Mellinghausen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 52 ° 42 '  N , 8 ° 54'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Diepholz
Joint municipality :	Siedenburg
Height :	44 m above sea level NHN
Area :	24.44 km 2
Residents:	1040 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	43 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	27249
Area code :	04272
License plate :	DH, SY
Community key :	03 2 51 027
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Allee 4 27254 Siedenburg
Website :	www.siedenburg-online.de
Mayor :	Günther Riedemann ( CDU )
Location of the community of Mellinghausen in the district of Diepholz

Part of Mellinghausen

Another part of Mellinghausen

Mellinghausen is a municipality in the Siedenburg municipality in the Diepholz district in Lower Saxony .

geography

The community is located about eight kilometers northeast of Sulingen on the disused freight railway line between Sulingen and Nienburg / Weser .

The community consists of the districts Mellinghausen, Brake and Ohlendorf as well as the place Schweghaus.

The Eschbach , an approximately 13 km long, right-hand or western tributary of the Siede , flows through Mellinghausen .

history

On March 1, 1974, the communities Brake and Ohlendorf were incorporated.

politics

City council and mayor

The local council from Mellinghausen consists of eleven council members and councilors.

• Flat share - 11 seats

(Status: local election on September 11, 2016)

Mayor is Günther Riedemann (CDU).

coat of arms

Description of coat of arms : Divided into red and gold; above the golden church in Mellinghausen with the tower to the right and below in front two connected black, red reinforced bear paws and a green shamrock . A black thread splits the golden field .

Symbolism: The black bear paws turned outwards with red claws on a golden background were a sign of the Counts of Hoya .

Culture and sights

theatre

The "Theater Group Eschbachtal" has existed in the Ohlendorf district since 1983. Every year there is a summer theater program in the Low German language on the open-air stage in Ohlendorf .

music

The Mellinghausen choir has existed since 1900. On May 6, 2000 the 100th anniversary was celebrated.

Buildings

John the Baptist Church in Mellinghausen

The church of Mellinghausen , of supra-local importance, was first mentioned in a document in 1277 and is consecrated to John the Baptist . The original church , built in Romanesque style from field stones , was rebuilt in 1893. After the old choir was torn down , a new, larger choir with a transept made of bricks in the neo-Romanesque style was added. The two construction phases can be easily distinguished from the outside due to the different construction methods. A Mellinghausen bakehouse built in 1606 has been part of the Syke District Museum since the 1990s .

Personalities

• Ernst Ostermann (1889–1970), politician (NSDAP / SRP / FDP), born in Ohlendorf
• Karl-Heinz Klare (* 1948), politician ( CDU ), from 2013 to 2017 Vice President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament .

Web links

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

• Internet presence of the joint community with information about Mellinghausen

Individual evidence

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. 189 .
3. ↑ http://www.wahlen.siedenburg-online.de/30/kw2016/wahlhtml.html
4. ^ Theater Eschbachtal