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Whet
City of Ronnenberg
Weetzen coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 46 ″  N , 9 ° 38 ′ 21 ″  E
Height : 68 m above sea level NN
Residents : 2253  (8 Aug 2011)
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 30952
Area code : 05109
Access gate to the former Weetzen sugar factory

Weetzen is a district of the city of Ronnenberg in the Hanover region .

history

Weetzen is one of the very old villages of the Deistvorland . The name Weetzen probably goes back to a form of name with the ending "-ithi". "-Ithi" - settlements date back to before the Great Migration.

Regarding the question of the first mention of Weetzen, the dates 1226 and 1255 appear in old publications due to erroneous assignments in the Calenberg document book. The authors Uwe Ohainski and Jürgen Udolph write: “A document from 1226 de Wezene used by Mittelhäußer [...] belongs to Wätzum (Kr. Hildesheim ). A document from 1255 Wenethe [...] belongs against the Calenberger and the Westphalian [UB VI] rather to turn ”. As a result, the first secured written record comes from a document dated April 6, 1269. In it, Bishop Otto von Minden notarized the donation of the tithe to Wennigsen and the "villa wetzenedhe", located in the parish of Ronnenberg, to the Wennigsen monastery.

Weetzen's rise began with the construction of the railway . The Hanover – Altenbeken railway via Weetzen was put into operation on April 13, 1872. On May 1, 1872, the Deistereisenbahn route from Weetzen to Barsinghausen was opened to traffic. Today it runs via Barsinghausen to Haste , so that Weetzen station is a junction of the S-Bahn lines Haste- Hanover- Nienburg / Minden and Paderborn - Hanover Airport . Initially, the Weetzen-Barsinghausen route was intended to transport coal from the Deisterzechen to Hanover. In 1883 the Weetzen sugar factory was founded. This foundation marked the arrival of industrialization and shaped the district for almost a century. In addition, between 1906 and 1922 potash and rock salt were extracted from the “Germany” mine in Weetzen .

On the night of April 8th to 9th 1945, Weetzen came under heavy fire from German shells for two hours when it was liberated by the Americans. Two German civilians, four German and seven American soldiers were killed and buildings were badly damaged or destroyed.

Through the merger of Weetzen with Ronnenberg and the surrounding communities Benthe, Empelde, Linderte and Vörie, the new community Ronnenberg was created on July 1, 1969. On March 1, 1974, her Ihme-Roloven was incorporated. On December 12, 1975, the new municipality of Ronnenberg received city rights.

From 1971 to 1974 rock salt mining was resumed in the "Germany" mine. In the meantime, since 1922, it has served exclusively as an emergency and weather shaft for the neighboring Ronnenberg potash plant. The mine flooded in mid-1975 as a result of water ingress in the Ronnenberg construction site and was shut down.

religion

Weetzen old chapel

There is a small half-timbered chapel in Weetzen (Eulenflucht 1). When it was due to be demolished in 1974, residents rescued it. They founded the Weetzener Verein für Denkmalpflege eV (called "Kapellenverein") and converted the chapel into a cultural center in which today cultural events regularly take place. (see "Culture and Sights".)

The Church of Reconciliation (Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Strasse 7) with a free-standing bell tower , built in 1976/77, belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran parish ( parish of Ronnenberg) .

In 1967/68 the Catholic Church of St. Jakobus the Younger was built (Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Straße 13). The Catholics, who had belonged to the St. Bonifatius parish in Gehrden for decades , came to the parish " St. Thomas-More Ronnenberg " (with Ihme-Roloven, Linderte, Vörie and Weetzen). In 2004 the St. Thomas-More parish was incorporated into the parish of St. Maximilan Kolbe in Hanover-Mühlenberg . In 2009, the Weetzen Catholic Church was profaned and demolished. The Weetzener Catholics belong today to the parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe Hannover-Mühlenberg within the "Kirchortes Ronnenberg" with the St. Thomas-More-Church three kilometers away from Weetzen.

politics

The Weetzen local council has seven members.

Local mayor is Rüdiger Wilke (SPD).

Culture and sights

As a reliable primary school, the Regenbogenschule Weetzen offers children in Weetzen a start into their school education. In 2008 it received the “Sport-friendly school” certificate.

The small half-timbered chapel from the 17th century is the oldest building in Weetzen, today the town's cultural center. The bell, which is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Mount Sinai and is therefore called "Katharinenglocke" in Weetzen, apparently dates from 1631 - from the time of the Thirty Years' War.

Another cultural building in the village is the station building, which was sold by Deutsche Bahn decades ago and is now used as a private property. In the lower part there is a restaurant.

Architectural monuments

societies

The largest club in the area is SV Weetzen from 1911. In 2011 the club "Modellbahnfreunde Ronnenberg" was founded.

