Bremke

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Bremke as a part of the community likes

Bremke is a town in the same district of Göttingen in southern Lower Saxony and has 879 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2010). Mayor is Bernd Casper.

  • 6.1 Structures

Geography

Bremke is a little village, which lies on the German Fairy Tale Road about 9 kilometers southeast of Göttingen. Immediately to the south was the former inner German border and today's Low Saxon - Thuringian border. The location on the edge of Reinhäuser forest and in the narrow valley of the brook turn is marked by steep open red sandstone rocks. Highest elevations in the area are the mountain ash ( 403.9 m) and the same (430 m ) north of the local situation.

For the district of Bremke still include the estates or settlements Appenrode, Elbickerode, Sennickerode and Vogelsang. Transport default, the location of the L state roads 568 and L567 is connected.

History

The first mention is preserved in a dated to the year 1022 certificate, which was forged in the early 12th century, Henry II indicates as an exhibitor. The place name is there given as Bredenbiche. Earlier mentions of a place Bredanbiki and Bredanbeke in the Corveyer traditions can also refer to Bremke in the district of Minden wood. In the 19th century Bremke belonged to one half of the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, while the other half of the reign of Hesse- Kassel was under. The special, which was resulted from the fact that a residence on the territory of Hanover, another was on the territory of Hesse himself.

On 1 January 1973 Bremke was incorporated peers in the new church.

Policy

Ortsrat

The Ortsrat consists of five council women and councilors.

  • SPD: 3 seats
  • CDU: 2 seats

(As at municipal election on September 11, 2011)

Etymology

The first mention of the name to show that he is due to stand in the dative construction: ( tom ) BREDEN beke ( the broad brook ). The ending- beke ( bach ) has been contracted with the modifier in the 16th century to Bremke. Another possibility is a reference to the Wendebach, in the Bremke still coming from the south creek flows to the valley and significantly narrowed down just west of the town as it flows through the Reinhäuser forest.

Religions

The Protestants in Bremke belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Church of St. Matthias in Bremke.

In Bremke existed alongside the Protestant majority, a Jewish synagogue. Since the 18th century there was a Jewish cemetery, in 1828 a synagogue was built in the place and in 1838 set up a Jewish elementary school. Middle of the 19th century, 17 percent of the population Jewish, belonged to the Jewish community, at least briefly, the Jewish inhabitants of Gelliehausen, clean living and Wöllmarshausen. In early 1933 there were 26 Jewish residents of Bremke, of which the engineers had to leave the end of 1939 the village. By November 1938, the pogroms Bremker synagogue was destroyed.

Culture and sights

For many years, are regularly performed in the period from May to September Sunday fairy tale games on the forest stage with about 1,000 seats.

Several associations shape the life in the village: the TSV 1904 Bremke - Ischenrode eV, shooting club Old peers Bremke, the local fire brigade Bremke, as well as the equestrian community Bremke eV.

Structures

  • The Protestant Church of St. Matthias is a core probably medieval building made ​​of red sandstone. In irregular masonry are still remnants of added lancet windows visible. Is the figure " 1772 ", which obviously refers to a later construction project above the door. The unique exterior appearance is determined by the squat tower acting substructure in the West, which is slightly wider than the ship and carries an octagonal tower over a wrong heritage attached to the east hipped mansard roof. Inside is an altar dating from around 1770.
  • Called The inn Jütte as "Mother Jütte ", is a traditional inn, which has existed since 1883.
  • Was half-timbered houses dot the town, which is one of the most beautiful villages in the district of Göttingen and at the competition " Our village is beautiful " award
  • The Jewish cemetery on Mountain Ash

Infrastructure

The children of primary school age attend primary school in the village.

Personalities

  • Hermann Hirsch (1861-1934), painter and sculptor who lived from 1918 to 1933 in Bremke
  • William Thomas (1896-1978), theologian, 1930-1934 pastor in Bremke
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