedral ) in King Lutter. The name comes from the Low German term Born, which means as much as well, spring; the ending- at is the beveled shape of Bornhem, Bornheim.

So the name means as much as fountains home and has the variety of sources that applies to dine from the nearby Elm. Originally owned by the pen Lutter, the Good Bornum was given in the following centuries by the Brunswick dukes to various feudal lords. From 1465 to 1706, with brief interruptions was the family of Wendessen vassal of Bornumer. In 1764, Philipp von Westphalen bought the manor Bornum, the friend and secretary of Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick- Lüneburg. Being born in Bornum son Ludwig von Westphalen was the mentor and father in law of Karl Marx. Thereafter, the Well had many changing tenants before it is taken over in 1845 by more than 50 farmers of the village. Since March 1, 1974 Bornum is a district of the city king Lutter.

Merger with Wolfsburg

On March 14, 2013, the City Council of King Lutter has decided unanimously to enter merger negotiations with the city of Wolfsburg. In the town itself and its Ortsrat there is a tendency not to go along this path. Here are a departure from King Lutter and the surrounding My Dung in the town of Cremlingen is sought. In a new Wolfsburg Bornum lies at the extreme limit, after Cremlingen is only a few kilometers.

Coat of arms

The many sources in Bornum reflected in the local coat of arms withstand four times as green-silver split wave plate flow. Over the Waves floats in silver, a green lime. Linden were found in Bornum characteristic and at all places and streets. On February 15, 1962, the Council of the Municipality decided the coat of arms. The President of the Brunswick County approved the coat of arms on October 12, 1962.

News from Uhlenbusch

In the late 1970s Bornum was also the scene of the successful ZDF children's series News from Uhlenbusch. The shop of "Aunt Appel Boom" is next to the church. Today it is used as a residence.

Structures

• Christopher's Church, origin and medieval tower base, second ship in 1799, Spire 1896
• Bower (so-called "temple" ), defensive tower of the Bornumer good, first mentioned in 1403

Personalities

• Hoburg Christian, Protestant theologian, one of the spiritual fathers of Pietism, a pastor in Bornum 1645-1648.
• Lorenz Heister, the founder of scientific surgery in Germany and corresponding author of the first textbook in German language, died in 1758 Bornum
• Philipp von Westphalen († 1792), secretary to the Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, squire in Bornum 1764-1780
• Ludwig von Westphalen, born in Bornum mentor and father in law of Karl Marx
• Ernestine Christine Reiske, Gutsherrin in Bornum 1780-1791, philologist and Lessing - girlfriend, widow of the scholar Johann Jacob Reiske
• Otto book Heister (1893-1966), politician ( NSDAP), MdR

Regular events

Since 1985, the Low German theater group performs in a restaurant on a regular basis until March written by January even pieces.