Altenberge (Haren)
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Altenberge
City of Haren (Ems)
Coordinates: 52 ° 49 ′ 4 ″ N , 7 ° 8 ′ 23 ″ E
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| Residents : | 1139 (2013) | |
| Incorporation : | March 1, 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 49733 | |
| Area code : | 05934 | |
Location of Altenberge in Lower Saxony |
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Altenberge ( Low German Ollenbarg) is a district of the town of Haren (Ems) in the Emsland district in Lower Saxony .
Geography and transport links
The place is northwest of the core town Haren directly on the county road K 236. The B 408 runs north and the A 31 east.
To the west of the village lies the south-north canal and runs along the border with the Netherlands . The villages of Lindloh (Haren) , Schwartenberg (Haren) and Rütenbrock are also to the west . In the southwest of the village, Fehndorf is to the north, the village Erika (Haren) .
geology
Altenberge lies in the middle of the Bourtanger Moor, which was formerly the largest contiguous moor area in Western Europe. It is located in the Emsland west of the Ems and was one of the largest moorland areas in Germany until the 1950s. It extends in the west into the Netherlands and is named after the Dutch fortified town of Bourtange . The thousand-step moor is located in the east towards Haren
history
The Moor colony Altenberge was established in August of 1810 in the Altharener district created. On August 29, 1810 in Altharen the Arenbergsche, French prefect Anton Heyl, the chief forest inspector Broux and the Vogt Diekhoff and some invited community members from Altharen met to discuss the establishment of a new colony in the Altharener Mark. In advance, on August 22, 1810, a public announcement was made in the surrounding villages of Wesuwe , Rütenbrock and Haren (Ems) . The new settlement was to be created on the parcels of Evergünne and Dankernscher Moor. For 54 designated places, 81 applicants applied, after the new farmers had reported and accepted the conditions of the settlement, the Vogt Diekhoff carried out the raffle for the farm places. 27 applicants for the settler positions came away empty-handed and had to do without a fresh start. A school teacher at the time reports in the Altenberge school chronicle that at the beginning only 5 settler positions were identified and the work was very difficult and slow. In the course of the community reform in 1974 Altenberge became a district of the city of Haren (Ems) .
Origin of name
Altenberge: the name resulted from the location. In the center of the settlement there was a sand hill known as the "Old Mountains". This elevation was reduced in size over the years by the sand mining and can no longer be seen today. In old accounts of Harener merchants, the settlers from Altenberge were also listed under the name "Neudankern". This name is no longer known today.
school
The first teacher in Altenberge was the colonist Johann Hermann Wessels (* 1796), he came from the neighboring Dankern and taught 30 children from the community for the first four years. After his death in 1865, his brother Johann Heinrich Wessels (* 1809) also gave lessons in Altenberge from thanks. According to oral tradition, the first class should have taken place in a barn.
since 1865 teacher in Altenberge:
- 1865–1877 Gerhard Bernard Knappmeier
- 1877–1898 Johann Bernard Mecklenburg
- 1898–1928 Otto Determann
- 1928–1929 Albert Sackmann
- 1929–1932 Johannes Heidrig
- 1932–1935 Mr. Olgemöller / Mrs. Wolf
- 1935–1943 Heinrich Johann Höpke / Anna Schmidt / Maria Kalthöfer
- 1943–1945 Hildegard Schmidt / Ms. Pöpel / Ms. Eggerstedt
- 1945–1967 Walter Kaiser / Ms. Berelsmann / Ms. Abel / Ms. Wechelmann / Ms.W.Löffler / Johann Harwerth / Maria Klein / Albert Schmitt / Paul Rieskamp
- 1967–1970 Elisabeth Placke
- 1967–1971 Norbert Pak (school management and teacher at two independent schools Erika and Altenberge)
On November 26, 1971, a new school building was inaugurated between the communities of Altenberge and Erika on Tengestraße, from that point on, the pupils of both communities will be combined at the Mariengrundschule.
