Blender (Verden district)

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Verden
Joint municipality :	Thedinghausen
Height :	12 m above sea level NHN
Area :	38.28 km 2
Residents:	2885 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	75 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	27337
Area code :	04233
License plate :	VER
Community key :	03 3 61 002
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Verdener Weg 1 ; 27337 Blender
Website :	www.thedinghausen.de
Mayor :	Andreas Meyer ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Blender in the district of Verden

Blender is a municipality in the Thedinghausen municipality in the Verden district in Lower Saxony . The municipality extends over an area of 38.31 km² .

geography

In addition to the town of Blender, the towns of Adolfshausen , Amedorf , Einste , Gahlstorf, Hiddestorf , Holtum-Marsch , Intschede , Oiste , Reer, Ritzenbergen, Seestedt, Varste and Winkel belong to the municipality.

Nature reserve east of the center of Blender is the 6.3 hectare lake Blender . It extends in a north-south direction, is approx. 1000 m long, a maximum of 100 m wide and has been a nature reserve since 1936 . On a 50 m long section there is a swimming area with a jetty and diving tower.

history

Windmill blender

The oldest place in the parish is Oiste, which is mentioned in 860. Ritzenbergen and Amedorf are mentioned in documents in 935. The first historical mention of Blender occurs in 1186 as blender . Other old towns are Intschede, which is mentioned as early as 1124, and Hiddestorf, which is mentioned for the first time in 1179.

The affiliation of the localities to offices and districts changed. Some of the villages belonged to County Hoya , to Verden or to Schwarme .

A homepage about Alt-Blender has existed since 2008. There are pictures and documents on the history of the community on it.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the communities Einste, Intschede and Oiste were incorporated.

religion

Church of the Ev.-luth. Blender parish, January 2012

St. Michaelis Church in Intschede

There are a total of three Protestant churches in the Blender parish. They belong to the Evangelical Church in Hanover and have been united in a pastoral office since 1970, but still independent.

Ev.-luth. Blender parish: The parish was founded in 1126. The Reformation was introduced after 1558. Today's church was built between 1825 and 1827 by Ludwig Hellner . The baroque west tower dates from 1764.
Ev.-luth. Intschede community: The community was founded in 1120. The introduction of the Reformation only happened in 1574 when the last Catholic pastor Wolterus Bornemann died. Today's St. Michaelis Church in Intschede was consecrated in 1819 after the old church had to be demolished due to its dilapidation.
Ev.-luth. Community of Oiste: Oiste was originally a branch church of Wechold . In 1420 a church building was mentioned for the first time. From 1936 to 1953/57, Oiste was the seat of the regional superintendent of the Verden-Hoya district of the Evangelical Lutheran regional church of Hanover . The current church dates from 1832 and was designed by Friedrich August Ludwig Hellner .

politics

Municipal council

The Blender municipality council consists of 13 councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 2001 and 3000 inhabitants. The council members are elected for a five-year term by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party	Proportional votes	Number of seats
CDU	47.57%	6th
SPD	31.14%	4th
Green list	14.59%	2
FDP	6.68%	1

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 60.20%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%.

mayor

The council elected council member Andreas Meyer (CDU) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.

coat of arms

A red post in silver, topped with a gothic silver key with a four-pass hatch (" Bremen key "), which is inclined to the right and with the beard to the left , accompanied by a black cross of nails ( Verden ) at the front and an upright one at the back red armored black bear paw ( County Hoya ). In the blue shield base, divided by a wave cut, a gold bangle open to the rear.

Infrastructure

The municipality of Blender, like all municipalities of the combined municipality of Thedinghausen, is connected to local public transport . There is a bus line between Verden and Thedinghausen. Doctor, kindergarten, elementary school, financial institutions and restaurants are available. In Intschede there is a lock system with water level measurement. The place had become a customs post for shipping on the Weser very early on .

Web links

Commons : Blender - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Municipality of Blender on the website of the municipality of Thedinghausen
Nature reserve "Blender See" (information from NLWK)
Historical picture archive - Alt-Blender
Historical postcards from the Thedinghausen - Blender community
Municipality SPIEGEL Blender - The village magazine

Individual evidence

↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
^ 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. 247 .
↑ BLENDER Kr. Verden. Ev. Church. In: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 , page 228
^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on March 24, 2017.
↑ ^a ^b Municipality of Blender - overall results of the 2016 municipal council election , accessed on March 24, 2017.
↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2017 .
↑ Blender City Council , accessed on March 24, 2017.

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-NI-1] State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).

[2] 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. 247 .

[3] BLENDER Kr. Verden. Ev. Church. In: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 , page 228

[4] Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on March 24, 2017.

[wahl-5] Municipality of Blender - overall results of the 2016 municipal council election , accessed on March 24, 2017.

[6] The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2017 .

[7] Blender City Council , accessed on March 24, 2017.