Damme (Dumber)

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Damme (Dumber)
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Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '  N , 8 ° 12'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Vechta
Height : 53 m above sea level NHN
Area : 104.38 km 2
Residents: 17,241 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 165 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 49401
Area code : 05491
License plate : VEC
Community key : 03 4 60 002
City structure: 39 districts or 18 city ​​districts

City administration address : 		Mühlenstrasse 18
49401 Damme
Website : www.damme.de
Mayor : Gerd Muhle ( CDU )
Location of the city of Damme in the district of Vechta
Nordrhein-Westfalen Landkreis Cloppenburg Landkreis Diepholz Landkreis Oldenburg Landkreis Osnabrück Bakum Damme (Dümmer) Dinklage Goldenstedt Holdorf (Niedersachsen) Lohne (Oldenburg) Neuenkirchen-Vörden Steinfeld (Oldenburg) Vechta Visbekmap
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Damme is a town in the Lower Saxony district of Vechta and is known as a tourist destination and carnival town. Since 1994 Damme has been a member of the city ​​quartet to which the cities of Damme, Diepholz , Lohne and Vechta have come together.

geography

Terminal moraine near Dalinghausen
Bexaddetal

Geographical location

Damme lies between the Dümmer (sometimes also called Dümmer See ) and the Dammer Mountains and at the same time north of the Wiehen Mountains . To the east and south of the city, moor areas, including the Great Moor , spread out. A large part of the urban area is in the Dümmer Nature Park . The center of the village is 64  m above sea level. NN .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are - clockwise from the north: Steinfeld , Diepholz, Samtgemeinde Altes Amt Lemförde , Bohmte , Neuenkirchen-Vörden and Holdorf . Coat of arms of Steinfeld Vechta.png DEU Diepholz COA.svgCoat of arms Lemfoerde.png DEU Bohmte COA.svg Coat of arms of Neuenkirchen-Voerden.png Holdorf coat of arms.png

The spatial location is as follows:

Holdorf , Quakenbrück
9 km, 30 km 		Steinfeld , Vechta
9 km, 24 km 		Diepholz
21 km
Neuenkirchen , Bersenbrück
10 km, 20 km 		Neighboring communities Lembruch , Nienburg / Weser
13 km, 80 km
Vörden , Bramsche
7 km, 23 km 		Osnabrück
35 km 		Bohmte , Lübbecke
20 km, 46 km

City structure

The town of Damme consists of the localities Bergfeine, Borringhausen , Clemens-August-Dorf , Dalinghausen with Bokern, Holte and Nienhausen, Damme Ort with Bergmark, Damme-Süd and Wellenweg, Damme-Nord with Bexadde, Damme-Esch, Nordhofe, Wempenmoor and Wienerei, Damme-West, Dümmerlohausen with Oldorf, Glückauf, Haverbeck , Klünenberg, long parts, Osterdamme, Osterfeine , Reselage with Sierhausen, Rottinghausen with Greven, Hinnenkamp, Neuenwalde and Ossenbeck, Rüschendorf with Ihlendorf, Kemphausen and Hüde, Südfelde .

climate

In Damme there is a temperate maritime climate , which is influenced by moist north-westerly winds from the North Sea . On a long-term average, the air temperature in Damme reaches 8.5 to 9.0 ° C and around 700 mm of precipitation falls. Between May and August, an average of 20 to 25 summer days can be expected.

Big Sierhauser Schanze
Small Sierhauser Schanze

history

The name Damme is supposed to refer to the settlement area surrounded on three sides by a moor and to the northwest by a forest belt, for which there are finds from the early Neolithic (around 5000 BC) on the Dümmer. Several large stone graves (around 2500 BC), e.g. B. in Neuenwalde, and grave fields from the Bronze and Iron Ages (from 1700 BC) in Bergfeine point to an uninterrupted settlement of the Dammer area.

Later the place became the center of the Saxon Dersa (also Dersi) gaus, which the Franks of Charlemagne conquered in 785 . The residents were Christianized with it. The first church foundation by the Bishop of Osnabrück followed. The Dersaburg , a rampart in the Dammer Mountains between Damme and Holdorf, and possibly also the so-called Römerschanzen in Sierhausen, two small forward ramparts to monitor the plank paths over the moor towards the south, date from the time of the Franconian conquest . In the year 851, with the procession of the Alexander relics to Wildeshausen, the Bokern farmers were first mentioned in a document, in 872 the Bergfeine farmers were named.

With the conquest by the Franks, the Meyerhöfe were established. As their administrative officials, the Meyer had special tasks and privileges vis-à-vis the rest of the population, for which they received land and stately farms. In the area of ​​today's urban area alone there were eleven such Meyerhöfe.

Aerial view of the St. Viktor Church in Damme

With the construction of the first church building (between 850 and 950) and a corresponding parish , Damme became a parish . The oldest known documentary mention of the place dates back to 1180, although Damme was the center of Dersagau and parish for a long time before that.

