Buchholz in the north heath

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Coat of arms of the city of Buchholz in the Nordheide
Buchholz in the north heath
Map of Germany, position of the city of Buchholz in the Nordheide highlighted

Coordinates: 53 ° 20 '  N , 9 ° 52'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Harburg
Height : 72 m above sea level NHN
Area : 74.65 km 2
Residents: 39,729 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 532 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 21244
Primaries : 04181, 04186, 04187
License plate : WL
Community key : 03 3 53 005
City structure: 6 districts

City administration address :
Rathausplatz 1
21244 Buchholz in the north heath
Website : www.buchholz.de
Mayor : Jan-Hendrik Röhse ( CDU )
Location of the city of Buchholz in the Nordheide in the Harburg district
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Buchholz in der Nordheide is the largest town in the Harburg district and is located on the northern edge of the Lüneburg Heath . She is an independent municipality , is one of Lower Saxony and is located about 30 km south of Hamburg in the same northern German s metropolitan area .

geography

Natural location

Buchholz in der Nordheide lies on the eastern edge of the Black Mountains , at the transition area from their northern part, the Harburg Mountains , to their southern part, the Lohberge . They belong to the Hohe Heide , a terminal moraine of the Drenthe II and the Warthestadiums of the Saale Ice Age . The highest point is the Brunsberg ( 129.5  m ) , which is near the Sprötze district of Buchholz in the Lohberge . Further elevations can be found with the Nuppenberg (114 m), the Stucksberg (102 m) as well as the Dangerser Berg (120 m) and the habenberg (120 m), especially in the north of the city. On the eastern slope of the Brunsberg lies the Höllental, a geomorphologically remarkable relic of a modern periglacial dry valley . The city is only touched at its borders by larger rivers. These are the Elbe tributaries, the Este in the west and the Seeve in the south near Holm. Otherwise there are a number of smaller streams such as Pulverbach, Trelder Bach , Sprötzer Bach and Reindorfer Bach as well as the Steinbach (Seppenser Bach) that flows through the urban area from the source in the northwest at Meilsen to the confluence with the Seeve in the south , which is the Buchholz village of Steinbeck owes its name.

Neighboring communities

Buchholz borders in the north on the towns of Emsen , Nenndorf and Eckel , which are part of the municipality of Rosengarten , in addition Rade in the municipality of Neu Wulmstorf , in the east on Jesteburg and Hanstedt , in the south on Undeloh and Handeloh , and in the west on Tostedt , Kakenstorf , Drestedt and Wenzendorf .

Neighboring cities

.: Place name sign Stadt Buchholz (Nordheide)
Buxtehude
19 km
Hamburg
26.55 km
Seevetal
10.48 km
Hollenstedt
11.01 km
Neighboring communities Winsen (Luhe)
22.81 km
Tostedt
11.15 km
Schneverdingen
23.81 km
Jesteburg
5.92 km

City structure

Buchholz consists of a total of six districts. These are the core city and the five localities, each of which has its own local council and local mayor. Most of the city districts are in turn subdivided into districts, which, however, have no administrative significance. As the smallest town, Reindorf has only one mayor.

Districts (sorted in descending order by number of inhabitants):

  • Buchholz (city center)
    • Reindorf village
    • Vaensen district
    • Buensen district
  • Holm-Seppensen
    • Seppensen district
    • District of Holm-Seppensen
    • District of Holm
  • Steinbeck
    • Steinbeck district
    • Meilsen district
  • Sprout
    • Sprötze district
    • Brumhagen district
  • Trelde
    • Trelde district
    • District Suerhop
  • Dibbersen
    • Dibbersen district
    • Dangersen district

(Pronunciation: Vaensen, Buensen and Suerhop are pronounced with a long vowel (stretched -e ) and not with an umlaut, in the Hanoverian state survey around 1770, for example, Buensen is still recorded as Buhnsen)

climate

The climate in Buchholz is classified as warm and temperate. There is significant rainfall in Buchholz, even in the driest month. The annual average temperature is 8.3 ° C, with an average of 745 mm of precipitation in one year.

