Bad Fallingbostel

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Heidekreis
Height :	67 m above sea level NHN
Area :	63.49 km 2
Residents:	11,926 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	188 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	29683
Primaries :	05162, 05163
License plate :	HK
Community key :	03 3 58 008
LOCODE :	DE FAL
; City administration address :	Vogteistraße 1 ; 29683 Bad Fallingbostel
Website :	www.badfallingbostel.de
Mayoress :	Karin Thorey ( independent )
Location of the city of Bad Fallingbostel in the Heidekreis district

Bad Fallingbostel is the district town of the Heidekreis district in Lower Saxony . The city has been a state-recognized climatic health resort since 1975 and a state-approved Kneipp therapeutic bath since August 5, 2002. At the end of July 2015, the Kneipp therapeutic bath and climatic health resort was recognized by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics, Labor and Transport Revoked with immediate effect after the city council decided not to invest any more money in this area. The addition to the name “Bad” remains, as it has been protected as a grandfather after more than 20 years with the predicate.

geography

Geographical location

Bad Fallingbostel is located on the Böhme River in the southern Lüneburg Heath between Soltau and Walsrode in the Heidmark .

Garrison town

Close by is Europe's largest military training area ( NATO - Bergen military training area ) and barracks of the British Army (7th Armored Brigade) , etc. a. with the Royal Regiment of Scotland . In October 2015, the last soldiers of the British Armed Forces in Germany left their "Camp Fallingbostel" barracks. The buildings were used as refugee reception centers.

City structure

Bad Fallingbostel, city center (Walsroder Straße)

The town of Bad Fallingbostel consists of the following districts: Kernstadt, Dorfmark , Riepe , Vierde , Jettebruch and Mengebostel .

The core city is divided into the following districts:

In the west: Idingen, Am Wiethop, Am Rooksberg
In the north: Adolphsheide, Große Heide, Lehmhorst, Klint
In the east: Ober- and Unter-Grünhagen
In the south: Am Weinberg, industrial areas An der Autobahn, Pröhlsfeld, Oerbker Berg and Ost

Neighboring cities

Visselhövede 17 km	Neuenkirchen 20 km	Soltau 18 km
Walsrode 7 km		Osterheide 8 km
Nienburg (Weser) 48 km	Hanover 64 km	Celle 47 km

history

The prisoners of war of Stalag XI B in Fallingbostel greet their liberators on April 16, 1945

Fallingbostel was first mentioned in the year 993 as Vastulingeburstalle and can therefore look back on over 1000 years of history. Other earlier place names of Fallingbostel were in the years 1160 Vasteldingaburstolde, 1263 Valingheborstele, 1293 Valingeborstele and Valingheborstelde, 1295 Vellingesborstele, 1379 Valingborstele, end of the 14th century valinghborstelde, 1438ingborstel and 1438 Vallingborstele and 1438 Vallingborstele. The name element "-borstel" is one of the most common in north-west Germany . It is a combination of the Old Saxon “bur” for “house, dwelling, settlement, community” and Old Saxon “stal” for “place, place”. The first name "Vastila, Vastulo" probably belongs to "almost, firm", meaning "firm, strong".

Fallingbostel was originally a purely agricultural settlement, as agriculture was the livelihood of the inhabitants of the old Saxon Loingau for many centuries . The name Vastulingeburstalle means "place of residence of Vastulo" or "place of residence of the Vastulinger". At that time Otto III. established the borders between the dioceses of Hildesheim and Minden .

The Fallingbostel Bailiwick was established around 1300. Later called Amt Fallingbostel, it existed until the 19th century . In 1838 Heinrich von Quintus-Icilius , the assessor of the Bailiwick, founded the Fallingbosteler Sparkasse “Sparcasse für die Amtsvogtei Fallingbostel” as one of the first rural savings banks in the Kingdom of Hanover . It was one of the first rural savings banks in the Kingdom of Hanover. In 1866, districts were formed in the Prussian province of Hanover , including the Fallingbostel district . Fallingbostel received city rights on April 1, 1949.

On August 1, 1977, the counties were Fallingbostel and Soltau the Soltau-Fallingbostel merged. Fallingbostel became the seat of the new district, which was renamed the Heidekreis district in 2011.

Since 1975 Fallingbostel recognized climatic health resort since 1976 Kneipp - spa . On August 5, 2002, the name suffix Bad was introduced.

On October 15, 2012, there was a chemical accident in a nearby plant of the food manufacturer Kraft Foods , which is why a disaster alarm was called and several people were evacuated from the vicinity of the plant.

A merger of Bad Fallingbostel with the city of Walsrode and the municipality of Bomlitz to form the city of Böhmetal was planned for 2011 . In a public survey on November 2, 2008, this plan in Bad Fallingbostel was rejected by a clear majority. Almost 80 percent of voters spoke out against the merger, with a turnout of almost 62 percent. In Walsrode and Bomlitz there was approval (56.4% in Bomlitz and 53.8% in Walsrode) for the merger. The city council of Bad Fallingbostel therefore spoke out against the merger by a majority on November 10, 2008.