Centuries-long disputes began between the prince-bishops of Münster and Osnabrück over the sovereignty of the parish of Damme, which repeatedly adversely affected all areas of life for the citizens of Damme, but especially the farmers, and were only finally resolved in 1817, when Damme was part of the Duchy of Oldenburg became (from 1829 Grand Duchy). The earliest documented mention of the carnival parades dates back to 1564. In the course of the disputes between the prince-bishops of Münster and Osnabrück over Damme, hunting rights were also disputed. When an Osnabrück hunter and a Münster hunter argued over the right to hunt in the Dammer Mountains, they shot each other, seriously injuring the Osnabrück hunter. When the matter came before the judge in Damme, he sentenced the shot Osnabrück subjects to prison and to run the gauntlet. However, it took place as part of the Mardi Gras parade and ended with the convict being beaten to death. The carnival parade took place as a so-called "Heischegang", which found its current successor in the "single file" on Tuesday after Dammer Carneval. However, this is celebrated a week earlier than usual, which goes back to an attempt by the Bishop of Munster to eradicate the allegedly "sinful Mardi Gras". In 1892 he decreed the "forty-hour prayer" for the foolish days, in which every believer had to participate. Despite violent protests, the bishop did not abandon his ordinance, so that the Dammer fools simply put their carnival a week earlier.

Since the early Middle Ages, the place has been a handicraft and trade center as well as an ecclesiastical and administrative center far beyond the associated Damme farmers. This was expressed in the size of the former parish, 1817–1879 in the independence of an office in Damme , later in the expansion of the municipality and today in its central central importance.

While the main town was shaped by the arable bourgeoisie for centuries (handicrafts and trade as main occupation, agriculture for self-sufficiency or as a sideline), agriculture played the main role in the peasantry. This still applies in part to the advanced processing and intensive agriculture / livestock farming today. In addition, as a result of this specialization, many jobs were created in upstream and downstream companies.

It was only when industrialization found its way into Germany in the middle of the 19th century that the structure of the place began to change during the imperial era. It went in the direction of handicrafts, commerce and services. However, the impetus for industrial development in Damme only came from the iron ore discovered in 1910 . This was mined from 1939 to 1967 by an iron ore mine .

Today more than 3000 workers are employed in the metal, wood, plastics and agricultural machinery industries, the construction of security systems and precision modules for the automotive industry, the long-distance freight transport and industrial cardboard sectors in addition to the Zentrum Hospital. With around 16,500 inhabitants, Damme is the economic center of a catchment area of ​​over 40,000 people and is therefore of medium-central importance, even if it is not classified as an official medium-sized center in the regional spatial planning program.

Because of its population, settlement structure and economic conditions, Damme was named 'City' on May 1, 1982 by Lower Saxony's Minister of the Interior, Egbert Möcklinghoff .

Damme is located in the southernmost part of the former Grand Duchy and later Free State of Oldenburg, the Oldenburger Münsterland , which consists of the districts of Cloppenburg and Vechta. The state of Oldenburg has been part of the federal state of Lower Saxony since 1946. Damme belonged to the administrative district Weser-Ems until December 31, 2004 , which was dissolved as a result of an administrative reform at the end of this date.

Population development

In 2017 there were around 7,000 households in Damme. Damme has had an annual population increase of around 0.6% [~ 100 citizens] in recent years.

year 1659 1705 1772 1817 1855 1900 1945 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Residents 3,827 5.110 5,859 7,561 6,908 5.010 6,943 10.142 9,301 11,191 12,884 13,556 15,578 16,441 17,250 *

[*] = estimated population. The exact number of the population as of Dec. 31 has not yet been published.

The urban area consists of the following districts and farmers (population in brackets)

Bergfeine (101), Bergmark (298), Bexadde (225), Bokern (36), Borringhausen (396), Clemens-August-Dorf (1,989), Dalinghausen (88), Damme (4,320), Damme-West (1,243) , Dümmerlohausen (540), Glückauf (1,077), Greven (45), Haverbeck (269), Hinnenkamp (73), Holte (35), Hüde (60), Ihlendorf (63), Kemphausen (152), Klünenberg (236) , Langenteilen (197), Neuenwalde (154), Nienhausen (4), Nordhofe (54), Oldorf (88), Ossenbeck (39), Osterdamme (1,354), Osterfeine (602), Reselage (320), Rottinghausen (248) , Rüschendorf (960), Sierhausen (273), Südfelde (453), Wellenweg (352), Wempenmoor (129) and Wienerei (587). (As of December 1, 2017)

Catholic Parish Church of St. Viktor
Former Damme monastery

Origin of the place name

Old names of Damme are 1180 Damme, 1186 Damme and 1346 Damme. The place name is based on the simplex "dam", ie "Damm, Knüppeldamm". Damme is centrally located north of an extensive moor area and south of the Damme mountains. The name may refer to this settlement strip.

Severe weather disaster on 16./17. August 1974

On the night of August 16-17, 1974, Damme and the neighboring communities were hit by an eight-hour continuous thunderstorm. Hailstones up to the size of billiard balls fell and caused millions of euros in damage.