At 43 mm, February is the month with the lowest rainfall of the year. July is the wettest month of the year with 79 mm and also the warmest month with an average of 18 ° C. January is coldest with an average of 2 ° C.

history

Although Buchholz is a relatively young city in today's borders, the history goes back a long way.

The oldest evidence of human settlement in the Buchholz urban area is a camp site of Hamburg culture (13,000–10,000 BC), which was created at the end of the last ice age . Well-known monuments from prehistoric times are the barren bed in Klecker Wald and various groups of burial mounds, which date from the individual grave culture to the late Saxon period. A total of approximately 560 archaeological sites are known in the city.

The Sprötze district was first mentioned as Sproccinla 1105, the Steinbeck district in 1331. In 1450, Buchholz was first mentioned in the “Winsener Treasure Register” as the village “Bockholte”. At that time it probably consisted of only six farms.

In 1527 Buchholz became Protestant. In 1654 the first school was built in Buchholz. According to the Harburg office register , Buchholz had fourteen farms, a school and a jug in 1667. The arable area was 45.5 hectares. In 1699 the first fire fighting association was founded. From 1803 to 1814 Napoleon's troops occupied the village. During this time the Chaussee Bremen - Hamburg (today's B 75 ) was built away from the village. On May 15, 1857, the Buchholz community received self-government. On June 1, 1874, the Hamburg – Bremen railway line was opened to traffic with a station in Buchholz. The further route Buchholz – Lüneburg received its own train station. In 1899 the impregnation plant (Julius Rütger from Berlin) to the south of the train station was put into operation, initially with around fifty workers. Around 1900 a sand-lime brick factory was built opposite the train station. After the First World War it became a flour factory and later a barrel factory. The Bremer Reihe row house settlement has been located here since 1963 . In 1901 the Buchholz – Soltau railway line was inaugurated. In the same year a waterworks was built (existed until 1923). The following year, the Buchholz – Bremervörde railway line was inaugurated (the Buchholz– Hollenstedt section closed in 1968).

On June 8, 1925, Otto Telschow founded the first NSDAP local group in northern Lower Saxony in Buchholz . Telschow later became Gauleiter of the Gaus Ost-Hannover , whose seat was in Buchholz until the summer of 1932, before it was moved first to Harburg and later to Lüneburg. Despite this relocation, the place remained a center of National Socialist politics in the region. The Hall of Honor of the National Socialists , inaugurated on November 4, 1934, was located in Buchholz on Geraden Strasse and was the most important National Socialist place of worship and celebration in Gau Ost-Hannover. The swastika flag was waving on the chimney of the aforementioned barrel factory on Bremer Strasse and thus within sight of the “Hall of Honor”. A few workers who were organized in the SPD, which was persecuted at the time, had brought this flag down at night and in the fog and hid it for a few days. It was sent anonymously by post to the NSDAP in Harburg.

In 1936, the Dibbersen – Sittensen section of the Reichsautobahn (today's A1 ) was opened to traffic.

British tanks entered Steinbeck on April 19, 1945 . On June 6, 1945, the military government set up a provisional town council. In the “Hoheluft” inn in Steinbeck, parliamentarians began negotiations on April 29, 1945 to hand over the city of Hamburg to the British troops without a fight. The negotiating table can still be seen there today; posted documents remind of the event. Buchholz became a town on July 15, 1958. On December 14, 1959, it was given the addition "in der Nordheide", which has been used officially since January 1, 1960.

In August 1972, the new indoor and outdoor swimming pool in Herrenheide was inaugurated. In the same year, the district special school was opened and in 1974 the city's sewage network was connected to the district's sewer. In 1981, passenger traffic on the Buchholz – Lüneburg railway was stopped; this railway line was finally shut down in partial steps by 1996. The Buchholz – Jesteburg section is now part of the freight bypass to the Maschen marshalling yard .

