Wanna, Germany

Wanna ( Low German tubs ) is a rural municipality in the country Hadeln, Lower Saxony, Germany.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 2.2 Grave Mountain
  • 5.1 Heritage Museum
  • 5.2 Sound

Geography

Geographical Location

The municipality lies in the country Hadeln is located about 20 km southeast of the county town Cuxhaven. Wanna located in the Lower Elbe region.

The proximity to the mouth of the Elbe and the North Sea run the risk that in the event of a dike breach at a storm surge the municipality more than 5 m above sea level, but often much lower lying would be flooded to a large extent. One possible scenario is described in the article Glameyer stack.

Through the town flows the Emmelke.

Community structure

Wanna consists of the parts of the municipality Ahlen- Falkenberg, Easter Wanna, Easter Wannaer Kampen, Süderleda and Wester Wanna.

Neighboring communities

History

The megaliths at Wester Wanna lie west of Westerville Want the moor and heath in Southshore. First mentioned in 1139 as " Vanir ". The monastery Sankt Pauli, on the outskirts of Bremen, owned at the time 1 ½ yards in Wanna. In the 13th century ( around 1230 ) can be a chapel in Süderleda prove. The right to nominate the priest was later when Neuenwalde monastery. 1239 sold Duke Albert of Saxe- Lauenburg the parish people of Süderleda a way to Easter Wanna (now the "new pasture " ) and a drainage canal after Emmelke. Since the 14th century but was also a church in Westerville Wanna, which was dedicated to Saint George. To 1369, a new church was built in Wester Wanna, where you probably mitverwandte material of aborted Süderledaer chapel.

Between Christmas and Michaelis 1526 Wanna became Lutheran.

The meadows and moorland ( common land) in 1590 was divided in the east of the district between the courts already existing. In this time, the system of moor bettors expected to fall, as an extension of the southern bettors the Dutch hooves in Ihlienworth - Westerende, to the west, towards Süderledaer yard. After about 1650, took in addition to agriculture, the economic importance of peat cutting on the northern edge of the Moors to Ahlen. The dried peat was mostly shipped across the Emmelke and Medem to Otter village.

Since 1915 the cultivation of the south of Wanna located heath and moorland was reinforced tackled. Here the settlement Ahlen- Falkenberg, which has its own chapel since 1951, was born.

Wanna 1970 became a member of the velvet municipality Hadeln, 1972 joined the community Wanna Samtgemeinde the two years previously formed Sietland to.

Population Development

( at December 31 )

Grave mountain

The Wannaer Geest is rich in prehistoric and early historic sites. Besides megalithic tombs of the Funnel Beaker culture especially the old Saxon urn box at Gravenberg53.7464222222228.7727472222222 (20 m above sea level. NN ) has gained through regional awareness.

The Kronskark, also called Wanna 10, is a megalithic site in the forest Ahlen.

Policy

The municipal election held on 11 September 2011 led to the following distribution of seats:

  • SPD: 6 seats
  • CDU: 5 seats
  • FBW: 1 seat
  • Single nomination Kunkel: 1 seat

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Wanna show of black and green split, a bulbous, top decorated with a double zigzag edge of the hopper vessel.

Culture and sights

In the list of monuments in Wanna be registered in the list of monuments of the country district Cuxhaven monuments.

Museum of Local History

The local museum is in an old farmhouse finds of the pre-and early history. It houses the town's blacksmith, the clog factory and shoemaking.

Music

The music culture in Wanna is dominated by the Church and its musically influenced church services. 2010, the primary school in Wanna Prof. Hermann Rough School was ( Hermann Rough was head of the Hamburg Academy of Music ) renamed, with an emphasis on the artistic- cultural sector. A hard rock band formed in 2011.

Language and dialect

In Wanna High German and Northern Low Saxon is spoken.

Sons and daughters

  • Rough Hermann ( born 1930 ), musicologist and educator

Myths and legends

  • The Wannaer church
  • The Grave Mountain
  • The Wannaer lake
  • The Jungfernberg
  • The roaring Moor
  • Sinners feuds
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