Engelnstedt

Engelnstedt City of Salzgitter
Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′ 15 ″  N , 10 ° 21 ′ 7 ″  E
Height :	91 m
Area :	4.48 km²
Residents :	759  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	169 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	April 1, 1942
Incorporated into:	Watenstedt-Salzgitter
Postal code :	38229
Area code :	05341
Location of Engelnstedt in Salzgitter

Engelnstedt is one of 31 districts of the independent city of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony , located in the north and borders on Lebenstedt , the largest village in the city. It is shaped by agriculture .

Engelnstedt belonged to the Wolfenbüttel district until March 31, 1942 and became part of the city of Watenstedt-Salzgitter through an administrative act on April 1, 1942. On January 23, 1951, it was officially renamed Salzgitter .

geography

An industrial area has developed over the years on the southern border area of ​​Engelnstedt. The district is close to the A 36 and A 39 , the feeders to the A 2 and A 7 federal motorways .

history

Place name and time of foundation

The root word of the name -stedt means in Germanic-speaking site and was Ostfalen over long periods for the designation of places in use. The defining word of the place name is mostly traced back to the personal name Engelmo or Angilmo . It is generally assumed that the "-stedt" places were founded in the pre-Franconian period , so Engelnstedt probably originated in the 4th or 5th century.

The first written evidence for the place is from around 800. This can be found in Codex Eberhardi , a directory of the goods of the Fulda monastery . Then around 800 a Saxon nobleman named Reginho together with his wife Adelburg transferred part of their possessions to the Fulda monastery, including land in Engelstete . Other mentions of the place were Inggilvenstide (1149), Engelminstad (1151), Ingelemstede (1277), Engellemestede (1323), Engelmstede (1475) and since 1685 Engelnstedt .

Affiliation

Engelnstedt was in the Middle Ages in Leraga (also called Leragau or Liergau ), a part of the Saxon province of Ostfalen . Since the time of Henry the Lion , the region belonged to the domain of the Guelphs . The Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg emerged from this in 1235 . After its division in 1269, Engelnstedt belonged to the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . The principality was divided into four districts in the middle of the 16th century, Engelnstedt being part of the Wolfenbüttel district. The districts in turn were divided into offices and Engelnstedt belonged to the office of Lichtenberg . Duke Karl I had the offices of Lichtenberg, Gebhardshagen and Salder merged to form the Salder office in 1774, the seat of which was Salder Castle from 1795 . During the time of the Kingdom of Westphalia (1807 to 1813) Engelnstedt belonged to the canton Salder and thus to the district of Braunschweig in the department of the Oker . The canton of Salder was divided into two municipalities in 1808 , with Engelnstedt belonging to the 1st municipality together with Bleckenstedt , Hallendorf , Lebenstedt , Sauingen and Üfingen . After the Congress of Vienna in 1814/15, the Duchy of Braunschweig was restored within the boundaries of the old principality. The former cantons Gebhardshagen , Salder and Lesse were merged to form the district court Salder (later district office Salder) and assigned to the Wolfenbüttel district, which became the Wolfenbüttel district directorate in 1832.

After the end of the First World War , the Free State of Braunschweig became the successor to the Duchy of Braunschweig - from 1933 as "Land Braunschweig" - and Engelnstedt became part of the Wolfenbüttel district. Engelnstedt has belonged to the newly founded town of Watenstedt-Salzgitter since April 1, 1942 - today's Salzgitter.

Development of the locality

In 1318 the Counts of Wohldenberg received 13 hooves and the right of patronage in Engelnstedt as a fief. In 1492 and 1602 the village was attacked and plundered by Brunswick.