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, the municipalities of Dorfmark , Jettebruch , Mengebostel , Riepe and Vierde were incorporated as part of the municipal reform.

religion

Protestant church

St. Dionysius Church

The majority of denominational Christian residents belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church. There are two parishes in the city:

Parish Fallingbostel with the St. Dionysius Church and 4912 parishioners and Friedenskirche in Bommelsen (former parish Bomlitz, since 2020 city of Walsrode) with 625 parishioners
Parish Dorfmark with St. Martin's Church and 2,848 church members

You are looked after by three clergymen. Both churches are part of the parish of Walsrode in the Sprengel Lüneburg the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover .

Catholic Church

The Catholic Christians in Bad Fallingbostel belong to the Roman Catholic parish of Saint Mary of the Holy Rosary , which was re-established in August 2004. The hitherto independent Catholic church of St. Mary in Bad Fallingbostel was doing with the Catholic neighboring municipalities of Saint Mary in Walsrode and the Holy Spirit in Benefeld (formerly municipality Bomlitz, since 2020 Walsrode) and Sacred Heart in Visselhövede the Catholic parish of Saint Mary merged . The rectory is in Walsrode. The parish is in the Verden deanery area in the Hildesheim diocese .

Other denominations

In Fallingbostel there are also Seventh-day Adventist and New Apostolic Churches .

politics

advice

The local elections on September 11, 2016 , September 11, 2011 , September 10, 2006 and September 9, 2001 led to the following results:

Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001	City council election 2016 % 40 30th 20th 10 0 30.00% 34.81% 6.63% 5.05% 9.62% 11.59% CDU SPD Green FDP AfD BLBF Gains and losses compared to 2011 % p 10 8th 6th 4th 2 0 -2 -4 -6 -4.77 % p.p. +0.57 % p -3.64 % p.p. + 3.80 % p + 9.62 % p.p. -5.09 % p CDU SPD Green FDP AfD BLBF Template: election diagram / maintenance / new result not 100% Template: election diagram / maintenance / old result not 100% Only lists that have seats on the Council are taken into account.
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	30.0	8th	34.77	9	45.78	14th	44.30	14th
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	34.81	10	34.24	9	41.92	12	41.70	13
GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	6.63	2	10.27	3	4.48	1	3.67	1
FDP	Free Democratic Party	5.05	2	1.25	0	5.56	2	6.73	2
LEFT	The left	1.43	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
AfD	Alternative for Germany	9.62	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
ALFA	Alliance for progress and awakening	0.87	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
BLBF	Citizens' list for Bad Fallingbostel	11.59	3	16.68	4th	-	-	-	-
WLBF	Voting group Liberals for Bad Fallingbostel	-	-	2.80	1	-	-	-	-
lux	Single applicant Hubert Lux	-	-	-	-	2.26	1	-	-
Otherwise.	Others	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.60	0
total		100	28	100	26th	100	30th	100	30th
voter turnout		53.02%		49.25%		56.65%

mayor

Mayor Karin Thorey;
2018 in the town hall of Bad Fallingbostel

On June 15, 2014 Karin Thorey prevailed in a runoff election against Rainer Schmuck (CDU, elected as an independent candidate), who had held the office since 2006.

previous incumbent

2000–2006: Arnold Richter
2006–2014: Rainer Schmuck (CDU)
since 2014: Karin Thorey (independent)

coat of arms

Blazon : “The coat of arms of the city of Bad Fallingbostel shows two crossed, outward-facing silver (white) horse heads in the divided shield above in red; below in silver (white) a black beehive, underneath a blue wavy line. "

Justification for the coat of arms: The horse's head can traditionally be found on the gables of old Lower Saxony farmhouses. In addition to the Heide beekeeping, the beehive is a reminder of the founding of the “Sparcasse für die Amtsvogtei Fallingbostel”, which is one of the very first rural credit institutions in the Kingdom of Hanover to have the beehive under its seal. The waves point to the river Böhme, which runs through Bad Fallingbostel.

Banner and flag

	00Banner: "The banner is red and white striped lengthways with the coat of arms above the middle."
	00Hoisted flag: "The flag has red and white stripes with the coat of arms in the middle."

Partnerships

Town twinning

Bad Fallingbostel has had a partnership with the Polish city of Miastko (German: Rummelsburg, see above) ( Pomeranian Voivodeship ) since 2000 and with the French city of Périers ( Normandy region ) since 1989 .

Sponsorship

Bad Fallingbostel took over the sponsorship for the city of Rummelsburg in Pomerania in 1963 . Every two years in Bad Fallingbostel the home district meetings of the Rummelsburg i. Pom. instead of.

partnership

In 1969 Bad Fallingbostel established a partnership with today's 2nd Close Support Battalion REME, which had been stationed in neighboring Oerbke since 1951 . In 1981 the REME was granted city freedom - "The Freedom of the Town". The granting of urban freedom goes back to an old British tradition. It shows the soldiers stationed on the spot in the form of trust by allowing them, with attached bayonets , i. H. "Sharp weapons" to march through the city. This happened for the last time on May 15, 2015, as the British military had given up the Oerbke site by the end of 2015. After 64 years, the REME left the heath.

