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Theses
City of Bergen
Coordinates: 52 ° 46 ′ 56 ″  N , 10 ° 2 ′ 17 ″  E
Height : 57 m
Residents : 357
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 29303
Area code : 05054
Half-timbered farmhouse from 1880
Flint inserts from the Middle Stone Age found in the Diesten area
700 year old oak at Lindhorst location

Diesten is a town in the Lower Saxony city ​​of Bergen in the northern district of Celle in the Lüneburg Heath . It is located 20 km north of Celle on Landstrasse 240 and currently has 357 inhabitants.

history

Finds of flint inserts for arrows and spears ( microliths ) testify that here already in the younger Mesolithic (v. BC 6000-4500.), People lived and hunted. Diesten was first mentioned in a document in 1235 under the name Dedestesen . To this day, Diesten has been shaped by agriculture and has retained its original village appearance. Districts of Diesten are the village of Huxahl, 1 km to the north, and Lindhorst, 2 km to the east . In Lindhorst there is an old oak that is under nature protection . It is said to have been mentioned in a document as early as the 15th century. After that it is at least 700 years old.

On January 1, 1973 Diesten was incorporated into the city of Bergen.

politics

Since its incorporation as part of the Lower Saxony district and administrative reform in 1973 Diesten is a locality of the city of Bergen . Diesten is represented by the local council and the local mayor. The local council has, among other things, decision-making powers for the public institutions in the locality, is responsible for promoting the maintenance of the local image and club life and must be heard by the city of Bergen on all matters relating to the locality. It consists of five elected representatives, members of the Bergen municipal council from Diesten and the mayor of the city of Bergen. The local council elects the local mayor , the current incumbent is Heinrich Penshorn.

traffic

The former Diesten stop is on the Celle – Soltau railway line ; the trains now pass the place without stopping.

literature

  • Diesten volunteer fire department 1935–1985 . Festschrift for their 50th anniversary.
  • Peter Perl: Hit the bull's eye - verses about the shooting festival . 2006.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Alpers, Paul; Barenscheer, Friedrich: Celler Flurnamenbuch: The field names of the city and the district of Celle, Schweiger & Pick Verlag, Celle 1952, p. 35.
  2. ^ 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. 224 .
  3. Information on the Lower Saxony municipal constitution .
  4. Sitzungsdienst-bergen.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 13, 2014.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.sitzungsdienst-bergen.de