Bergen on the stupid

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Bergen an der Dumme
Bergen on the stupid
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Bergen an der Dumme highlighted

Coordinates: 52 ° 53 '  N , 10 ° 58'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Lüchow-Dannenberg
Joint municipality : Lüchow (Wendland)
Height : 22 m above sea level NHN
Area : 25.49 km 2
Residents: 1428 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 56 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 29468
Area code : 05845
License plate : DAN
Community key : 03 3 54 001
Community structure: 8 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Breite Strasse 35
29468 Bergen an der Dumme
Website : www.bergen-dumme.de
Mayoress : Heidemarie Schulz (independent)
Location of the municipality of Bergen an der Dumme in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district
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Bergen an der Dumme is a patch of the Samtgemeinde Lüchow in Lüchow-Dannenberg , Lower Saxony .

geography

Geographical location

Bergen an der Dumme is located in the southwest part of the Wendland . It is located south of the Drawehn on the southern edge of the Elbhöhen-Wendland Nature Park and is traversed by a section of the Wustrower Dumme , a western tributary of the Jeetzel .

Community structure

The municipality of Bergen an der Dumme consists of the following districts:

  1. Banzau
  2. Belau
  3. Bergen on the stupid
  4. Jiggel
  5. Malleben
  6. Nienbergen , until March 16, 1936 Niendorf near Bergen
  7. Spithal
  8. Wöhningen

About 80% of the population live in the main town of the municipality itself.

history

Bergen an der Dumme was first mentioned in a document in 1203 in a feudal contract between the sons of Henry the Lion .

The name of the village was given by the river Wustrower Dumme , also called just Dumme , which flows through it on the eastern side of the village . The river name means something like Eichenbach , as stupid can be traced back to the old Slavic word dabu for oak. The Polish name for mountains is Tjörska (written as Tÿörska in older German sources), probably from tjöra (< Slavic * goră ) 'mountain'.

Due to its location on the trade and military route between Leipzig and Hamburg , Bergen was for centuries the border - and customs point - initially between Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Brandenburg , and later between Hanover and Prussia . After the annexation of Hanover by Prussia and its incorporation as a province , Bergen lost its importance as a customs place to the neighboring province of Saxony . Due to the division of Germany after the Second World War , Bergen again became a border town between West Germany and the GDR and, after reunification, lies directly on the border with Saxony-Anhalt.

The town, which was shaped by agriculture , experienced an economic boom in the 18th century, when the trade in linen goods from southern Wendland had a boom.

In June 2003, the place celebrated its 800th anniversary with a week of festivities.

Wide street ; Looking west with the church in the background
Pauluskirche Bergen an der Stupid
Parish office in the Breite Straße
Hotel in the Breiten Strasse
Town hall in the Breiten Strasse

On November 26, 2003 the toponym was changed from Bergen (Dumme) to Bergen an der Dumme.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the communities of Banzau, Belau, Jiggel, Malsleben, Nienbergen, Spithal and Wöhningen were incorporated.

religion

Bergen is a Protestant community. In addition to the Evangelical Lutheran Paulus Parish , the Belau district is also home to the Evangelical Lukas Community , a monastic community . The parish no longer has its own pastor and is connected to the parish of Schnega through the parish.

politics

The area of ​​Bergen an der Dumme belongs to the state electoral district 48 Elbe and to the federal electoral district 38 Lüchow-Dannenberg - Lüneburg .

Bergen, from the southeast in summer 2020

Municipal council

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

mayor

Heidemarie Schulz is the honorary mayor.

Culture and sights

Buildings

The main town of Bergen still consisted of a two-row settlement in the 19th century. A fire on May 2, 1840 reduced most of the town to rubble. During the reconstruction of today's Breite Straße (see separate article), the buildings were thinned out somewhat and some of the residents on Neue Straße in the direction of Jiggel were relocated. Further resettlements took place on the arterial roads in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bahnhofstrasse was added when Bergen received a rail connection that no longer exists in 1873.