In 1802 the geographical-statistical description of the municipality was as follows:

“Engelnstedt, a parish village , two hours from Lichtenberg and three hours from Wolfenbüttel, with a church, a parish, a sacrificial facility, five farms, six half-span farms, 17 Kothöfe, ten Brinkitzer places, 42 fire places and 348 residents. A superintendent is responsible for the parish, whose patron is the sovereign, like the consistory, which includes the parishes of Engelnstedt, Bruchmachtersen , Broistedt , Köchingen and Bodenstedt . The community has its logging and a profitable quarry on the Hardewege. A lot of late flax is grown by the inhabitants, and there are households out of which 200 Reichstaler are spun annually in commercial yarn. Engelnstedt owns a horse oil mill. "

Witch persecution in Protestant times

In 1665 Adelhaid Neddermeyer was accused of using witchcraft to protect her relative Kurt Neddermeyer from harm. After her arrest in Lichtenberg, Adelhaid Neddermeyer refused any food intake and died in prison in 1665.

Population development

Sources: The population figures from 1821 to 2000 are based on the statistical yearbook of the Department for Economics and Statistics of the city of Salzgitter. The population statistics from 2001 are based on the monthly statistical reports of the city of Salzgitter (residents with main residence) according to the population register at the end of December.

church

Church of St. Cosmas and Damian von Salzgitter-Engelnstedt

The church, consecrated to Saints Cosmas and Damian in 2007 , was built around 1313. Located in the Romanesque style in dry stone masonry building is 22.5 meters long, the nave is 8.1 m wide, tower and chancel are slightly indented. The 27 m high tower is slated, the tower clock was made in 1886 by the company JF Weule .

In one of ecclesiastical possessions ( Corpus bonorum ) from 1753 is reported by the Church, that this 1542 when Schmalkaldic troops Duke Henry II. Had been expelled from his duchy, devastated, a bell was broken and another, and various church utensils had been stolen . the church has two bells. The smaller of the two dates from 1635 and bears the inscription “Heinrich Borstelmann poured me. Anno 1635. Soli deo gloria ” . The second bell was cast by the Rincker bell foundry in 1956 and bears the inscription “Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth and a pleasure to men” (Luk. 2,34). Two other bells in the church were pulled in and melted down during the two world wars.

The wooden altar wall with the high pulpit is decorated in the classicist baroque style. The inscription on the high pulpit reads “They are blessed to hear and keep the word of God” and contain the year 1737 of the altar as a chronogram . To the left of the two twisted and Corinthian columns , the altar wall shows a depiction of Jesus crucified, and to the right the risen Jesus. The baptismal font made of Elm sandstone in the middle of the chancel was designed and made in 1947 by the sculptor Ilse Becher from Lebenstadt .

The inventory of the church includes a communion chalice , the creation of which is dated to the middle of the 13th century. An inscription on the base of the chalice says that it used to be in the Cistercian monastery Mariental near Helmstedt. The church also has two brass chandeliers that were donated in 1679. The organ with its 540 pipes was built in 1885 by the organ building company Weule from Braunschweig.

politics

Local council

→ Main article : Ortschaft Nord

coat of arms

Blazon : "In blue a golden rose over a silver reindeer growing from the base of the shield."

The reindeer reminds us that hunters roamed today's Salzgitter area as early as the Paleolithic. In 1952, remnants of reindeer bones and flint were excavated near Engelnstedt, which point to this time. The reindeer also refers to Engelnstedt's most famous son - the artist and Lapland researcher Gustav Hagemann (1891–1982). He researched the flora and fauna of the region north of the Arctic Circle and documented the local environment as a painter and sculptor. A stylized reindeer antler is attached to his tombstone in Engelnstedt - a memorial was also erected here. The golden rose commemorates the Lords of Saldern, whose coat of arms was a rose and who had close ties to Engelnstedt in the Middle Ages. The coat of arms colors blue and yellow, the Braunschweig national colors, refer to Engelnstedt's centuries of territorial affiliation with the duchy and state of Braunschweig.

The coat of arms was adopted on November 17, 2005 by a citizens' meeting as the local coat of arms of Salzgitter-Engelnstedt.

