Hemmoor

Hemmoor is a small town on the western shore of the Oste in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony. The city is geographically located roughly between Stade and the county town of Cuxhaven. Hemmoor has about 8,700 inhabitants.

• 2.1 Prehistory
• 2.2 City rights
• 2.3 Amalgamations
• 2.4 Population development

• 3.1 City Council
• 3.2 Town twinning
• 3.3 Coat of Arms

• 4.1 Technical monument Transporter Bridge
• 4.2 Museums
• 4.3 Regular events
• 4.4 Culturkreis Hemmoor eV
• 4.5 Kreidesee
• 4.6 Hemmoor Ball
• 4.7 Tourism
• 4.8 Specialty

• 5.1 cement of international standing from Hemmoor
• 5.2 traffic
• 5.3 Formation

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.2 Persons who are in connection with the city

Geography

Geographical Location

Hemmoor lies on the border between Geest and Ostemarsch. The core zone is adjacent to the Oste, which opened the sea route across the Elbe to the North Sea or the North Sea-Baltic Canal to the Baltic Sea via the port black huts.

Neighboring communities

The city Hemmoor together with the municipalities Hechthausen and east the Municipality Hemmoor.

History

Prehistory

Became known as Hemmoor archaeological site of many decorated with animal friezes brass vessels dating from around 200 AD, which are kept in the Lower Saxony State Museum Hanover. Among archaeologists, the city is because of the " Hemmoorer bucket" known, a relic of the Roman Empire ( 1-375 AD) The grave mound in Postel's bush were a remarkable group of hills in the field with Mark Hemmoor - Westersode.

City ​​rights

Hemmoor emerged from the six formerly independent communities Basbeck, Warstade, Hemm, Westersode, Alt- Hemmoor and Heeßel 1968. On 1 October 1982 Hemmoor was given city rights.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, the nearby town of Oberndorf was reclassified at that time about 50 residents to Hemmoor.

Population Development

(1961 on June 6, 1970 on May 27, in each census results, from 1987 on 31 December)

Policy

City ​​council

After the local elections of 11 September 2011, the City Council of the City Hemmoor is composed as follows:

Twinning

Sister cities are Couhé (France), Swaffham ( Great Britain) and Rüdersdorf.

Coat of arms

Blazon: "Divided, split up of red and silver, front under a silver shaft helical Links bar, right Obereck as to separate a silver beam balance, behind a black kettle hook, bottom in blue with a silver gear with four diagonally crossed spokes. "

Coat Explanation: The silver wave bar represents the Oste, the balance of Trade and jurisdiction at the place, the boiler hooks for agricultural purposes and the gear for industry.

Culture and sights

Technical monument Transporter Bridge

A transporter bridge over the Oste since 1909 provides a connection between the location of the East ( Oste ) and the Hemmoorer district Basbeck. After the Transporter Bridge - one of two in Germany and eight in the world - has been replaced in 1974 in their function by a road bridge, it stands as a technical monument for tourist demonstration tours. In 2004 she was completely restored. Since April 2006, regular trips to crossing the river Oste for pedestrians and cyclists will again be offered.

Museums

• The German cement Museum in a 73 year old Zementschute from the former cement factory Hemmoorer presents exhibits on the history of the cement factory and the traditional Osteschifffahrt.
• The house for Hemmoorer history shows, among other fossils of the North German sea 65 million years ago, which have been released by the Warstader chalk pit.
• An open-air museum with technical equipment from the former cement factory ( 1866-1983 ), the once largest industrial company in the region. is accessible all year round.

Regular events

• Every 2 years, organized by the IG station road in the district Basbeck a station street festival.
• Since 2003, found at its lake in heath beach resort under the name Coastal Classic Hemmoorer the Seefestspiele instead.
• The water Hemmoor friends organize each year a Oste- marathon of 87 km tidal waters.

Culturkreis Hemmoor eV

The Culturkreis Hemmoor eV regularly offers concerts and other cultural events. More than 48,000 people have visited the rock, folk, classical and literary events within about 20 years.

Kreidesee

The Kreidesee in Warstade district is the legacy of 117 years of cement production. From 1862 to 1976 here chalk was mined, which was processed directly on the lake today in a cement factory. After the reduction, the pit filled with groundwater. The original 130 -meter-deep lake was flattened by backfilling of debris and rubble of the original chalk factory on 60 meters, but is now still the third deepest waters of northern Germany and covers about 33 hectares.

When diving and leisure center of the lake is also known internationally and is due to the depth, visibility and low water temperature a challenging dive site dar. It has already come to retry, even fatal, diving accidents. The lake is open all year to dive for divers surcharge; a dive center is on site. Carrying a second separate regulator is mandatory. As an attraction among water are next to the sunken industrial plant, among other cars, a sunken sailboat, a of introduced truck and an airplane, a Piper PA -28, the former astronaut Alan Shepard belonged.

In the most crystal clear water different types of trout and salmon are bred, which may be fished.

Hemmoor Ball

Under Hemmoor balls refers to stones in a spherical shape, which have arisen from sand and calcareous deposits. These balls arose before about 17 million years ago in Hemmoorium from the petrification of the seabed.

