Hohenkirchen (Wangerland)

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Hohenkirchen
Wangerland municipality
Hohenkirchen coat of arms
Coordinates: 53 ° 39 ′ 45 "  N , 7 ° 54 ′ 55"  E
Height : 2 m above sea level NN
Residents : 1965  (Dec. 31, 2001)
Incorporation : 1st February 1971
Postal code : 26434
Area code : 04463
Hohenkirchen (Lower Saxony)
Hohenkirchen

Location of Hohenkirchen in Lower Saxony

Hohenkirchen is a district of the municipality of Wangerland in the district of Friesland in Lower Saxony . The district is the administrative seat of the municipality of Wangerland formed in 1971.

history

St. Sixtus and Sinicius

By the time of Christ's birth, the "Bübbens" warf in the east of the village was already settled. Early historical finds were also discovered during excavations on the “Wehlens” terp. Around 850, a (wooden) church is said to have been built by the Archbishop of Bremen in the area of ​​today's Hohenkirchen . Today's "St. Sixtus and Sinicius Church ”dates back to 1143. A cathedral dean of the archbishop was sent to this church twice a year to hold the sending court. Politically, the area was first ruled by judges elected by the people and later by Frisian chiefs. From 1667 to 1810 Hohenkirchen was the seat of the Bailiwick of Jever's inheritance . In 1831 the parishes became political communities .

On February 1, 1971, the former community of Hohenkirchen (Oldenburg) was incorporated into the new community of Wangerland. The place was determined to be the administrative seat of the new municipality.

Attractions

Municipal landmark: water tower from 1934

The Protestant Church of St. Sixtus and Sinicius was built in 1134 on a six meter high Wurt , which the place name Hohenkirchen already indicates. This possibly also relates to the function of the church, which as a wooden predecessor building from around 864 was the mother church of Gaus Wanga (Wangerland). It is a late Romanesque building made of granite ashlars with arched windows and a semicircular apse that contains several church works of art. This includes a baptismal font made of Baumberg sandstone from around 1260. The church's altar and pulpit are works by the Hamburg sculptor Ludwig Münstermann from 1628. The carved baptismal font could also be a work of Münstermann. The organ, created in 1694, comes from Joachim Kayser from Jever .

Hohenkirchen's landmark is the Hohenkirchen water tower , which is around 30 meters high and can be seen from afar . It is located west of the village on the "Landeswarfen" terp. The water tower was built in 1934 as a clinker brick building according to plans by the Hamburg architect Fritz Höger . It has not been used as a water tower since the 1970s. After various uses, u. a. A new use is currently being sought as a showroom, a motorcycle club's clubhouse and as a radio mast location.

education

Today, Hohenkirchen is the location of the Hohenkirchen Oberschule, which is attended by 430 students between 10 and 17 years in 10 secondary and 12 secondary school classes. The catchment area of ​​the school center includes the entire municipality of Wangerland. There is also a primary school with a kindergarten in Hohenkirchen.

School history of Hohenkirchen

Town hall of the municipality of Wangerland

The school location has been Hohenkirchen since 1858 when the first school building for two school classes and around 80 students was built. In 1910 the school was taken over by the municipality due to a new school law, the teachers were now appointed and paid by the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg . This elementary school system lasted essentially until 1971, even if the school was expanded in the meantime. All upper class students in northern Jeverland came to Hohenkirchen . In 1976, after the formation of the municipality of Wangerland, the lower classes were added, resulting in a central school with 600 pupils in Hohenkirchen, only elementary schools remained in Horumersiel , Hooksiel and Tettens .

In addition to the state school, there was a private Progymnasium from 1894 (later also called Gymnasium Wangerland), which initially lasted until 1923 and was attended only by the more talented and wealthy children. In 1948 a private school association was founded. The Moravian Brethren was commissioned to fill the teaching positions , initially only grades 5–7 were looked after. In 1958 this school was taken over by the district of Friesland. During the school reform in 1976, the fifth and sixth grades were integrated into the general orientation level . After the establishment of the secondary school branch at today's Hohenkirchen school center, the number of pupils declined to such an extent that after the 40th anniversary celebrations, this school was finally closed.

Personalities

Club life

The MTV Hohenkirchen from 1867 e. V. was founded on November 7th, 1867 and today offers aerobics , badminton , basketball for girls, jiu jitsu , kick box aerobics, korfball , athletics, bounce ball , tennis , gymnastics, volleyball , walking and spinal exercises . After it was founded, the club initially fell asleep, but the sports club was re-established on February 7, 1891.

In 1923 the volunteer fire department was founded. It is the main defense of the municipality of Wangerland and today (2014) has 47 members. The equipment includes a command vehicle (ELW), a fire fighting vehicle (LF16 / 12 TS), a tank tender (TLF 20/35), a lifeboat (RTB 1), a personnel transport vehicle (MTF) and a hose truck (SW 1000). The fire brigade has also had a youth fire brigade with 25 members since 1983 and a children's fire brigade with 17 members since 2014 .

The Boßelverein “Lot'n loopen” Hohenkirchen has existed in Hohenkirchen since 1957 .

The registered association WanGo e. V. is committed to a partnership between Wangerland and the Ugandan village of Gogonyo in the Pallisa district .

military

The "Wangerland barracks", which was closed in 2003, was located in Hohenkirchen. The armed forces were previously an important economic factor in the place. The anti-aircraft missile battalion (FlaRakBtl) 26 was stationed here between 1973 and 1989 and was equipped with the Nike air defense missile system as part of the Lower Saxony NATO air defense belt . Until the closure, weapon systems of the Roland type and parts of the ObjSBtlLw were stationed here. The headquarters of the alpha team of the 35th USAAD was temporarily located in the barracks.

Hotel and leisure complex

North Sea play town Wangerland

The hotel and leisure complex “Dorf Wangerland” is located north of Hohenkirchen. The facility was built in 2006 on the site of a former disused Bundeswehr barracks. The partial opening took place in spring 2008. The "Dorf Wangerland" includes eight hotel buildings with 600 beds in 231 rooms, restaurants with 660 seats, an event house for up to 300 visitors, a skittles and bowling center and the "North Sea Play City Wangerland" on around 5700 square meters in three halls. The facility is adjacent to the approximately 80 hectare, artificially created Wangermeer , which was created as part of dike heightening measures near Minsen .

literature

  • Ernst Andreas Friedrich : The Church Sixtus and Sinicicius in Hohenkirchen , pp. 52–54, in: If stones could talk . Volume IV, Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1998, ISBN 3-7842-0558-5
  • Karl-Heinz Peters: The police in Wangerland. From the gendarmerie location to the police station , in: Archive for Police History. Journal of the German Society for Police History , Volume 3, 1992, pp. 34–41. ISSN 0939-9755

Web links

Commons : Hohenkirchen (Wangerland)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 275 .
  2. ^ Fritz Schild and Maarten Vente: On the restoration of the organ in Hohenkirchen, monographs of historical organs, Issue 3. Pape Verlag, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-921140-23-4 .
  3. ↑ Landmarks for sale , accessed September 19, 2010.
  4. ↑ Klaus Homolla: Planted more than 200 trees in Africa . In: Nordwestzeitung (local section Wangerland), January 20, 2009; viewed September 7, 2009.
  5. ^ Dorf Wangerland - Chronik , accessed on February 9, 2014