Döhren (Oebisfelde-Weferlingen)

Döhren City of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen
Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 27 ″  N , 11 ° 1 ′ 18 ″  E
Height :	91 m
Area :	6.01 km²
Residents :	202  (December 31, 2011)
Population density :	34 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 2010
Postal code :	39356
Area code :	039061

Houses with chimneys from the former flax factory

Döhren is a district of the town of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

Döhren is about twelve kilometers north of Helmstedt on the edge of the Lappwald forest .

history

In 1910 there were 434 inhabitants in Döhren. From 1994 to January 1, 2005 Döhren belonged to the administrative community of Weferlingen , from 2005 to December 31, 2009 to the administrative community of Flechtingen .

By means of a territorial change agreement, the municipal councils of the municipalities of the city of Oebisfelde (on May 27, 2009), Bösdorf (on May 26, 2009), Eickendorf (on May 28, 2009), Etingen (on May 26, 2009), Kathendorf (on May 19 , 2009) May 2009), Rätzlingen (on May 27, 2009), Eschenrode (on May 28, 2009), Döhren (on May 28, 2009), Hödingen (on May 20, 2009), Hörsingen (on May 27, 2009), Schwanefeld (on May 25, 2009), Seggerde (on June 26, 2009), Siestedt (on May 28, 2009), Walbeck (on May 28, 2009) and the Flecken Weferlingen (on May 19, 2009) that their communities dissolved and to be united to a new city Oebisfelde-Weferlingen. This contract was approved by the county as the lower local supervisory authority and came into effect on January 1, 2010.

After implementation of the unification agreement of the previously independent municipality of Döhren, Döhren became part of the new town of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen. For the included municipality, the local constitution according to §§ 86 ff. Municipality code of Saxony-Anhalt was introduced. The recorded community of Döhren and the future district of Döhren became the locality of the new town of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen. A local council with seven members, including the local mayor, was formed in the incorporated municipality and now called Döhren.

politics

The honorary mayor Frank-Hildemar Rosburg was in office from May 6, 2001 to December 31, 2009 and has been the local mayor since then.

Local council

According to the last local election on June 7, 2009, the council had eight members. Due to the founding of the city of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen, the local council automatically became a local council. The turnout was 44.6%. The choice brought the following result:

	Groups of voters	6 seats	(76.9%)
	SPD	2 seats	(23.1%)

In 2014 a local council with five members was elected. The local mayor is also a member of the local council as chairman.

badges and flags

The coat of arms was approved on March 2, 2004 by the Magdeburg Regional Council.

Blazon : "A ringing silver bell in red, surrounded by two leafy silver linden twigs , the right with 10, the left with 9 leaves, all but one in the upper corners of the shield facing the bell."

The colors of the municipality are - derived from coat of arms and shield color - silver (white) - red.

The silver bell symbolizes on the one hand the hall church from the 17th century located in the center of the Rundling village of Döhren, on the other hand the bell inside it, cast in 1508 by the famous Brunswick bell caster Henrik Mente - according to the inscription. Since the belfry had to be demolished in 1987 due to its dilapidation, the bell was silent for 10 years. In 1997 it was hung up again in the newly built tower; therefore it is shown ringing. Thirdly, the bell stands for the connection between the community and the Mariental monastery. Like the courtyards of the Rundling around the church, the two linden twigs nestle like a circle around the bell. The 19 leaves symbolize the farmsteads that became the property of Döhren residents through the purchase and division of the former Mahrenholz manor in 1809. The linden branches are a reminder that there was a linden tree in an old parish seal.

The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg heraldist Ernst Albrecht Fiedler.

The flag of Döhren is striped white and red (1: 1) (horizontal shape: stripes running horizontally, longitudinal shape: stripes running vertically) and centered with the municipal coat of arms.

Village church

Culture and sights

Buildings

In the vicinity of the village church in the old village center there are many half-timbered houses from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Economy and Infrastructure

There was a flax factory in Döhren , the chimney of which is still standing today.

Transport links

It is around 16 kilometers to the south to Bundesstrasse 1 , which connects Braunschweig with Berlin . The federal highway 2 (junction Helmstedt- West) is reached after 14 kilometers. Döhren had a station on the Helmstedt – Oebisfelde railway line , which was last served from Weferlingen .

swell

1. ↑ Municipal directory from 1910
2. ↑ Official Gazette of the District No. 45/2009 Page 1–5 (PDF; 3.5 MB)
3. ↑ 2014 election results (PDF), accessed on June 27, 2018