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This article deals with the place Brandlecht. For the noble family see Brandlecht (noble family) .

Burning bad City of Nordhorn Coordinates: 52 ° 23 ′ 48 ″  N , 7 ° 7 ′ 5 ″  E
Height :	26 m above sea level NN
Area :	15.5 km²
Residents :	921  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density :	59 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postcodes :	48529, 48531
Area code :	05921
Location of Brandlecht in the city of Nordhorn and in the Grafschaft Bentheim district
Evangelical Reformed Church

Brandlecht is a former municipality in the Grafschaft Bentheim district in Lower Saxony . The district belongs politically since 1974 Nordhorn .

geography

location

Brandlecht is located in south-western Lower Saxony, about four kilometers from the Dutch and 17 km from the North Rhine-Westphalian border. The nearest town is Hestrup (2 km south), the nearest towns are Nordhorn (6 km north) and Bad Bentheim (10 km south). The federal highway 403 runs through Brandlecht in a north-south direction ; District road 26 Nordhorn– Gildehaus runs parallel to the Dutch border . The district borders on the Vechte in the east .

Neighboring places

Brandlecht borders in the northwest on Nordhorn, in the northeast on Hesepe , in the southeast on Hestrup, in the south on the farmers Holt and Haar and in the west on Denekamp in the Netherlands.

history

Early history

Principal house Gut Brandlecht with fountain

Catholic Church

The area of ​​Brandlecht was settled in ancient times. The place name Brandlecht is mentioned for the first time in 1313. The name is derived from "Branteleget", the von Brandlecht family , who had their headquarters not far from the village and can be traced back to 1479. On the raised platform of this small noble residence, the principal house was built after the coming of the 14th century fountain in 1779 and is related to graft and fencing as an ensemble under monument protection . The neo-Gothic Catholic church, which was built from 1857 to 1859 and is also a listed building, is located on the former site of the von Brandlecht house. It has a turret in which there is a bell cast by Alexius Petit for Gescher and dated 1838.

In the Middle Ages the village was detached from the parish of Nordhorn and became a parish itself. At first it was a daughter church of Nordhorn, dedicated to St. Christophorus was consecrated. Perhaps a wooden church building was erected first, but today's building, the Evangelical Reformed Church, which is typical for the area, dates back to around 1450: a long house made of Bentheim sandstone in a simple Gothic style with a defensive-looking western tower on an elevation on the left bank of the Vechte which is dated from 1505 according to a band of inscriptions.

20th century

Incorporations

The Brandlecht farmers and the Brandlecht estate were merged on April 1, 1929 to form the Brandlecht community. On July 1, 1929, the north-westernmost tip was incorporated into the city of Nordhorn. On March 1, 1974, the whole of Brandlecht was incorporated into the district town of Nordhorn.

Economy and Infrastructure

Commercial and industrial

The city of Nordhorn has developed a large commercial and industrial area with 137 hectares in the north of the Brandlecht district (Nordhorn-Süd); it borders directly on the Blanke district. Mainly small and medium-sized craft and commercial enterprises have settled here. The headquarters of the Bentheim Railway with workshops and a railway depot are also located here.

The southern part of the “Bentheimer Straße” industrial park is also in the Brandlecht district.

traffic

Road traffic

Brandlecht is conveniently located on the B 403 and about 7 km from the Nordhorn / Bad Bentheim junction of the A 30 ( Bad Bentheim - Osnabrück - Bad Oeynhausen ).

Local public transport

Brandlecht is served by the regional bus route 40 of the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Grafschaft Bentheim (VGB), which takes you to Bad Bentheim and Nordhorn every hour . Furthermore, in the afternoon the VGB citizen bus route 33 runs via Hesepe to Nordhorn. The nearest passenger stations are the Nordhorn-Blanke station, approx. 5 km away, with a connection to the RB 56 line in the direction of Neuenhaus and Bad Bentheim, and the Bad Bentheim train station, approx. 10 km away .

air traffic

In about 12 km away Klausheide is the same airfield . Motor planes with a maximum total weight of 10 t and gliders can take off and land here. The nearest international airport is Münster / Osnabrück Airport in Greven .

media

The regional daily newspaper in Brandlecht is the Grafschafter Nachrichten .