Religions

Since the introduction of the Reformation , the inhabitants of Buchholz, which previously belonged to the Diocese of Verden , have been predominantly Evangelical-Lutheran.

The Evangelical Lutheran churches of St. Paul from 1892 in the city center and St. Johannis from 1967 in the southern part of the Hittfeld church district in the Lüneburg district of the regional church of Hanover . There are other Evangelical Lutheran churches in the Buchholz districts of Sprötze ( Kreuzkirche ) and Holm-Seppensen ( Martin Luther parish ).

The Christ Church belongs to the Evangelical Free Church Congregation (Baptists) in the Federation of Evangelical Free Church Congregations . The Friedenskirche , founded in 1952, belongs to the Bund Freikirchlicher Pfingstgemeinden . In addition, the Christian Assembly Buchholz has a parish hall here.

The Catholic St. Petrus Church was built in 1937, expanded in 1963 and extensively renovated in 2017; its parish belongs to the Diocese of Hildesheim .

The congregation of the New Apostolic Church, which dates back to 1932, belongs to the New Apostolic Church in Northern Germany .

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the municipalities of Dibbersen, Holm, Holm-Seppensen, Seppensen, Sprötze, Steinbeck and Trelde and parts of the dissolved municipalities of Itzenbüttel (Reindorf) and Lüllau (Holm-Seppensen) were incorporated as part of the municipal reform. The city's population increased by 50%.

Population development

Population development is based on territories from 1821 to 2016 according to the data on the right

(always on December 31st, unless otherwise stated)

  • 1821: 00.178
  • 1871: 00.350
  • 1905: 01,220
  • 1925: 02.138
  • 1939: 03.110
  • 1945: 05,000 (estimated number)
  • 1946: 06.003
  • 1958: 07,523
  • 1961: 08,574 (13,599 with the later incorporated towns, census on June 6th)
  • 1963: 10.364
  • 1968: 13,590
  • 1970: 13,726 (19,677 with the later incorporated towns, census on May 27)
  • 1972: 15,273 (22,620 with the towns incorporated the following day, June 30)

City of Buchholz in the north heath after the incorporations

  • 1972: 22,620 (July 1)
  • 1975: 26.393
  • 1998: 35.264
  • 1999: 35,603
  • 2000: 35.916
  • 2001: 36.109
  • 2002: 36,483
  • 2003: 36,943
  • 2004: 37,556
  • 2005: 37,987
  • 2006: 38.167
  • 2007: 38.162
  • 2010: 40,234
  • 2012: 40,790
  • 2014: 41,749
  • 2016: 41,077

politics

City council

Local election 2016
Turnout: 58.5% (2011: 55.5%)
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40
30th
20th
10
0
32.0%
20.1%
12.3%
12.2%
9.9%
9.1%
3.0%
0.8%
Gains and losses
compared to 2011
 % p
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
± 0.0  % p
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+ 4.5  % p
+ 4.2  % p
+ 9.1  % p
+ 0.7  % p
-1.6  % p

The participating parties achieved the following results in the last city ​​council elections :

Parties and constituencies 2001 2006 2011 2016
Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 14th 45.3 17th 32.0 12 32.0 12
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 13 22.3 8th 26.0 10 20.1 8th
GREEN Alliance 90 / The Greens 4th 11.9 4th 17.3 7th 12.3 5
FDP Free Democratic Party 5 10.0 4th 7.7 3 12.2 5
LEFT The left * - 2.3 1 2.3 1 3.0 1
AfD Alternative for Germany - - - - - 9.1 2 **
Pirates Pirate Party Germany - - - 2.4 1 0.8 0
RRP Retirees' party - - - 1.2 0 - -
BOY List BUB 1 2.0 1 - - - -
IDA List IDA 1 1.6 1 - - - -
UWG Independent voter community - 4.6 2 5.5 2 - -
BuLi Buchholz list - - - 5.7 2 9.9 4th
Otherwise. Others - - - - - 0.6 0
non-attached - - - - - - 1 **
total 38 100 38 100 38 100 38
voter turnout 52.4% 55.5% 58.5%

In addition, the full-time mayor has a seat and vote on the city council.