Snow disaster in Northern Germany in 1978/1979

During the very severe and snowy winter of 1978/79, large amounts of snow fell in Damme as well. As in many other districts, the disaster alarm was triggered in the Vechta district . Before the planned carnival parades on February 18 and 19, 1979, so large amounts of snow fell that despite all the evacuation vehicles and the help of private individuals, the parades could not take place. The Elferrat and the Prinzenhofstaat decided to move the parades to February 25th and 26th. So the Monday parade of the carnival was the first time since 1891 in Damme again on the Monday instead. Since the situation had eased despite the large amounts of snow still lying on the streets, the disaster alarm was lifted and the more than 130 groups were able to hold the parade on both days.

Other natural events

In Damme there have been isolated turrets over and over again in recent years . The last tornado of this kind occurred in 2012 in the Südfelde district .

religion

Denomination statistics

According to the 2011 census , in 2011 66.7% of the population were predominantly Roman Catholic , 19.1% Protestant and 14.2% were non-denominational , belonged to another religious community or did not provide any information. As of January 1, 2018, 10,987 (64.4%) of the 17,060 inhabitants are predominantly Roman Catholic, 17.8% Protestant and 17.9% are non-denominational or belong to another religious community. The number of Protestants and Catholics has therefore decreased in the observed period.

Christianity

The three Catholic parishes of St. Viktor in Damme, St. Mariä Himmelfahrt in Osterfeine and St. Agnes in Rüschendorf have been merged into the parish of St. Viktor Damme with effect from October 14, 2007. Her work was complemented by the Damme monastery , founded in 1962 and assigned to the Benedictine monastery of Münsterschwarzach, until 2016 . After the Second World War , a small New Apostolic congregation was formed in Bexadde. A small Jewish community has also existed in Damme for a number of years .

politics

Council election 2016
Wbt .: 52.59% (2006: 52.67%)
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60
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40
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20th
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66.77%
19.51%
12.71%
Gains and losses
compared to 2011
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  -4
-3.28  % p.p.
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+ 4.49  % p

advice

The city council of Damme consists of 28 councilors. The stipulated number for a parish with a population between 15,001 and 20,000 is usually 32 councilors. By resolution of the city council, this number was reduced by four council members. The 28 council members are elected by local elections for five years each. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The full-time mayor Gerd Muhle (CDU) is also entitled to vote in the council.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

  • CDU : 19 seats (−1)
  • SPD : 5 seats (−1)
  • FDP : 4 seats (+2)

mayor

At the head of the city is the mayor. After the Second World War, the "dual track" was introduced in the British occupation zone with the municipal director or city ​​director at the head of the administration, while the mayor (as chairman of the council) only had representative tasks. In 1996, the single track was reintroduced in Lower Saxony with the mayor at the head of the administration and the council. While both the mayor and the township director used to be elected by the council, the mayor is now directly elected by the townspeople.

The full-time mayor of the city of Damme is Gerd Muhle (CDU). In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, he was re-elected as incumbent unopposed candidate with 91.3% of the vote. The turnout was 48.6%. Muhle began his further term on November 1, 2014.

Community leaders (until 1855 parish bailiff) were
  • 1854–1868 Friedrich Sack
  • 1868–1875 Bernhard Heinrich Theodor Enneking
  • 1875–1890 August Osterhoff
  • 1890–1905 Heinrich Enneking
  • 1905–1917 Josef Römer
  • May 27, 1917 - December 15, 1918 Bernard Leiber-Broermann
  • December 15, 1918 - 1933 Clemens Mähler
mayor
  • 1933–1942 Bernard gr. Broermann
  • April 1, 1942 - April 11, 1945 Fritz Behrens
  • April 11, 1945 - April 17, 1945 Hermann Gerdes
  • April 18, 1945 - February 26, 1946 August Leiber
  • 02/27/1946 - 04/16/1946 Anton Fortmann
  • April 17, 1946 - December 14, 1953 Heinrich Wolking
  • December 15, 1953 - November 12, 1956 Bernhard Hentemann
  • November 13, 1956 - October 15, 1968 Heinrich Wolking
  • October 16, 1968 - November 6, 1979 Josef Stromann
  • November 16, 1979 - November 5, 1991 Heinrich Beiderhase
  • November 5, 1991 - April 30, 1997 Heinrich Holtvogt
  • May 1, 1997 - October 31, 2006 Hans-Georg Knappik
  • since November 1st, 2006 Gerd Muhle
Municipal director or from May 7th, 1982 city director
  • November 1, 1945 - March 31, 1973 Franz Holthaus
  • 04/01/1973 - 04/30/1997 Jürgen Respondek

coat of arms

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the city of Damme is quartered . The first field is golden with two red bars. The second field is black with the silver figure of St. Victor, who supports his left hand on a silver shield with a red cross and in his right hand holds a lance with a flag of the same color. The third field is green with a silver ploughshare. The fourth field is blue with a gold anchor cross.

flag

The flag of the city of Damme is striped in white, green and white. The green stripe takes up ⅔ the width of the flag. There is a yellow anchor cross on it in the upper third. The width of the cross bars is 1/10 of the flag width, while the split cross ends take 1/5 of the flag width. The relationship between width and length is like 1: 2. The flag can also be used as a banner.

