Dissen

Dissen am Teutoburger Wald is a town in the south of the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 2.3 Origin of the name
  • 3.1 City Council
  • 3.2 Town twinning
  • 4.1 traffic
  • 4.2 company
  • 4.3 Structures
  • 4.4 Public bodies

Geography

Geographical Location

Dissen lies on the southern slopes of the Teutoburg Forest in the transition to East Westphalia. The highest elevation is the Hankenüll (307 meters) on the northeastern city limits. From east to west, extending the urban area about eight kilometers from north to south about ten kilometers. The land use is calculated as follows: 43.8 percent agricultural use, 41.7 percent of forest area, 9.8 percent of buildings and yard areas and 4.7 percent in transport and other areas.

Dissen bordered to the north Hilter and Melle, on the west by Bad Rothenfelde as well as in the south and east by the North Rhine-Westphalian cities Versmold and Borgholzhausen in Gütersloh.

Boroughs

The city consists of the districts of Dissen, ashes, Erpen and Nolle.

History

Dissen was first mentioned in the year 822, when Louis the Pious ceded farmstead in Dissen to the Bishop of Osnabrück. Since when is the place, is not known.

On November 8, 1951 Dissen received city rights. The name " Dissen am Teutoburger Wald " was officially arranged with effect from 1 January 1976 by ​​the Lower Saxony Ministry of Interior.

Since March 1, 2005 Dissen has a full-time mayor.

Since 1 November 2011, Hartmut Nümann (SPD ) mayor.

Incorporations

On April 1, 1974, was an exchange of territory between the city Dissen and the neighboring municipality of Bad Rothenfelde, in which Dissen little more than 100 inhabitants were gaining, but simultaneously also ceded nearly 600 inhabitants.

Population Development

The following overview shows the numbers of inhabitants of the city Dissen in each area and state on December 31.

The figures are extrapolations of the State Office for Statistics and communication technology Niedersachsen based on the census of 25 May 1987.

The figures from 1961 (June 6 ) and 1970 (May 27 ) is the respective census results in the limits from 1974.

Origin of the name

Old names of the place are 1217, 1284, 1325 ( en) Disnse, 1223, 1282, 1402, 1412, 1442, 1456/58, 1463 1556 (after 1605 ) (en) Dissen, 1225 ( in ) Dyssene, (ca. 1240) Dissene, 1246 (en) Dissenen, 1271 (en) Dissine, 1279 ( in ) Dhissene 1402 Dyssen, 1412 Dyssen, 16th century Dyssen 1565 Dissenn. Difficult, perhaps to settle German hazy in a form Disina " foggy, hazy area," perhaps based on the Moor area on Dissener Bach. Perhaps arrangement as Desina > Dissen to North Germanic. of the " haystack, ëschober " norw desja " small pile ", which was also borrowed into English. Then about hill town. So far hardly be solved.

Policy

City ​​council

The City Council currently has 22 members from four parties or groups. In addition, the mayor is a voting member of the Council.

The following table shows the local election results since 1996.

Twinning

Infrastructure and economy

Traffic

The station Dissen -Bad Rothenfelde lies on the railway line Osnabrück- Bielefeld ( KBS 402), on the upside the regional train " Haller Willem " RB 75 hourly. In the road passenger transport operate regional buses to Osnabrück, Bad Rothenfelde and Bad Laer.

The rail transport of the North Western Railway, the Talent DMUs for speeds is carried out up to 120 km / h are used. Dissen is connected via the Federal Highway 33, which crosses the city from the northwest to the southeast on the road network. The highway here replaces the B68, which led earlier through the city center. In this area in 1996 and 1999 700 -meter-long tunnel, which serves to protect the noise are in close proximity to the motorway hospital, the so-called noise trough built.

Business

In Dissen am Teutoburger Wald, some companies in the food industry are to be found:

  • Homann Delicatessen
  • Schulte meat and sausages
  • Fuchs spices
  • Ostmann spices
  • Group Gausepohl meat

In addition, the M-Soft Organizational Consulting GmbH and fire fighting vehicles manufacturers Schlingmann in Dissen is established.

Structures

  • Telecommunications tower Dissen ( with observation deck )
  • Frommenhof
  • St. Mauritius ( Dissen ) (13th century)

Public institutions

  • Foundation Dissen

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Hermann Heinrich Grafe (1818-1869), founder of the Evangelical Free churches
  • Christoph Friedrich Kurlbaum ( 1833 to after 1890 ), businessman and member of the Reichstag
  • Marianne Brentzel (* 1943), writer
  • Walter Steinbauer (1945-1991), bobsledder
  • Klaus Feldmann (* 1950), German General
  • Andy Grote ( born 1968 ), lawyer, politician
  • Marco Heggen (born 1971 ), musician

City ​​Views

Food industry

Cityscape

Rural Area

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