* 2006: WASG - Work & Social Justice - The Alternative Choice; In October 2015, Councilor Stemmler joined "The PARTY" after his exclusion from the left , which had thus taken over the seat of the left. He later resigned from this and remained a non-attached member of the council

** AfD originally 3; Councilor Stehnken, at number 1 on the AfD list for the local elections, resigned from the AfD after the election, but kept his seat and is now a non-attached council member

mayor

The current mayor is Jan-Hendrik Röhse ( CDU ).

Mayoral election 2001

In 2001, Norbert Stein ( SPD ), a full-time mayor who is also head of administration, was directly elected for the first time.

Mayoral election 2006

In the direct election of the mayor on September 10, 2006, the previous incumbent Norbert Stein lost 32.5% to his challenger Wilfried Geiger (independent) (67.5%), supported by the CDU and FDP . Geiger took office on November 1, 2006.

Mayoral election 2014

Jan-Hendrik Röhse (CDU) won the direct election of the mayor on June 15, 2014 ( runoff ) with 61.3% of the vote. His opponent Joachim Zinnecker (GREEN) lost with 38.7%. Röhse took office as mayor on November 1, 2014. A total of five approved candidates ran, in addition to the two run-off participants also the non-party Norbert Keese, Uwe Schulze and Ronald Bohn.

Buchholz community leader and mayor since 1869

  • 1869–1873: Hans-Heinrich Eggers
  • 1873–1880: Johann Heinrich Koch
  • 1880–1885: Hans-Heinrich Eggers
  • 1885–1894: (Peter?) Rehm
  • 1894–1900: Adolf Behrens
  • 1900-1906: PH Albers
  • 1906–1919: Adolf Behrens
  • 1919–1921: Wilhelm Meister
  • 1921–1924: Hermann Burgdorf ( DVP )
  • 1924–1928: Otto Meyer
  • 1928: Hermann Soltau
  • 1928-1933: Oskar Dost
  • 1933–1935: Theodor Mahler ( NSDAP )
  • 1935–1945: Rudolf Meyer (NSDAP)
  • 1945–1946: Otto Meyer
  • 1946–1947: Adolf Meyer (Independent)
  • 1947–1948: Heinrich Fricken ( SPD )
  • 1948–1950: Peter Cohrs ( DP )
  • 1950–1955: Adolf Meyer
  • 1955–1956: Friedrich Diekmann
  • 1956–1961: Ludwig Kröger ( UWG )
  • 1961: Wilhelm Prehn ( FDP )
  • 1961–1976: Adolf Matthies
  • 1976–1981: Margareta Braasch (SPD)
  • 1981–1991: Hans-Heinrich Schmidt ( CDU )
  • 1991–1994: Götz von Rohr (SPD)
  • 1994–2001: Joachim Schleif (CDU)
  • 2001-2006: Norbert Stein (SPD)
  • 2006–2014: Wilfried Geiger ( independent )
  • since 2014: Jan-Hendrik Röhse (CDU)

coat of arms

Blazon according to the main statute : The city's coat of arms shows a shield, the upper field of which is divided. On the left side of the shield there is a beech branch with five green leaves on a golden background . The right side of the shield shows two Lower Saxon horse heads in gold on a blue background , facing inwards. The lower field of the sign shows red masonry in five layers.

Town twinning

  • FranceFrance Canteleu , Seine-Maritime department, France

(since September 13, 1975)

(since August 24, 1996)

(since April 8, 2005)

Culture and sights

The city of Buchholz in the Nordheide has a wide range of cultural offers.

