Bass

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Bass
Oyten municipality
Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 15 m
Residents : 3318  (Jun 30, 2016)
Incorporation : July 1, 1972

Bassen is a district of the municipality of Oyten ( Verden district ) in Lower Saxony . The place is about 20 km east of the city center of Bremen and about 100 km southwest of Hamburg . In the northern area the Wümme flows through Bassen.

history

On July 1, 1972, Bassen was incorporated into the neighboring municipality of Oyten.

traffic

The Lower Saxony state roads L 156 and L 168 run through the town. In addition, the local area of ​​Bassen is cut through by the federal motorway 1 Hamburg – Bremen and the Hamburg – Bremen railway line.

Neighboring places

Bassen borders the villages of Fischerhude , Ottersberg , Posthausen , Achim (Weser) and Oyten .

Residents

The current population is 3318 (as of June 30, 2016). This makes Bassen the district with the second highest proportion of inhabitants in the municipality of Oyten. However, this number could increase further in the future through the designation of new development areas.

Infrastructure and economy

There is a communal kindergarten and a primary school in the village of Bassen.

The kindergarten, which was redesigned and expanded to its present form in 2000 and 2012, is located in the immediate vicinity of the primary school, the sports fields and the sports halls that are also used.

The Bassen elementary school currently has eight classes from grades 1 to 4.

The economy is characterized by craft businesses and agriculture.

Local life

Harvest wagon at the 2007 Harvest Festival
historical view of Bassen around 1913

Local life is shaped, among other things, by the clubs. In addition to the volunteer fire brigade Bassen, the gymnastics and sports club “Gut Heil” Bassen and the Kyffhäuser Comradeship Bassen, the village community association Blocks Huus eV has been established since 2001.

Blocks Huus is a completely renovated former farmyard that has been converted into a multifunctional building for the village community. Various festivities, exhibitions, youth work and other events take place there. In May 2009 a village museum was opened there.

The Bassener Stammtisch Club 22 organizes special activities. The successful “public viewing” after the 2006 soccer world championship and 2008 European championship in Bassen has become a fixed event location with a high number of spectators. Even NDR television reported it live. Club 22 is also bringing special concerts to Bassen in the barn of Blocks Huus , for example in 2007 by the cult band Torfrock with the opening act Ohrfeindt .

Festivities in the village are the Easter fire ( Holy Saturday ), the Christmas market (1st Advent) and the traditional four-day harvest festival with its parade of the harvest wagons (1st weekend in September), which is also known beyond the borders of Bassen. For this purpose, there are usually over 50 harvest wagons from the near and far surrounding area for a move several kilometers long.

In 2009 the village of Bassen celebrated its 750th anniversary with many different events.

In 2014 TSV Bassen celebrated its 100th anniversary with many different campaigns and events.

Community Center Bassen
The roof of the Bassen community center (built in 1982) is an architectural highlight

The non-profit sponsoring association "Gemeindezentrum Bassen eV", which is responsible for the maintenance of the community center Bassen of the ev.-luth. St. Petri Parish Oyten was founded on January 25, 2018. In addition to the continuation of the church services and the use of the building as a cemetery chapel, other uses will take place in the future. The "Bassen family room" with various programs and offers for the whole family has already been rented.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oyten municipality
  2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 247 .
  3. ↑ Gemeindezentrum Bassen eV Accessed on February 8, 2018 (English).
  4. ^ Marius Merle: Founding of the community center in Bassen . ( weser-kurier.de [accessed on February 8, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Family room Bassen - website. Accessed February 8, 2018 (German).

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