Amelsen

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amelsen
City of Dassel
Amelsen coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 14 "  N , 9 ° 45 ′ 37"  E
Height : 166 m
Residents : 386  (Jan. 1, 2016)
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 37586
Amelsen (Lower Saxony)
Amelsen

Location of Amelsen in Lower Saxony

Amelsen is a village belonging to the city of Dassel in the district of Northeim in southern Lower Saxony ( Germany ). The Allerbach flows through the village .

Neighboring places

The village is in the vicinity of Portenhagen , Vardeilsen , Markoldendorf , Deitersen and Lüthorst .

history

The place was mentioned in a document from the Corvey monastery in the Middle Ages . It was founded on a path leading from the Weser crossing at Bodenwerder to the Leine . The place was in the Suilbergau . Amelsen already owned a chapel in the Middle Ages. Amelsen later belonged to the Hildesheim Monastery . The church was built on the site of the chapel in the 18th century. To celebrate Martin Luther's birthday in 1883, a lime tree was planted next to the church.

Amelsen was incorporated into the city of Dassel on March 1, 1974.

politics

Local council election 2011
Turnout: 76.04%
 %
70
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
68.98%
31.02%
WGA
Traupe b
Template: election chart / maintenance / notes
Remarks:
b Individual applicant Dr. Carsten Traupe

Local council

The local council in Amelsen is made up of six councilors.

  • Voting Community Amelsen (WGA) 5 seats
  • Single nomination for Dr. Traupe 1 seat

The local mayor is Carsten Traupe, and the deputy mayor is Dominik Traupe.

The current electoral term runs from November 1, 2016 to October 31, 2021.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows one side of the cross stone on a green background, next to it 2 leaves.

West side of the church

Culture and sights

societies

The Amels clubs include the volunteer fire brigade , the sports club, a motorsport club and a riding club named after the Schieferberg , a parcel located in the center of a triangle between Amelsen, Markoldendorf and Vardeilsen.

church

The church is not far from the Allerbach. It is a simple building from the Baroque period that was built in 1749. The font is assigned to the Romanesque . It was placed outside the church until 1953 and has been inside since then. The cuppa in cup shape on a square foot has a band with motifs such as wheels and tree and closes the top in leaf tendrils. The tree depicted in relief is interpreted as a symbol of paradise, which is guarded by a cherub symbolized by a wheel . The organ built by the Furtwängler workshop was replaced in the 20th century by Albrecht Frerichs, a student of Paul Ott .

Cross stone

There is a cross stone near the church. It shows a cross on both sides .

Web links

Commons : Amelsen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Journal of patriotic history and antiquity, volumes 40-42, 1882, p. 20
  2. ^ 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. 206 .
  3. ↑ http://wahlen.kds.de/2011kw/Daten/155003_000025/index.html
  4. ↑ www.einbecker-morgenpost.de: Twice Traupe at the Ortsratsspitze , November 29, 2016, accessed on November 7, 2019
  5. ^ Riding club Schieferberg
  6. ^ Rudolf Lindemann: Two Romanesque fonts from the Einbeck area, in: Einbecker Jahrbuch 35, 1984, p. 110ff
  7. ^ Uwe Pape: Report on the specialist conference on early romantic organ building in Lower Saxony, 1977, p. 116