Bessingen (Coppenbrugge)

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Bessingen
Coat of arms of Bessingen
Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 17 ″  N , 9 ° 30 ′ 10 ″  E
Height : 173 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.96 km²
Residents : 322  (Nov 1, 2015)
Population density : 81 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 31863
Area code : 05159
Bessingen (Lower Saxony)
Bessingen

Location of Bessingen in Lower Saxony
Village church
Village church

Bessingen is a village on the Ith . Since 1973 it is a district of the borough Coppenbrügge in the Hamelin-Pyrmont district in Lower Saxony .

history

Near Bessingen, prehistoric finds of the Cord Ceramic Culture from the period from 2500 to 1700 BC were found. Made. However, no settlement has been proven. The old name ending "-hausen" indicates that it originated during the migration period in the 4th to 6th centuries. In 2012, Bessingen celebrated its 950th anniversary. The reason for this was its mention as "Batsingehusen" in a deed of gift from King Henry IV of March 9, 1062.

From 1216 to 1344 Bessingen was the seat of the noble lords of Bessinghusen, who later died out . However, the presumed location of the Edelhof near the center of the agricultural clustered village is unknown.

The neighboring village of Hiltorf became deserted in the 15th century . In Bessingen, too, due to the nearby Heerstraße, which has now become Bundesstraße 1 , wars often resulted in looting and billeting of troops passing through.

Mid-18th century began near Bessingen miners from Delligsen promoting coal . During the Seven Years' War the operation was stopped and the tunnel entrance was filled in.

As early as 1491, Bessingen was part of the Wickensen district . When an inheritance was divided in 1495, Bessingen came to the Duchy of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and the neighboring town of Behrensen to the Principality of Calenberg . The neighboring town of Coppenbrügge, on the other hand, was in the county of Spiegelberg and only became part of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1819 . In the following period there were repeated border disputes. Bessingen was assigned to Holzminden in Brunswick in 1832 . The adjoining states merged into Lower Saxony.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1973 Bessingen came as part of an area swap from the district of Holzminden to the district of Hameln-Pyrmont, where it became part of the Coppenbrügge district.

Population development

year 1910 1925 1933 1939 1950 2015
Residents 286 263 251 242 472 322
source
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Bessingen from the edge of the Ith , on the left above the trees the church tower, on the right the tree-lined road to Behrensen

religion

The Protestant inhabitants Bessingens belong to the Evangelical Lutheran parish Bessingen-Ith Nesselberg in the church district Hildesheim Country Alfeld. The chapel in Behrensen was a branch of the Bessingen church as early as the 18th century. On July 1, 1976, the St. Petri parish Hohnsen was attached to the Bessingen parish.

politics

Local councilor and local mayor

The local council of the town of Bisperode represents the Coppenbrügger districts of Behrensen, Bessingen, Bisperode, Diedersen and Harderode at the municipal level .

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was approved in the 1950s.

Coat of arms of Bessingen
 Blazon : "In blue, a golden , silver - reinforced buttercup ."
Justification for the coat of arms: The color of the coat of arms symbolizes the former affiliation to the Duchy of Braunschweig and at the same time reminds of the local legend "The stolen war chest".

Culture and sights

The sulfur fountain

Buildings

  • Village church
The nameless village church was built in 1749/50 in place of a dilapidated predecessor that existed as early as 1353. The current church tower dates from 1783. Major renovations were carried out in 1862 and 1963. In 2016, the dome of the church tower will be renovated. The patronage is associated with the Bisperode manor. The church is one of the seven architectural monuments in Bessingen, along with the neighboring “war memorial”.

Architectural monuments

→ See: List of architectural monuments in Bessingen

Natural monuments

  • Sulfur well
In the local area of ​​Bessingen, water with a high concentration of sulfur comes to light. The water from the spring, previously known as the stinking Born , was used by the villagers as drinking water and for the healing of eye problems. The spring area was set in stone for the first time in 1941, is considered a symbol of Bessingen and is designated as a natural monument "Bessingen sulfur fountain".
  • Bessinger cliffs
The Bessinger Klippen in the northern part of the Ith east of Bessingen are a tourist attraction. The rock formations weathered out of the Korallenoolith lie below the Ith ridge. The approximately 15 m high column-like rock group Adam and Eve is registered as a natural monument. All parts of the Bessinger Klippen are no longer approved for alpine climbing.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The state road L 558 runs through Bessingen . The federal road 1 runs only about 1 km north of the village.

Two local bus routes from Hameln-Pyrmont connect Bessingen with Coppenbrügge and Hameln. The nearest train stations can also be found there.

Web links

Commons : Bessingen  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Official municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany . Final results according to the September 13, 1950 census. Volume  33 . W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart / Cologne August 1952, p. 35 , col. 2 ( digital version [PDF; 26.4 MB ; accessed on November 11, 2019] Landkreis Holzminden, p. 44).
  2. ↑ a b About Bessingen. In: bessingen.com. Retrieved January 3, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Preliminary Bessinger village chronicle. (PDF; 2.64 MB) In: bessingen.com. November 1988, Retrieved January 3, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Bessingen - in short. (PDF; 123 kB) In: bessingen.com. Retrieved January 3, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Flyer 950 years of Bessingen. (PDF; 662 kB) In: bessingen.com. Association for Home Care Bessingen e. V., October 2012, accessed on January 3, 2016 .
  6. ↑ a b c d Henning Sander: Village development concept. (PDF; 4.81 MB) In: bessingen.com. 2011, accessed January 3, 2016 .
  7. ^ Ulrich Schubert: Community directory Germany 1900 - Holzminden district. Information from December 1, 1910. In: gemeindeververzeichnis.de. February 3, 2019, accessed November 13, 2019 .
  8. ^ A b c Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Landkreis Holzminden ( see under: No. 2 ). (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  9. ↑ Church. In: bessingen.com. Retrieved January 3, 2016 .
  10. ^ Friedrich Pfennigsdorf: Chronicle of Bessingen . Coppenbrügge 1988, p. 38 ( digitized version [PDF; accessed on November 11, 2019]).
  11. ↑ Source of sulfur. In: bessingen.com. Retrieved January 3, 2016 .
  12. ↑ a b Directory in accordance with Section 14 (9) NAGBNatSchG - natural monuments. (PDF; 24 kB) In: hameln-pyrmont.de. Hameln-Pyrmont district - lower nature conservation authority, August 10, 2015, accessed on January 4, 2016 .
  13. ^ Ordinance on the safeguarding of natural monuments in the Hameln-Pyrmont district. (PDF; 7.84 MB) (See: Appendix 2). (No longer available online.) In: hameln-pyrmont.de. June 7, 2005, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on March 10, 2015 .
  14. ↑ Bessinger Cliffs. In: IG Climbing website. Retrieved September 6, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Local public transport - bus route 50. (PDF; 1.89 MB) (No longer available online.) In: oeffis.de. KVG Hameln, archived from the original on January 4, 2016 ; Retrieved January 3, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Local public transport - bus route 51. (PDF; 851 kB) (No longer available online.) In: oeffis.de. KVG Hameln, archived from the original on January 4, 2016 ; Retrieved January 3, 2016 .