Betzhorn

Betzhorn Community Wahrenholz Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ 15 ″  N , 10 ° 35 ′ 50 ″  E
Height :	59–63 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	609
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	29399
Area code :	05835
Location of Betzhorn in Lower Saxony
Entrance

Betzhorn is a district of the municipality of Wahrenholz , in the Gifhorn district in Lower Saxony . The name is pronounced with a long e ( Beetshorn ).

The village has now grown together with the neighboring village of Wahrenholz in the south thanks to new buildings. In the north, a road initially led to the Heiliger Hain nature reserve ; it was only expanded to Oerrel in the post-war period .

history

Betzhorn probably dates back to around 1150, when Wends were settled here in the course of colonization east of the Elbe . In the 13th century, a document mentioned that the Hildesheim bishop Konrad II von Riesenberg separated Wahrenholz with two other villages, Betzhorn and Westerholz , from the archdeaconate of Hankensbüttel and that these three villages then formed a separate parish . In the 15th century Betzhorn had around 50 inhabitants, in 1489 a tax list listed five full farms and two Kötner. In 1528, the Reformation was introduced in Wahrenholz, whose parish also includes Betzhorn . The first census in 1811 showed that Betzhorn had now grown to 201 inhabitants. In 1838 a fire engine was purchased in Wahrenholz, and Betzhorn was also part of the fire fighting district. In 1888 there were 257 inhabitants in Betzhorn, in 1925 there were already 300. In 1932 the Isenhagen district , to which Betzhorn belonged, was dissolved and Betzhorn moved to the Gifhorn district. In 1939 the number of inhabitants rose to 351 when the Teichgut settlement was founded in 1933 . After 1945, the population increased further due to the settlement of expellees from the German eastern regions. In 1950 Betzhorn had 633 residents, some of whom, however, soon moved away because of the low number of jobs available. A new school building was built around 1962, which was closed on April 1, 1972 and is now used as a village community center. On March 1, 1974, the municipality of Betzhorn lost its independence and was incorporated into Wahrenholz.

Infrastructure

For over 100 years exist in Betzhorn the restaurant Lönskrug and the volunteer fire department Betzhorn, is one of today also a fire Musikzug. The infrastructure also includes a courtyard café, the DRK readiness Wahrenholz, a playground, a swimming lake, sports facilities and the war memorial. The school, the grocery store (Heiliger-Hain-Str. 28), the post office and the Heidekrug restaurant (Grüner Weg 3) were closed. The Wahrenholz parish has a trombone choir in Betzhorn. Kindergarten, school, post office, bank and savings bank, shopping facilities for daily needs, church (Evangelical-Lutheran) and cemetery are available in the neighboring village of Wahrenholz. The closest Catholic church is the Assumption of Mary in Wesendorf, around 8 kilometers away .

A tourist attraction is the Heilige Hain around two kilometers north of Betzhorn, one of the oldest nature reserves in Germany, in which an original piece of the Lüneburg Heath cultural landscape with heather areas, unspoilt mixed stands and, above all, juniper groups has been preserved. For the core area, it was decreed as early as 1913 that the cultural species ratio could no longer be changed; the area, which has meanwhile increased from 5.75 to 40.30 hectares, has been under nature protection in today's sense since 1969. A Hermann-Löns memorial stone has stood northeast of the Holy Grove since 1984 . Other nature reserves near Betzhorn are Rössenbergheide - Külsenmoor and the Oerrelbach lowland area .

Views

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  War memorial

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  Village idyll

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  Former school

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  Lönkrug

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  Fire station

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  Bathing lake

literature

• Wolfgang Meibeyer: Vogtei Wahrenholz four places, three rulers. Beginnings and medieval development of Wahrenholz and Betzhorn, Wesendorf and Westerholz. Series of publications of the district archive. Gifhorn 2004.
• Wolfgang Meibeyer: The villages and farms of the Vogtei Wahrenholz. In: Gifhorn district calendar 2004.

Web links

Commons : Betzhorn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of Wesendorf on the website of the municipality Wesendorf , accessed on September 30, 2017.
2. ^ History of the Wahrenholz parish , accessed on September 30, 2017.
3. ↑ Chronicle of the Wahrenholz fire brigade ( memento of the original from June 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 30, 2017. 
4. ↑ Chronicle that was lost. az-online.de, October 23, 2017, accessed on March 28, 2019
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. 226 .
6. ↑ Internet presence of the Hofcafé ( Memento of the original dated September 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 30, 2017. 
7. ↑ Internet presence of the DRK readiness Wahrenholz , accessed on September 30, 2017.
8. ↑ Trombone Choir Betzhorn on the website of the Ev.-luth. St. Nicolai and Catharinen Congregation Wahrenholz , accessed on September 30, 2017.