Becklingen

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Becklingen
City of Bergen
Coordinates: 52 ° 52 ′ 1 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 17 ″  E
Height : 84  (77-87)  m
Residents : 362  (2015)
Incorporation : 1st February 1971
Postal code : 29303
Area code : 05051
Former syringe house (Sprüttenhus), built in 1907, out of service since 1981, listed as a historical monument in 1992
War memorial for the fallen of the First and Second World Wars
Farmhouse - the forest workers' museum is located in the annex on the left

Becklingen is a village in the Lower Saxony city ​​of Bergen in the northern district of Celle in the Lüneburg Heath .

landscape

Becklingen is about 7 km north of Bergen on federal highway 3 and has 362 inhabitants (as of July 31, 2015). The village is divided into the districts of Becklingen, Oehus and Tannensieksberg.

The place is embedded in a landscape that shows two different faces at a distance of 5 km: to the east is the freely accessible nature reserve Großes Moor near Becklingen and to the west is the not publicly accessible "Becklinger Holz" in the Bergen military training area . the Falkenberg (Lüneburg Heath) , 150  m .

In the district of Becklingen there are numerous barrows, the largest group with sixteen graves on the Kattenberg in the Großer Moor - another group with nine graves on the Tannensieksberg and a contiguous group of fourteen graves on the old Heerstraße near the former Gertrudenhof. Several Bronze Age collars have been found in these graves.

history

Becklingen was first mentioned in a document in 1231 under the name Bekelinge . The single-digit Oehus farm was first mentioned in a document in 1258.

Since the 14th century, the lower administrative and judicial instance has been the Amtsvogtey Bergen , which was presided over by a ducal bailiff . The concerns exclusively affecting the village of Becklingen were taken care of by the Realgemeinde , d. H. the owners of the farms entitled to the commons , advise and decide. The political reforms of the 19th century brought about a fundamental change, as a result of which the political community Becklingen emerged. The co-determination of village affairs was no longer dependent on the ownership structure; every male villager over 25 years of age now had the right to vote.

In 1438 Becklingen had 6 farms, in 1563 there were 8 farms, and in 1587 there were nine farms in Becklingen. These courtyards remained at the heart of the village until the middle of the 19th century. Only then did gradual development begin, because the 19th century was marked by extensive agricultural reforms . The general division carried out at the beginning of the 19th century, through which the villages were given fixed borders and each piece of land belonged to a municipality, were fundamental for the further reforms . The extent of the areas allocated to the individual villages was based on the grazing rights used in the past. This was followed by the common divisions between 1838 and 1858 . The common land , d. H. The previously communally used areas have now been transferred to the individual courtyards as free ownership, depending on the respective existing rights of use to the common land. The first craftsman in town is noted in 1881.

On the basis of the Redemption Ordinance for the Kingdom of Hanover from 1833, the obligations to the manorial authority on the farms were redeemed . The farms assigned according to the so-called Meierrecht were obliged to provide numerous services and monetary payments, which were now canceled against payment of a sum that corresponded to 25 times the previous annual obligation. The farms then passed into the ownership of the farmers as free property.

The establishment of the Bergen-Hohne military training area in 1935/36 was decisive for Becklingen. The community had to give up 71% of its area (= 1200 ha), twenty inhabitants were resettled. Farms lost fields, forests and wasteland. After 1945 the population increased to over 500 due to the influx of refugees.

Since the merging on 1 February 1971 at the course of municipal reform in Lower Saxony Becklingen is a locality of the city of Bergen .

Wolfsstein in Becklinger Holz

Historically, two local events are closely linked to Becklingen:

West of Becklingen, in the "Becklinger Holz" forest , which is now on the Bergen military training area, the last wolf in Lower Saxony was seen and shot on January 13, 1872 . The shooter was the forester H. Grünewald from Wardböhmen , formerly a body hunter of King George V of Hanover , the last king of Hanover.

In 1931 a coin was found by the farm owner Habermann while plowing his new land in front of the Becklinger Holz. Forty centimeters in the ground he found a bulging pot with 23 gold and approx. 1,700 silver coins from the period 1370–1472.

