Augustendorf (Gnarrenburg)

Augustendorf Augustendorp ( Low German ) municipality Gnarrenburg
Coordinates: 53 ° 23 ′ 1 ″  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 31 ″  E
Height :	8 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.66 km²
Residents :	257  (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	24 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	April 8, 1974
Postal code :	27442
Area code :	04763
Location of Augustendorf in Gnarrenburg
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Augustendorf ( Low German Augustendorp ) is a district of the Gnarrenburg community in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district in Lower Saxony .

Geographical location

The district of Augustendorf is located about four kilometers east of the core town of Gnarrenburg. Southeast of August village is the 1373  ha large nature reserve Huvenhoopsmoor with the Huvenhoopssee . The Augustendorfer Canal, laid out in 1852, runs through the local area.

history

Foundation of the place until today

Augustendorf was founded in 1828 by Moorkommissar Johann-Nicolaus Witte, a successor to the great moor colonist Jürgen Christian Findorff . The main source of income for the citizens until about 1925 was the mining of peat. Of the original 40 full-time farms, five still exist.

Naming

The name "Augustendorf" comes from the Duchess Auguste von Cambridge , a princess from the house of Hessen-Kassel and sister-in-law of George IV, King of Hanover and England.

Incorporations

On April 8, 1974, Augustendorf was incorporated into the Gnarrenburg community as part of the regional reform .

Population development

year	1910	1925	1933	1939	2011	2012	2016
Residents	328	365	328	309	276	274	257

(Sources: 1910, 1925–1939, 2011–2016 according to the version history of the place as of December 31)

politics

City council and mayor

At the municipal level, the Augustendorf district is represented by the Gnarrenburg municipal council.

See also : Gnarrenburg - politics

Mayor

The mayor of Augustendorf is Corinna Viebrock.

Culture and sights

Museums

• Museum Historischer Moorhof Augustendorf with an educational moor trail

Web links

Commons : Augustendorf  - Collection of Images

• Augustendorf on the website of the community Gnarrenburg
• Homepage of Augustendorf
• The Heimatverein Gnarrenburg e. V. and its Museum Historischer Moorhof Augustendorf. Information from the Stade Regional Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} General information about the community Gnarrenburg. In: Website of the Gnarrenburg community. Retrieved March 18, 2019 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Augustendorf. In: Gnarrenburg community website. Retrieved March 18, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Profile of the “Huvenhoopsmoor” nature reserve. (No longer available online.) In: Internet site Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN). 2016, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on March 18, 2019 .  
4. ^ Augustendorf: history. In: Augustendorf website. Culture and local history association Augustendorf e. V., 2018, accessed March 18, 2019 .  
5. ↑ Uli Schubert: Community directory Germany 1900. Information from December 1, 1910. In: www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de. February 3, 2019, accessed March 20, 2019 .  
6. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. See under 3. (online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).