religion
Catholic Church of Saint Boniface
Since the village was founded in 1810, the first settlers in the community had to go to the neighboring Wesuwe (St. Clemens) for church work. From April 1, 1846, the episcopal authorities ordered the Altenberge colony to be part of the parish of Rütenbrock (St. Maximilian). On July 26, 1914, one day before the outbreak of World War I, the foundation stone was laid for an own church in Altenberge. A simple half-timbered building was completed and inaugurated on December 23, 1914, the patron saint is St. Boniface . A separate rectory was also built in the neighborhood of the church. With the first church on April 1, 1915, the parishioners fulfilled the requirements for a pastoral care district with their own pastor. The community was raised to curate on April 1, 1920 and the districts of Pool and Husberg were added on April 1, 1921. The first church was used until 1964 and then had to give way to a new building. In 1916, work began on a cemetery behind the half-timbered church and the rectory. However, the hope of being able to use the cemetery independently soon was delayed by the First World War and political unrest. It was not until May 16, 1922, that a parishioner was buried in the new cemetery.
On Sunday, May 12, 1963, the Dechant Gerhard Silies from Haren laid the foundation stone for a new church building, which is still used today for church services. The inauguration of the new church took place on June 1, 1964 by Bishop Wittler. The church is a single-nave brick church with a high pitched roof and a straight choir closure. The square tower is mostly integrated into the nave. Extensive renovations took place in 1997 and 1998. Today the church offers 420 seats. The three steel bells from 1952 come from the Bochumer Verein , and another bell was cast in 1963. All four bells were hung in the new bell tower, while the first three come from a pre-existing wooden tower. The organ (22 registers, 2 manuals, pedal, slider, mechanical game and electrical stop action) was built in 1976 by Franz Breil , Dorsten.
- Leading clergy since 1915
- 1915–1924 Aloisius Niemann
- 1924–1927 Ludwig Querl
- 1927–1936 August Lütkemeyer
- 1936–1939 Heinrich Hinrichs
- 1939–1947 Wilhelm Körner
- 1947–1959 Gerhard Steffens
- 1959–1964 Heinrich Korte
- 1964–1982 Fritz Breckweg
- 1982–1995 Alois Bruns (suspended 1995)
- 1995–2000 Alfons Strodt
- 2000–2010 Johannes Hasselmann
since 2010 Klaus Willmann
- Parish Archives
- Altenberge St. Bonifatius all registers from 1915
Jewish Cemetery
From a cadastral record from 1873, a Jewish cemetery with the name "Am Judenkirchhof" in the western district is indicated for the Altenberge community. Although there are no visible burials or monuments on the burial area, it is still owned by the State Association of Jewish Communities of Lower Saxony , based in Hanover.
Population development
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Community leader 1810–1974
- Jan Brink 1810-1822
- Johann Bernard Pöttker 1822–1827
- Otto Becker 1827-1850
- Franz Greve 1850–1863
- Gerhard Heinrich Hake 1863–1874
- Johann Heinrich Hake 1874–1880 (older brother of the predecessor)
- Johann Heinrich Kemper 1880–1891
- Gerhard Heinrich Hake 1891–1898 (2nd term)
- Heinrich Kuper 1898–1918
- Otto Kemper 1918–1930
- Gerhard Heinrich Fischer 1930–1946
- Bernhard Schütte 1946–1954
- Gerhard Hermann Kremer 1954–1968
- Gerhard Wilken 1968–1974
Mayor from 1974 until today
- Gerhard Wilken 1974–1986
- Bernhard Becker 1986-2001
- Heinz Wösten 2001-2010
- Johannes Tieben 2010-today
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- Father Bernhard Hagen MAfr (1936–2016), Roman Catholic priest and missionary
- Jens Robben (* 1983), soccer player (currently SV Meppen )
Attractions
- Church of St. Boniface
- Fallen memorial
- Statue of Boniface in front of the marble church
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Incorporation , website of the city of Haren, accessed on October 17, 2015
- ↑ Kirche4you , accessed on October 4, 2017
- ↑ Location of the Jewish cemetery , google maps as of 2017
- ^ Heinz-Gerd Stahl, 100 J. St. Bonifatius in Haren-Altenberge . In: NOZ from July 17, 2014, accessed on October 17, 2015
- ↑ Altenberge War Memorial at: denkmalprojekt.org, accessed on October 17, 2015
- ↑ Kirche4you , accessed on October 4, 2017
Web links
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