Town twinning

Damme has maintained for more than 30 years a partnership to name same city Damme in Flanders, Belgium , which was officially sealed on 10 August 1986th Every year, reciprocal partnership visits take place on a political, sporting and cultural level.

Culture and sights

Market square with church in the city center
St. Viktor Fountain
town hall
city ​​Museum

Museums

Damme has a city ​​museum with four permanent exhibition areas (1. The beginnings of settlement, 2. The centuries-long dispute between the Prince-Bishops of Osnabrück and Münster over Damme, 3. Dammer Fastnacht and Carneval since 1614, 4. Iron ore mining in the Dammer Mountains 1939-1967 ) as well as with changing special exhibitions (until further notice: Damme between the world wars). Opening times: Sundays and Wednesdays 3–6 pm. There are also numerous publications on regional history.

The Höltermann watermill can be visited on request. In the building there is an exhibition on the history of the Damme mill.

In the district of Dümmerlohausen there is also a museum with the Dümmer Vogelschau, which can be visited on request.

music

There are many associations of music enthusiasts in Damme: the Harmonia men's choir, church choirs of Catholic churches in Damme (St. Viktor), Osterfeine (St. Mariä Himmelfahrt) and the Kolping Choir Rüschendorf (St. Agnes), the Laudate music group, the church choir and the trombone choir ev.-luth. Parish of the Good Shepherd , the flute playing group "Kleine Herde", the youth band of the ev.-luth. Parish, the Kolping Orchestra Damme, the “Dammer Töse” and the “Dammer Knallerbsen” with various groups from the district music school, the “Dersa Highlanders” (a pipe and drum band), the Osterfeine musicians 'train, the big band “Miners' Jazz Company ", the" fool's sheet "of the Dammer Carnevalsgesellschaft von 1614 e. V., several pop cover bands, the hunting horn blowers of the Hegering Damme and the Dammer pub choir.

Buildings

  • Catholic parish church St. Viktor , neo-Gothic cathedral-like sandstone building, erected 1904–1906, base of the field stone tower Romanesque around 1300, Gothic elevation, baroque dome from 1693, neo-Gothic furnishings, remarkable stained glass windows of historicism
  • Ev.-luth. Laurentiuskapelle, neo-Gothic building from 1905, first church building of the ev. Parish in Damme
  • Ev.-luth. Parish church "Zum Guten Hirten", objectively structured hall church from 1959/60, various renovations in 2002/2003
  • Catholic parish church of St. Mariä Himmelfahrt Osterfeine, neo-Gothic brick basilica, built 1861–1864, valuable historicist glass windows
  • Catholic parish church St. Agnes Rüschendorf, wall pillar hall in neo-Gothic form, built 1903–1905, tower modernized in 1955, historicist glass windows
  • Dielinger Tor, half-timbered passage to the church square in St. Viktor, built in 1964 based on a historical model
  • Küsterei zu St. Viktor, half-timbered building 1957/58 based on a historical model in the same place
  • Rathaus Damme, flat-roof brick building with glass front elements, built 1979–1981, concentric entrance area with forecourt
  • Villa Meyer-Holzgräfe, old town hall, Rinklake bookstore, historicist former residential building in classicist style, late 1920s
  • Haus von der Hoya or former office building and district court, classicist building in the style of the late 18th century (coat of arms above the portal shows the number 1765)
  • City museum or former railway station, built in 1900 as a Wilhelminian style building, redesigned in 1952/53 in the more objective style of the time, since 1992 museum for city history
  • Haus Schilgen, farm bourgeois house from 1820, redesigned several times and adapted to the functions, in 1900 heightened and plastered, building that defines the cityscape
  • Höltermann watermill; Major parts of the half-timbered building were built in 1801, one core is significantly older, restored and functional in 1999, a small mill pond nearby
  • Meyer-Nordhofe watermill, the core inventory from 1734, interior fittings largely preserved, without channels and water wheel
  • Maria Rast senior citizens' home, built in 1914 as a railway recreation home, core building based on the Art Nouveau country house type with three characteristic gables
  • Textile factory Bahlmann & Leiber, industrial building from the post-war period with construction phases in 1949, 1953 and 1957, is a listed building
  • Roberts Hotel ("sheet metal hotel"), five-axis building with a two-tiered hipped roof and slightly curved roof line, built around 1820, half-timbered structure protected against driving rain around 1885 with sheet metal cladding, characteristic appearance and prominent position in the cityscape
  • Butke-Bollmann house and restaurant, half-timbered building from 1807
  • Fool's Column, a monument to the Dammer Fool erected on a historical column in 1999
  • Schnatmühle, an octagonal Dutch windmill on the "Schnat" in the Borringhausen district, which is well preserved inside and is gradually being renovated
  • Heuerhaus Rohling, half-timbered building from 1773 in Borringhausen
  • Hillgenhüsken, Ihlendorf, half-timbered path chapel to the Grever court, built in 1715, renovated in 1990 after storm damage
  • Kophankesche Chapel, Kemphausen, built in 1956, half-timbered with rich carvings
  • Meierhof Nordhofe and Bexadde-Hof Pohlmann, both built as plastered buildings in 1854 and 1853 as integrated residential and farm buildings
  • Hof Josef Meyer or Wolking-Robke, Oldorf, richly designed gable of the half-timbered building from 1813
  • House Bosche, Oldorf, unusual house with Art Nouveau and Neo-Baroque elements, built in 1927
  • Hof Meyer-Hülsmann, in front of Clausing, Osterdamme, work of the famous Dammer master builder family Schumacher, built in 1778; the oldest written mention of dam is connected to this farm
  • Meierhof Osterfeine, in 1848 in the chamber compartment (living area) extended four-column half-timbered building from 1769, renovated in 1990
  • Josef Pohlschneider office building, Osterfeine, house with extraordinary architecture between Art Deco and international style, built in 1932/33
  • Yard size Sandermann, Rüschendorf, one of the oldest half-timbered buildings in the Vechta district, erected in 1764, in the gable carvings from the Rüschendorfer Meierhof (1664)
  • Trimpe-Lampe courtyard, Sierhausen, thatched half-timbered building from 1769
Old Stölting brickworks
  • Stölting brickworks, Wempenmoor, founded in 1875, preserved ring kiln from 1902, shut down in 1962 due to damage to the nearby iron ore mine, renovation is pending
  • Former Mine building, Wempenmoor, entrance area with porter's house from 1954, administration building from 1958, machine house from 1953 and crew's pens from 1954 preserved, 100 m north of the associated "small sewage pond" for "ore washing"
  • Schweizerhaus, excursion restaurant in "Oldenburgische Schweiz" with a long tradition since 1886, current building erected after a fire in 1983 as a half-timbered structure based on the model of the previous building
Iron sculpture at the entrance to the Mordkuhlenberg
  • Observation tower on the Mordkuhlenberg (142 m), 22 m high tower with observation platform
  • Nature Conservation Center Dammer Berge, since 1995 the center for the ecological work of NABU, set up on the site and in buildings of the former air ammunition facility, Muna for short, in Schelenhorst, for which the Wehrmacht built various purpose-built buildings from 1935 onwards, which were also used by the Bundeswehr (northern part: until the end of the 1980s Korpsdepot 153, southern part: until 1994 Heimatschutzbrigade 62 , mob base) were used.
  • Telecommunication tower on Signalberg , built by the British Rhine Army, later taken over by the German Armed Forces (RiFuTrp 13 3./11) and now used by authorities and organizations with security tasks (BOS).
  • 134 meter high telecommunications tower of Deutsche Telekom AG on the Signalberg

