Wietzen
Wietzen is a municipality in the district of Nienburg / Weser, Lower Saxony.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 2.2 Population development
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 4.1 Museums
- 4.2 Heimatpflege
- 5.1 traffic
- 5.2 Economics
Geography
Geographical location
Wietzen is between March and Geest Weser and belongs to Samtgemeinde Marklohe. The county town of Nienburg is 13 kilometers away.
South of Wietzen springs from the opening into the Weser Bückener mill creek.
History
End of the 11th century, the castle was Stumpenhusen built in the municipality Wietzen. However, of the former castle is nothing more preserved. The Castle Hill is completely leveled. Around the same time, the still existing St Gangolf Church was built.
Incorporations
As part of the administrative and territorial reform, the municipality Wietzen closed on 1 April 1970 at the Samtgemeinde Marklohe. On March 1, 1974, the previously separate municipality Holte was incorporated into the municipality Wietzen.
Population Development
(1961 on June 6, 1970 on May 27, each with Holte, from 1987 on 31 December)
Policy
Parish council
The Council of the municipality is composed of twelve councilors and women councilors as well as the part-time mayor.
- CDU 9 seats ( ± 0)
- SPD 4 seats (± 0)
(As at municipal election on September 11, 2011)
Mayor
In the current municipal election period (2011-2016) Hans -Jürgen leg (CDU ) acts as the honorary mayor of the community.
Culture and sights
Museums
Heimatstube Wietzen: 1984 was set up a home office in the "Old School " on behalf of the local council Wietzen by curator Henry Lüdeke. Here the peasant world of work, old crafts and village living culture should be presented. Spatially extended in 1995 for the first time, the home office has now among other things, about carpenter, painter, wheelwright and blacksmith shops. A bakery is also available. 2007, the old station was shed from 1922 offset and restored by the Friends of the home office at this location. This particular big old farm equipment will be issued. With the primary school Wietzen connects the Heimatstube Wietzen for many years a school and museum educational cooperation.
History Workshop Wietzen: It was opened on the initiative of Helmut Rode in January 2011 and has the motto, which was founded in Scandinavia in the 1970s history workshops: "Dig - where is you ." The village's history of Wietzen to be revealed according to the testimony of Hans von Keler "History is not only happened, but layered - so the ground on which we stand and build ."
The History Workshop Wietzen want to master the power of the village's history, " to our lives, the lives of our reference group, our current " layer " - to make sense " (cited Rode ). The History Workshop is a component in the Heimatstube Wietzen and works closely with the village culture Wietzen eV together. So far (as of December 2011) was a current flyer " Wietzener historical figures," the brochure " The St. Gangolf Church Wietzen - the Counts of Stumpenhusen " and a band with the stories and poems by Elfriede Thies issue.
Home care
Village culture Wietzen: The Rural Youth Wietzen and the local Mixed Choir was formed in 1962 the village culture Wietzen. Her main concern was the establishment of an open-air stage in order to maintain through choral singing and folk dancing old Heimatliches and rural cultural and maintain it.
Today, the village culture shapes the lecture series " Wietzen - as it was earlier ," reports in Low German from the life of ancient times and represents the emergence and career Wietzener farms dar. Every year, several hikes in the village Wietzen and Holte and to be offered. In the summer draws a summer festival with worship in Low German, much cultural entertainment and the famous butter cake from the stone oven old and young at the Mühlbach Freilichtbuhne. Thus, citizenship and community spirit always keep a home in the village, and Wietzen remains habitat of rank.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
The community is located along a main road 6 from Bremen to Hannover. In the immediate vicinity also leads the federal highway 214 from Nienburg to Sulingen by the district.
The nearest railway station is on the main line in Nienburg Bremen and Hannover.
Wietzen is located on the disused railway line since 1997 Nienburg - Sulingen. The passenger was already set here on 27 September 1969, freight transport in 1992. Wietzen The station has since been demolished, the railway line but not eliminated (as of November 2011).
Economy
The largest employer in the village is the branch of Wiesenhof poultry specialties in the district Holte. Other economic factors are the logistics industry, the building trade and retail. There are branches of the Sparkasse Nienburg and Volksbank eG Aller -Weser. In addition, agriculture is an important economic factor in the community, also with affiliated companies, such as agricultural engineering and sales of the products produced.
Personalities
Thoms (1896-1983) was an eminent painter of the New Objectivity. He spent from 1978 until his death in the evening of life in the district Langeln.