Farves

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 26 '  N , 9 ° 20'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Joint municipality :	Singing
Height :	26 m above sea level NHN
Area :	25.44 km 2
Residents:	608 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	24 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	27446
Area code :	04762
License plate :	ROW, BRV
Community key :	03 3 57 014
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 8 27446 Selsingen
Mayor :	Ulrich Mehrkens ( Flat share Farven )
Location of the municipality Farven in the district of Rotenburg (Wümme)

Farven Church

Farven ( Low German farm ) is a municipality in the Selsingen municipality in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district in Lower Saxony . It is located around 14 kilometers southeast of Bremervörde . In addition to Farven, the municipality of Byhusen also belongs to the municipality . The Bever flows between the two places .

Geography and transport links

Neighboring communities

Farven is located in the west on the border with the district of Stade (municipalities of Brest and Kutenholz ). Farven borders the unified municipality of Bremervörde in the east and Deinstedt in the south-west and Anderlingen in the south .

Community structure

In addition to the districts of Farven and Byhusen, the residential areas Baaste and Baaster Berg , which are on the K 109 between Farven and Sadersdorf , Steinberg on the K 127 between Farven and Byhusen and Stüh on the K 122 between Farven and Malstedt belong to the municipality.

traffic

Due to its peripheral location, only two district roads lead through the municipality: on the one hand, the K 109, which leads from Anderlingen in the south via Baaste to Kutenholz in the north, and on the other hand the K 122, which leads from Farven in the west to Malstedt .

history

Stone box from Farven

On the western outskirts of Farven lie / were several large stone graves and tumuli from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. A stone box was retrieved from one and moved behind the Bachmann Museum in Bremervörde .

The first documentary mention of Farven was in 1132 as Verwede . In the 12th century Farven was owned by Count Rudolf von Stade and his mother, Countess Richardis. A part of the taxes went to the St George monastery . At that time Farven consisted of eight courtyards and one manor . Around 1500 Farven was owned by the Stade Monastery, but services and taxes went to Vörde Castle . The church was built in 1910 . In 1944 the volunteer fire brigade was founded.

Byhusen was also wholly or partly owned by the Stade monastery. The place is probably named after the Byhusen family, whose name is derived from the Low German Bihuus , which means house or side house. Presumably the family belonged to the Bremen service aristocracy . She moved to Stade unknown.

Incorporations

In 1929 the neighboring Fehrenbruch was incorporated, but on October 1, 1949 it became an independent municipality again.

On March 1, 1974, the neighboring municipality of Byhusen was incorporated in the course of the 1974 municipal reform. Farven is part of the Selsingen municipality .

Surname

Old names of the place are 1132–1137 Verwede and 1237–1246 Verwede. The second part of the place name consists of the Low German “wede” for “forest” and the first part of the old Frisian “fara” for “drive, go”. Apparently he is referring to the location of the settlement on a traffic route.

religion

Farven is evangelical-Lutheran and belongs to the parish of the St. Lamberti Church in Selsingen . There is an independent Evangelical Lutheran Pella congregation with a church from 1910 on site.

politics

Municipal council

The council of the parish Farven consists of nine councilors and councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 501 and 1000 inhabitants. The council members are elected for a five-year term by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party	Proportional votes	Number of seats
Farven voter community	58.39%	5
Byhus community of voters	41.60%	4th

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 72.04%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%.

mayor

The local council elected local council member Ulrich Mehrkens (WG Farven) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Farven shows Saint George in gold on a blue background on a silver horse killing a golden dragon. This creates a reference to the Georgskloster in Stade , to which the places Farven and Byhusen belonged. In the lower third, separated by a silver wave bar, which symbolizes the Bever, a silver heart is shown, which is covered with a golden six-pointed flame star. This comes from the coat of arms of the Byhusen family, which was based in Byhusen. A descendant of the family is currently (in 2000) the press spokesman for the University of Harburg. The family is now called Bihusen.

Economy and Infrastructure

Farven is shaped by agriculture . There are also some handicraft businesses, a restaurant as well as a special educational kindergarten and a play area. There used to be a school in Farven.

The next basic center is Selsingen .

The fire brigade and the rifle club play important roles for the village community.

Web links

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

• Website of the joint community
• Farven parish

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ^ Svend Wahlen: Municipality of Farven - Selsingen municipality. Retrieved on October 17, 2018 (German). 
3. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 242 .
4. ^ Jürgen Udolph (research): The "place name researcher". In: website NDR 1 Lower Saxony . Archived from the original on July 29, 2016 ; accessed on August 4, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Ev.-Luth. Pella parish Farven: history. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 4, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on March 19, 2017.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Farven - overall results of municipal council elections 2016 ( memento of the original from March 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 19, 2017.  
8. ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Municipality of Farven - Council of the Municipality of Farven 2016 - 2021 ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 19, 2017.