Bierden

Bierden City of Achim Coordinates: 53 ° 0 ′ 49 ″  N , 9 ° 0 ′ 22 ″  E
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	28832
Area code :	04202
Location of Bierden in Lower Saxony

Stone Age representation of women, the so-called "Venus von Bierden", on a sandstone device

Bierden is a village in the Lower Saxon town of Achim in the Verden district . Bierden is located directly on the Weser and on the L 158 , which leads from Mahndorf to Achim. The A 27 runs north 1.5 kilometers away. The 56 hectare nature reserve Sandtrockenrasen Achim lies between the Achim districts of Bierden and Uphusen .

history

During archaeological excavations before the laying of the Northern European natural gas pipeline through Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Lower Saxony in 2011 to 2012, Stone Age groups of hunters and collectors, the so-called " Venus von Bierden ", were found between Bierden and Uphusen . It is an engraved anthropomorphic representation of a woman's body on an early Mesolithic sandstone about 5 × 7 cm in size .

On July 1, 1972, Bierden was incorporated into the city of Achim.

societies

• TSV Bierden eV from 1930
• Schützenverein Bierden eV (founded 1954)

Personalities

• Martin Brüns (1911–1976), politician ( SPD ), was mayor of Bierden in 1959
• Jörg Karaschewski (* 1967), flag expert

Web links

• Carl Borgward - Bierden test site

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sensation: "Venus von Bierden". Archaeologists are enthusiastic: First evidence of Ice Age human representation. - Weserkurier from August 20, 2011
2. ↑ archeology. The sensational Venus from the pipeline. - welt.de from October 10, 2011
3. ^ Venus site on the embankment in Bierden dissolved. Eliciting age from the Stone Age lady. - District newspaper from September 11, 2011
4. ↑ Photo of the “Venus von Bierden”
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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 247 .
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