Rodewald

Rodewald is a municipality in the district of Nienburg / Weser in Lower Saxony and belongs to Samtgemeinde Steimbke. With almost 12 kilometers in length Rodewald is considered the second longest village in Lower Saxony. The municipality is divided into the Upper, Middle, and Lower peasantry (upper in the south, then middle, and lower in the north). Until the administrative and territorial reform in 1974 Rodewald belonged to the district of Neustadt am Ruebenberge.

  • 4.1 Culture and museums
  • 4.2 Structures
  • 4.3 Nature Reserves

History

Rodewald was created after first historical records in the first quarter of the 13th century, after which the bishop of Minden commissioned the Earl of Wölpe with a settlement founded. Through a systematic clearing of forests, the first section is identical to a large extent with today's lower peasantry emerged. The resulting Hagen hooves settlement shows to this day for the typical settlement structure. Each settler received an equally large piece of land, a eingehägte, ie fenced hooves ( a Rodungshufe = 60-70 morning), the strip- shaped transverse extended to the street and within which he settled with his buildings. Rodewald developed in three farming communities that made up to 1974 individual communities.

Over the centuries an increasing settlement activity, associated with a greater continuous development on both sides of the road ( L 192 ) has developed only at the village ends and in the middle of the local situation. Only after the Second World War, there was an increased settlement activity in which the free surfaces were built along the main road, so that the characteristic of mutual development along the road to recognize only limited. In order not to destroy the impression of the original Hagen hooves village, two new development areas in the more densely populated town center and a commercial area have been designated at the southern end of the town in recent years.

Even if the historical settlement pattern is not completely read, then Rodewald has as a "long village on the road " a unique appeal yet still preserved and the remaining open spaces along the street allow to continue the very important for the place integration of landscape and settlement.

Policy

Parish council

The council has 13 elected members, it includes currently three parties or voter communities to.

  • CDU: 6 seats
  • SPD: 4 seats
  • WG Rodewald: 3 seats

(As at municipal election on September 11, 2011)

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the village community Rodewald M. B. with the owl was approved in 1960 by the provincial government in Hanover. The unified community founded in 1969, took over the owl. The motif of the owl originates from a small stone owl in the portal of the tower of St. Aegidienkirche in Rodewald mB The Council of the Municipality Rodewald has decided not to release for use on the Internet.

Religions

In Rodewald the two major Christian denominations are represented in the three churches in Rodewald gather for worship. There are no further in Rodewald institutionally represented denominations and religions.

The Evangelical Lutheran St. Aegidien and St. Johannis church Rodewald belongs to the church district Nienburg and maintains in Rodewald two churches: St. John's Church in the lower peasantry and the St. Aegidien church in the middle peasantry. The Lutheran parish comprises about 2400 church members and operates a joint parish with the Protestant chapel congregation of the scattered settlement Lichtenhorst.

The Roman Catholic Church " Holy Family " is located in the northern urban area of ​​Rodewald. The path on which the church stands is named after the founder and long-time pastor of the church, George Wengler, named. Since 2006 it belongs to the parish of St. Bernward in Nienburg, the vicar also manages the 350 -member congregation in Rodewald. 1961/62 the church was built. In 1962 the neighboring Catholic senior center " Holy Family " opened, it is now in the Protestant Church.

Culture and sights

Culture and museums

  • Naturfreibad Rodewald
  • Discotheque " Blue Mouse "
  • Rodewalder Heritage Museum
  • Cultural and youth center Binderhaus

Structures

  • St. Aegidien Church
  • St. John's Church
  • Paltrokmühle in u.B.

Nature Reserves

  • Rodewalder light Heath
  • Rodewalder Wiehbuschwiesen
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