Weenzen

Weenzen is a municipality in the district of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony. The community belongs to the Samtgemeinde Duingen, which has its headquarters in the town of Duingen.

Geography

Weenzen located in Leinebergland east of the Nature Park Weser mountain country Schaumburg -Hameln Elze between the north and Eschershausen in the south. To the north extends the Thüster Mountain, east of the Duinger mountain and west of Ith.

History

For the first time the church is mentioned in documents around 1120 as Winisson in the Helmar Homes tradition Codex. The monastery exchanged a hoof in the place one against another in Selithe ( Sehlde ( Elze ) ). By 1200, a mistress Mechtild handed her daughter Jutta and her husband extensive inheritance, including two hooves of ministeriales Gerlach wensen After the first mirror Bergische Feud ( 1226/1238 ) from Weenzen belonged to rule Homburg. The noblemen of Homburg build their dominion determined, among other things, they set up the Office Lauenstein (at the latest in 1359 ) to its upper flange Weenzen heard. On March 3, 1387 Squire Herman Bok van Rittaghessen certified (Deserted at Salzhemmendorf ) of the noblemen and Heinrich Gebhard von Homburg for his and his deceased brother Wulfhard claims in lieu of payment, inter alia, to have received an instruction from country to wensen 30 Mark lötigen silver on the Steinkoten to Salzhemmendorf and on an estate with two hooves fall 1409 Weenzen with the rule Homburg to the Duchy of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel. The rule Homburg slammed the Bailiwick Calenberg. In the Welf inheritance of 1432 Weenzen came thus to the newly formed Principality of Calenberg. In the second mirror Bergische Feud ( 1433 ), the dukes of Brunswick- Lüneburg were forced to pledge the goods homburgischen to the diocese of Hildesheim. The bishops of Hildesheim give them as a pledge to various noble families on. As Bishop John IV in 1516 wants to redeem the pledge, denied the then lord of the manor of Lauenstein, Burchard of Saldern, acceptance of money. The dispute arising from this discharges into the Hildesheim pin feud. The homburgischen goods fall 1523 to the Guelphs. On June 23, 1556 Hans expressed by contact, that he has received a fief of Duke Henry the Younger of Brunswick and Lüneburg estates and income in many places, including in wensen that before the late Ludolf of Wenden from above Duke fief wore during the Thirty Years' War was the Office Lauenstein 1630-1633 once again to the diocese of Hildesheim. After 1633, however, translated by Welf. Weenzen thus remained until 1866, only interrupted by the French years 1807-1814, under Welf rule. This ended with the conquest of the Kingdom of Hanover by Prussia. With the Prussian administrative reform Weenzen was involved in the Ostkreis of the district Hameln. By 28 February 1974, the village belonged to the district of Hamelin- Pyrmont and is incorporated into the district Alfeld on 1 March 1974 as part of the velvet municipality Duingen. In 1977, a new association in the county wood Minden. Today's membership in the district of Hildesheim on July 1, 1981.

Economy and infrastructure

Road

Weenzen is connected via the federal highway 240, which runs through the town to the road network.

Rail transport

Parallel to the main road, also performs the railway in train Voldagsen - Duingen - Delligsen. The now no longer driven route was for decades an important economic support for the community.