Culture and sights

Monument to Heinrich von Quintus-Icilius (1864)

Heidmark courtyard in an old hall house

The Museum of the Archaeological Working Group is located in Bad Fallingbostel . V. In the megalithic park Osterberg boulders are exhibited which pushed ice masses from Scandinavia into the area around Bad Fallingbostel during the ice ages .

Further archaeological sights are the seven stone houses , which are five large stone graves about 5000 years old . They are located on the Bergen military training area (near Ostenholz) and were excavated by Karl Hermann Jacob-Friesen . There is also a Bronze Age grave in the Vierde district .

Also worth seeing are:

the spa park with the boat station and the barefoot path on the Böhme

the Heidmark court with Rummelsburger Heimatstube as a hall house in the Liethwald

the Evangelical St. Dionysius Church in the city center

the monument to Heinrich von Quintus-Icilius at the St. Dionysius Church, a German administrative lawyer and politician.

the Evangelical St. Martins Church in Dorfmark

the village fountain in Dorfmark

the Löns grave of Hermann Löns in the Tietlingen juniper grove
the grave of Erich von Manstein in Dorfmark

The Böhmetal in the Lieth

the "Lieth", a near-natural mixed beech forest on steep slopes, some of which are similar to low mountain ranges, on the banks of the here strongly meandering Böhme . Many springs seep from the up to 40 m high slopes. The hiking trail to Vierde through the Lieth leads through the “Wolfsschlucht” and along species-rich meadows. On a plateau above the gorge is the "Freudenthal monument" in honor of the poets Friedrich Freudenthal and August Freudenthal .

Archeol.-Geol. Museum in the former forester's house
The Bohemian
Hermann Löns School
Town view

Architectural monuments

List of architectural monuments in Bad Fallingbostel

Regular events

Between 1997 and 2002 demo parties of the computer scene took place in Fallingbostel under the name Mekka & Symposium .

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

The largest private employers in the city are the production facility of Mondelēz International , where mainly dairy products are produced, and a production facility of Eckes AG . The location is used by Michelin , Edeka and DB Schenker for logistics purposes.

traffic

Bad Fallingbostel has two train stations (Bad Fallingbostel and Dorfmark) on the Heidebahn from Hanover to Soltau. In 1896 the first passenger train reached Fallingbostel.

Fallingbostel is on the motorway A 7 between the triangle Walsrode and the Maschener cross . There are motorway exits both in Bad Fallingbostel and in the Dorfmark district. The federal highway 209 leads to the federal highway 7 in the urban area, the federal highway 440 in the district Dorfmark. State road L 163 runs through the city.

Aid organizations

Bad Fallingbostel volunteer fire department
Dorfmark volunteer fire department
Riepe volunteer fire brigade
German Red Cross Local Association Bad Fallingbostel
German Life Saving Society, local branch Fallingbostel

Personalities

Friedrich and August Freudenthal

sons and daughters of the town

Friedrich Freudenthal (1849–1929), local poet
August Freudenthal (1851–1898), local poet
Kurt Heinrichs (1894–1971), administrative officer, district president of the Aurich district
Helmut Schlüter (1925–1967), trade unionist and politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
Helga Jansen (1950–2010), social economist and politician (SPD), member of the Bremen citizenship
Christoph Künkel (* 1958), Lutheran theologian, senior church councilor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hanover, spokesman for the board of the Diakonisches Werk Evangelical Churches in Lower Saxony

Personalities who have worked in the place

Rudolf Bäumer (1870–1964), landscape and heather painter
Friedrich (Fritz) Gansberg (1871–1950), German writer, elementary school teacher and reform pedagogue
Erich von Manstein (1887–1973), Field Marshal General; buried in Dorfmark near Fallingbostel
Heinrich von Quintus-Icilius (1798–1861), administrative lawyer; a statue was erected for him in Fallingbostel
Walther Schultz (1900–1957) Regional Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg in Schwerin during the National Socialist period and pastor in Bad Fallingbostel from 1950 to 1952
Hans Stuhlmacher (1892–1962), teacher, Wehrmacht officer and local researcher; Hans-Stuhlmacher-Strasse in Bad Fallingbostel was named after him

literature

Wolfgang Brandes: Chronicle Fallingbostel: 1930–1995. City of Fallingbostel, Fallingbostel, 1996.
Gernot Erler , Lothar Klimek : Soltau-Fallingbostel. New insights into an old cultural landscape of the Lüneburg Heath. Gronemann, Walsrode 1995. ISBN 3-00-000174-3
Wilhelm Westermann: local chronicle of Fallingbostel. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 1987. ISBN 3-89264-079-3
Urs Hochsprung: Fallingbostel through the ages. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 1986. ISBN 3-924932-65-4
Martina Neumann: 135 years of sports history in the Soltau-Fallingbostel district. District Sports Association Soltau-Fallingbostel, Fallingbostel 1996
Arno Schmidt : From the life of a faun . Rowohlt Verlag, Hamburg 1953 (first edition with a dedication to Alfred Andersch ).