Gehrden

The city Gehrden belongs to the region of Hannover and is located in Calenberger country.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 3.1 Coat of Arms
  • 5.1 churches
  • 5.2 Kunstverein Gehrden

Geography

Gehrden borders Seelze, Hannover, Ronnenberg, Wennigsen ( Deister) and Barsinghausen ( clockwise from the North).

West of the city lies the core Gehrdener mountain with the castle hill with a height of 158 m above sea level. NN. The highest point is the mountain in the west of the village Benther Benthe (city Ronnenberg ), east of the Gehrdener districts Everloh and Northen at 179 m above sea level. NN. The city itself is located at an altitude of 70-90 m above sea level. NN.

Boroughs

The city Gehrden consists of the following districts: Lenthe, Northen, Everloh, Ditterke, Redderse, Leveste and Lemmie.

History

In the area of Gehrden there were a Germanic settlement, whose remains are archaeologically investigated in an industrial area since 2010. Excavations pit houses, waste pits, a well, a pottery kiln and large quantities of wild boar bones were found. The also discovered large numbers of pieces of pottery are the Südhannoverschen wheel made pottery and around the year 400 AD. dated. Due to the rich finds go archaeologists believe that there was then living a person of the ruling upper class.

The place was in a charter of Count Adolf VI in 1298. mentioned by Schauenburg and Holstein for the first time and raised to an oppidum ( spots). By 1300 the present church was built Margarethe. In the years 1467, 1562, 1628 and 1665 the town was devastated as a result of several feuds and conflagrations. In the years 1803-1815 billeting French and Russian burdened the place that had to face in 1812 for Napoleon soldiers for the invasion of Russia in 1812.

In 1900 the sports club Gehrden was founded, with the 2,500 members (as of 2011 ) is the largest Gehrdener club. The local branch of the Social Democratic Party of Germany ( SPD) was founded in 1906 as the first political party in Gehrden.

The city got Gehrden rights awarded in 1929.

During the time of National Socialism saw a self-proclaimed, " zealous leader of the Volkssturm appointed [ ... ] in Gehrden to provide for doubtful order." District leader Heinz Deinert killed together with Karlheinz shyness in spring 1945 - just before the liberation by the Allied troops - the Jewish inhabitants Heinz Pichet.

Until December 31, 2004 Gehrden belonged to the governmental district of Hannover, which was dissolved as the rest of the Lower Saxony government districts.

Incorporations

On August 1, 1971, the voluntary community merger took place with the surrounding rural communities Ditterke, Everloh, Lemmie, Lenthe, Leveste, Northen and Redderse the greater community Gehrden.

Population Development

The figures for the years 1961 and 1970 is the number of inhabitants, including the subsequent eingemeindeten in 1971 places. Prior to that was in 1961, the population of the place Gehrden 6053 and 8367 inhabitants in 1970.

Policy

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows in red the silver stepped gables of the Evangelical Lutheran Margarethenkirche the city Gehrden, occupied by the sign foot forth with the coat of arms of the Counts of Schaumburg (in red a silver nettle leaf ) and the Guelph dukes ( in blue a rotbewehrter, golden lion ).

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The medieval Hellweg from Minden to Hildesheim led through the city of Gehrden. Today, the federal highway 65 crosses the urban area to the north from east to west, while the road passes through the towns of Everloh and Ditterke. A few kilometers east of the city limits goes past the main road 217.

From 1872, the brick sailor processed sound and clay deposits of Gehrdener mountain.

Opened in 1898, the tram Hannover AG (from 1921: ÜSTRA ) tram line 10 from Hannover to Gehrden - from 1899 to Barsinghausen. The construction of the streetcar had an economic boom resulted, as this also electric current in the place was available. The streetcar carried passengers in addition to hard coal, vegetables and other goods from Barsinghausen and sugar from the sugar factory Neuwerk to Hanover. The passengers on the stretch to Barsinghausen was posted on July 27, 1952, the carriage of goods on 30 November 1953. On 3 July 1961, the route from Hannover to Gehrden was shut down and replaced by buses. (see also: History of trams in Hannover)

The sugar factory was in operation from 1857 to 1930. On the site of the " Vorwerk" carpet factory was later built, which moved to Hameln 1985.

The construction of the supply line of the Harzwasserwerke to Bremen was provided with a central water supply in 1934 Gehrden.

Culture and sights

  • The Struckmeyersche mill and the miller's house were built in 1729 by the city of Gehrden as a Dutch windmill.
  • The historical Tripische park with views over the country towards Calenberger Deister was the Hanoverian horticulture director Julius Trip 1898 finish. It was in 1991 by the Greater Hannover (now Region Hannover) set repaired.
  • The castle hill tower was 1897/1898 in the middle of the ring wall on the mountain Gehrdener

Built on the Gehrdener mountain. It is about 20 m high, its observation platform is 176.69 m above sea level. The tower was restored in 1985 by the city of Gehrden and released as a lookout.

