Fürstenberg, Lower Saxony
Fürstenberg is located in the district of Minden wood and is a municipality in the south of Lower Saxony ( Germany ) on the Weser River on the western edge of the Solling near Hoexter and wood Minden. The Fürstenberg porcelain manufactory, founded in 1747, is the third-oldest porcelain factory in Germany.
- 2.1 municipal
- 2.2 mayor
- 3.1 Structures
- 3.2 associations
- 3.3 traffic
History
1747 Duke Carl I. in the castle create a porcelain factory, which probably led to the establishment of a post- expedition on the mail route Brunswick- wood Minden.
In the village center there is the Hussmannplatz with bronze horse that had escaped from Berlin artist Albert Hinrich Hussmann (* 1874 Lüdingworth near Cuxhaven - † 1946 Fürstenberg ) was created. It was flown at the time of the Berlin Airlift. These legs were sawed off.
During the Cold War was built (also for the 43rd Artillery Battalion in Brakel ) between Fürstenberg and Boffzen an ammunition and fuel depot (Forward storage site) for the Belgian I Corps from Cologne-Weiden. It existed until 1994.
1996 lived 1,338 inhabitants in the municipality.
By late 2010, Furstenberg was nationally recognized resort.
Explanation of the name
Old names of the place are around 1350 Vorstenberch, 1369-1370 Vorst Berg, 1399 Forstinberg, 1410 Furstenberge, 1446 and 1495 Forstenbergk Fcrstenberg. The place name is a formation with the base word " mountain ". With the appellative " Voerste " ( " prince " ) is a plausible determination word before, because this word appears often in castles and palaces name. " Prince " would be a convincing interpretation, but there is another possible interpretation of the word "First" ( " gable top edge "). The highlighted position Fürstenbergs would support this interpretation. Ultimately, both interpretations are possible..
Policy
Parish council
The council is made after the local elections on September 11, 2011 consist of:
- SPD: 7 seats ( 67.12 %)
- CDU: 3 seats ( 28.00 %)
- FDP: 1 seat ( 4.88% )
Mayor
Mayor is Uwe König ( SPD).
Culture and sights
Structures
- The Fürstenberg castle of the Renaissance, formerly part of the porcelain factory Fürstenberg, now houses a porcelain museum.
- The Christ Church is centrally located in the resort. The building was built in 1899 and modeled after the Romanesque. Your Evangelical-Lutheran congregation belongs to the church district of Minden- wood floor Werder.
Clubs
Founded on December 10, 1888 Men's Gymnastics Club Furstenberg is with about 510 members of the largest club in the community. The members shall be distributed to the departments soccer, gymnastics, volleyball and Taekwon- Do. In calendar year several events are aligned, for example, a sports week or the football tournament for the Fürstenberg Cup.
Traffic
Through the town, the Lower Saxony state road leads north over 550 Boffzen to Holzminden and south over Meinbrexen after Lauenfoerde. About the county road 53 or via a branch of the L 550 at Meinbrexen there is a connection after Derental. About the branching in Boffzen L 549 is a connection east to Neuhaus im Solling.
Personalities
- Johann Georg von Langen (1699-1776), forestry and chief hunter
- Ernst Hampe (1795-1880), pharmacist and Bryologe ( Moss watchers )
- Arthur Ulrichs (1838-1927), forester and local historian
- Max Ernst Roloff (1867-1935), scholar, educator, Lexiograph ( Encyclopedia of Education)
- Robert Roloff (1886-1953), porcelain painter, politician (SPD ), member of the Braunschweig Landtag ( 1924-1933 ), Mayor of Brown Location ( 1927-1932 ), Mayor of Fürstenberg ( 1945-1946 ) and community director ( 1947-1949 )
- Ernst Nolting (1901-1967), civil servant, politician (SPD ), member of the appointed Hanoverian Landtag
- Eberhard Tacke (1910-1977), geographer and historian, working as a scientist at the Lower Saxony Institute for Regional Studies and Regional Development at the University of Göttingen from 1937, from 1953 to 1974 editor of the journal New archive for Lower Saxony.