Brundorf

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Brundorf
Schwanewede municipality
Brundorf coat of arms
Coordinates: 53 ° 13 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 13 ″  E
Height : 36 m above sea level NHN
Area : 16.35 km²
Residents : 405  (Jun. 30, 2018)
Population density : 25 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 28790
Area code : 04209
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Location of Brundorf in the municipality of Schwanewede

Brundorf has been a village in the municipality of Schwanewede in the Osterholz district in Lower Saxony since 1974 . The localities Lilkendey and Karlshorst belong to the village.

geography

Brundorf is east of Schwanewede, south of Garlstedt, west of Osterholz-Scharmbeck and north of Bremen - Burglesum . The area of ​​the Brundorf district is 1635 hectares. Around 1800 there were 14 houses in Brundorf, 200 years later there were 70 houses with around 370 inhabitants.

history

Stone blades or pieces of flint core show that the area was settled for a time after the last ice age . Presumably, the first settlement began in the early Stone Age around 4000 BC. The large stone graves of the Middle Neolithic (between about 3500 and 2800 BC) in the vicinity are an indication of a settlement. Urn finds and Bronze Age finds (cloth needle, tweezers, razor) in the urn cemetery prove a settlement around 1000–800 BC. The early Germanic Chauken lived here in the Bronze Age .

Brundorf was first mentioned in documents in the middle of the 14th century. Until the 15th century it was only very sparsely populated as a wooded area. In the registers of the Bremen cathedral provost Franz Grambeke (1513-1521) Brundorf was repeatedly the obligation to pay the tithe - which arose around 1400 to 1500 - documented.

Already at this time two roads intersected in Brundorf: the later Poststrasse from Osterholz to Vegesack and the highway from Bremen to Brake , which today is only recognizable as a topographical cut. From the 17th to the 19th century, the landlords in Blumenthal and Schönebeck were entitled to use the forests .

Around 1800 two Schönebecker Meier (administrators) were mentioned who were responsible for Brundorf and Hahle. In 1861, “Brundorf and Hahle”, which were not independent administrative units, was written into the register of parishes after Lesum . Around 1800 there were 14 houses in Brundorf. End of v19. In the 19th century, the Bremen merchant Baron Ludwig Knoop ordered the reforestation of his lands in the Brundorf district. With the concrete road 1952/1953 (L 149) the place got the connection to the road network. The chapel in the cemetery was consecrated in 1957; The bell tower was erected 20 years later. The village community center was built in 1979.

On March 1, 1974, Brundorf was incorporated into the community of Schwanewede.

politics

Mayor

The interests of Brundorf are represented by a mayor. In these cases he has to take part in the deliberations in the Council, in the Administrative Committee and in other committees.

Chapel and cemetery

Chapel and bell tower at the Brundorf cemetery
Sheepfold from the 17th century in Brundorf

As an area in Lower Saxony, Brundorf belongs to the Bremen Evangelical Church and is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church . St. Magni parish . Brundorf has owned a communal cemetery since 1954 and built a cemetery chapel there in 1956/57 , which has since been used as a church service room. The parish of St. Magni celebrates services and concerts there. The tradition of the Ascension Service in the open air under the bell tower. Inside the chapel, the Ascension of Christ can also be seen through a window by Will Torger (1910–1984). Another piece of jewelry is a mural woven from naturally dyed wool by Claudia Ripken.

In the northern part of the village (Schmidts Kiefern) there is a funeral forest .

Economy and Infrastructure

Industrial settlements

The Edeka headquarters are located in the Brundorf industrial park , followed in 1972 by the main Hanover cooperative.

traffic

Two bus lines connect Schwanewede via Brundorf with other districts and the core town of Osterholz-Scharmbeck.

The A 27 motorway touches the town to the west and exit 14 - Schwanewede leads to Betonstraße. The former federal highway B 6 runs east of the place.

Others

  • The Drepte spring lakes are in the immediate vicinity .
  • In Brundorf there is one of the largest nudist facilities in Germany and a guest house of the "Friends of Nature" and on weekends one of the largest skater facilities in the Elbe-Weser triangle region .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Data and facts: population figures and area sizes of the individual localities. In: Website of the community of Schwanewede. June 30, 2018, accessed March 13, 2019.
  2. ^ Alfred Schweder : Brundorf: A small village story . Manuscript, around 1951.
  3. ^ 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. 244 .
  4. ↑ Main statute of the community of Schwanewede, §5 mayor.
  5. ↑ Friedwald Bremer Schweiz https://www.friedwald.de/standorte/bremer-schweiz/
  6. ↑ http://www.fkk-bremen.de/
  7. ↑ http://www.naturfreundehaus-brundorf.de/