Berkhof (Wedemark)

Berkhof Wedemark municipality
Coordinates: 52 ° 36 ′ 7 ″  N , 9 ° 43 ′ 28 ″  E
Height :	37 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.55 km²
Residents :	1077  (December 31, 2015)
Population density :	69 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	30900
Area code :	05130
Location of Berkhof in Wedemark
Village idyll in the center of Berkhof

Berkhof is a village in the municipality of Wedemark in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony .

geography

Local division

• Berkhof
• Sprockhof
• Plumhof

history

Incorporations

The formerly independent communities Sprockhof and Plumhof were incorporated into the community Berkhof in 1928.

For the regional reform in Lower Saxony , Berkhof was incorporated into the new municipality of Wedemark on March 1, 1974.

politics

Local council

The local council is responsible for the districts Bennemühlen , Berkhof (with Plumhof and Sprockhof ) and Oegenbostel (with Bestebostel and Ibsingen ) and consists of two councilors and five councilors.

• CDU : 3 seats
• SPD : 2 seats
• FDP : 1 seat
• WGW : 1 seat

(Status: local election September 11, 2016)

Local mayor

The local mayor is Rosemarie Spindler (SPD), she is represented by Dirk Görries (WGW).

coat of arms

The Berkhof municipal coat of arms was designed by the heraldist and coat of arms painter Gustav Völker , who designed all the coats of arms in the Hanover region. The approval of the coat of arms was granted by the district president in Lüneburg on June 10, 1965.

Blazon : "A rising, curly tip in red , covered with a green birch leaf , a silver S in the shape of a swan at the front, the left half of a silver mill wheel at the back."

Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms, divided into three fields, shows a special symbol for each district. The district of Berkhof, which gave the name to the former municipality after the merger in 1928, is symbolized by the birch leaf, which refers to the name of this district. In the Sprockhof district , a now extinct family of the same name used to live, from whose family coat of arms the gooseneck-shaped S was taken. The district of Plumhof is symbolized by the half mill wheel, because this is where the old, now disused cattle mill, a water mill, is located.

Culture and sights

graveyard

The Berkhof cemetery is located at the Wittegraben .

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Wedemark - Berkhof

Green spaces and recreation

Forst Rundshorn

The nearby Rundshorn forest with the fitness trail is a popular destination today.

Economy and Infrastructure

REWE central warehouse

With the expansion of the motorway between Hanover and Hamburg, the place later gained in importance. In the course of this development, the economy was also strengthened. Wedemark-Berkhof is not far from the A 7 motorway , Berkhof exit. A central warehouse of the Rewe Group was set up here in 2016 on Wieckenberger Straße between the Autobahn and Berkhof . Some federal highways run nearby. The next train station on the Hanover-Soltau route is Bennemühlen . The distance to Hanover-Langenhagen Airport is just under 20 km.

literature

• Frans Sprockhoff: The Sprockhoffs, Becoming and Working of a Family in Five Centuries , Berlin; Leipzig: de Gruyter, 1938 (edition 1937)
• Christiane Segers-Glocke (Ed.), Carolin Krumm (Arr.) Et al. : Wedemark / Berkhof , in: Monuments in Lower Saxony. Publication of the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation (= Monument Topography Federal Republic of Germany ), Volume 13.2: Region Hannover, Part 2, northern and eastern part , Verlag CW Niemeyer Buchverlage, Hameln, 2005. ISBN 3-8271-8255-7 , pp. 481, 574
• Jürgen Hemme: Short stories a long time ago. Yesterday's Youth , autobiography by Jürgen Hemme in collaboration with Alwine Hemme, Sprockhof, Hemme, 2018

Web links

Commons : Berkhof  - Collection of Images

• Wedemark municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Area information for the municipality of Wedemark. (PDF; 10 kB) In: Website of the municipality of Wedemark. January 1, 2011, accessed May 6, 2019 .  
2. ↑ Population of the community Wedemark. (PDF; 121 kB) In: Website of the municipality of Wedemark. December 31, 2015, p. 2 , accessed May 6, 2019 .  
3. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p.  221 .
4. ↑ ^{a b} local council of Bennemühlen, Berkhof and Oegenbostel. In: Website of the municipality of Wedemark. Retrieved July 20, 2017 .  
5. ^ ^{A b} Landkreis Hannover (ed.): Wappenbuch Landkreis Hannover . Self-published, Hanover 1985, p. 478-479 .
6. ↑ Information. In: wedemark.de. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .