Mountains of beer

Mountains of beer Municipality Hohenhameln
	Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 38 ″ N , 10 ° 7 ′ 12 ″ E
Height :	92 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.31 km²
Residents :	841 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	90 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	31249
Area code :	05128
Location of Bierbergen in Lower Saxony
	View of mountains of beer

Bierbergen is a district of the municipality of Hohenhameln , Peine district in Lower Saxony . It has 841 inhabitants on an area of 9.31 km² ( as of December 31, 2018 ) .

geography

location

Until a new development area was settled, Bierbergen was a typical clustered village . Until then, shown as an example in the Dierke School Atlas , published to all primary school students. It is located to the east of Hohenhameln in the municipality of Hohenhameln.

Neighboring places

Hohenhameln
Saußmar
New Oedelum
Oedelum
Adenstedt
Groß Solschen
Klein Solschen
Stedum

history

First mention

The oldest surviving document that mentions Bierbergen dates back to 1068.

Place name

The old names of the place were in 1151 Bireberge , 1189 Birbergen and 1206 Berberg .

In Old English there is a word "bearo", "bearu" or "forest", which, according to new findings, is likely to be hidden in not a few Lower Saxony place names, such as in Barfelde, Böbber, Deckbergen, Eisbergs near Rinteln or Haimar east of Hanover.

Incorporations

Bierbergen was incorporated into the municipality of Hohenhameln on March 1, 1974 for the regional reform in Lower Saxony .

politics

Local council

The local council of Bierbergen consists of a councilwoman and six councilors from the following parties:

SPD : 5 seats
CDU : 2 seats

(Status: local election September 11, 2016)

Local mayor

The local mayor of Bierbergen is Dirk Pannicke (SPD). His deputy is Marc-André Delp (CDU).

Culture and sights

Buildings

The Protestant village church, which was completed in 1240, stands on a hill in the middle of the village and is an eye-catcher from the seven roads leading to it. The surrounding wall separates the forecourt, which was used as a cemetery until 1832, from today's village square, in the middle of which a memorial was inaugurated in 1960.

Photo gallery

The Evangelical St. Martin Church in Bierbergen
cenotaph

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

August Karl Arnold Michaelis (1847–1916), chemist

Web links

Commons : Bierbergen - Collection of images

Official website

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Population and area sizes. In: Website of the community of Hohenhameln. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
^ Jürgen Udolph (research): The "place name researcher". In: website NDR 1 Lower Saxony . Archived from the original on August 17, 2014 ; accessed on August 2, 2019 .
^ 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. 217 .
↑ ^a ^b Bierbergen local council. In: Website of the community of Hohenhameln. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
↑ Festschrift: Twenty Years of the Church District of Ölsburg.

[Zahlen-1] Population and area sizes. In: Website of the community of Hohenhameln. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .

[Ortsnamenforscher-2] Jürgen Udolph (research): The "place name researcher". In: website NDR 1 Lower Saxony . Archived from the original on August 17, 2014 ; accessed on August 2, 2019 .

[BibISBN-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. 217 .

[Rat-4] Bierbergen local council. In: Website of the community of Hohenhameln. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .

[Festschrift-5] Festschrift: Twenty Years of the Church District of Ölsburg.