Steimbke
Steimbke is a municipality in the district of Nienburg / Weser in Lower Saxony.
- 4.1 Coat of Arms
- 4.2 community partnerships
Geography
Steimbke is located about 10 kilometers from the district town of Nienburg in a bog and heathland, with the Blindesee forms the center. By Steimbke the " stone Beeke " flows (high German: " Steinbach " ), whose name is derived according to legend, the place-name.
The villages Steimbke, Wendenborstel, Glass Courtyard, Eckelshof, Lichtenhorst and sun Borstel form the municipality of Steimbke. The district Steimbke is the eponymous part of the velvet municipality Steimbke.
To the church Steimbke borders the municipalities Heemsen, Rethem / Aller, Stöckse and Rodewald, the city of Neustadt am Ruebenberge, as well as the county seat Nienburg / Weser.
History
Numerous polls finds that the area around Steimbke was inhabited by 800-700 BC. Is documented in 1175 in a letter from a " Steinanebeki in Logne - Gau " and in 1221 in Calenberger Urkundenbuch a " Hildebrandus de Stenbike " ( Hildebrand of Steimbke ) mentioned. However, it is unclear whether these sources actually associated with today's Steimbke. For the first time clearly Steimbke 1310 is mentioned in the document book of the monastery of St. John in Walsrode, when the brothers Hermann, Ritter and Henry, noblemen of Hodenberg sell the villages Steimbke and Glashof to the monastery to Walsrode.
At the recent development of the village, the union Brigitta has contributed through the beginning of their oil production in 1934 the most part. You built a factory housing with generous sports facilities, a forest stadium with floodlights, an indoor pool and an outdoor pool.
Meanwhile, the decline in oil production has meant that the oil pumps, used to be the landmark of Steimbke, were dismantled. Steimbke recorded 2,450 inhabitants ( 31 December 2009).
Incorporations
On March 1, 1974, the municipalities Lichtenhorst, sun Borstel and Wendenborstel were incorporated.
Religion
The Steimbker population is predominantly Protestant denomination. Accordingly, the Evangelical Lutheran Dionysii Church is located in the town center. This includes the " Meeting House ", regularly hosts meetings and events for young and old. The local congregation of the New Apostolic Church was closed due to the decline in members in 2005, their church on Sun Borsteler Kirchweg became a residential building.
Policy
The council has 13 elected members. Him since the local elections on 11 September 2011 belong to two parties and a voter community.
- CDU: 6 seats
- WG Steimbke: 5 seats
- SPD: 2 seats
Mayor of the municipality Steimbke is reading Friedrich Berg ( WG).
Coat of arms
Blazon: " Shared by gold and red; above a black oil pumping station, down a silver horseshoe, on either side accompanied by a golden book leaf. "
Community partnerships
Steimbke maintains a partnership with the community Chouzé -sur -Loire in France. The primary and junior high school Steimbke is also a partner school from Werder Bremen.
Culture and sights
In Steimbke for decades, there is a marching band. The band provides Adjugement since the summer of 1993 represents a second musical highlight
On the northern edge of the Steimbker Drove there is a grave mound.
Named after the union Brigitta, the sports club Brigitta - Elwerath founded in 1949, has established. The Player of the SVBE play successfully in the district league (district Hannover). There are also on-site since 1975 an indoor pool, today with solarium and sauna, and an outdoor swimming pool since 1955.
Every year, the shooting of the rifle club Steimbke, as well as the harvest festival will be held in Steimbke.
Economy and infrastructure
Steimbke is just off the federal highway 214 which leads from Nienburg / Weser to Celle, and to the county roads 3, 6 and 37 In addition, the location of the bus lines 40, 41 and 42 of the Transport Company Nienburg / Weser (VLN) is approached.
Several companies have settled in Steimbke, so there are among others a farm shop, an agricultural trade, a branch of Raiffeisen Hauptgenossenschaft North, a supermarket, two bakeries, a butcher, two barber shops, two banks, two driving schools, an interior design shop, a branch of Deutsche post AG, several restaurants and a kebab shop with newsstand and pools / lottery outlet.
In the village you will find the Town Hall Steimbker with the integrated municipality administration. Also here is a civil office in which the affairs of the citizens can be done conveniently Steimbke also has a volunteer fire department.
In Steimbke is a school center with primary, secondary and junior high school and an all-day kindergarten with daycare.
Personalities
- August beasts (* 1854 in Wenden), teacher and local author