Hümmling (district)

The circle Hümmling was a Prussian administrative district in the west of the province of Hannover.

• 2.1 Population development

• 4.1 Special
• 4.2 Religion

Geography

The circle was about 22 km north of Meppen and was named after the ( above 73 m. Asl) to high ridge of Hümmling.

Neighboring districts

In the north it bordered on the then empty circle, to the east by the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg ( offices Friesoythe and Cloppenburg ), to the south by the county Meppen and to the west by the circle of ash village.

History

The Hümmling region was until 1803 part of the low pin Munster, then came to the Duchy of Arenberg - Meppen ( 1803-1810 ), was part of the Empire France ( 1810-1814 ) and came in 1814 to the Kingdom of Hanover, with this in 1866 to Prussia. The Prussians were here, however, very unpopular, so the Hümmling, normally a domain of the Catholic Centre Party, the Reichstag elections of 1928 a stronghold of the Guelph party was a result of the agrarian crisis. The Hümmling was referred to in the Old Kingdom as a freelance Hümmling because farmers were not personally dependent on him. They claimed this at least in a long process that. Because of the attempt of the Prince Bishop of Munster, to use them to compulsory labor for the construction of his castle Clemenswerth, was brought before the Imperial Chamber Court in Wetzlar

After the annexation of Hanover by Prussia in 1867 in 1885 the Office Hümmling and parts of the Office Haselünne (municipalities Ahmsen, United Berßen, Small Berßen, wholesale Stavern, small Stavern, Herßum, Holte, Lähden, Lastrup, Vinnen and watchtower ), the circle Hümmling formed. 1815 Before the district area was part of the Duchy of Arenberg, which had been created in 1803 from parts of the low- pin Münster.

On August 1, 1932, the district ash village and county Hümmling were dissolved with effect from October 1, 1932 by decree of the Prussian Ministry of State. The circle was combined with the circle to the circle of ash ash village Village Hümmling. The for loop Hümmling belonging to at this time communities Ahmsen, United Berßen, Small Berßen, wholesale Stavern, small Stavern, Herßum, Holte, Lähden, Lastrup, Vinnen and Wachtum were incorporated into the circle Meppen.

Today, the area of the former district Hümmling is part of the 1977 resulting Emsland, but without the localities Wachtum (now city Loeningen, district of Cloppenburg ) Gehlenberg and Neuvrees (both city today Friesoythe, district of Cloppenburg ).

Demographics

Cities and municipalities of the

Prior to the merger with the circle of ash village sat the circle composed of 34 municipalities. The most important were Soegel and Werlte. The rest are listed here in alphabetical order:

Ahmsen, Bockholte, Bock Horst, Börger, Börgermoor, Börger forest, Breddenberg, Eisten, esters ways Gehlenberg, United Berßen, United Stavern, Harren site, Herßum, Holte, Hüven, Small Berßen, Klein Stavern, Lähden, Lahn, Lastrup, Lorup, Neuvrees, Ostenwalde, Spahn, Vinnen, Vrees, Wachtum, delusion, Wehm, Werpeloh, Wieste.

The church today Rastdorf ( between Werlte and Gehlenberg ) did not exist yet.

Region Hümmling

The Hümmling is not only a ridge of, he is also the source of the regional identity of its inhabitants. The residents feel as Hümmlinger and set themselves up guests from the rest of Emsland.

Special

A typical Hümmlinger specialty is the " Baukweiten Janhinnerk ", a pancake made ​​of buckwheat flour with syrup, applesauce, cranberries, egg, cheese, bread or brown bread.

The " National Anthem " of Hümmling is the " Hümmelske Bur ", a song praising the characteristics of the local population.

The slang is still the Hümmlinger Platt, which is counted to the north of Lower Saxony dialects of Lower Saxony. Only the generation of after about 1975 babies grew up German.

A special attraction in the technical Hümmling is the Hüvener mill, which today is the last completely received combined wind and water mill in Europe.

Religion

The Hümmling as well as the Emsland traditionally Roman Catholic ( 93 % of the population ). After the Second World War, many refugees moved from the former eastern territories and Russia since 1990 in the German Hümmling, in addition to the Catholic Faith and the New Apostolic Church and evangelical faiths belong ( Pentecostals, Baptists ).