art

The most eye-catching example of art in public space is the Damme sculpture trail, an initiative of the Damme e. V., which it has been adding since 1994. Diverse works of art in the city center invite you to linger and take a differentiated look. These include figures by nationally known artists such as Leonard Wübbena , Gerhard AO Schmidt , Klaus Duschat and Cornelia Weihe , as well as works such as the "Fool's Column", one of Damm's landmarks, which was made by students from the Damme secondary school and set up in 1999. There are now a total of 44 sculptures at 37 locations in downtown Dammer. This is likely to be the largest open-air art show in the entire Weser-Ems area.

  • Instead of Tor (2004) by Leonard Wübbena

  • Bog trees (2003) by Gerhard AO Schmidt

  • Speech (2004) by Klaus Duschat

  • Blauer Zweig (2004) by Cornelia Weihe

  • Column of fools (1999) by students at Damme secondary school

Forest labyrinth in front of the Damme monastery

Art exhibitions of works by local, but also in many cases nationally known, artists take place in the Leiber barn in Damme at regular intervals. There is also a private gallery in the city center in Damme with changing art exhibitions by international artists.

In 2004, a forest labyrinth made of stones was built in a forest in front of the Damme monastery .

Since August 2013, eight iron sculptures with motifs from the legend “The robbers from Mordkuhlenberg” have been lining the ascent to the Mordkuhlenberg observation tower on the crest of the Dammer Mountains. The iron plates with the man-sized figures are ten millimeters thick; they were cut out of the iron by laser.

Parks

Great stone grave Neuenwalde I
Large stone grave on the Stappenberg
  • Old Catholic cemetery in the town center, partly redesigned as a park
  • Area of ​​the Dammer Bergsee (Kleiner and Großer Bergsee), nature reserve, about one kilometer from the town center, also designated as a nature trail
  • Bexadde valley, area of ​​the Bexadde or Dammer Mühlenbach, largely under nature protection, about one kilometer from the town center, also designated as a nature trail
  • Dammer Berge, extensive nature park, closed forest area and various valley / meadow areas
  • Small city park in the residential area Ohlkenberg with the sculpture "Leerdammer"

Cultural monuments

Natural monuments

Regular events

Carneval in Damme

Dammer Carneval

Damme is known by the incurred in the Middle Ages Damme Carnival that of founded in 1614 Damme Carnival society is worn. This is probably one of the oldest foolish associations in Germany. Until around 1870, the high point of Carnival was the Heischegang , which took place on the evening before Ash Wednesday. H. the evening before Lent begins. Hence the foolish Dammer greeting Helau, Fastaubend!

