Brackstedt

Brackstedt City of Wolfsburg
Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 33 ″  N , 10 ° 46 ′ 2 ″  E
Height :	66 m
Residents :	1822  (December 31, 2017)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	38448
Area code :	05366
Location in Wolfsburg

Former school

Town view

Brackstedt is a district in the far north of Wolfsburg . Until 1972 Brackstedt was an independent municipality and became a Wolfsburg district due to the regional reform, which belongs to the locality Brackstedt-Velstove-Warmenau .

geography

Brackstedt is located between the Südheide and Drömling nature parks on the Kleine Aller in the historic landscape of the Vorsfelder Werder , an Ice Age Geest ridge . The place is on the edge of the Werder, which slopes down to the valley of the Little Aller .

history

Memorial stone to the deserted Badekoth east of Brackstedt

There are different explanations for the meaning of the word part Brack- in the name Brackstedt. It could indicate the Low German brake for breaking up (from the ground), but it could also mean lying fallow or stand for breaking flax in the sense of Low German braken . The basic word -stedt stands in Old Low German as -stedi for a settlement.

Brackstedt was mentioned for the first time in 1434 in an income register of the Lords of Bartensleben . Another mention was made in 1505 in a document about the villages in Wolfsburg Werder (from 1742 Vorsfelder Werder) as Bragstede . The original village shape was that of a Wendish round , which, due to the distribution of the arable land, was initially designed for 9 courtyards. Like other villages in the Vorsfelder Werder, Brackstedt was created around the 12th century as part of a colonization measure. The first inhabitants were Slavs, who were exempt from tithe due to their Slavic origin in the Middle Ages . The numerous Slavic field names around the place also indicate the Slavic population. During the Thirty Years' War the village suffered just like the other Werderdörfer. Four of the 15 farms had fallen in desolation , three farms had burned down and the owners of three other farms had been hung up or tortured by Swedish soldiers ( Swedish drink ) . In 1663, 15 years after the end of the war, a register lists 40 residents (over 14 years old) on 12 farms. According to a settlement register from around 1850, there were 22 farms in Brackstedt at that time. In a fire in 1846 six of the twelve courtyards burned down.

To the east of the village, a memorial commemorates the deserted village of Badekoth .

On July 1, 1972, Brackstedt, which previously belonged to the Helmstedt district , was incorporated into the city of Wolfsburg under the Wolfsburg law .

In the 2000s and 2010s, the new Heidkamp development area was built in the south of the district , which more than doubled Brackstedt's population. A daycare center and a supermarket have also settled there.

Population development

Wolfsburg-Brackstedt - Population development since 2013
development	year	Residents
	2013	1,616
	2014	1,747
	2015	1,801
	2016	1,826
	2017	1,822
	Source: City of Wolfsburg - population register - evaluation of the Strategic Planning, Urban Development, Statistics unit. On December 31 of each year.

politics

The Brackstedt district belongs to the Brackstedt-Velstove-Warmenau locality and is represented by a local council. The local mayor is Angelika Jahns ( CDU ).

Culture and sights

Brackstedter Mühle on the Kleine Aller

• The Brackstedter Mühle is a historic water mill , which was first mentioned in a document in 1434 and which is a station on the Lower Saxony Mill Road. It is located in the north of the village on the Kleine Aller directly on the border with the municipality of Jembke in the district of Gifhorn . The inn, which opened in the mill in 1913, has been expanded over time into today's hotel-restaurant with a hall. In 2003 the mill wheel was partially renovated.
• The old school house in the center of the village with the pointed roof turret and the large school clock was built as a characteristic, charming brick building in 1928 and is a cultural monument. A public bookcase has been in front of the building since 2020 .

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

Since 2017, a Netto Marken-Discount with a bakery branch and a small café has again offered a shop in Brackstedt. The general stores Ehlers and Jaeckel, the post office and, most recently, the Winkelmann grocery store were closed many years earlier. The Dorfkrug restaurant in the center of the village was also given up. The Hotel Brackstedter Mühle is located outside the town .

education

The school in Brackstedt was closed in 1969 , today the nearest school is in the neighboring district of Kreuzheide . The Brackstedt day-care center has existed since August 2012, and is sponsored by the Evangelical Lutheran Church District Wolfsburg-Wittingen.

literature

• Maria Schlelein: 500 years and more, history of the village Brackstedt . Wolfsburg 2005, ISBN 3-87327-038-2

Web links

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

• Brackstedt on the website of the city of Wolfsburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} City of Wolfsburg: Population report 2018 on https://www.wolfsburg.de [PDF, 1.2 MB]
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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 221 .
3. ↑ Brackstedter Mill
4. ^ Braunschweigische Landschaft eV (Ed.): Kulturdenkmale Stadt Wolfsburg . Appelhans Verlag Braunschweig, June 2004, ISBN 3-937664-05-X , page 84
5. ↑ Brackstedter are happy: The town finally has a supermarket. waz-online.de, accessed on August 24, 2017.
6. ↑ Brackstedt day care center on the website of the city of Wolfsburg , accessed on December 3, 2016