Eschede

Eschede is a municipality between Celle and Uelzen, at the edge of the Natural Park South Heath, in the Lüneburg Heath. Eschede belongs to the district of Celle in Lower Saxony.

  • 3.1 Mayor 3.1.1 to 2013
  • 3.1.2 Since 2014
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 Nature

Geography

Districts ( have local councils):

Towns ( local councils have ):

  • Dalle
  • Endeholz
  • Marwede
  • Scharnhorst

Other settlements:

  • Mountain ash
  • Aschau ponds
  • Burghorn
  • Habig Horster height
  • Heeseloh
  • Collar
  • Marine settlement
  • Ohe
  • Queloh
  • Rebberlah
  • Schelploh
  • Starkshorn
  • Weyhausen

History

The Verden historical sources mention Eschede already in a document dated 1227 The content is summarized here as follows.:

In February 1900, the volunteer fire department was established as Eschede Turner Fire Department of the gymnastics club " unity ". The founding members were: William Lutterloh, W. Mohwinkel, Willi urge to master, Heinrich Pralle, W. Rougemont, Herman Thiele, H. Marquardt, W. Hilmer, H. Gottschalk, August Meyer, W. Müller, A. Stehr and H. Hildebrandt. The seven first named only a total of 13 identified by name men could be honored on February 14, 1915 for 15 years of service in the volunteer fire department.

In Eschede occurred in the last century two heavy calamity or disaster:

In the summer of 1975 there were around Eschede on fire in the Lüneburg Heath, a large number of forest and heath fires.

On 3 June 1998 derailed on the railway line between Hanover and Hamburg in the immediate vicinity of the railway station of Eschede the ICE 884 " Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen" and brought the bridge of Rebberlaher road to collapse. When ICE misfortune of Eschede 101 people lost their lives. Trigger for the disaster were a torn tire and a subsequent series of unfortunate events. The reason for the Radreifenriss was most likely insufficient care of the ICE wheels.

Incorporations

On 1 January 1973 the municipalities Dalle, Rebberlah, Starkshorn and Weyhausen were incorporated. On March 1, 1973 parts of the territory of the neighboring community Unterluess were added at that time with less than 50 inhabitants.

On January 1, 2014, the resolution of the velvet municipality was with its member municipalities and for the formation of a unified community Eschede.

Policy

The Council of the Municipality Eschede currently has 18 members from three parties, plus mayor with one seat

Last local elections on 11 September 2011

Mayor

To 2013

Since 2014

  • Since 2014: Güntersberg; from 2006-2013 he was Samtgemeinde mayors and municipal director

Culture and sights

The bookmobile of the district of Celle has its headquarters in Eschede and controls fortnightly municipalities and districts of the county without a local library as a lending library.

A cultural association, remote location Eschede, organizes lectures, music recitals and exhibitions in the old mill ( " Musenmöhl ").

Structures

Destroyed bells of St. John's Church

St. Theresa 's Church

Cemetery chapel

Flohr mill

Nature

By Eschede flows the Aschau whose source area is located in the " Loher ponds " and then the big pond area " Aschau ponds " forms. The ponds of the velvet municipality have a total area of ​​348 hectares. The pond areas since 1982 are part of a water protection area. 1987 have been designated as a bird sanctuary. Since 2003, the area EU bird sanctuary since 2005 and assigned to the FFH area 86 " Laughed - Lutter - Aschau " as part of the EU Natura 2000 conservation project.

The Aschau ponds

The Aschau shortly after leaving the ponds

The Aschau shortly before Eschede in Erlenbruchwald

In addition to the Aschau ponds and Loher ponds are even larger pond areas on the railway line between Hanover and Hamburg, which originated around 1845 when sand excavation for the embankment of the road. Also, there are many to Eschede Moore and swamps and even more ponds that often lie hidden in the surrounding woods.

Traffic

Eschede is on the railway line between Hanover and Hamburg, which has a station here. Federal highway 191 runs right through the town.

Personalities

  • Albert King (1881-1944), painter and graphic artist
  • Max Böcker (1883-1945 ( suicide) ), teachers in Eschede, volunteer since 1936 "Pfleger for prehistoric ground Antiquities"
  • Friedrich Stolte (1889-1969), German politician (DP, CDU) and a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
  • William Brese (1896-1994), Heather Bauer and German politicians ( DNVP, CNBL, CDU), was chairman of the savings and loan association in Eschede and stood before the church council in Eschede
  • Erich Schellhaus (1901-1983), German civil servant and politician ( NSDAP, later GB / BHE, GDP, CDU ), lived after the war in the rectory in Eschede
  • Goede Gendrich (1912-2000), German forester and author
  • Hans- Hubertus Bühmann (1921-2014), German forestry and Lower Saxony state politician (CDU ), was a board member of the forestry association Eschede and Samtgemeinde mayor of Samtgemeinde Eschede
  • Ernst Bauerochse (* 1925), German missionary and church representatives, went to school in Eschede

Monuments

  • List of monuments in Eschede
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