Public facilities

fire Department

The municipalities of Brandlecht, Hestrup, Hesepe, Engden , Drievorden and Neerlage were requested to set up a fire fighting association by a decree of the County Council of Bentheim on April 30, 1935 . On December 9, 1935, the volunteer fire brigade was founded in Brandlecht . However, the municipalities initially made insufficient funds available, so that an operational fire brigade has only been possible since 1942. The missions were carried out with horse-drawn vehicles and portable pumps. In 1948 the first motor vehicle was purchased, a disused military vehicle, which was replaced by a fire engine in 1956. In 1968 a crew transport vehicle was added, in 1971 a used tank tender . Since the incorporation in 1974, the fire brigade has been called the "Voluntary Fire Brigade Nordhorn - Local Fire Brigade Brandlecht". Engden, Drievorden and Neerlage are no longer part of the fire fighting association. The youth fire brigade was founded in Brandlecht in 1975, in 1977 a new fire station for three vehicles and 60 emergency services was built, which was expanded in 2007 and adapted to current safety requirements. The Brandlecht local fire brigade is equipped with three vehicles: a team transport vehicle from 2010, a tank tender from 1981 and a fire fighting vehicle from 2003.

education

school

Until 1965 there was both a Catholic and a Reformed school in Brandlecht. In 1622 the Catholic school was first mentioned in a tax code. The school building was on the Brandlecht estate. In 1655 a second school was founded for the Reformed children from Brandlecht and Hestrup. The construction took place on the church square. It was a half-timbered building with a thatched roof. In 1844 the school building was replaced by a massive building with a classroom. In 1895, the school chronicle for the single-class school lists 58 children from the Brandlecht farmers, the Brandlecht estate community (Hofesaat) and the Hestrup farmers.

In November 1901, a rural continuing education school was established at the school, in which eight students attended the first year.

The School Maintenance Act came into force for all schools in Prussia on April 1, 1908. With this law, the duty to maintain schools and the right to administer their property and also to participate in the recruitment of teachers was withdrawn from school associations, parishes, patrons etc. and transferred to the legal representatives of the political communities. A general association was then formed in Brandlecht, which was responsible for the Reformed and Catholic primary schools. The school taxes were raised as a community burden and transferred to a common school fund. Due to the new circumstances, the application for a new Catholic school building could not be approved at first. It only takes place in 1911.

In 1921 the reformed school had 82 students. A second teaching position was established. Since there was still only one classroom, teaching was carried out in two shifts. In 1922 the 2nd classroom was added to the reformed school. After the French invaded the Ruhr area, many children were sent to the countryside. 15 children from Essen came to Brandlecht, eleven of them attended the Protestant and four the Catholic elementary school.

In 1932 the number of students had increased to 98, in 1933 the number of 105 students exceeded the hundred mark for the first time. On May 24, 1937, the two headmasters were informed that the Catholic elementary school would be closed from May 31, 1937 due to the low number of children. The headmaster of the Catholic primary school was transferred to the Protestant primary school, which was continued as a community school. The school consisted of four classes, with two grades being grouped into one class. 140 children attended the school at this time. Their number increased further in the following years: in 1938 to 147, in 1939 to 151, in 1940 and 1941 to 161 and in 1942 to 165.

The municipality of Hestup wanted to have its own school because of the increased number of students. In 1939 the school building in Hestrup was initially postponed due to the war. In 1944 the number of students rose to 161. They often changed during the school year as families from the Ruhr area were evacuated here. After the end of the war, teacher Wieking, who was not a member of the NSDAP, was able to start his service immediately. Temporarily he had to teach up to 200 students alone. The denominational schools were re-established on August 13, 1946. By accepting refugee children, the number of pupils rose to 175 in 1950.

The municipality of Hestrup again applied for the construction of its own school and the dissolution of the school association. The old school on Kirchplatz was then sold to the Reformed parish in 1952 for DM 5,000. This money went to the political community of Hestrup, which was able to start building the new school on the railway embankment. In 1953 the joint school association with Hestrup was dissolved. On July 1st, classes in Hestrup began with 57 students. At the evangelical elementary school Brandlecht 68 students remained in two classes.

In April 1955 the state government granted permission to build a new school. It was built in 1956 at a central location in the community with two classrooms, a group room and side rooms. The old building was initially taken over by the Reformed community, but in 1965 it was so dilapidated that it had to be demolished.

