Vierde

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Vierde is a village in the town of Bad Fallingbostel district Heidekreis in Heidmark (southern Lüneburg Heath ) in Lower Saxony. The hamlet Küddelse and Doppelhof Klint also belong to Vierde.

Geographical location

The village lies on the main road 163 north-east of Bad Fallingbostel.

History

The first documentary mention of the place was at 1337th The name Vierde is derived from the four full courts, which once formed Vierde.

Vierde was for centuries and is still dominated in large parts of agriculture. Until the 19th century was the Schnuckenhaltung the main occupation of the heath -scale farmers. Only after processing the " Ortsteines " managed to cultivate arable land, so that the cultivation of cereal crops and new sources of income could be tapped.

Closely related to the history and development of the village are old-established families. The oldest family name include: 1379: Ghogeue, 1438: Bode 1438: Niegemeiger, 1438: de rode Cordesche, 1438: Metteke, 1438: Detmer: 1438: Egger Deschen stede Woste, 1528: Hans Lethsemann, 1528 Cordt Pruschhagen, 1528 Cordt tom Kampe, 1528: Dirick 1528 Enmers, 1899 Oelfke. Large courtyards announce today of the developments of these families.

Culture and landscape

Besides agriculture, the forests and the Bohemian impressed the campsite " Böhmeschlucht ", which is also located in the same, the townscape in Vierde. Vierde located in the Heidmark, the once most beautiful part of the Lüneburg Heath. Large parts of the Heidmark were in 1935/36 at a military training ground (now the largest military training area in Europe), where numerous villages disappeared from the map.

The Vierder are also constantly striving to cohesion among residents. The joint cooperation is particularly important. The successful shooting club Adolphsheide - Vierde will make a significant contribution.

Policy

Mayor is Uwe Jansen.

The legend of the Hill of Witches

About the Hill of Witches, which is available in Vierde, for generations this saga is passed: "Previously lived in Pape house a witch one day she died you should be buried on the mountain Now it was loaded onto a wagon, the horses were sweating under. .. . their burden. Leitz 's they could no longer continue. there was alive in a coffin. you quickly opened the coffin. since a sow jumped out. " Since then, there was the name "Witch Mountain".

Media

• Walsrode newspaper

Culture and sights

• Bronze Age grave system
• Böhmeschlucht, medium mountains like bluffs along the Böhme