Bötersen

Bötersen is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg in Sottrum (Wümme ) in the state of Lower Saxony.

• 2.1 Amalgamations

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

• 4.1 associations
• 4.2 Regular events

Geography

Geographical Location

Bötersen located between Sottrum (8 km) and Rotenburg ( Wümme ) (10 km) and is located on the K202, which runs north-north -west of the B75 at about the level Waffensen. About the K202 is after about seven kilometers west- north - west - Advanced on the " Rotenburg St." - such as Bittstedt to reach the A 1.

Community structure

The municipality also includes the villages of Bötersen, Höperhöfen and Jeerhof.

History

The earliest finds evidence of a settlement of the area around Bötersen since Neolithic times (from about 4100 BC). Larger archaeological excavations took place on an urn cemetery of the Late Bronze Age and older pre-Roman Iron Age. Nationally known Bötersen was due to the burial ground adjacent to the square of fireplaces Bötersen which dated to the younger Bronze Age. Through the publication of R. Dehnke the Bronze Age research became aware of this phenomenon.

Bötersen was first documented in 1340. The root of the name comes from the Old High German " butene " or " Putirik " what "tube" meant; the suffix "- sen " gives a clue to the origin of the small hamlet between 500 and 1000.

The district Höperhöfen 1596-1600 was affected by witch hunts: two people fell in witch trials.

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, the neighboring community Höperhöfen was incorporated.

Population Development

On the basis of a communal decision, the construction of new single-family houses is limited to the developed by the local authority land to people who already live for at least five years in the community or have been born here. All other plots are not affected.

Policy

Parish council

The council has been working for the municipal election in 2011 as follows:

• CDU: 6 Council members
• SPD: 5 councilors

Coat of arms

Blazon: In the golden shield, a red stripe fünfflammiger fire as head of the shield, including three upright black Seche.

The coat of arms shows a golden background fünfflammigen a fire strip as main shield, indicating an excavated in Bötersen Bronze Age hearths series, as well as including three upright, black Seche ( plowshares ). These symbolize the three parts of municipalities.

Culture and sights

Clubs

• Boitzter Spinnstuv (home club )
• Volunteer Fire Bötersen
• Volunteer Fire Höperhöfen
• Country Women's Association Bötersen and environment
• Rural Youth Bötersen
• Motorsport Club Bötersen (MSC -B)
• Shooting club Bötersen - Höperhöfen 1927 eV
• Senior group " Blievt in motion " in Bötersen, Höperhöfen and Jeerhof
• Sozialverband Germany - local group manifold location
• TSV Bötersen ( sports club )

Regular events

• Egg hunt: Every first Saturday in January is the " egg hunt " instead: young and old ( traditionally only men since 2005 on Sunday the women ) go in separate groups and collect bread, eggs and butter to all this then at one of the co- viewfinder or who has no place at home to eat in the restaurant or in the clubhouse. In the evening, then traditionally the "Fast Eight Ball " performed.
• Rounders: On Good Friday takes place always a hit ball game on the hotel yard Hoops. Mainly plays there, the rural youth of Bötersen with young and old members.
• Oven proof: On the first Sunday in July of each year a festival is held in the old clay oven in 200 years of the inn Hoops large amounts of baked butter cakes and breads. The home of the club " Boitzter Spinnstuv " aligned festival is opened by a Low German worship and then of demonstrations, uA of friendly dance groups, accompanied.
• Marksmen: Every third weekend in May, the shooting in Bötersen in a huge parade through the village takes place. Then the shooting events and ceremonies are carried out in oak forest on " Zürn Hoff ".
• Harvest Festival: The counterpart to the shooting festival is the harvest festival on the third Saturday in September, traditionally in Höperhöfen, the second largest district of the municipality, takes place. Much effort put the members of the various clubs, groups and Neighbourhood and street communities in the decoration of the harvest wagons, which are presented on the feast day with a big parade through Bötersen and Höperhöfen the public.