Appeln

Appeln municipality Beverstedt
Coordinates: 53 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	14 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.52 km²
Residents :	409  (Nov 20, 2019)
Population density :	28 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	November 1, 2011
Postal code :	27616
Area code :	04747
Location of Appeln in Lower Saxony
Appeln in the municipality of Beverstedt

The localities in the unified municipality Beverstedt

Appeln ( Low German Appeln ) is a village in the unified municipality Beverstedt in the Lower Saxony district of Cuxhaven .

geography

location

The agricultural region of Appeln is located in the Elbe-Weser triangle in the south of the Cuxhaven district.

Local division

• Abelhorst
• Appeln (main town)
• Havekesch
• Malse

Neighboring places

Wollingst	Frelsdorf
Beverstedt locality - Easter village district
Beverstedt locality	Kirchwistedt	Basdahl ( Rotenburg district )

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history

In 1035 Appeln was first mentioned under the name Appellenn . Archaeological urn finds, however, show that the place was settled much earlier.

In the 1970s, jewelry, implements and urns were found in Appeln. They come from the pre-Roman Iron Age and the older Bronze Age .

During the Wars of Liberation in 1813/14 Cossacks quartered in Appeln and plundered the village. In 1848 the place was given a cemetery and in 1837 a school, replaced in 1929 by a new building that now houses a kindergarten and youth room. In 1907 a dairy was built and the windmill built in 1846 burned down.

From 1900 to 1924 the farmer Nikolaus Tietjen (1873-1924) was mayor for many years and was of particular importance. From 1919 to 1924 he was a member of the tax assessment commission of the Geestemünde district council. In the inflationary years 1921–1923 he organized food deliveries to the Lower Weser towns for the starving people. He was also responsible and signed the emergency money issued during this time for the seven communities of Appeln, Frelsdorf , Frelsdorfermühlen , Meyerhof, Osterndorf , Wehldorf and Wollingst , the so-called Söben-Däne-Schiene (Sieben-Dörfer- Schiene ).

In July 1940 Belgian prisoners of war came to Appeln. At the end of the war, Appeln was part of the main battle line, but spared from fighting. The number of bombed out and refugees was over 300 at the end of the war, of which around a tenth remained in the village.

Incorporation

In 1971 the municipality of Appeln became one of the nine member municipalities of the integrated municipality of Beverstedt .

On November 1, 2011, the previously independent Appeln became a village in the unified municipality of Beverstedt.

Population development

year Residents source 1910 286 1925 382 1933 402 1939 367 1950 641 1956 506 1973 455 1975 0421 ¹ 1980 0416 ¹

year Residents source 1985 447 ¹ 1990 439 ¹ 1995 506 ¹ 2000 494 ¹ 2005 487 ¹ 2010 428 ¹ 2016 4400 2019 4090 0 0 0

¹ as of December 31st

politics

City council and mayor

The town of Appeln is represented at the municipal level by the Beverstedt municipal council.

See also : Beverstedt - politics

Mayor

The mayor of Appeln is Herbert Lührs ( CDU ). The term of office runs from 2016 to 2021.

coat of arms

The design of the municipal coat of arms of Appeln comes from the heraldist and coat of arms painter Gustav Völker , who designed around 25 coats of arms in the district of Cuxhaven.

	Blazon : " oblique links shared , at the top of Silver a green apple with green stem and two green leaves , bottom in red a slight left Asked golden ear of corn ."
	Justification of the coat of arms: The apple indicates the interpretation of the place name as an apple grove, the ear of corn indicates agriculture as the main livelihood.

Culture and sights

War memorial on the Appelner Friedhof to commemorate the soldiers who died in the world wars

Buildings

See also : List of architectural monuments in Beverstedt - Appeln

War memorial

In 1956, a memorial of honor was erected in the Appeln cemetery to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the First and Second World Wars. It was created by the sculptor Ulrich Conrad from Worpswede.

On the front of the monument an angel can be seen holding a sword in one hand (with the tip pointing downwards) and raising his left hand. The names of the missing and fallen from both world wars are carved on the side of the monument. On the reverse is the verse, “The hour will come when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice; and those who have done good will come forth for the resurrection of life. ”(John; 5. V; 28 and 29) to read.

societies

In addition to the volunteer fire brigade with an active youth fire brigade , there is also the nature and environmental protection association Frelsdorf and Appeln, the local rifle club as well as the tennis club Appeln and the gymnastics and sports club Appeln. The Kyffhäuserbund existed from 1921 to 1945, from which today's shooting club emerged in 1950. A riding club was also founded in 1949, which was dissolved again in the course of motorization.

Economy and Infrastructure

Appeln is on the county road between Beverstedt and Frelsdorf. The town is also connected to Kirchwistedt and Wollingst via communal routes.

