Bokeloh (Wunstorf)
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Bokeloh
City of Wunstorf
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| Height : | 46 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 9.7 km² | |
| Residents : | 2249 (March 1, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 232 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | March 1, 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 31515 | |
| Primaries : | 05031, 05033 | |
Location of Bokeloh in Lower Saxony |
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 Aerial view of Bokeloh (left) and the Kaliberg (right), which partially obscures the smaller neighboring village of Mesmerode in the picture
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Bokeloh is a village and district of Wunstorf in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony . The name means "beech forest". The west floodplain flows through it.
history
The place name is mentioned for the first time in the name of a castle of Bishop Ludolf von Minden , the "castrum boklo". This building still exists today in the form of the Bokeloh Castle ("castrum novum"). The village later came into the possession of the Count of Schaumburg . In the 15th century the Bokeloh office was created, to which the neighboring villages of Idensen and Mesmerode as well as the exclave of Klein Heidorn also belonged. It was popularly known as the “Butteramt” because it mainly supplied the nearby city of Hanover with butter. In 1647 the office was reclassified to the Principality of Calenberg and in 1819 it was incorporated into the larger office of Blumenau (today a western district of Wunstorf).
Witch hunts were carried out in Bokeloh from 1566 to 1620 : two (or three) women got into witch trials , one was probably burned in 1566. In 1567 a witch hunt was carried out in the Bokeloh office, in which a woman got into a witch trial and was burned.
In 1928 the previously independent village of Kronsbostel (historically also known as Cronsbostel ) , located directly to the east, was incorporated into Bokeloh.
On March 1, 1974, Bokeloh was incorporated into the city of Wunstorf.
religion
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Cross , also known as the Kreuzkirche for short, is located on the street “An der Kreuzkirche”. It was consecrated in 1961 and its parish of the same name belongs to the Neustadt-Wunstorf parish .
The Catholic Church of St. Konrad von Parzham is located on Mesmeroder Straße. Its foundation stone was laid in March 1960 and in November of the same year it was consecrated by Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen . Since September 1st, 2012 the church belongs to the parish of St. Bonifatius in Wunstorf.
politics
Local council
The local council of Bokeloh consists of five councilors and two councilors from the following parties:
(Status: local election September 11, 2016)
Local mayor
The local mayor of Bokeloh is Matthias Waterstradt (CDU). His deputy is Gisela Thisius (CDU).
coat of arms
The design of the coat of arms of Bokeloh comes from the heraldist and coat of arms painter Gustav Völker , who designed all coats of arms in the Hanover region. The award of the coat of arms was carried out on June 24, 1954 by the Lower Saxony Minister of the Interior .
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Blazon : " Split , in front in green a silver butter churn studded with four ribbons, behind in silver an upright, green beech branch with three leaves, the handle covered by two black , crossed mountain hammers ." |
| Foundation of the coat of arms: The former Bokeloh office , the area around Bokeloh, Idensen and Mesmerode , was popularly known as the “Butteramt” because the farmers in this area brought butter to the market in Wunstorf and Hanover . Mallets and iron has been the symbol of mining since the Middle Ages, which has a tradition thanks to the potash mine in Bokeloh. The beech branch with the green leaves is supposed to symbolize the name of the place, because Bokeloh means beech forest. |
Culture and sights
Architectural monuments
→ See: List of architectural monuments in Bokeloh
Photo gallery
Townscape
Rock salt dump in front of Bokeloh
Sigmundshall potash plant
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Economy and Infrastructure
Sigmundshall potash plant
The Sigmundshall potash plant of K + S AG is located in Bokeloh . The mine was founded in 1896 as Kalibohrgesellschaft Wunstorf , which was then named after its chairman, Sigmund Meyer , and was connected to the Steinhuder Meer-Bahn in 1906 . The white-gray spoil dump , a so-called Kalimanjaro , which is visible from afar, is approved for a height of 140 meters.
Local supply
In 2001 the local supply market in Bokeloh closed. Since then it has not been possible to win an investor and an operator to supply the residents with everyday products, especially food and household goods. In 2018, citizens from Bokeloh founded an operating company for a village shop with an integrated small cafe as a meeting point through the working group “AG Zukunft Bokelohs” . The village shop should also become a place of education on the subject of local products. Its opening is scheduled for March 2020.
traffic
Three regular bus connections of the RegioBus Hannover in the GVH tariff association offer trips to Wunstorf and neighboring towns at nine stops.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Numbers data facts. (PDF; 167 kB) In: Website of the city of Wunstorf. March 1, 2018, p. 1 , accessed March 1, 2019 .
- ^ Gerhard Schormann : witch hunt in Schaumburg. In: Lower Saxony Yearbook for State History. Volume 45, Hildesheim 1973, pp. 149-151.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Jan Peter Wiborg: Bokeloh: A village in structural change . Bielefeld 1998, ISBN 3-89534-166-5 .
- ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 198 .
- ↑ a b Mandate holders in the committees of the city of Wunstorf. (PDF; 176 kB) In: Website of the city of Wunstorf. Accessed March 1, 2019 (p. 5).
- ^ A b Landkreis Hannover (ed.): Wappenbuch Landkreis Hannover . Self-published, Hanover 1985, p. 532-533 .
- ↑ Bokeloh village shop. In: www.dorfladen-bokeloh.de. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Sven Sokoll: The village shop in Bokeloh will probably open at the end of the year. In: Website Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. May 20, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