The "Weetzener Verein für Denkmalpflege", founded in 1974, unites old and new citizens as well as different age groups and numerous professions. Since 1975 he has contributed significantly to the fact that the inhabitants in the former village and in the district created by industrialization grew together. In addition to the preservation of the cultural center, an event concept for the location has increasingly emerged that allows cultural use in the broadest sense, e.g. B. lectures, musical events and occasional exhibitions. In addition, the chapel offers space for the weekly practice hours of the Weetzen hunting wind ensemble and the artisanal, creative pottery group. Since 1976 the association has organized a non-commercial Christmas market every year on the second Sunday of Advent. a. the maintenance of the cultural center and social tasks benefit. At the beginning of this event the "Katharinenglocke" is rung.

Economy and Infrastructure

Weetzen is characterized by its good transport infrastructure. With the federal road 217 , Weetzen has good individual transport connections.

Weetzen station is on the Hanover – Altenbeken railway line , from which the Deister Railway branches off here. It runs at regular intervals (every 15 minutes on weekdays) from the S-Bahn lines S1 and S2 ( Haste - Hannover Hbf - Wunstorf - Minden / Nienburg ), S5 ( Paderborn Hbf - Hameln - Hannover Hbf - Hannover Airport ) and S21 (Barsinghausen - Wennigsen - Hannover Hbf).

Web links

Commons : Weetzen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Reinhold Drantmann u. a .: The old chapel in Weetzen. History of a successful citizens' initiative. Ed .: Weetzener Verein für Denkmalpflege eV, Weetzen 2007, DNB 985563788 .
  • Peter Hertel: Drifting tracks. The liberation of Weetz and his forced laborers. Ed .: Friends of Remembrance Work Ronnenberg (FER), Ronnenberg 2019.
  • Peter Hertel et al. a. (Ed.): Ronnenberg. Seven Traditions - One City. Ronnenberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030253-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Stöber: The age of the eight villages, in: Peter Hertel et al. (Ed.): Ronnenberg. Seven Traditions - One City . Ronnenberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030253-4 , pp. 54 .
  2. ↑ Martin Stöber: The age of the eight villages, in: Peter Hertel et al. (Ed.): Ronnenberg. Seven Traditions - One City . Ronnenberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030253-4 , pp. 53 .
  3. ^ Peter Simon: Eisenbahn und Straßen, in: Peter Hertel et al. (Ed.): Ronnenberg. Seven Traditions - One City . Ronnenberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030253-4 , pp. 112 f .
  4. ^ Hans-Hermann Fricke: Sugar production in Weetzen, in: Peter Hertel et al. (Ed.): Ronnenberg. Seven Traditions - One City . Ronnenberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030253-4 , pp. 114-121 .
  5. ↑ Peter Hertel: blowing traces. The liberation of Weetz and his forced laborers . Ed .: Friends of the Remembrance Association Ronnenberg. Ronnenberg 2019, p. 5, 22 ff .
  6. ↑ a b Peter Hertel et al. (Ed.): Ronnenberg. Seven Traditions - One City , Ronnenberg 2010. ISBN 978-3-00-030253-4 , pp. 209-215.
  7. ↑ Konrad Boden: Potash mining in the Benther salt dome, in: Peter Hertel et al. (Ed.): Ronnenberg. Seven Traditions - One City . Ronnenberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030253-4 , pp. 127-134 .
  8. ↑ The old chapel in Weetzen, Weetzen Association for the Preservation of Monuments, 2007
  9. ↑ Reinhold Drantmann et al.: The old chapel in Weetzen. History of a successful citizens' initiative . Ed .: Weetzener Verein für Denkmalpflege eV Weetzen 2007, DNB  985563788 .
  10. ↑ Peter Simon: Weetzen, in: Peter Hertel u. a. (Ed.): Ronnenberg. Seven Traditions - One City . Ronnenberg 2010, p. 351 f .
  11. ↑ Peter Hertel: Old and New Religions, in: Peter Hertel u. a. (Ed.): Ronnenberg. Seven Traditions - One City . Ronnenberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030253-4 , pp. 247 ff .
  12. ^ Local councilor Weetzen
  13. ↑ Peter Hertel: The secret of the bell from 1631, in: Reinhold Drantmann u. a .: The old chapel in Weetzen. History of a successful citizens' initiative . Ed .: Weetzener Verein für Denkmalpflege eV Weetzen 2007, DNB  985563788 , p. 55-63 .
  14. ↑ Reinhold Drantmann et al. a: The old chapel in Weetzen. History of a successful citizens' initiative . Ed .: Weetzener Verein für Denkmalpflege eV Weetzen 2008.
  15. ↑ Peter Simon: Weetzen, in: Peter Hertel u. a. (Ed.): Ronnenberg. Seven Traditions - One City . Ronnenberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030253-4 , pp. 351 ff .