Population development

The following table shows the population development of Becklingen. It should be noted that the sudden increase in the number of residents after the Second World War is mainly due to the influx of displaced persons.

year Residents year Residents year Residents
1820 106 1939 231 1970 349
1848 180 1945 about 500 2000 382
1925 234 1961 305 2015 362

politics

Becklingen is represented by the local council and the local mayor. The local council has u. a. Decision-making authority for the public institutions in the village, is responsible for promoting the maintenance of the townscape and club life and must be heard by the city of Bergen on all matters relating to the town. The local council consists of five elected representatives, members of the Bergen municipal council from Becklingen and the mayor of the city of Bergen.

The local council elects the local mayor , Dirk Ebel has been the incumbent since 2016.

Culture and sights

  • Becklingen belongs to the Low German- speaking area and the East Westphalian dialect group, so-called Heide- Ostfälisch is spoken here. This is not to be confused with the Heidjer Platt of North Lower Saxony (northern Lüneburg Heath), which is spoken north of the districts of Celle and Uelzen. Becklingen lies exactly on the language border of both dialects. It differs from this, especially through the use of "mik" and "dik" instead of "mi" and "di". Since the end of the Second World War, however, the High German language has largely prevailed and replaced Low German. Low German still plays an important role as a colloquial language, especially among the older villagers.
  • In the middle of the village there is a syringe house built around 1900, which is now listed as a monument. Next to it, embedded under oak trees, stands the monument to the fallen, also known as the war memorial, which has 48 names of Beckling war dead from World War I and II.
  • Around 200 m further on, on the Bargmannshof (No. 8), there is a more than 200 year old bakery, which was saved from sale by the former mayor Günther Ebel and brought back to life by founding an association. A big baking day takes place here every year in August.
  • About 2 km north, located on the B3, is the 1,951-scale war cemetery Becklingen War Cemetery .

Local clubs

  • Schützenverein Becklingen eV: After the First World War there were over 50 newly founded clubs and associations in the Bergen area. One of these foundations was the "Klub Waldesgrün" in Becklingen on August 3, 1919, which had a lifespan of 2 ½ years. On May 23, 1922, the members of the "Waldesgrün" club decided to dissolve it and found a shooting club. 24 men from Becklingen met in the inn "Zum Becklinger Holz" and founded the shooting club. At that time, Becklingen had 220 inhabitants, the settlement at the station did not yet exist, except for a few houses on the railway. The shooting club has a current membership of 165 shooters including the youth department.
  • Becklingen volunteer fire brigade: It was founded with 20 men in 1934 and emerged from the mandatory brigade in 1907. At the end of 2006 the number of members was 57 active firefighters, 16 in the age department and 18 supporting members.
  • Becklingen youth group: An association of young people from Becklingen and some other places, which first came together as a singing group in 1951 for the inauguration of the war memorial and was officially founded in 1968. Adolescents aged 15 and over are eligible for admission; the number of members varies around 50.
  • Bekler Speeldeel: The amateur play group was founded in 1976 from 33 former members of rural youth and theater enthusiasts. It is committed to the preservation, maintenance and promotion of the Low German language, art, culture and customs. Plays are practiced in the Low German language and performed in various theaters in the region.
  • Bekler Backhus Verein: After the restoration of an old bakery, the first baking day took place in 1996 with over 600 guests and visitors. On May 21, 1999 the "Bekler Backhus Association" was founded, which currently has 115 adults and 3 young people. The association is the manager of the rural bakery and has taken on the preservation and tradition of village bread baking.
  • Forest work museum: The Friends of the Forest Work Museum Becklinger Holz was founded on January 20, 2006. The museum building is located in the center of the village on the Oehus farm and was opened in early summer 2007. It is one of three national forest work museums (Latrop and Elmstein).
  • Becklinger Dieselfreunde: A loose association of oldtimer tractor friends who exhibit their decades-old restored tractors at events around Becklingen.

Architectural monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

The local economy consists of (declining) agriculture and livestock, to a lesser extent gastronomy, tourism, trade, handicrafts and industry. There are other jobs at the nearby military training area, in mountains or for commuters in the wider area.