At the beginning of the school year 1962/63, the 9th school year was introduced, which the students from Brandlecht attended at the Ernst Moritz Arndt School in Nordhorn. In 1965 the Protestant and Catholic primary schools were reunited to form a school for students of all denominations. More than half of the Catholic students initially stayed away from class. Radio and daily newspapers report on the school strike in Brandlecht. Only after 16 days did all the children go to school.

Since 1966, the 7th and 8th school years have been schooled to Nordhorn. In 1967 the number of students rose sharply. The necessary extension to include two classrooms and three adjoining rooms was completed by the 1967 summer vacation. In 1971 the children in the 5th and 6th school years were sent to Nordhorn. The Brandlecht elementary school became the elementary school. In 1975 the primary school got a gym. In 1976 the Hestrup primary school was closed. The children from Hestrup attend school in Brandlecht again.

literature

in order of appearance

• Arnold Nöldecke: The art monuments of the province of Hanover . Issue 14: The districts of Lingen and Grafschaft Bentheim. Provincial Administration 1919.
• Heinrich Specht (edit.): The district of Grafschaft Bentheim (administrative district of Osnabrück). District description and regional planning plan together with statistical annex (Die Landkreise in Niedersachsen, Series D, Vol. 9), Bremen-Horn 1953.
• First coolness: Burning bad . In: Yearbook of the Heimatverein der Grafschaft Bentheim, 1976, pp. 113–124
• Heinz Aldekamp, ​​Werner Rohr: Nordhorn after 1945. Ed. VHS Grafschaft Bentheim. Adult Education Center, Nordhorn (Hellendoorn, Bad Bentheim) 1977, 1987, 1994 (5th edition).
• Bernd-Andreas Knoop: The big book of the county. Knoop, location 1984.
• Willy Friedrich: Brandlecht - an ancient settlement. In: Der Grafschafter , 1986, pp. 5-6.
• Hubert Titz: Nordhorn - a journey through time. County of Bentheim, museum coordination and adult education center, Nordhorn 1998, ISBN 3-922303-30-7 .
• Margret Delißen (editor), Helmut Röh (ill.), Bärbel Görtzen: Nordhorn - border town without borders. Neomedia-Verlag, Reken 1999.
• Steffen Burkert (ed.): The county of Bentheim - history and present of a district . Publishing house Heimatverein Grafschaft Bentheim e. V., Bad Bentheim 2010, ISBN 3-922428-87-8 .
• Heinrich Baarlink: The Brandlecht community from 1945 until it was incorporated into the Nordhorn community in 1969 . In: Gerrit Kortmann, Gerrit Wieking (Red.): Evangelical-Old Reformed Congregation Nordhorn 1911–2011 . Published by the Ev.-altref. Parish of Nordhorn. Hellendoorn, Bad Bentheim 2011, ISBN 3-938552-08-5 , pp. 286-293.

Web links

Commons : Brandlecht  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Geodata Center - Brandlecht u. At the birch fens
2. ↑ Jellinghaus, Hermann: The Westphalian place names according to their basic words. Lipsius & Tischer, 1896. p. 127
3. ^ Book of arms of the Westphalian nobility. P. 20
4. ↑ Arnold Noldeke: The circles Lingen and Bentheim. P. 136
5. ↑ Willy Friedrich: Brandlecht - an ancient settlement. P. 5
6. ↑ Arnold Noldeke: The circles Lingen and Bentheim. P. 132
7. ^ 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. 254 .
8. ↑ Line network of the VGB (PDF)
9. ↑ https://www.be-mobil.de
10. ^ History of the Brandlecht fire department
11. ↑ Grafschafter Schulgeschichte: Katholische Volksschule Brandlecht ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ ^{a b} Grafschafter school history: Reformed elementary school Brandlecht until 1913 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ ^{a b c} Grafschafter Schulgeschichte: Reformierte Volksschule Brandlecht 1913–1951  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ↑ ^{a b c d} Grafschafter school history: Reformierte Volksschule Brandlecht 1952–1979  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ^ Grafschafter Nachrichten of June 22, 1970
16. ^ Grafschafter school history: Catholic elementary school Hestrup