Bockhorn (Walsrode)

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Bockhorn
City of Walsrode
Coordinates: 52 ° 49 ′ 41 ″  N , 9 ° 40 ′ 18 ″  E
Height : 76 m
Area : 9 km²
Residents : 290
Population density : 32 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 29664
Area code : 05162
Bockhorn (Lower Saxony)
Bockhorn

Location of Bockhorn in Lower Saxony

Bockhorn is a district of the town of Walsrode in the Heidekreis district in the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony . About 290 inhabitants live in the heath village on an area of ​​9.0 km².

geography

Bockhorn is located in the south-east of the city of Walsrode, 7 km south-east of the core town of Walsrode and 2.5 km east of Düshorn. In the eastern area, the place borders directly on a large military training area .

Neighboring communities are - clockwise from the north - Bad Fallingbostel , Fahrenholz , Krelingen and Düshorn .

history

Bockhorn was first mentioned in a document in 1237 . The name "Bockhorn" is derived from the location of the place. The syllable "boke" means beech , the syllable "horn" means corner or hill. Old beeches and oaks still stand on the Bockhorner Höfe and shape the appearance of the village.

In the course of the construction of the Bergen military training area , most of the Deil farm , which belonged to the municipality of Bockhorn, was cleared . The farm owners were compensated. The courtyard was incorporated into the nearby Oerbke barracks , and the buildings were then used as the officers' mess. The total size of the Bockhorn municipal area was 977 hectares , 72 hectares of which fell into the military training area.

Since the regional reform in Lower Saxony , which came into force on March 1, 1974, the previously independent municipality of Bockhorn has been one of 23 localities in the city of Walsrode.

politics

Ulrich Voss is the head of the village.

Culture and sights

The over 9  hectare unique ginseng gardens of the FloraFarm on the edge of the village are the only place in Europe where Korean ginseng has been professionally grown and marketed for almost 30 years.

  • Bockhorn

  • Bockhorn

  • FloraFarm, Bockhorn

  • Bockhorn clock

  • Town view

see also the list of monuments in Bockhorn

Economy and Infrastructure

The federal motorway 7 runs 1 km east of Bockhorn and the Walsrode motorway triangle is 4 km south. Of Bad Fallingbostel about Walsrode and Rethem to Nienburg leading national highway 209 runs 3.5 km north.

In Bockhorn there are no street names, only house numbers that residents, postmen, vendors and visitors have to use for orientation.

Web links

Commons : Bockhorn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On regional and administrative reform in Lower Saxony, cf. Blazek, Matthias: From the Landdrostey to the district government - The history of the district government Hanover as reflected in the administrative reforms, ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-89821-357-9 .