Almke

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Almke
City of Wolfsburg
Almke coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 42 ″  N , 10 ° 51 ′ 18 ″  E
Height : 116 m
Area : 7.71 km²
Residents : 781  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 101 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 38446
Area code : 05365
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Location in Wolfsburg

Almke is a district in the south of the city of Wolfsburg .

geography

The village is located in an agricultural area in the Hasenwinkel , part of the Elmvorland . The Hasenwinkel joins the Grevenland to the southeast . The three northernmost places in this landscape include Heiligendorf , Neindorf and Almke, all of which are now in the Wolfsburg urban area.

Neindorf in the south, Hehlingen in the north and Volkmarsdorf in the east are neighboring villages of Almke .

history

The Halberstadt diocese is the first historically tangible landlord of Almke to be traced. In the 14th century Almke was officially named as Allenbeke , whereby beke refers to the stream that flows east of the village.

On July 1, 1972, Almke, which comes from the Gifhorn district , was incorporated into the city of Wolfsburg in accordance with the Wolfsburg Law .

The former municipality had an area of ​​7.71 km².

politics

Almke and the neighboring district of Neindorf form the village of Almke-Neindorf . The local mayor is Hans-Ulrich Achilles ( SPD ).

Culture and sights

chapel
The "Rundling" of the youth campground
  • Almke has an Evangelical Lutheran chapel, it is located around 116 meters above sea level and is therefore the highest church in Wolfsburg. The small half-timbered chapel, which was mentioned in 1534, is in the center of the village. Its bell tower can be found as a symbol in the Almker coat of arms. In 1818 Conrad Wilhelm Hase planned a new chapel for Almke. However, this was never built.
  • The youth campground opened in 1990 on the northern edge of the village is operated together with the outdoor pool by the Wolfsburg City Youth Association. In 2005, the Association of Boy Scouts organized its national camp here. In order to provide enough space for the around 5000 participants, 14 hectares of arable land were leased from the city of Wolfsburg  . The city also successfully applied for the 2010 federal camp of the Association of Christian Scouts and Boy Scouts , which took place in Almke from the end of July to mid-August 2010 with around 5000 participants. One of the accommodation options on the site is a tree house for ten people.
  • The village has a lively club life. In addition to the volunteer fire brigade, the Komet Almke sports club, the 1902 rifle club and the Landwehr club, there are numerous other groups.
  • The cultural events include the carnival fun, the royal shooting on May 1st and the traditional shooting festival on the last weekend in August; In 2017 the summer festival "Rock am Gänseteich" took place for the first time.

Economy and Infrastructure

Almke on the main road accessible L290 that of Mattierzoll to Rühen leads. You can also reach Almke von Volkmarsdorf via a district road. A cycle path along the L290 towards Hehlingen is under construction; After completion, it should result in a continuous cycle path from Heiligendorf to downtown Wolfsburg.

In 1912 Almke received a train stop on the Schandelah – Oebisfelde railway line and was used by passenger trains until 1975. Until 1992, freight trains and special trips occasionally ran this route, which was then shut down and dismantled. The remains of the railway facilities have been in private hands since 2011.

There are hardly any shopping opportunities, but there is a heated outdoor pool , a youth campground with a conference center, a gas station, a restaurant, a piano shop, a massage studio and a riding hall. Some small business owners and craftsmen have set up shop next to the farms. The town center is dominated by agriculture. In the state competition Our village should become more beautiful , Almke has received three awards so far, which can be found on a stone at the Kapellenstrasse / Zum Siekberg intersection.

Almke has the highest elevation in the city of Wolfsburg. It is 140.2 m above sea ​​level . A Bundeswehr radar system was located at this survey until German reunification . Today there is a biogas plant on this site, which is operated by a farmer.

On the northern side of the elevation there is a reservoir on the Volkmarsdorfer Land. A wind farm extends further north and east until shortly before Volkmarsdorf .

Web links

Commons : Almke  - 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 221 .
  2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Official municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Final results after the census of September 13, 1950 (=  Statistics of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 33 ). W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Cologne 1952, p. 42 ( digital version [PDF; 27.1 MB ]).
  3. ^ Local council Almke / Neindorf
  4. ↑ Gerhard Busse, Werner Kieselbach, Dieter Nebelung: The Schuntertal Railway and the Railway in Hasenwinkel / Projected Railway in the district of Gifhorn. Series of publications by the Gifhorn District Archives, Gifhorn 2000, ISBN 3-929632-46-2 .
  5. ↑ Almke at relict.com, accessed on August 23, 2018