Farven

Farven is (Wümme ) in Lower Saxony, 14 km southeast of Bremervörde a municipality in the district of Rotenburg. The municipality also includes the addition Farven place Byhusen. Between the two places, the Bever flows through it.

• 2.1 municipal
• 2.2 Coat of Arms

History

The first mention was made in 1132 as Farven Verwede.

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, the neighboring community Byhusen was incorporated in the course of municipal reform in 1974. Farven belongs to Samtgemeinde Selsingen.

Explanation of the name

Old names of the place are 1132-1137 and 1237-1246 Verwede Verwede. The place name is in the second part of the Low German " wil " for " forest " and the first part of the Old Frisian " fara " " go, go " for. Apparently, he refers to the location of the settlement of a traffic.

Policy

Parish council

The council has been working for the municipal election in 2001 was composed of six council members of the electorate Community Farven and three council members of the electorate Community Byhusen.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Farven shows on a blue background of St George in gold on a silver horse, kills a golden dragon. This establishes a reference to George monastery in Stade, which included the towns of Farven and Byhusen. In the lower third separated by a silver wave beams, which symbolizes the Bever, a silver heart is presented, which is topped with a golden six-pointed star flame. This is taken from the coat of arms of Byhusen family who has been resident in Byhusen. A descendant of the family is currently ( Anno 2000), Press Officer of the University of Harburg. The family is called now Bihusen.