Culture award

Event center "gallery"

In order to continue promoting culture and to thank the people and organizations for their commitment, a culture award winner is chosen every three years in Buchholz. The prize can be awarded to a living person or a group who has made a contribution to the cultural life in Buchholz and Buchholz's reputation in the cultural field. Proposals can be submitted by the citizens of the city. A jury decides on the award of the prize. The culture award consists of a monetary amount of € 2,500.00 and a certificate of recognition.

Culture Prize Winner

  • 1987 Buchholz cultural initiative
  • 1989 History and Museum Association
  • 1991 De Steenbeeker
  • 1993 Hans Michael Weikert
  • 1995 Uwe Klindworth
  • 1997 Sprötze Wind Orchestra (today Buchholz City Orchestra)
  • 1999 Hans-Jörg Bengel
  • 2001 Martin Lühker
  • 2005 Gerhard Kegel
  • 2008 Parabolic Theater
  • 2011 Kunstverein Buchholz
  • 2014 BiSchu theater workshop
  • 2017 St. Johannis Church of Culture

Buildings and sights

  • Christ Church
  • Buchholz Gallery
  • Brunsberg
  • Büsenbachtal
  • City center
  • Gallery
  • Radio tower
  • Good Holm
  • Hell Canyon
  • Kabenhof
  • King of children at the town hall
  • Holm-Seppensen cultural station
  • Movieplexx cinema
  • Museum village Seppensen
  • St. John's Church
  • St. Paul Church
  • St. Peter Church
  • Alaris Butterfly Park
  • Seppenser mill pond
  • City library
  • City pond
  • Sniers Hus
  • Watermill Holm
  • Dibbersen windmill

music

Stadtfest Buchholz 2012: Larry Mathews Blackstone on stage at Rathausplatz
  • Heidjer Shanty Choir Buchholz
  • KIB - chamber music in Buchholz (concerts in the Albert Einstein high school)
  • Buchholz Music Initiative
  • Trumpet Choir St. Paul
  • Stadtorchester Buchholz eV (formerly Sprötze Wind Orchestra)
  • Pure truth
  • Daniel Estrin ( Voyager )
  • Victim Solidarity Night (benefit concerts for the Hardcore Help Foundation in the youth center)

Press

Daily newspapers with local coverage of Buchholz are the Winsener Anzeiger (WA), which appears in Winsen, and the supplement to the Hamburger Abendblatt Harburg & Umland . The Nordheide Wochenblatt advertising newspaper is also published for Buchholz . The Harburger advertisements and messages (HAN) were discontinued in 2013. The last edition of the traditional paper, founded in 1844, appeared on September 30, 2013.

Sports

There are 17 sports clubs in Buchholz with over 15,000 athletes. Indoor sports, school sports, club sports, but also non-organized sports are played in seven sports halls, two gymnastics halls and two dance halls in Buchholz.

There are also four tennis facilities with 27 tennis courts and a tennis hall. A total of eight grass pitches, with two 400-meter running tracks, and 3 artificial turf pitches are available for the local football and hockey clubs. There is also a sports center in Buchholz with a gym, swimming pool, skate rink, basketball and volleyball court and the climbing center. A sailing club and a shooting club with a shooting hall are also located in Buchholz.

Also worth mentioning are the bowling alleys, a mini golf course and the 18-hole golf course in Seppensen, as well as the free and freely accessible offers of the city of Buchholz with the senior fitness facility in the Rathauspark, the handicapped-accessible playground 'Spielraum für alle' in the sports center and the Fitness trail in the Klecker forest.

Events

In addition to the many championships, many events take place in Buchholz every year.

  • Brunsberg run
  • City run
  • Grand Prix of Buchholz (cycling race)
  • Stevens-Cup MTB city forest race
  • Vattenfall Cyclassics
  • Lions Run

Working group Buchholzer Sportvereine

The Buchholzer Sportvereine working group was founded in November 1977 on the initiative of the city fathers of the city of Buchholz. The task of the working group is to simplify communication and coordination between politicians and the city and district administrations with the associations. It has a coordinating function overriding the clubs without influencing the clubs in their own responsibility and creativity. The working group coordinates the activities of the associations in the city and district-owned squares and halls. The working group also manages the allocation of public funds for clubs and athletes.

