Flechtorf

Flechtorf Church teaching
	Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 20 ″ N , 10 ° 42 ′ 29 ″ E
Height :	90 m
Residents :	3248 (Feb. 1, 2018)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	38165
Area code :	05308
Location of Flechtorf in Lower Saxony
	Evangelical Holy Cross Church

Flechtorf (formerly also Camping ) is a village in the municipality Lehr in the district of Helmstedt , Lower Saxony , Germany .

geography

Geographical location

Flechtorf is around 12 kilometers southwest of Wolfsburg and around 14 kilometers northeast of Braunschweig . The place is located southwest of the intersection of the L295 highway with the federal highway 39 and northeast of the intersection of the L295 highway with the highway 2 .

Village structure

The locality can be geographically divided into Alt- and Neudorf. The border between these two districts is the Schunter .

history

Map of Flechtorf and Campen Castle with Pallwall and two siege entrenchments, 1740

Left picture with Flechtorfer Mühle on the Schunter, right the modern systems

Castle camping

The first documentary mention goes back to the year 925. Since that time the other forms of the name have also been known: 925 Flahtorp , 1022 Flegtorp , 1100 Flechthorpa , 1129 Vlechthorp . The location on the Schunter in the middle of a predominantly agricultural region led to the establishment of a water mill for grinding grain as early as the 13th century . The Flechtorfer Mühle still exists today as a large company with modern milling technology.

In 1525 and 1526, numerous people were killed in looting. On May 13th, 1729 there was a major fire in the village, in which 26 buildings burned down to their foundations.

Since the Middle Ages, Campen Castle has been located in the village as a low castle between two arms of the Schunter. The complex, first mentioned in the 13th century, was transformed into a castle at the end of the 16th century. As a structural remainder, only the main building remains. During the time of Henry the Lion , camping was the seat of a ministerial . As the bailiff of Campen Castle, the villagers had to pay taxes to him for centuries with taxes in kind . They also had to do manual and clamping services.

Flechtorf used to be on the Braunschweig – Calvörde postal route .

As part of the administrative and community reforms in Lower Saxony , Flechtorf, which until then had belonged to the Braunschweig district as an independent community , was incorporated according to apprenticeship. On March 1, 1974, the community of teaching was added to the district of Helmstedt. About 90 percent of the residents had spoken out in favor of a connection to the closer Wolfsburg.

Population development

Lehr-Flechtorf - population development since 2008
development	year	Residents	Remarks
	2008	2,919
	2011	2,901	as of December 31
	2012	2,954	as of December 31
	2018	3,248	on February 1st

Explanation of the place name

The place name goes back to the Middle Low German word “vlecht” for “network of branches, hurdles” and is to be understood as a reference to existing wattle (hurdles for keeping livestock, fences to enclose the settlement or similar).

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a silver scales in blue over a silver braided fence. The wickerwork alludes to the place name. The scales as a symbol of Justitia, i.e. justice, refer to the Lords of Campen, who formerly exercised jurisdiction at the castle of the same name. Flechtorf has had this coat of arms since 1966.

Infrastructure

In Flechtorf there is a primary school built in 1964 at local facilities, which was later expanded. There is also a day-care center, a Protestant church ( Holy Cross Church ) and a village community center built in 1960 with the village archive that has existed since 2002. There is an industrial park in the village. Bus connections lead to Wolfsburg and Braunschweig.

politics

The current local mayor is Edelgard Hahn ( SPD ).

Personalities

Franz Bogislaus Westermeier (1773–1831), German Protestant theologian, was born in Flechtorf

literature

Helmut Kochanek: In the shelter and shadow of the castle. Flechtorfer Chronicle. Flechtorf 1985.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Population of the community on braunschweig.online , February 4, 2018, accessed on August 17, 2018.
^ 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. 267 .
↑ Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung : The community is growing: now 11,733 inhabitants , April 22, 2013.
^ 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 .

Web links

Commons : Flechtorf - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Flechtorf community portrait

[BraunschweigOnline-1] Population of the community on braunschweig.online , February 4, 2018, accessed on August 17, 2018.

[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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 267 .

[3] Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung : The community is growing: now 11,733 inhabitants , April 22, 2013.

[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 .