Ehrhorn

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Ehrhorn
Coordinates: 53 ° 10 ′ 36 ″  N , 9 ° 53 ′ 4 ″  E
Height : 79 m above sea level NHN
Area : 24.39 km²
Residents : 525  (Feb. 1, 2011)
Population density : 22 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 29640
Area code : 05198
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Location of Ehrhorn in Schneverdingen

Ehrhorn is a district of the town of Schneverdingen in the Heidekreis district in Lower Saxony .

geography

The place is about 8 km north of the city center and is connected to it via the state road 211 and federal road 3 . The small forest village is located in the middle of a large mixed forest in the Lüneburg Heath nature reserve .

Living spaces are Eine and Wintermoor on the Chaussee / Wintemaur an de Chaussee .

history

Ehrhorn is first mentioned in a document in 1050 in the document book of the Michaeliskloster in Lüneburg . In the middle of the 17th century , three farmhouses were built in Ehrhorn as two- column half- timbered houses with a thatched roof.

The Ehrhorn community was dissolved with effect from March 1, 1974. Its main area, then with more than 600 inhabitants, was incorporated into the municipality of Schneverdingen. A smaller part with a little more than 100 inhabitants at that time came to the municipality of Behringen. However, this was integrated into the Bispingen community on March 16, 1974 .

politics

Karin Meyer is the head of the village.

Culture and sights

Exhibition house of the forest adventure center Ehrhorn No. 1
Ehrhorn dunes natural forest
  • With the Ehrhorn Forest Adventure Center , two houses were restored to their construction condition from 1650.
  • The south circular route leads around the "Ehrhorn Dunes natural forest". There is a strict ban on entering the forest itself, which the foresters must also adhere to.
  • The north circular route shows the typical white sand of the heather and a forest with around 30 tree and shrub species typical of the heather.

Web links

Commons : Ehrhorn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.feuerwehr-schneverdingen.de/index.php/stadtfeuerwehr
  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. 235 and 236 .