In the Ice Age, these deposits were ground by glacial waters into balls. In the two in Natureum in Balje issued on Ostesperrwerk balls or a ball breaking piece about 300 different species have been identified so far. The one ball, on loan from Mr. Li loading from Hechthausen, was found in a sandy hollow Cadenberge. The fragment of another sphere, a permanent loan from the Lower Saxony State Office for Soil Research in Hannover, was found in the chalk pit in Hemmoor.

Tourism

Hemmoor is located on the opened in 2004, approximately 250 kilometers long German Fährstraße that leads from Bremervörde to Kiel and its landmark, the Transporter Bridge East Hemmoor in the district Basbeck heard.

The most clear, cold Kreidesee Hemmoor is one of the most famous German diving waters and runs year- round sport divers. The dive center located on Kreidesee has been awarded several times as the best dive center in Germany.

Specialty

In the Hemmoorer Gastronomy char is served from the Kreidesee in Warstade district. As other specialties kale, smelt and eel apply.

Economy and infrastructure

Cement of international standing from Hemmoor

The statue of a cement worker

Previously Zementschute, today Museumsschute " Hemmoor 3"

For the manufacture of cement chalk, clay and coal are mainly required. Since Hemmoor a large vein ( stratification ) of the " chalk " came to the surface, here in 1866 chalk was mined for cement production. The sound is also required for the production came from Westerberg from Lamstedt and the coal for the furnaces in the Ruhr area by boat. On the return trip, the finished cement was packed in bulk or in bags shipped with the barges. Between the factory and the Ostehafen in the district of Black huts was a narrow gauge industrial railway. One of the world's largest companies in the cement production created in 1882 with establishment of the corporation Portland Cement Factory Hemmoor. She soon became a major employer of Hemmoor and the entire Elbe-Weser triangle and provided cement for the new buildings at the river Elbe as well as for buildings of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg - inter alia, the Chile House ( 1924), the Hotel Atlantic (1909 ) the old Elbe Tunnel (1911 ) - but also the base of the Statue of Liberty ( 1886).

In the 60s of the 20th century Alsen'sche Portland Cement factory from Itzehoe took over - now part of Holcim Group - the majority of shares. In 1983 it came to the shutdown of production, because the chalk out an ever -deepening Kuhle ( mine ) had to be brought, and the securing of its edge became increasingly difficult. Also the right past leading to this edge B 73 required ever a security risk for the degradation and for the adjacent houses represents the two highly visible high chimneys were demolished as the last parts of the production buildings, only the administration building on the B 73 is still standing. In addition to some remaining work and director of homes today recalls in particular the German cement outdoor museum opposite the old production facility at this epoch Hemmoorer history. After a few personalities from the history of cement production in Hemmoor, the founder of the factory, J. H. Hagenah, former Executive Ewald Marby and the plant manager Kurt Tielmann, streets, places or routes have been designated.

Traffic

The city lies at the intersection of highways 73 and 495

In addition Hemmoor has a station on the Lower Elbe Cuxhaven line -Hamburg. This - to 1992 still called Basbeck -east - was 2005/2006 mostly completely rebuilt during operation and received, inter alia, two new side platforms, the points have been removed or decommissioned and replaced the signal systems.

With the entrance of the first train ( RE14599 ) in Hamburg, construction work was completed on the morning of July 3, 2006. During the night this Sunday, the old railway crossing Ziegelkamp after the departure of the last train ( RE14588 ) from Hamburg was locked at 22:30 clock and immediately degraded. At the same time was the commissioning of the new railroad crossing Station Street / petrol Peschel Street.

Since December 2007, the railway maintenance of the metronom railway company is operated. On 11 May 2009 at 9:40 clock was the baptism of the Lok 246006-1 on the name Hemmoor instead.

Education

The gymnasium Warstade Hemmoor was founded in 1946 on the initiative of the school association. From the high school Stade / branch Warstade the current high school, which is a school in rural areas of learning for a large catchment area developed.

In the beginning, the school consists of two buildings, but was extended in 1959. 1980 to 1992 the school was again expanded to include a music tract and art spaces. Because of the education reform in Lower Saxony government also fifth-and sixth -graders visit the high school. Consequently, it is currently built on another tract. Between 1959 and 2007, there were more than 1,700 high school graduates at the school their matriculation examination. Since both students go out of the district of Stade and from the district of Cuxhaven, in this school, opinions differ about the financing part of the two circles. At the time of the district of Stade finances only bus trips of students. He also participated in once on the expansion of the school.

The Foundation Friends of the High School Warstade eV was founded in 2001. He is firstly to maintain contacts with former students, but also support the school directly in projects and services.

At the beginning of the school year 2005/2006 870 pupils were taught by 60 teachers, interspersed with a variety of extra-curricular activities ( working groups, theater and museum visits, school trips, competitions, etc.). As the first school in the district of Cuxhaven, the school Warstade has made ​​considerable efforts to save energy.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Alfred Vagts, historian and poet
• Peter Schütt, writer
• Thees Uhlmann, musician ( Tomte ) and journalist

Those associated with the city

• Peter Rühmkorf grew up in the district Hemmoorer Warstade
• Tomte, band from Hemmoor
• Dorothea Brandt, swimmer

Myths and legends

• The Ostedeich at Hemm
• The Seven Oaks