During the Heischegang one went from house to house, collected everything edible and drinkable, in order to spend it in a big feast in the evening, because then the Lent began. Around 1870 local merchants with corresponding business connections and craftsmen brought Rhenish Carnival customs to Damme from their wanderings. From then on a prince was elected, people dressed up, organized a Rose Monday parade on an agreed topic and organized masked balls.

With interruptions due to the crisis (world wars / post-war emergency, Carnival ban in the 1920s, storm surge disaster in 1962, Gulf War 1991), the Dammer Carneval with its two parades (since 1938 also on Sundays) has meanwhile become the largest street carnival in northern Germany. Since 1892, the Dammer Carneval has been celebrated a week earlier than in the other carnival strongholds. Around 9,000 active fools present themselves on these two days in a parade with 240 motif floats and groups in the streets of the carnival city of Danzig. This unusual move lasts four to five hours at a time and is designed exclusively by the wagon builder on their own initiative.

While the largest parades in northern Germany are certainly the highlights of the Dammer Carnival, there is also an extensive accompanying program. November 11th of each year is the cornerstone for the opening of the session at the fool's column in the city center and for the start of the session in the town hall of Damme. There the honor jester award is given to a deserving personality. After the annual general assembly, the series of gala meetings, prince proclamations, costume balls and special events begins, offering an overall program for everyone. On Dammer Rose Monday, the city of Damme and the Dammer Carnevalsgesellschaft from 1614 give a reception for all kinds of prominent guests. Stephan Weil , Minister-President of Lower Saxony and guest of honor in 2014, even described the Dammer Carneval as the "cradle of Lower Saxony's Carnival". Following the reception, the mayor traditionally hands over the city keys to the respective prince in order to give him the power of governance over Dämmia. Three great days are then under the rule of the foolish madmen.

Dammer pottery market

The Art and Culture Circle Damme e. V. has been organizing the Dammer pottery market on the first weekend in September every year since 1985, with around 60 exhibitors who exclusively maintain professional workshops. The range of potters is set up between Mühlenstrasse and Friedhofstrasse and in the adjacent parking lots. There is also a supporting program on the Sunday Pottery Market. In addition, the Damme Art and Culture Circle regularly organizes cultural events, covering the entire spectrum of artistic creation, from music to literature to the fine arts. At around twelve events a year, e.g. B. Concerts, theater evenings, exhibitions, excursions, the little ones don't miss out either: for them there is always children's theater in November.

Spring and Robber Market

Half-yearly fair in the city center with flea market in Damme.

Advent market

During the Advent season there is an Advent market in Damme every Sunday in Advent and a Christmas market in Rüschendorf once a year.

Damme Cathedral Festival

Every 2 years for several weeks in the churchyard of St. Viktor. Organized by the Dammer Berge theater association.

public viewing

Every 2 years (with the exception of 2020 due to the corona pandemic ) for several weeks during the European Championship or World Cup in the churchyard of St. Viktor. All games with German participation as well as the final are shown.

Shooting festivals

  • Schützenverein Damme - at the end of July
  • Schützenverein Glückauf - every mid-June
  • Bürgererschützenverein Osterfeine-Dümmer - at the end of May / beginning of June
  • Rüschendorf shooting club - every mid-July
  • Schützenbruderschaft St. Viktor Rottinghausen - at the beginning of July on Schützenplatz in the district of Ossenbeck
  • Joke shooting party of the 7th Südfelde Company - at the end of July

In 2020 there was no shooting festival in Damme due to the global corona pandemic .

Dumber ice bet

The Dümmer ice bet takes place in mid-January on the western Dümmer side in Dümmerlohausen. A surprise guest of honor checks whether the dumber is “rising or going” - that is, whether the lake is frozen over or not.

Blue Night Damme

Every year in summer up to 10 bands play at the same time in the city center of Dammer, which is specially closed to motorized traffic for this event of the trade and trade association . While the entire city center is illuminated in blue, the bands play outside on stages, but also in the bars in the city center.

Sports

Damme has a wide range of sports. In addition to the usual ball sports, numerous clubs offer athletics, sailing, running and air sports. The following sports clubs are based in Damme and the surrounding area:

  • Rot-Weiß Damme (soccer, handball, fistball, Indiaca)
  • Olympic Sports Club Damme (athletics)
  • Spielvereinigung Schwarz-Weiss Osterfeine from 1925 e. V. (football, handball, gymnastics, running)
  • Damme tennis club
  • DLRG local group Damme
  • Riding and Driving Association eV
  • Pool billiards club Damme


Members of the strongest sports clubs:

  1. OSC Damme - 2,900 members - [IOC]
  2. Schwarz-Weiß Osterfeine - 1,605 members - [DFB]
  3. Rot-Weiß Damme - 1,200 members - [DFB]
  4. DLRG local group Damme - 530 members - [DLRG]
  5. Tennisclub Damme - 184 members - [DTB]
  6. Reit- und Fahrverein eV - 126 members - [DRFV]

