Bargstedt (Lower Saxony)

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Bargstedt
Bargstedt (Lower Saxony)
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Bargstedt highlighted

Coordinates: 53 ° 28 '  N , 9 ° 27'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Stade
Joint municipality : Harsefeld
Height : 19 m above sea level NHN
Area : 26.45 km 2
Residents: 2041 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 77 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 21698
Area code : 04164
License plate : HOURS
Community key : 03 3 59 005
Community structure: 2 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Bahnhofstrasse 21
21698 Bargstedt
Website : www.harsefeld.de
Mayor : Thomas Wiebusch ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Bargstedt in the district of Stade
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Church of St. Primus Bargstedt

Bargstedt ( Low German Bars ) is a municipality in the Stade district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Geographical location

Bargstedt is located on the Stader Geest , a beech and oak- wooded Geest ridge , on a settlement axis in the metropolis of Hamburg . The floodplain and side valleys nature reserve is located in the municipality, the floodplain flows through the municipality

Neighboring communities

Fredenbeck Yours Horneburg
Kutenholz Neighboring communities Bliedersdorf
Brest Ahlerstedt Harsefeld

Community structure

The municipality of Bargstedt consists of two districts . These are the villages of Bargstedt and Ohrensen . The village of Lusthoop and the Frankenmoor nature reserve are also in the municipality.

history

Local history

The cluster village of Bargstedt probably emerged as the center of a parish from a pagan cult site . Due to power struggles of the aristocratic rule, the Ohrensburg was built around 1200 on the Tiefenbach in Ohrensen .

After the church fire in 1793, a new church was built, which was completed in 1801.

The fulling mill in the district of Ohrensen am Tiefenbach was built around 1700, but was decommissioned in 1907 and is now used as a meeting place for young people.

Regional affiliation

Before 1885 Bargstedt belonged to Börde Bargstedt in the district of Harsefeld , after 1885 to the district of Stade and since 1932 to today's district of Stade .

Place name

Old names: 1233 Bergstede.

The spelling of the place name changed in the Middle Ages from Bergstede and Berckstede to Bargstedt . This is based on a Middle Low German sound change from -er- to -ar- . The meaning of the place name is to be understood as a mountain site, i.e. a settlement on the mountain , which fits the location of the place.

Incorporation, outsourcing

On July 1, 1972, the neighboring community of Ohrensen was incorporated. On the same day, a part of the area with then around 100 inhabitants was assigned to the Harsefeld patch . from 1964 to 1972 Bargstedt was the main town of the integrated community of Bargstedt .

politics

Municipal council

The last local election took place on September 11, 2016 . Since then, the municipal council has been composed as follows:

  • CDU 5 seats
  • SPD 3 seats
  • Free community of voters 5 seats

mayor

Mayor is Thomas Wiebusch (CDU), 1st Deputy Mayor Birgit Lukas (FWG) and 2nd Deputy Mayor Ulrich Rathjens (SPD).

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality of Bargstedt was designed in 1960 .

Blazon : The coat of arms of the municipality of Bargstedt shows in the form of a shield on a blue background an upwardly arched foot in green . The green sign foot of the crest is a cross right directional sword in silver occupied. A baptismal font stands on the base of the shield, raisedby a three-leaved branch of linden tree . Both the baptismal font and the linden branch are silver.

Meaning: The upward arching base of the shield is intended to indicate the part of the name Barg . The spelling of the place name has changed since the early Middle Ages: from Bergstede or Berckstede to today's Bargstedt.

Culture and sights

Culture

In Bargstedt, the Christmas market is always celebrated on the first Advent at the church .

Buildings

The Protestant Church of St. Primus is a hall building completed in 1801, the tower of which was replaced by a bell tower in 1959. The stained glass window by Charles Crodel in the hall of honor, completed in 1970, is remarkable .

Also worth seeing is the fulling mill in the district of Ohrensen .

Transport and infrastructure

traffic

Bargstedt has a stop ( Bargstedt station ) on the Bremerhaven – Buxtehude railway line .

Companies

In Bargstedt there is a grocery store with an integrated post office, a bakery, bank branches of the Volksbank Geest and the Kreissparkasse Stade and a petrol station.

Several craft businesses specializing in house construction, timber construction, roofing, plumbing and heating, and window construction offer jobs and training positions.

In the community wind farm Bargstedt / Ohrensen, electrical energy is generated with wind turbines . Bargstedter farmers operate biogas plants and several private, wood chip- powered local heating systems supply over 100 households with heating energy.

schools

There is a primary school in Bargstedt .

partnership

There are partnerships between the Protestant parish of Bargstedt and the parishes in Gimbi ( Ethiopia ) and Gahlenz

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Other personalities associated with the community

  • Helmut Dammann-Tamke (* 1961), German politician (CDU), lives as a self-employed farmer in the Ohrensen district of Bargstedt

gallery

  • The most striking building in Bargstedt: The grain mill on the main street

  • Aerial view of Bargstedt

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
  2. ↑ Harsefeld municipality. Retrieved May 9, 2018 .
  3. ^ Jürgen Udolph (research): The "place name researcher". In: website NDR 1 Lower Saxony . Archived from the original on December 28, 2014 ; accessed on August 3, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 246 f .
  5. ^ Church of Bargstedt / Gimbi partnership
  6. ^ Church of Bargstedt / Gahlenz partnership

Web links

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