Bornum (Bockenem)

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Bornum am Harz
City of Bockenem
Bornum coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′ 41 ″  N , 10 ° 8 ′ 22 ″  E
Height : 128 m above sea level NN
Residents : 1161  (Jan. 1, 2015)
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 31167
Area code : 05067

Bornum , at times also Bornum / Harz , is a district of Bockenem in the Hildesheim district in Lower Saxony , which is located in the historic landscape of the Ambergau .

geography

The place is about four kilometers south of the core town of Bockenem directly on the A 7 , the B 243 Hildesheim - Seesen runs through the place . Bornum is 128 meters above sea ​​level .

history

Bornum was first mentioned in a document in 1132. It was the seat of the Lords of Bornem, the most important landowners were the Lamspringe Monastery , the Dukes of Braunschweig and the Counts of Wohldenberg . Bornum was an industrial village for a long time. The Wilhelmshütte had existed on the Nette since 1727 . Until it went bankrupt in 1966, it operated as a stove and oven factory with around 600 employees. This is where the BORNUM stove, which is known far beyond the region, was manufactured. With the construction of the Derneburg – Seesen railway , which was completed in 1887 to Bockenem and in 1889 to Seesen, Bornum received a railway connection through the establishment of a stop. However, the line was closed in 1990 for passenger and in 1995 also for goods traffic. It is still used occasionally by a museum railway and occasionally for the transport of goods.

For the development of the postal system in Klein-Rhüden and Bornum see: Post route Braunschweig-Göttingen .

On March 1, 1974, the Bornum am Harz community, which belonged to the Gandersheim district , was incorporated into the town of Bockenem.

religion

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Cosmas and St. Damian, belonging to the Gandersheim-Seesen provost, is located almost at the eastern end of the village in Heerstrasse .

The Catholic Church of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus was built in 1958/59, it was a branch church of the parish of St. Clemens in Bockenem . It was profaned in 2010 and the building is now used by a roofing company. Today the nearest Catholic church is five kilometers away in Bockenem.

politics

The seven-member local council of Bockenem consists of 4 members from the CDU and 3 from the SPD.

Local mayor is Ralf Marten (CDU).

Culture and sights

  • The most important building in Bornum is the Protestant church with a massive square tower.
  • The former blast furnace of the Wilhelmshütte has been an industrial monument since its renovation in 1982 .
  • A museum railway runs between Derneburg and Bornum several times a year .

  • Town view

  • Historic blast furnace from 1727

  • Wilhelmshütte

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

The HAW 9 works railway of HAW Linings GmbH in Bornum is moving on behalf of the Hildesheim operating association. V. their museum car on the railway line from Derneburg to Bornum .
  • The HAW Linings GmbH is a subsidiary of GBT group of companies, located in Bornum for over 80 years in the industrial corrosion protection is specialized. Their offer ranges from the rubber coating of components and devices - usually steel - to the manufacture of the devices and steel components themselves, including corrosion protection.
  • HAW Linings GmbH leased the railway line from Derneburg to Bornum in 1996 in order to bring tank wagons, which are to receive a new interior coating, to their plant in Bornum. In 1996, she bought the HAW 9 diesel locomotive with cardan shaft drive as a works railway. The diesel locomotive was built in 1966 by Maschinenbau Kiel under the serial designation MaK G 320 B ex and the factory number 220083. HAW Linings GmbH provides the diesel locomotive for the Hildesheim steam train operating association. V. for their journeys with historical railroad cars on the railway line from Derneburg to Bornum.

education

Bornum has a kindergarten and a primary school.

literature

  • Wilhelm Ackenhausen: Bornum and its surroundings in the middle Ambergau . Bornum / Harz, 1962

Web links

Commons : Bornum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 210 .