  • The historic brewery was rebuilt after a fire in 1665 and has since 1975, the City Museum Gehrden, among other grave finds from the Merovingian time of the 6/7 Century.
  • City ​​Museum
  • Castle Hill tower
  • Mountain inn Lower Saxony in 1898
  • Staircase of Tripischen park
  • Struck Meyers Mill

Churches

The since the Reformation Lutheran Church at Margaret Church Street is the historic village church of Gehrden. Your tower with the characteristic stepped gables dates from the early 13th century and can be found for over 500 years in the city seal, and today the town's crest. The nave was built in the 15th century. Your parish is part of the parish of Ronnenberg in Hannover Sprengel to you includes the kindergarten Nedderntor and the chapels in the districts Ditterke, Lemmie and Redderse.

The 1911 was built in neo-Baroque style Catholic St Boniface Church is located on Orchard Street. It was extended in 1981 and contains a built in 1992 organ. Your parish is part of the Office of the Dean Hanover to her include the Catholic churches in Holtensen and Wennigsen.

The New Apostolic congregation Gehrden was abandoned, it belonged to the church district of Hanover -Mitte. In their church in the Great Mountain road 40, the last service was held in late March 2011. Built in 1969 the church building was sold and demolished in the summer of 2012, on the grounds is the construction of an apartment building planned (as of 2012). The closest New Apostolic Church is now in Hannover Badenstedt eight kilometers away.

Kunstverein Gehrden

In 1992, the Kunstverein Gehrden was founded on the initiative of interested in art Gehrdener citizens with the aim of promoting contemporary art and artists. It held annual art exhibitions. The art association has its seat in the town hall Gehrden.

Education

  • There are eight municipal daycare centers and a church daycare center with a total of 78 nursery places, 421 kindergartens and 60 nursery places.
  • In the Gehrdener core city, there are primary school with 328 pupils on Castrum and the elementary school on Long box with 173 students.
  • Near the Gehrdener indoor and outdoor pool is located from the school year 2011/2012 high school Gehrden with gymnasialem school branch to Class 10 ( lower secondary education).
  • Below the castle hill Gehrdener the Matthias -Claudius -Gymnasium is with Gymnasium upper level and 993 students.
  • The purpose of association community college Calenberger country is a training facility of the cities Barsinghausen, Gehrden, Ronnenberg, Seelze, Jump and the community Wennigsen and operates in Gehrden in the former " Red School" a branch of education.
  • The Calenberger music school has its headquarters in the building of the high school Gehrden Gehrden and teaches around 1,000 students from Gehrden, Ronnenberg and Barsinghausen.
  • The youth care Gehrden offers youth pavilion children and young people in action, and care programs.

Personalities

  • Friedrich Ulrich von Knigge (1618-1683), imperial Obrist, born in Leveste
  • Werner von Siemens (1816-1892), inventor, founder of Electrical Engineering and Industrial
  • Justus Wilhelm Lyra (1822-1882), pastor and composer
  • Osenberg Werner (1900-1974), materials scientists, lived in Gehrden since the 1950s
  • Werner Lueg (* 1931), Athlete, Olympic Champion 1952
  • Hans -Joachim Frey (born 1965 ), theater director
  • Maria Schrader (born 1965 ), actress and director
  • Tim Pritlove (* 1967), event managers, media artist and member of the Chaos Computer Club
  • Wolfgang Kreißig (* 1970), high jumper
  • Sebastian Schunke (* 1973), Latin jazz pianist, composer and lawyer, spent his childhood in Gehrden
  • Jan Philip Lange ( b. 1974 ), film producer
  • Grisha Niermann (* 1975), racing driver
  • Christian Haacke ( b. 1976 ), Radio Presenter
  • Marc Bator ( * 1972 ), Newscaster (ARD -day show from 2000 to 2013, since at Sat.1 )
  • Christian Pampel ( born 1979 ), volleyball national team
  • Nils Pfingsten - Reddig ( b. 1982 ), football player
  • Kristin Demann (* 1993), football player
Calenberg Land Gehrdener Berg Benther Berg Germanic peoples Pit-house Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein Allies Vorwerk (company) Observation tower Hans-Joachim Frey Grischa Niermann Nils Pfingsten-Reddig Burgwedel Garbsen Hemmingen Isernhagen Laatzen Lehrte Pattensen Sehnde Springe Uetze Wedemark Wunstorf
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