Public facilities

  • town hall
  • Hospital St. Elisabeth gGmbH with around 235 beds in several specialist and occupational departments
  • Police station
  • The local volunteer fire departments Damme, Borringhausen and Osterfeine provide fire protection and general help.
  • Maltese training rescue station with a local rapid deployment group (SEG) and rescue dog squadron
  • Vehicle registration office of the district of Vechta
  • Damme youth club
  • Damme indoor swimming pool
  • Dersabad dams

education

There are six kindergartens in Damme, namely in the districts of Clemens-August-Dorf, Glückauf, Osterfeine, Rüschendorf and in the center of Dammer (Grüner Weg, Hunteburger Straße). With the exception of Glückauf, the districts mentioned also each have a primary school. The one in Damme on Grüner Weg also has a school kindergarten. The special school is located in the building opposite. The secondary school, secondary school and grammar school, all of which can be found in the large school center in Nordhofe, continue. The Andreaswerk maintains a day-care center for handicapped children and young people on the Green Path.

The education center in Dammer Berge and the district education center provide adult education centers. The Damme-Neuenkirchen district music school also uses the rooms of the grammar school. There are also two private dance schools and various private learning aid institutes.

health

The Catholic von Galen Clinics (formerly St. Elisabeth Stift Hospital) were founded in 1863 and have around 235 beds and a wide range of specialist and occupational departments. The nursing school is located on the premises of the hospital. The hospital also has a landing pad for rescue helicopters. Adjacent to the hospital is the Damme health center with a large number of specialized medical practices.

traffic

Road traffic

Damme is a traffic junction for road traffic. Tangent to the system around the center running state roads L 846 of Voerden and L 851 of Holdorf respectively connected to the access road to the motorway A 1 to. Together with the other state roads from Steinfeld / Oldenburg (L 846), Lembruch / Diepholz (L 853) and Hunteburg / Bramsche (L 80) they form the tightly knit traffic network, which is supplemented by district and inner-city roads. There are traffic-calmed zones in the city center and in many residential areas.

The platforms of the ZOB (central bus station) are in front of the city museum on Lindenstrasse .

Rail transport and local public transport

In 1910 the Holdorf – Damme line was opened, and in 1914 a connection to the Wittlager Kreisbahn was added to Bohmte . Passenger traffic to Damme was discontinued in 1962 and goods traffic in 1963. Passenger traffic to Holdorf ended in 1952, goods traffic in 1993.

Today there are bus connections from Damme to Osnabrück and Bohmte with train connections to Hamburg and the Ruhr area. Other bus connections go in the direction of Vechta and to the next stops Holdorf, Steinfeld and Neuenkirchen of the NordWestBahn .

Connection to the moobil + on-call bus system since 2013.

It was also decided that Damme will start using e-car sharing from mid-2020 .

Bicycle traffic

Most of the streets connecting the districts and beyond are accompanied by cycle paths. A road-independent cycle path exists on the former railway line on the Damme – Holdorf line.

Hiking trails

Signet of the Pickerweg near the former priory of St. Benedict

At the former Benedictine monastery, the Priory of St. Benedict , the Kardinalsweg , a 24.1 km long pilgrimage route that leads via Holdorf to Dinklage Castle , began in October 2018 . Now called Monastery of Benedictine - nuns castle used is the birthplace of Blessed Cardinal Clemens August Graf von Galen , whose memory is dedicated to the path. The Kardinalsweg runs a short distance together with the 106.5 km long Pickerweg , which leads from Wildeshausen to Osnabrück . Because the Pickerweg is part of the Jakobsweg network, it is possible to continue on the Jakobsweg from Dinklage via Damme.

Air traffic

The Damme airfield (EDWC) is located approx. 3.5 km southwest of the city of Damme in the Rottinghausen district and is part of the public transport infrastructure of the southern Oldenburger Münsterland. It is available to all general aviation users without prior notification, 365 days a year. The space can be used 24 hours a day. Airplanes and helicopters fly in private transport from Damme to destinations in Germany and Europe, both for business and pleasure. The space is also used for training pilots and parachutists. An aircraft yard is available.

Economy and Infrastructure

The city of Damme, like most of the municipalities in the Oldenburger Münsterland , is characterized by a very low unemployment rate (approx. 3.5%).

Significant companies are:

Personalities

Honorary citizen

The honorary citizenship is the highest appreciation of the town of Damme. The city has awarded the following people:

  • 1961 Heinrich Menslage (born September 5, 1875, † June 16, 1963), pastor of St. Viktor 1924–1952
  • 1968 Heinrich Wolking (born December 20, 1904, † June 30, 1991), Mayor of Dammer 1946–1953 and 1956–1968
  • 1972 Bernhard Kohake (born February 4, 1897, † October 29, 1972), pastor of St. Viktor 1952–1972
  • 1979 Josef Stromann (born November 16, 1904, † June 27, 1989), Mayor of Dammer 1968–1979
  • 1982 Sister M. Carita, (Katharina Schwarze, * October 11, 1892, † June 1, 1987), 62 years old care and community nurse in Damme
  • 1986 Franz Grimme senior (* January 17, 1907, † January 5, 1994), entrepreneur and founder of the Grimme Group
  • 1992 Heinrich Beiderhase (born January 24, 1916, † April 7, 2007), Mayor of Dammer 1979–1991
  • 2002 Heinrich Holtvogt (* March 20, 1927, † December 27, 2012), Mayor of Dammer 1991–1996
  • 2002 Hubert Quebbemann (born December 31, 1927, † September 5, 2017), pastor of St. Viktor 1972–2002
  • 2016 Franz Grimme jun. (Born March 3, 1946), entrepreneur and owner of the Grimme Group
  • 2017 Günter Zerhusen (born June 26, 1928), founder of Zerhusen Kartonagen GmbH
  • 2019 Wolfgang Knabe (born July 12, 1959), triple jumper; German master 1986 & 1988