The reconstruction from 1840 onwards was characterized by spacious two-storey residential buildings. The buildings on the eaves, mostly made of brick framework, often had plastered facades on the street side. At the rear, these arable citizen posts were provided with agricultural outbuildings. In between there were also businesses (brewery, distillery, linen weaving mill). In the east of the place, some buildings survived the great fire and give an impression of the former townscape. The economic decline of this region since the end of the 19th century has led to an extensive preservation of the building structure of the place at that time. The townscape, which was influenced by the late Classicist style, is therefore also the best preserved in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district.

In the list of architectural monuments in Bergen an der Dumme all architectural monuments of the municipality are listed and partially shown in the picture.

Sports

With the Tannenbad, Bergen has a heated outdoor pool with a beach volleyball field . Club sports can be practiced in Bergen in the sports club SV Germania Bergen, the DLRG local group, the local fishing club and the rifle guild . There is also a riding and holiday farm.

Regular events

Every two years in March, the trade show of the trade, craft and trade interest group takes place in Bergen an der Dumme.

Every year the traditional Easter festival is celebrated on the Ziegenberg (Osterberg) on ​​the three days over Easter. The highlight is the lighting of the Easter fire on Easter Sunday in the circle of the community / s.

On the last weekend in July, the Bergen local group of the DLRG organized the bathing party with night swimming in the outdoor pool.

On the second Sunday of Advent there is a Christmas market around the Paulus Church.

Economy and Infrastructure

Public facilities

The German Red Cross runs a kindergarten in Bergen .

education

Bergen owned a primary school , which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2014. With the construction of a new, large primary school in neighboring Clenze , the primary school in Bergen was closed in summer 2016. The school has one class per grade and focuses on “MINT” (mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, technology). We work closely with KiTa Bergen, which is right next to the school. The “Bergen Educational Road” has developed from years of collaboration. The primary school should be closed at the end of the 2015/2016 school year and the children should then attend the primary school in Clenze.

traffic

Bergen is located on the federal highway 71 on the state border with Altmarkkreis Salzwedel ( Saxony-Anhalt ), between Uelzen and Salzwedel . Since it was rebuilt in 1999, the Stendal – Uelzen railway has passed south of the village again , but currently without a stop in Bergen. The nearest train stations are in Schnega and Salzwedel .

literature

  • Carl Gehrcke: Bergen an der Dumme , in: 1. Annual issue of the local history working group Lüchow-Dannenberg 1969, pp. 87–91.
  • Wilhelm Meier-Peithmann (Ed.): Contributions to the chronicle of the spot mountains on the dumb. 1. Otto Wolter: About mountains and its history. 2. Carl Gehrke: Bergen as a border town in the Hanoverian Wendland. Bergen / Silly 1983.

Web links

Commons : Take it easy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Statistics of the German Reich, Volume 450: Official municipality directory for the German Reich, Part I, Berlin 1939; Page 265
  3. ↑ A short local history. Samtgemeinde Lüchow (Wendland), archived from the original on March 20, 2017 ; Retrieved March 19, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Nds. Ministerialblatt; Awarded on December 8, 2003
  5. ^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 230 .
  6. ↑ Landtag constituencies from the 16th electoral term. Constituency division for the election to the Lower Saxony state parliament. Annex to Section 10 (1) NLWG, p. 4. ( PDF ( Memento from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); 87 kB)
  7. ↑ Description of the constituencies. Annex to Section 2, Paragraph 2 of the Federal Election Act. In: Eighteenth law amending the federal electoral law. Annex to Article 1. Bonn March 18, 2008, p. 325 ( PDF ( Memento of July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); 200 kB)
  8. ↑ Falk-Reimar singer: Lüchow-Dannenberg district. In: Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany. Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony. Volume 21, Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1986, ISBN 3-528-06206-1 , p. 69.
  9. ↑ Learning landscapes instead of classrooms , EJZ report on school development in the Clenze-Bergen region, last accessed on March 4, 2014.