Schöppenstedt

Schoeppenstedt is a town in the district Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony. She is a member municipality and administrative headquarters of the velvet municipality Schoeppenstedt.

The city is located in the transition from North German Plain to the Central German Uplands ( highlands), between the heights of Elm and aces in Schöppenstedter trough.

• 5.1 City Council

• 6.1 St. Stephen 's Church
• 6.2 Museum

• 9.1 Station and rail transport
• 9.2 Museum

Name and Coat of Arms

The vernacular has linked to the name and arms Schöppenstedts fabulous interpretations, but which are discarded by scholars. So they say, the name to point out an old German court place where " aldermen " (court assessors ) had come together; this would sometimes like foolish judgments which one elsewhere derided as " Schöppenstedter pranks ". Without a doubt, but the people of Schoeppenstedt have never been stupider than elsewhere. The coat of arms of the city shows a ship with a lion standing upright in it; it is connected the tradition that Altenau was formerly to ride here with ships. Perhaps the city has been named after the first settlers of the area ( Skippo ) (after Friedrich Bosses "Little Brunswick Area Studies", 1907).

History

Schoeppenstedt is on very old settlement ground. The surrounding area is rich in traces of the Linear Pottery culture. The extraordinary fertility of the well in which the place of the once navigable Altenau (formerly " Cute " ), and the location of important ancient roads (Rhein -Elbe street, south Dietweg on Elm ) and significant connection paths ( of Brunswick and Wolfenbüttel Schoningen ) have contributed to the development.

The beginnings of colonization are still in the dark. You may also see here a Frankish royal court has passed. The west village, where there was a chapel Peter until the 16th century, might have been the oldest settlements space. In any case Schoeppenstedt is one of the first ecclesiastical centers of the diocese of Halberstadt, for the church of St. Stephen was one of the 35 newly established 827 Urkirchen of the diocese, which later developed into Archidiakonatskirchen. Schoeppenstedt was to 1542, the Year of the Evangelical- Lutheran religion, a Archidiakonatssitz of the diocese of Halberstadt.

Sure Schoeppenstedt has also been an ancient place of judgment ( first attested 1326 ). The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1051 under the name " Sciphinstete ", which is probably derived from scep (ship) and should indicate the navigability of Altenau. The area was formerly known as Darlingau, but the meaning of this name is not clear. Alt- Schoeppenstedt is one of the villages that referred to as "villa " even in 1332, was raised by sovereign available to the market town. A formal survey of the city seems to have not taken place, but Schoeppenstedt was the same footing as the other cities in the country since the 15th century.

1583 Duke Julius gave the brewing justice. For the good water the Nice was responsible. This aroused the envy of Brunswick, who raided the city on 14 May 1602 and devastated. 1667 a stone brewing house was on the market, close to the charming, built, where the locals were brewing their Mumme. In the " rotting " close to the timber mill flax was grown as a raw material for linen, which was bleached " on the bleach " in Küblingen.

For the development of the postal system in Schoeppenstedt see: postal route Brunswick- Magdeburg - Helmstedt

Incorporations

An increase of the place was mainly due to the inclusion of the inhabitants of the surrounding villages Twelken ( in the north), Allum ( in the south) and Neindorf ( in the west). The well-known Twelkenmühle is the last estate of the same village, whose church tower, demolished in the 18th century, was used for bridge construction. Allum, the smallest village a few hundred meters located on the road to Uehrde must already have been abandoned around 1300 of its population. Neindorf 1491 is referred to as " waste ". It lay on both sides of the dirt road of Berklingen after Bansleben, and the Cuckoo Mill is the last remaining house on the Bansleber page. Center of the patch was the market that was once out of the city hall and the bakehouse, the guard-house and the already mentioned urban brewery stood. It is worth mentioning is the end to my district since 1929 and former pilgrimage Küblingen who can look back on a more than 1000 -year history.

On 1 March 1974, the former municipalities Eitzum, Sambleben and Schliestedt were incorporated into the city Schoeppenstedt.

Crossroads of several trade routes

Schoeppenstedt had as the intersection of major trade and military roads

• Of Magdeburg Schoningen to the royal palace Werla,
• Of Braunschweig Wolfenbüttel Schoningen and
• Of Goslar Hornburg after Schoningen and Helmstedt

Gained great importance. In the late Middle Ages it was a ducal customs station. Transient merchants favored the development of the place, the incentives enough for craftsmen and shopkeepers offered to settle here.

Attachment

A city wall as Schoningen and King Lutter has never had Schoeppenstedt. But there was a tail attachment, which was formed from a up to 2.50 meters high wall, hedge and ditch, and was probably created for military reasons. The removal of walls and gates in 1750 and the construction of 15 houses between the Twelken and Stobentor contributed to the development of the city.

Policy

City ​​council

The councilman, who was elected on 10 September 2006 is made up as follows:

• SPD: 10 seats
• CDU: 6 seats
• Greens: 1 seat

(As at municipal election held on September 10, 2006 )

Culture and sights

St. Stephen 's Church

Landmark of the city is the St. Stephen 's Church with the famous leaning tower of the 12th century, containing strange representations of animal forms and human heads inside on a stone pillar, including Wotan with his raven, the Fenris wolf, the Midgard Serpent and the world Ash Ekdrasül ( black-and- white illustration ). These decorated column may have been built with the introduction of Christianity as a monument to ancient gods faith - the ornaments could go back to the time, is first mentioned in the Schoeppenstedt ( 1051). Whether the tower arch, which was well supported by this column, a chapel was, or whether a chapel was built into an existing tower, is still controversial.

