Espol

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Espol
City of Hardegsen
Espol coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′ 5 "  N , 9 ° 47 ′ 4"  E
Height : 295 m above sea level NN
Residents : 163  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 37181
Area code : 05555
Espol (Lower Saxony)
Espol

Location of Espol in Lower Saxony
View from the Weper to Espol
View from the Weper to Espol

Espol is a northern district of the city of Hardegsen in the Northeim district , Lower Saxony .

geography

Espol is located on the eastern edge of the Solling between Solling and Weper in the valley of a stream flowing down from the Solling, which joins the Espolde immediately west of the village , which in turn rises 500 m northwest of the center and flows into the Leine near Nörten-Hardenberg . The forester's house Espol about 700 m southeast of the village on the road to Üssinghausen also belongs to Espol . The neighboring towns are Fredelsloh 4 km north, Nienhagen 3 km east (as the crow flies) on the other side of the Weper, Delliehausen 3 km as the crow flies southwest on the other side of the Hardegser Köpf (Solling) and Üssinghausen 2 km south-east. The distance to Hardegsen is 6.5 km as the crow flies.

history

The first known documentary mention comes from a document of the Fredelsloher Stift dated September 30, 1280. This deals with the granting of parish rights to the already existing villages Espol (then Espele ) and Krumele: “... Nos Johannes iudex capituli Northunensis anno domini Mill. CC o LXXX o in crastino beati Michaelis adiudicamus ius parrochiale villarum Krumele et Espele ecclesie in Fridessele et super eodem iure parrochiali ecclesie in Moringen perpetuum silencium imponibus; ... ".
Within the village there are the abandoned settlements Krumele, Withighusen and Fredelshagen.
Until the administrative reform in the Kingdom of Hanover in 1852, Espol belonged to the Office Uslar in the Landdrostei Hildesheim , but was then added to the Office Moringen , to which the Office Hardegsen had belonged since 1820, together with the aristocratic court of Üssinghausen adjacent to the south . On March 1, 1974 Espol lost its position as an independent municipality and became a district of the city of Hardegsen.

Culture and sights

Chapel and school building

society

In the village there is a local and cultural association, a Kyffhäuser comradeship, a volunteer fire brigade, two forest cooperatives, a hunting cooperative, a real and guardian community, a chapel choir and a marching band (together with the neighboring villages of Trögen and Üssinghausen). A village community center, a village chapel, a village barn, a children's playground, a fire station, a barbecue and sports field and a barbecue hut are available. After the withdrawal of the city of Hardegsen, most of these institutions are mainly carried out in-house, mostly by the Heimat- und Kulturverein, in order to maintain an independent village life. A hiking destination close to the village is the Weper with its protected slope and the Sohnreyhütte.

Buildings

  • Chapel: The chapel in Espol belonged to the parish of Fredelsloh, today to the Trinitatis parish of Leine-Weper. The chapel building is a very simple half-timbered building, which together with the former village school in the east forms one structure and was erected in 1811. It replaced a barn-like previous chapel ; a house previously used as a school was demolished in 1926. The building has a small roof turret in the east of the chapel section , and in 1933 it was extended to the east, also in half-timbered construction. In 1961 a renovation took place. The use of the school part ended in 1970, since then it has been used for club meetings.

Economy and Infrastructure

The Solling telecommunications tower is located about 2 km northwest of Espol .

traffic

The L553 road leads through Fredelsloh from Fredelsloh to Hardegsen. Espol is connected to the regional bus route 222 Hardegsen-Moringen operated by rbb Regionalbus GmbH . The next train station is in Hardegsen.

politics

Local mayor is currently (2008) Volker Henkel. The local council is traditionally composed of a free list of citizens without parties.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Horst Gramatzki: The Fredelsloh Abbey from the foundation to the expiration of its convent , p. 61 at Google Books
  2. ^ Manfred Hamann: Document book of the Fredelsloh monastery . (Göttingen-Grubenhagener deed book, 1st section). August Lax, Hildesheim 1983, p. 50. ISBN 3-7848-3015-3
  3. ^ A b C. Kämmerer, PF Lufen: Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony , Volume 7.1: District Northeim, southern part . (Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany). CW Niemeyer, Hameln 2002, p. 114ff. ISBN 3-8271-8261-1

literature

  • Heinrich Rakebrandt: Espol . 1280-1980. 700 years. History of a village. Hardegsen 1986
  • Wolfgang F. Nägeler: Ortsfamilienbuch Fredelsloh and Espol . Stadtoldendorf 2019

Web links

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