sons and daughters of the town

literature

  • Dammer Carnevalsgesellschaft von 1614 e. V .: In a foolish way - 400 years of the Dammer Carneval. Authors: W. Friemerding, K.-P. Lammert, C. Schulte. 392 pages, published 2013
  • Alwin Schomaker: Helau almost deafening! Helau Almost deaf! Abridged summary of a source study on the history of the Dammer Carnival . In: Home calendar for the Oldenburger Münsterland . Vol. 3. 1954. pp. 113–117 ( online )
  • Martin von den Driesch: To our beloved foolish people! Authors: Boris von Brauchitsch u. Alexander Smoltczyk (text), Martin von den Driesch (photos). 160 pages, 63 color photographs, published 2014
  • Josef Schmutte: Damme in pictures - description of individual streets and their inhabitants of the last 200 years in 8 volumes . ( online )

Web links

Commons : Damme  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Damme (Dümmer)  - travel guide

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. ↑ a b c Main Statute of the City of Damme ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 31, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.damme.de
  3. ^ Bernhard Uhl: Arkeburg and Sierhäuser Schanzen, two old fortifications of the Münsterland . In: Yearbook for the history of the Duchy of Oldenburg, Vol. 16. 1908. P. 327–351.
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Friemerding: The Dammer ore mining . In: Yearbook for the Oldenburger Münsterland 1983 . Vechta 1982, pp. 285–294 and yearbook for the Oldenburger Münsterland 1984 . Vechta 1983, pp. 228-240
  5. ↑ Numbers 2018. City of Damme, accessed on December 16, 2019 .
  6. ^ Jürgen Udolph (research): The "place name researcher". In: website NDR 1 Lower Saxony . Archived from the original on January 26, 2016 ; accessed on August 3, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Harding Niehues, Kerstin Burdiek: Snow catastrophe forty years ago (= City Marketing Working Group [Ed.]: Vernarrt in Damme . Spring 2019). 2019.
  8. ^ City of Damme (Oldenburg) Religion , 2011 census
  9. ↑ City of Damme figures statistics , accessed on March 20, 2020
  10. ↑ st-viktor-damme.de
  11. ↑ a b City of Damme - overall results of the city council election on September 11 , 2016, accessed on February 1, 2017
  12. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on February 1, 2017.
  13. ↑ Statute on the number of councilors to be elected for the council of the city of Damme for the electoral period from November 1, 2016 to October 31 , 2021 , accessed on February 1, 2017
  14. ↑ Individual results of the direct elections on May 25, 2014 in Lower Saxony ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 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. , accessed November 8, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.landeswahlleiter.niedersachsen.de
  15. ↑ Working group Mühlenstrasse id Mühlenvereinigung Niedersachsen-Bremen e. V .: Watermill Holtermann, Damme http://www.niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de/index.php?id=336
  16. ↑ Working group Mühlenstrasse id Mühlenvereinigung Niedersachsen-Bremen e. V .: Schnatmühle Damme http://www.niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de/index.php?id=335
  17. ↑ Sculpture Trail : Art you can touch ... Accessed on March 16, 2008 .
  18. ↑ Sculpture Trail . (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 16, 2008 .  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.dammer-berge.de  
  19. ↑ Oldenburg landscape: Helau! State cultural festival Damme 2nd / 3rd July 2011  ( 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. (PDF; 4.7 MB). Oldenburg cultural land . Edition 2/2011, p. 4, accessed on March 2, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.oldenburgische-landschaft.de  
  20. ^ Art and culture group in Damme e. V .: Damme Sculpture Path. Guide  ( 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. (PDF; 461 kB). Retrieved March 3, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / news.kulturindamme.de  
  21. ^ Gallery Hans Tepe Damme - contemporary art. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 4, 2012 ; Retrieved March 8, 2012 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.galerie-hans-tepe.de
  22. ↑ The way to the center - a trip to the forest labyrinth Kloster Damme . Autumn harvest. Senior newspaper for Oldenburg and Umzu , issue 104, October / November 2013, p. 1
  23. ↑ Sculptures are reminiscent of robbers. Sage attracts visitors to the Mordkuhlenberg . Nordwestzeitung , August 31, 2013
  24. ^ Dammer Carnevalsgesellschaft from 1614 e. V .: Carneval 1892/93: Celebrating a week earlier is now the rule
  25. ↑ Video preview of the photo book "To our beloved foolish people!" Photographer: Martin von den Driesch, texts: Boris von Brauchitsch u. Alexander Smoltczyk, accessed November 11, 2014 .