Daensen

Daensen Doans City of Buxtehude
Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ 21 ″  N , 9 ° 41 ′ 49 ″  E
Height :	38 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	380  (December 31, 2012)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	21614
Area code :	04161
Location of Daensen in Lower Saxony

Daensen ( Doans in Low German ) is a town in the town of Buxtehude in the Stade district in Lower Saxony . Daensen includes the Heimbruch and Pippensen settlements.

history

The Backelsberg burial mound from the south

Attempt to reconstruct Daensen's folding stool

In 1819 Daensen, Pippensen and Heimbruch are merged into a rural community.
The village's own school is founded in 1856, before the children went to school in Moisburg . In 1969 the school was closed and from then on the primary school children attended Altkloster primary school .

1899 was in the Backeslberg even Baaksberg mentioned grave hill the remains of the Bronze Age folding stool of Daensen found, it is decorated in the richest and most southerly discovery of its kind.

Daensen

The Daensen district was first mentioned in a document in 1141, although it was still under the old name "Dodenhusen". It is believed to have been the settlement of a person named "Dodo" or "Dado". The final syllable "husen" was abraded to "sen" and the "d" was dropped. So the pronunciation is Da-en-sen and not Danish.

Home break

Heimbruch was founded between 1196 and 1204 as the place of residence of Hinriks van dem Heinbroke , a member of the old nobility . It is not entirely clear whether the family was named after the place or the place was named after the family. A stone has stood in the center of the village since 2004, commemorating the 800th anniversary. There are still houses behind the Pippensen sign, but they are part of Heimbruch. The 'Estewanderweg' leads through Heimbruch, along the Este.

Pippensen

The village was first Pippensen 1196 as Pebenhusen in the document establishing the Benedictine -Nonnenklosters in today Altkloster mentioned. Over the centuries the name changed from Pebenhusen, Peppelsen, Pippensenn, Pipsen, Pippsen, Pippens, Pippesen to today's Pippensen, which is mentioned for the first time in 1544.

Incorporation

The municipality of Daensen was incorporated into the city of Buxtehude on July 1, 1972 as part of the municipal reform . Daensen previously belonged to the Harburg district .

Population development

The population development of all three places.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “The coat of arms of the village of Daensen shows a coat of arms shield with two crossed in gold on a blue background and facing horse heads pointing outwards, which indicate the Daenser peasantry, to which the districts Heimbruch and Pippensen also belong. "

Culture / club life

There is a volunteer fire brigade and the Buxtehude Golf Club in the village . In addition, the area belongs to the Moisburg parish .

Festivals and Celebrations

Eierschnorn

At 9 pm, village members and friends at the meet fire station . There is always an accordion player and a devil's violin with them. It goes from Daensen to Pippensen and then always from house to house to collect eggs and other things. Music is played and danced around the house. From Pippensen it goes to Heimbruch. The annual speech is given between Daensen and Pippensen on a stone. The speaker elects the speaker for the next year. There is a quick snack. Then it goes back to Daensen and there is more collecting and dancing. At the end the eggs and bacon are fried and there is a big meal in the fire station. The leftover things are distributed.

Pingsbütel

Once a year children meet and decorate a wagon with branches and twigs. The next day the children go from house to house and say a saying and collect sweets and money. There is a child sitting in the handcart who has to be guessed. In the afternoon there is cake and the sweets and money are shared. The money is actually used to go to the “Pentecost Market in Neukloster”.

literature

• Working group of the village communities: Pippensen, Heimbruch, Daensen - three villages, one community . Issued August 1996.
• Margarete Schindler: A look at Buxtehude's past, the history of the city . Published by Stadtsparkasse Buxtehude, 1978.
• Meyne, Willi: The former house bailiwick Moisburg. History of their villages and farms . 1936.
• Wilhelm Marquart: The Harburger Geestdörfer of the city of Buxtehude . Buxtehude, 1981.

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 247 .