Edendorf

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Edendorf seen from the Elbe Lateral Canal

Edendorf is a district of the unitary community Bienenbüttel in the district of Uelzen in the state of Lower Saxony .

history

Edendorf was originally a place designed as a line village approx. 5 km from the community center in Bienenbüttel. Edendorf's main street (Edendorfer Straße) leads directly through the village and over the Elbe side canal , which was created in the east of the village in the 1970s, and therefore divides the village indirectly into two halves.

The settlement arose on the border between the lower lying lowlands in the north with its meadows and pastures and the higher-lying arable land of the Geest in the south. In the north of the village the Mühlenbach and the Wohbeckgraben flow in the south. Both streams flow into the larger Ilmenau, which runs to the west .

Edendorf emerged from a loosely laid out courtyard group, which was located north of the district road and which is still partially preserved today. The location became narrower and narrower due to real division, so that the village was expanded to the north. It was not until the middle of the 19th century that the valuable arable land in the south of the town was given up at the expense of living space. During the coupling, some independent farms settled outside of the local area on their own land. This structure can still be found in the townscape today.

The name Edendorf is most likely derived from the personal name "Edos": Edos Dorf . In some historical documents Edendorf was also called "Edinge", "Ähndorpp" or "Edendorppe". These were the genders of some of the families who lived in Edendorf until the 13th century. In addition to various landlords, Edendorf was owned by the Medingen Monastery and St. Michaelis Monastery in Lüneburg. The coupling of the town was carried out from 1830 to 1840. The place name changed from Etendorp around 1214 in just four hundred years to Edendorf in 1628.

The fact that the area around Edendorf was already settled in pre-Christian times is shown by the large stone grave ( megalithic grave ), which is approx. 1.2 km away from the town center (following the street "Grüner Jäger" to the south; left of the street) is located. Explanatory boards provide information about the special features of this facility (e.g. glacier cut on individual stones).

On July 1, 1972 Edendorf was incorporated into the Bornsen community.

Population development

  • 1823: 169 inhabitants
  • 1848: 256 inhabitants
  • 1880: 287 inhabitants
  • 1932: 243 inhabitants
  • 1949: 600 inhabitants (approximate figure, including war refugees)
  • 1950: 292 inhabitants
  • 1961: 356 inhabitants
  • 1970: 325 inhabitants
  • 2004: 330 inhabitants
  • 2014: 303 inhabitants

Infrastructure

The structure of the local situation is still influenced by agriculture today. The six resident farms are currently predominantly arable. A bakery and restaurant are also available as commercial facilities in the village, as is an EU stallion station .

There used to be a chapel in Edendorf, but Edendorf is now part of the parish of the neighboring village of Wichmannsburg in the parish of Uelzen . School operations began in 1853 in a local schoolhouse, which was replaced by a new schoolhouse in 1887. The weather vane on the roof is marked by an inkwell. In 1968 the school in Edendorf was stopped.

The volunteer fire brigade (with the fire brigade association Edendorf eV) and the citizens' association “Unser Edendorf e. V. ". Together with the Edendorf village community, a village square was created that is now used by all generations. A playground and soccer field, a new fire station , the Edena ruins and the historic village barn are used for community and cultural events.

The old fire station from 1908 with its gable is also a testimony to the history of the Edendorf volunteer fire brigade. The historic building has now been taken over by the Edendorf Fire Brigade Association so that it will be preserved in the future.

tourism

Tourists in this area of ​​the Lüneburg Heath often find particular pleasure in the barrows in nearby Medingen, the origin of which is estimated to be around 2000 years before Christ. The sheep pens that were typical for the region in the past and are still preserved in the state forest are very popular.

Attractions

Architectural monuments

In the list of architectural monuments in Bienenbüttel four architectural monuments are listed for Edendorf .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Bienenbüttel: Edendorf. ( Memento of August 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ Holger Runne: Documents of the Middle Ages: For Bienenbüttel and its districts. 2009, ISBN 9783837039740 , page 21.
  3. ^ H. Runne, K. Wedekind: 1010 years Bienenbüttel. 2014, ISBN 9783735727916 , page 63 f.
  4. ↑ a b c 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. 237 .
  5. ^ Rolf Rickert: Edendorf district . In: Working Group History of Bienenbüttel (Ed.): 1010 years of Bienenbüttel . BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2014, p. 64 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 8 ′ 21.1 ″  N , 10 ° 33 ′ 17.4 ″  E