The place has its own day care center.

Myths and legends

• Punished infidelity
• Why is Reit growing on the Dorsfelde near Appeln
• The brotherly dispute

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

• Maria Dehn-Misselhorn (1908–1980), painter and graphic artist

People connected to the place

• Nikolaus Tietjen (1873-1924), farmer and mayor of Appeln, died in Appeln ( see also under: History )
• Fritz Dehn (1906–1979), painter, died in Appeln

literature

• Fritz Hörmann, Ude Meyer, Christian Morisse, Eberhard Nehring, Irmgard Seghorn, Egon Stuve, Else Syassen: Wesermünde field names collection - the field names of the property tax cadastre from 1876 . Ed .: Kulturstiftung der Kreissparkasse Wesermünde (=  new series of special publications by the men from Morgenstern , Heimatbund an Elb- und Wesermuende eV Volume 27 ). Men from Morgenstern Verlag, Bremerhaven 1995, ISBN 3-931771-27-X , p. 2 ([ digitized version ( memento from October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )] [PDF; 431 kB ; accessed on October 23, 2019]).

Web links

Commons : Appeln  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the municipality Beverstedt - locality Appeln
• Link catalog on the subject of Appeln at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} About Appeln. In: Website of the municipality of Beverstedt. November 20, 2019, accessed March 19, 2020 .  
2. ↑ Overview map of the Cuxhaven district. In: cuxland-gis.landkreis-cuxhaven.de. November 2016, accessed March 19, 2020 .  
3. ^ Klaus Mindermann: Appeln - a small local history . S. 30-31, 60-63 .
4. ^ Klaus Mindermann: Appeln - a small local history . S. 5 .
5. ^ Law on the reorganization of the Beverstedt community. In: Lower Saxony Regulations Information System (NI-VORIS). District of Cuxhaven, February 17, 2011, accessed on March 23, 2018 .  
6. ^ Law on the reorganization of the Beverstedt community, Cuxhaven district . In: Niedersächsische Staatskanzlei (Ed.): Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt (Nds. GVBl.) . No.  5/2011 . Hanover February 17, 2011, p. 61 , p. 3 ( digitized version [PDF; 155 kB ; accessed on September 26, 2018]).
7. ↑ Ulrich Schubert: Community directory Germany 1900 - Geestemünde district. Information from December 1, 1910. In: gemeindeververzeichnis.de. January 5, 2020, accessed March 19, 2020 .  
8. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Wesermünde district. (See under: No. 5; online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).  
9. ↑ Statistisches Bundesamt Wiesbaden (Ed.): Official municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany - 1957 edition (population and territorial status September 25, 1956, for Saarland December 31, 1956) . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1958, p.  192 ( digitized version ).
10. ↑ Lower Saxony State Administration Office (ed.): Municipal directory for Lower Saxony . Municipalities and municipality-free areas. Self-published, Hanover January 1, 1973, p. 47 , Wesermünde district ( digitized [PDF; 21.3 MB ; accessed on June 3, 2020]).
11. ^ Municipalities in Germany by area and population. (XLSX; 895 kB) In: Destatis website. Federal Statistical Office, December 31, 1975, accessed on June 11, 2019 (see: Lower Saxony, No. 1905).  
12. ↑ ^{a b} Community directory - archive - regional structure - annual editions - Lower Saxony. (All politically independent municipalities in EXCEL format). In: Destatis website. Federal Statistical Office, accessed on March 19, 2020 .  
13. ↑ Information about Appeln. (No longer available online.) In: Website of the municipality of Beverstedt. November 16, 2016, archived from the original on March 24, 2018 ; accessed on March 19, 2020 .  
14. ↑ ^{a b} Landkreis Wesermünde (Ed.): Coat of arms of the Landkreis Wesermünde . Grassé Offset Verlag, Bremerhaven / Wesermünde 1973, ISBN 3-9800318-0-2 .
15. ^ Klaus Mindermann: Appeln - a small local history . S. 57a .
16. ↑ Alexander Krawelitzki: Chronicle of the Schützenverein Appeln e. V. In: svappeln.de. Retrieved March 14, 2018 .  
17. ↑ Eberhard Michael Iba (Ed.): Hake Betken siene Duven. The saga of the Elbe and Weser estuaries (=  special publications by the men from Morgenstern , Heimatbund at the Elbe and Weser estuaries . Volume 16 ). 3. Edition. Men from Morgenstern Verlag, Bremerhaven 1999, ISBN 3-931771-16-4 .
18. ↑ Fritz Dehn. In: lotsearch.de. Retrieved August 27, 2020 .  
19. ^ Gravestones - Appeln Cemetery (Beverstedt, Cuxhaven). In: grabsteine.genealogy.net. 2008, accessed August 27, 2020 .