Economy and Infrastructure

The company Möbel Kraft AG in the industrial area I

economy

Buchholz has three large industrial areas. Business parks I and II are fully occupied. The city center of Buchholz is a popular place for retail businesses. There you will also find Famila and Penny . Many small private companies are also based in the city center. Buchholz has the Betz Holding, a large production and distribution companies of trademarks -Artikeln in the food and hygiene sectors, their seat.

Business park I "Vaenser Heide"

The business park I "Vaenser Heide" is the oldest and largest. It is mainly characterized by retail businesses such as Möbel Kraft , Media Markt , Famila and Obi . The sportswear company killtec Sport- und Freizeit is also known.

The industrial area II

The industrial area II is in the immediate vicinity. It is determined by service, craft and wholesale companies. The industrial park II was expanded in 2014 in a northerly direction (Dibbersen) by around six hectares.

Business park III "Trelder Berg"

Business park III “Trelder Berg” is the youngest of the three. All areas have been occupied since the end of 2017. With eight car dealerships (BMW, Toyota, Opel, Ford, Mercedes, Renault, Dacia and Hyundai), the largest automobile mile in the Nordheide has established itself here.

traffic

Trunk road network

The junction of the same name that connects Buchholz to the A1 Hamburg – Bremen is located in the village of Dibbersen . The A 261 , a corner connection to the A 7 Flensburg – Hamburg – Hanover, begins at the nearby Buchholzer Dreieck . Buchholz is also on federal  roads 75 and 3 . Since the end of 2014, federal highway 75 has passed Dibbersen (Dibbersener bypass) and crosses federal highway 3 at Trelder Berg . From the junction A 1 Rade (belonging to the municipality of Neu Wulmstorf) Buchholz can be reached via the federal highway 3.

Buchholz station (Nordheide)

Buchholz station (Nordheide)

Buchholz is on the main runway Hamburg – Bremen and is both the starting point of the Heidebahn to Hanover and a freight bypass to the Maschen marshalling yard , which uses the route of the former Buchholz – Lüneburg railway in the Buchholz– Jesteburg section . Until 1968 there was also a line via Hollenstedt to Bremervörde . Buchholz station had extensive track systems including a forecourt with a drainage hill ; Buchholz used to have an important railway depot with a turntable and roundhouse .

The Buchholz separation station is served by the express line Hamburg – Bremen ( metronom ) and the regional train lines Hamburg – Bremen (metronom) and Buchholz – Soltau – Hanover ( Erixx ). In addition, the former Wittenberge – Buchholz railway branches off the Hamburg – Bremen railway line at the station . Nowadays, the first section of this is only used by freight traffic and serves the nearby Maschen marshalling yard coming from the south. The regional trains also stop at Sprötze (on the route to Bremen), Suerhop and Holm-Seppensen (both Heidebahn ) stops in Buchholz's urban area . Tickets from the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) are valid on all trains .

Almost all trains on the Heidebahn will continue to Hamburg-Harburg at the weekend .

Buchholz has not been used in freight transport for several years. The last customer was a gravel works south of the station. Its former company premises have been renovated and renatured. The Holm-Seppensen and Sprötze stations lost their status as freight depots as early as the 1980s and were dismantled as stops . In addition to local passenger transport (approx. 5000 passengers daily), the station is of great importance for handling freight and long-distance trains passing through .

On June 4, 1939, took place at Buchholz collision of two trains. 15 people died and 23 were also injured.

Bus transport

Three bus lines from Buchholz Bus (4101, 4102, 4103) open up the city center and the Steinbeck and Holm-Seppensen districts on weekdays and intersect at the centrally located “Treffpunkt” stop. However, the operating times are extended or adjusted separately for special events in the city or on Advent Sundays.