For the second interpretation is the old term " stronghold ". On 8 December 1999, the lightning struck a 63 meter height. The spire began only after hours fire and burned to the stone wreath from. Since the Schöppenstedter wanted to again have its leaning tower, a citizens' initiative and the sale of shares tower was organized, which eventually contributed also to buy new bells, which replaced the already disused bell from 1923 and 1953.

Museum

The Till Eulenspiegel Museum proves the medieval Schalk Till Eulenspiegel, said to have been born around 1300 in Kneitlingen am Elm, reverence.

Fire disasters

Over the centuries Schoeppenstedt was ravaged by several fires, so in 1578, when only 71 houses were destroyed. In the Thirty Years' War Schoeppenstedt was first, then then sacked by the Imperial troops from the Danes, and again from the Imperial. The great fire of 1743 were more than a hundred houses for victims. He was the plum jam cooking in a forge. After the time of Karl- August Funcke which in cooperation with Duke Carl I ( reign: 1735-1780 ) began for the reconstruction and the introduction of a Brandkasse provides. For fire protection were the straw replaced by tiled roofs - a measure which is not everywhere met with reciprocal love. 1749 should already have been restored 208 apartments. On July 8, 2012 after an explosion blew the Rewe supermarket down to the foundation walls.

City of pranks

Schoeppenstedt became famous as the city of pranks. Be mentioned in a written by an unknown Schöppenstedter former schoolmaster handwriting, which kept them first in 1619 the Royal Museum in Copenhagen. The collection contains three pranks, acting by a entlaufenden thief, a futile hunt wolves and the velvet cap of the mayor. However, the author adds that ridiculous pranks " partly to shield citizens, some of the deer Auern, partly the Schöppenstedtern be attributed ". In fact, just get the best-known tricks in front Schwank in older collections. Thus we find, for example, the story of the bull, which is to graze on the grass, in a similar form in 1597 and in 1598 published chapbooks of the Lalen and shield citizens. All the more interested in the question of how the Schöppenstedter may be acquired the reputation, much like the inhabitants of Schilda, Buxtehude, backwater or Fünsing to be foolish people. The reason is possibly that the Mumme beer on her very proud Brunswick feared the competition of efficient Schöppenstedter brewers and tried to make the citizens of this city ridiculous. A hint on the resulting satires of the Brunswick and Schöppenstedter during a feud in 1602 that ended with a raid on the defenseless town of Brunswick and the destruction of the local brewing facilities. There have been times where the Schöppenstedter ashamed of her fame. Today, some, but by far not all, proud to be the city of pranks and a nursery of the Eulenspiegel mind.

Economy and infrastructure

Station and rail transport

The current station building was built in the late 19th century and served for a long time the web.

In the 1990s, the space in the rear area have been used as a nursery, youth center, a newspaper stand. Today, there are homes and offices. In 2003, an advertising agency acquired the listed building from the city and extensively refurbished.

Since the timetable change in December 2007 by the former railway line Wolfenbüttel - Helmstedt only the section to Wolfenbüttel in operation. Furthermore, the Schoeppenstedt North Station was located on the Brunswick- Schöninger railroad. This is decommissioned.

Museum

• Every year, around 8,000 guests from home and abroad, the Till Eulenspiegel Museum.

Religions

Schoeppenstedt is the seat of an eponymous Lutheran provost, it belongs to the Church in Brunswick. In the center of Schoeppenstedt is the Church of St. Stephen (see " Things to See "), which eingemeindeten places Eitzum, Küblingen, Sambleben and Schliestedt also have Protestant churches.

The Catholic Church of St. Joseph was built in 1926/27. Previously there was a temporary church was built in 1920 in Schoeppenstedt after it had been kept in a guest house of Catholic worship from 1908. For the parish of St. Joseph was also built in 1951 the church Our Lady of Peace in Great Vahlberg, it was closed in 1997. Since 2006, the Church of St. Joseph is part of the parish of St. Peter in Wolfenbüttel.

1929 New Apostolic congregation in Schoeppenstedt was founded, until 1973 it was given its own church ( after the railway 2B). On 12 September 2007 the last service was held in Schoeppenstedt, and the district Braunschweig belonging church was closed. The closest New Apostolic Church is now in the Schoningen 14 km away.

Personalities

Sons of the city

Arranged by year of birth

• Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Funck (1761-1828), Saxon general and historian
• Ludwig Adolf Heinrich von Strümpell (1812-1899), date only honorary citizen of the city Schoeppenstedt, one of the pioneers of Special Education.
• Georg Stölting (1836-1901) was a German school and seminar director in Wolfenbüttel and rector in the town school of Calvörde
• Buhbe Otto (1903-1993), farmer, synodical and over 27 years of councilor
• Helmuth Bosse (1929-1995), member of the Lower Saxony State Parliament (SPD )

Events

Between Schoeppenstedt and Königslutter the traditional Elm Hill Gymnastics Festival at Tetzelstein has been held since 1866, an organized annual Mountain Sports Festival, the second oldest in Germany.