Findorf

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municipality Gnarrenburg
Findorf coat of arms
Coordinates: 53 ° 12 ′ 47 "  N , 8 ° 35 ′ 31"  E
Height : 3 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.35 km²
Residents : 342  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 64 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 8, 1974
Postal code : 27442
Area code : 04763
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Location of Findorf in Gnarrenburg
The Oste-Hamme Canal upstream
The Oste-Hamme Canal upstream

Findorf ( Low German Findörp ) is a village in the municipality Gnarrenburg in Lower Saxony Rotenburg (Wümme) .

geography

Geographical location

Findorf is around three kilometers long on both sides of the Oste-Hamme Canal . Findorf is surrounded by Kuhstedt in the west, the main town Gnarrenburg in the north and Karlshöfen in the east and west .

Waters

The Oste-Hamme Canal , a former peat canal , which flows into the Oste in Spreckens, runs through the local area .

history

Founding years

Findorf was founded in 1781 in the course of the moor colonization of the Teufelsmoor . In 1789 it is stated that the place had two houses in which eight residents, including four children, lived.

Incorporations

The two formerly independent communities Findorf and Kolheim merged as Findorf on April 1, 1929 as part of the incorporation . People of different origins report what is said to have led to disputes and disputes. However, through work and suffering, the mutual hostility subsided.

On April 8, 1974 Findorf was incorporated into the Gnarrenburg community as part of the regional reform .

Population development

year 1830 1910 1925 1933 1939 2005 2011 2012 2016
Residents 223 246 223 318 295 359 366 360 342

(Sources: 1830, 1910, 1925–1939, 2005, 2011–2016 according to the version history of the location as of December 31)

politics

City council and mayor

At the municipal level, the Findorf district is represented by the Gnarrenburg municipal council.

Mayor

The mayor of Findorf is Stefan Prüß ( SPD ).

coat of arms

On a green background in the middle a half-timbered house , in front of it a four-part sign and on the left and right a three-leaf clover.

Personalities

People connected to the place

  • Jürgen Christian Findorff (1720–1792), bog colonizer, he measured, drained and populated the bogs between Wümme and Hamme, the Teufelsmoor northeast of Bremen, through his work for the colonists he was nicknamed "Father of all bog farmers", founded u. a. Findorf named after him
  • Jochen Kopelke (* 1984), police officer and former state chairman of the police union in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, is active in the Findorf District

Web links

Commons : Findorf  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b General information about the community Gnarrenburg. In: Gnarrenburg community website. Retrieved March 17, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Findorf. In: Gnarrenburg community website. Retrieved March 17, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Dietrich Heinrich Stöver: Historical-statistical contributions to the closer knowledge of the states and the more recent world events . Benjamin Gottlob Hoffmann, Hamburg 1789, p. 352 ( digitized version [accessed December 9, 2017]).
  4. ↑ a b Internet site Findorf → Ortschaft → Findorf introduces itself - greeting from the mayor. In: www.findorf.de. 2005, accessed March 17, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Uli Schubert: Community directory Germany 1900. Information from December 1, 1910. In: www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de. February 3, 2019, accessed March 20, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. See under 27. (online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  7. ↑ Announcement of the final election results of the municipal council elections. (PDF; 129 kB) Party membership of the individual council members. In: Gnarrenburg community website. September 14, 2016, p. 2 , accessed March 20, 2019 .