Westercelle

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Westercelle is a district of the county town of Celle in Lower Saxony, situated approximately 3 km south of downtown on the river Fuhse.

• 2.1 Coat of Arms

• 3.1 Road traffic
• 3.2 Rail transport
• 3.3 Urban Transport ( public transport)
• 3.4 Education

• 4.1 Sport
• 4.2 Regular events

History

The place got its name from the western location of the settlement to the original place of Celles, now Altencelle. First houses were built on the banks of Fuhse. Westercelle is old settlement area. First traces of settlement are from the Stone Age. There have been found several thousand stone tools. To graves from the Bronze Age to the road to the hamlet of Bennebostel. The first documentary mention in 1013, in an imperial charter of Henry the II Westercelle developed into a purely agrarian, relatively large village with farms on either side of the leading Celle south to Hanover Street, which later became the Federal Highway 3 was. Individual farms are still present.

A conflagration of a larger expansion raged in 1852 in Westercelle. In the night of 26 July 27, 1852 a fire broke out, which expanded with uncanny haste over the place. In a few hours the houses, outbuildings and utility rooms were Kötner and 2 Degradation create entirely destroyed on 9 Vollhöfner, 4 Halbhöfner, 2, also the school house. A total of 28 homes and 30 outbuildings fell victim to the flames. 40 families with 151 people were left homeless. Not only much cattle burned, but the whole first hay harvest of the year and a large part of the rye harvest were destroyed. However, it was also a family in the flames, namely, the farm owner Friedrich Krüger with his wife and two daughters, as an iron grave cross on the Wester Celler cemetery kundtut.Nur the last member of the family, an eleven year old boy, remains intact reports the daily paper of the city ​​of Bamberg. In the following months, the farms were mostly rebuilt further away, however, with large distances between them.

With effect from 1 January 1973, the municipality was dissolved and largely incorporated into the town of Celle. The areas south of the municipality Fuhsekanals Adelheid village and thus the Samtgemeinde Wath were slammed.

Religions

The Evangelical Lutheran Church congregation Westercelle is located in the Christ Church.

Policy

Mayor is since November 16, 2011 Reinhold Wilhelm (SPD). Its predecessor was for 10 years Michael Schwarz ( CDU). Deputies are Dagmar Bedford ( Alliance 90/The Greens ) and Torsten Schoeps (WG).

Coat of arms

The green crest shield is divided diagonally from bottom right to top left by a white wavy line symbolizes the river Fuhse. Above is a white horse head, beneath a white lime leaf.

Economy and infrastructure

Road

Since the 1970s, industrial and commercial enterprises settled in the established commercial areas, the convenient location is utilized for federal highway 3. In Wester Celler commercial areas is established, inter alia, " Street One " and " Trispel ". After completion of the second section of the eastern bypass in 2013 Westercelle is to be relieved considerably from through traffic.

Rail transport

This district of Celle crosses the west of the S- Bahn line Celle- Hannover - Burgdorf- Taught by Deutsche Bahn (DB). The nearest train station is Celle with connections to intercity Express, Intercity, ME in direction Hannover and Hamburg as well as S -Bahn in the direction of Hanover.

Until September 26, 1981 Westercelle had a breakpoint at the now largely degraded Route number 158 ( Allertalbahn, Section Celle- Gifhorn city).

Urban transport (public transport )

Bus number 665 and 775 of the transport operation CeBus keep in Westercelle and are connected to the central switch position in the main town square from where connections in the urban area, the main railway station and the district of Celle exist. On school days run in the morning and afternoon school buses at the breakpoint Westercelle / Needle Mountain. Line 1 and 115 pass through Westercelle operate there but no stop. [ 03/ 13]

Education

Westercelle has three general schools: two elementary schools ( primary school break Hagen and primary school needle mountain) and since 1 August 2012, the disposal of the regional school authority Lüneburg on 10 February 2012, the Third High School ( ehm. Realschule Westercelle ) with a branch office in the nearby district Heese ( Heese South - school). For the youth is the " youth village Westercelle " of meaning.

Culture and sights

• Westercelle has a private pool, which is now no longer operated by the city, but from a club (Foundation pool Westercelle ).
• The floodplains of the Fuhse are worth seeing.

Sports

The Shooting Society Westercelle was founded in 1644. Since 1950 there is the sports club Vfl Westercelle. It is the second largest sports club in the city of Celle with currently 14 divisions. Chairman since 2001, Reinhold Wilhelm. The Riding and Driving Club on Triftweg and the vaulting and riding community Westercelle provide further recreational value.

Regular events

• Marksmen

Personalities

• Oskar Ansull (born 29 May 1950), German writer and reciter
• Edmund Rehwinkel (1899-1977), agriculture policymakers and farmers functionary
• Heinz Leo Marhenke (1921-2011), entrepreneur and author