  • Road: Becklingen is on the B3 between Bergen and Soltau and about 10 km south of the A7, ASt. Soltau-Süd and is therefore conveniently located in terms of transport.
  • Bus: Becklingen is regularly served by the Cebus, line 160 (Bergen-Nindorf-Bleckmar-Becklingen). There are four stops at the train station, Oehus, Gertrudenhof and Dorfmitte, which are approached in this order.
  • Rail: The Becklingen stop is on the OHE railway line from Celle to Soltau . The route is used for freight traffic, there is no passenger traffic.

literature

  • Günther Ebel (Ed.): The history of the fire department in Becklingen. Becklingen 1984.
  • Günther Ebel (Ed.): Schulchronik Becklingen, Vol. 1, 1916–1937. Bergen 1988
  • Günther Ebel / Dirk Ebel: 75 years of Schützenverein Becklingen eV, 1922–1997. Brochure. Bergen 1997
  • Günther Ebel (among others): Becklingen. Closing volume for the 20th state competition "Our village should be more beautiful". Becklingen 2000
  • Dirk Ebel (Ed.): Ortsfamilienbuch Ebel - Nordkreis Celle. Self-published, 279 pages. Becklingen 2014/15

Web links

Commons : Becklingen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Bergen-online.de .
  2. Official Journal of the Lüneburg District Government No. 24 of December 15, 1985, page 337.
  3. University research on prehistoric archeology, Volume 200, Heide Wrobel-Norgaard: The neck collars of the Bronze Age in northern Central Europe and southern Scandinavia, Habelt Verlag Bonn, 2011, pp. 29, 31, 53ff, 129, 161f
  4. Mindermann, Arend (edit.): Document book of the bishops and the cathedral chapter of Verden (Verden document book, I. Department), Volume 1: From the beginnings to 1300, ed. from the regional association of the former duchies of Bremen and Verden, Stade 2001, p. 351.
  5. ^ Archives of the St. Johannis monastery in Walsrode (Lüneburg document book, 15th section), Hodenberg, Wilhelm von [Hrsg.], Celle 1859, p. 47 (document 49)
  6. On the regional reform in Lower Saxony cf. Blazek, Matthias: From Landdrostey to District Government - The History of the Hanover District Government as reflected in the administrative reforms. Ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-89821-357-9 .
  7. ^ 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. 223 .
  8. ↑ In detail: The Becklinger Holz between Bergen and Soltau , Matthias-Blazek.eu, accessed on February 8, 2014.
  9. ^ Wolfsstein in Becklinger Holz
  10. "In January 1872, some sheep were killed in the area of Dorfmark and Soltau . Reports of the presence of wolves quickly spread. The farmers organized a hunt especially for this purpose, but this was unsuccessful. Near Ostenholz it broke Wolf two sheep and was watched by two shepherds. The easier tracking in the snow made it possible to follow the wolf to Becklinger Holz. The alerted forester Gründewald from Wardböhmen found the track in the fresh snow immediately and he succeeded in killing the animal. For this he received a bonus of ten thalers and a hunting rifle. The hunted wolf was a very old male. He was 1.64 m long from snout to tail tip, his shoulder height was 85 cm and he weighed 45 kg. In memory of this Event a wolf stone was set up there in 1892. The stone bears the inscription: “On January 13, 1872, the last wolf in Lower Saxony was killed here.” Source: Zeittunnel im Wolfcente r Dörverden
  11. ^ Meier, Ortwin: The coin find from Becklingen, district of Celle, BfM 1932, 561-7; also FMZ 1932, NF vol. 1, pp. 365-548, Bonness: Münzenfund von Becklingen, pp. 370f.
  12. Information on the Lower Saxony municipal constitution .
  13. Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany. Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony. Publications of the Institute for Monument Preservation / Lower Saxony State Administration Office / District Soltau-Fallingbostel, Volume 25, edited by Etta Pantel, editor: Christiane Segers-Glocke, publisher: Niemeyer, CW, 2001, ISBN 3-8271-8260-3 , page 383
  14. Announcement at the general assembly of the Becklingen shooting club on February 1, 2019
  15. Announcement at the general assembly of the association on March 27, 2019
  16. Cebus-Celle.de .