In addition, regional buses run to Hamburg-Harburg , Rosengarten , Hanstedt / Egestorf , Winsen and Hollenstedt , also on Sundays and public holidays. These buses run from the station forecourt or from the central bus station and, with the connection to Dibbersen, Trelde and Reindorf, also take on inner-city transport tasks.

On school days, numerous school buses also run in a star shape from all over the district to Buchholz and back again in the afternoon. These buses are public and can be used by anyone. Since Buchholz is an important vocational school location, there are opportunities to travel to almost all villages in the Harburg district. The central transfer stop for school traffic is the ZOB.

In the summer season, three leisure bus routes, the so-called Heide-Shuttles, operate in the area of ​​the nature park. The rides on the buses are free of charge, and bicycles can be taken along free of charge using a bicycle trailer on the bus. These buses take you to Niederhaverbeck in the middle of the heathland of the Lüneburg Heath. The buses run continuously every weekday between July and October and also on Sundays and public holidays.

As with rail transport, the HVV tariff has been in effect for bus journeys since the end of 2004 .

education

Buchholz has six primary schools, one high school, two school centers with secondary schools (grammar school, secondary school), vocational schools, a comprehensive school and two special schools, one with the special focus on "learning" and one with the special focus on "intellectual development" as well as a district adult education center ( KVH). In addition, numerous training centers such as the Grone School are located in the core city area. The private Christian School Nordheide (formerly August-Hermann-Francke-Schule) is located in the Dibbersen district.

Rescue workers

Ambulance service

The Buchholz hospital has 291 beds and has formed the Buchholz und Winsen non-profit GmbH together with the Winsen hospital since August 1999 ; the sole sponsor is the district of Harburg. The rescue station of the German Red Cross is located on the premises of the hospital . There is also an ambulance station from Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe and the DLRG in Buchholz .

fire Department

Buchholz also has a volunteer fire brigade , which, with its local fire brigades in Buchholz, Dibbersen, Holm, Sprötze and Trelde, provides fire protection and general help. The Hauptwache in Buchholz also has a group of divers that is unique in the district, as well as a turntable ladder, a rescue vehicle and the catering train, which also alerts the guard to operations beyond the local area. Training also takes place in Buchholz. The district's water transport train is stationed in Dibbersen . In addition, the local defense is also responsible for parts of the motorway. The Sprötze and Trelde fire brigades, together with Buchholz, form the environmental protection / hazardous goods department, whereby Sprötze is also responsible for securing railway systems. The Holm fire brigade is not entrusted with any special tasks.

police

The Harburg police station has been located in Buchholz since the beginning of 2009. Police operations for the Buchholz area and associated communities are handled here. In addition to handling local operations, the guard also has a coordinating function for nationwide operations.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Other personalities who (d) live in Buchholz

Honorary citizen

  • Kurt Jung, 1947–1968 on the local council (granted honorary citizenship 1968)
  • Hermann Gerdau, long-time council member (1972)
  • Ludwig Kröger, former mayor (1976)
  • Adolf Matthies, former mayor (1976)
  • Walter Kludas, local history researcher (1980)
  • Margareta Braasch, 20 years of work for the benefit of Buchholz (1987)
  • Richard Heuer, Mayor and Local Mayor of Holm-Seppensen since 1945 (1987)
  • Werner Böhring, long-time mayor and local mayor of Sprötze and arbitrator of the city of Buchholz (1997)
  • Dieter Hoppe, 30 years of voluntary work (2002)
  • Hans Heinrich Schmidt, former mayor, many years of voluntary work (2002)
  • Ute Schui-Eberhart, many years of voluntary work in refugee aid (2015)

The former State Councilor and NSDAP Gauleiter Otto Telschow was granted honorary citizenship of the Buchholz community on January 23, 1941 on the occasion of his 65th birthday at the suggestion of the mayor by the municipal council. This dignity was unanimously stripped of him at the meeting of the Buchholz city council on June 3, 2008.