Language and dialect

Until the 1950s and 1960s, the southern Lower Saxon Platt , a subspecies of the East Westphalian dialect, which was very different from the Brunswick dialect, was spoken here. Engelnstedt found its way into literature in the book "The Fatherland in Riddles" written by Cantor Karl Gottfried Querner from Helmstedt in 1856. One of these puzzles relates to Engelnstedt:

1. Silently guarded by 2 syllables.
the baby sleeps at night;
unseen, after childhood delusion,
they quietly approach the third.

2. Lost on the path of life,
the 2 are loyal shepherds!
In the struggle for strength you will plead;
protecting them stand third.

3. Also at the dormant grave
both smile quietly down;
Blowing the third eternal rest,
with cypress branches closed!

4. In the two quiet escort
, the third is not far. -
O! You will probably never worry, they will
lead you for life!

Memorial to Gustav Hagemann in Engelnstedt

Culinary specialties

Pigs under four hundredweight were rarely slaughtered in Engelnstedt. For the slaughter breakfast there was cooked belly and head. The sausage was seasoned with pepper and salt, the jellied meat with caraway seeds and vinegar, and the crispy sausage with thyme. Braised and Brägen sausages were made from part of the meat.

Personalities

• Gustav Hagemann (1891–1982), painter and researcher

literature

• Heinrich Hagemann, Claudia Böhler, Broder-Heinrich Christiansen, Christine Kellner-Depner, Jörg Leuschner, Günter Spandau, Walter Wimmer, Ursula Wolff: Engelnstedt - The story of a village in Salzgitter . Ed .: Archives of the City of Salzgitter - Editing: Claudia Böhler, Jörg Leuschner and Ursula Wolff (=  contributions to the city's history . Volume 28 ). Salzgitter 2014.
• Reinhard Försterling, Jörg Leuschner, Sigrid Lux, Heinrich Hagemann: North town in old views - Bruchmachtersen, Engelnstedt, Salder and Lebenstedt . Ed .: Archive of the City of Salzgitter (=  contributions to the city's history . Volume 11 ). Salzgitter 1994, p. 83-160 .
• Church buildings in Salzgitter . In: Department for Public Relations of the City of Salzgitter (Ed.): Salzgitter Forum . tape 12 , 1986, pp. 17 .

Web links

• Description of the church on the private website of the Engelnstedt district
• Literature about Engelnstedt catalog of the DNB

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Försterling et al., 1st edition, p. 84.
2. ↑ Försterling et al., 1st edition, p. 84.
3. ↑ Försterling et al., 1st ed., Pp. 143 ff.

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Mechthild Wiswe : The field names of the Salzgitter area . Self-published by the Braunschweigischer Geschichtsverein, Braunschweig 1970, DNB  458674877 , p. 473-47 f . (Also: Diss. University of Göttingen, 1968).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Kirstin Casemir: The place names of the district Wolfenbüttel and the city of Salzgitter (=  Lower Saxony Place Name Book . Volume 3 ). Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, 2003, ISBN 3-89534-483-4 , p. 141–142 (at the same time: Diss. University of Göttingen, 2002).
3. ^ Hagemann: Engelnstedt. P. 29.
4. ^ Hagemann: Engelnstedt. P. 40.
5. ^ Hagemann: Engelnstedt. Pp. 61-63.
6. ^ Hagemann: Engelnstedt. Pp. 43-44.
7. ^ Department for economics and statistics: Statistical yearbook of the city of Salzgitter. City of Salzgitter, accessed on February 22, 2020 (total number of eligible residents (main and secondary residence) © City of Salzgitter).  
8. ^ Department for Economics and Statistics: Monthly Statistical Reports of the City of Salzgitter. City of Salzgitter, accessed on February 22, 2020 (Population at the location of the main residence © City of Salzgitter). 
9. ↑ Description of the coat of arms on the homepage of the district