literature

  • Heinrich Hoyer, Willi Wegewitz , Diedrich Hinrichs , Hermann Burgdorf, Hans-Jürgen Kludas, Walter Kludas, Hans Schmidt, Pastor J. Bottermann, and others. a. 500 years of Buchholz - a festival book for the 500th anniversary published by the Buchholz community, Harburg district, complete production by JJ Augustin Glückstadt 1950
  • Walter Kludas: Buchholz. Face and history of a heath place. published by the municipal administration of Buchholz id N., Buchholz in der Nordheide 1981.
  • Walter Kludas: Buchholz in der Nordheide Volume II. Pictures from the past and present with stories published by the city administration of Buchholz id N., Hans Christians Druckerei Hamburg 1983.
  • Birgit Diekhöner, Michael Kreidner, Helmut Hoffmeister, Jan Wiborg: Buchholz 1925–1945 - The secret 20 years. Buchholz 1986 (second edition: Ahlborn, Buchholz 1988).
  • Werner Voß with the assistance of Thekla Scharsig: The village of Buchholz (in the north heath ) in the mirror of old documents. Voss, Rosengarten-Sottorf 1997 (Sottorfer Hefte; 2).
  • Buchholz in the north heath. With texts by Martina Jürgens and photographs by Michael Zapf, Medien-Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 2004.
  • Buchholz writings. Published by the History and Museum Association Buchholz in the Nordheide and Surroundings e. V., PD-Verlag, Heidenau since 2006.
  • Carl-Günther Jastram: Buchholz and his shooters in imperial times. ISBN 978-3-8482-5133-9 , 2nd edition 2012, 290 pages.
  • Carl-Günther Jastram: Buchholz and his shooters during the Weimar Republic. ISBN 978-3-8482-1211-8 , 2012, 276 pages.
  • Carl-Günther Jastram: Buchholz and his shooters during the Third Reich. ISBN 978-3-8482-3230-7 , 2012, 318 pages.
  • Götz von Rohr: No time to mourn - How things went on in Buchholz in 1945. ISBN 978-3-86707-834-4 , 2012, 320 pages.
  • Gerhard Klußmeier: “The hall of honor of the National Socialists in Buchholz. Documents and pictures on the history of a property from 1934 to 1958 ”; Heidenau 2016. ISBN 978-3-86707-840-5

Web links

Commons : Buchholz in der Nordheide  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. https://www.timeanddate.de/wetter/deutschland/buchholz-in-der-nordheide/klima
  3. / Documents from the last inn "Hoheluft"
  4. a b c Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for 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. 229 .
  5. Buchholz in der Nordheide - result of municipal elections 2016 , accessed on April 30, 2018
  6. https://buchholzblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/paukenschlag-in-der-kommunalpolitik-ratsherr-kristian-stemmler-tritt-in-die-partei-ein/ Kristian Stemmler joins the PARTY.
  7. ^ Eddy around Hans-Wilhelm Stehnken , Hamburger Abendblatt online, published October 10, 2016, accessed on April 15, 2018
  8. Main statute of the city of Buchholz in the north heath
  9. https://www.buchholz.de/stadt/kultur/kulturpreis/
  10. ^ Website of the Buchholz City Orchestra Page accessed on April 7, 2015
  11. https://www.buchholz.de/stadt/sport/sportstaetten/
  12. https://www.buchholz.de/stadt/sport/veranstaltungen
  13. https://www.buchholz.de/stadt/sport/arbeitsgemeinschaft-buchholzer-sportvereine/
  14. Editor: The Erixx will soon drive through to Harburg - Heidekreis. Accessed December 30, 2018 .
  15. ^ Martin Weltner: Railway disasters. Serious train accidents and their causes. Munich 2008. ISBN 978-3-7654-7096-7 , p. 15.