Flegessen

Flegessen City of Bad Münder am Deister
Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 33 ″  N , 9 ° 26 ′ 13 ″  E
Height :	117 m
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	31848
Area code :	05042
Location of Flegessen in Lower Saxony

Flegessen is one of 16 districts of the city of Bad Münder am Deister ( Hameln-Pyrmont district , Lower Saxony ).

geography

Flegessen is located in the Weserbergland Schaumburg-Hameln nature park . The place is a bit away from the intersection of the L 423 with the federal road 217 between Springe and Hameln . To the northeast is the Saupark Springe nature reserve . The Deister begins in the north and the Süntel near the village to the west .

history

View from the Süntelhang to Gut Flegessen , in the background the Ith

The first reliable documented mention of the village dates back to 1294. Older attributions in the Corveyer and Fulda traditions are doubtful.

The development of the village ran parallel to that of the Flegessen estate . Both belonged to the Bonifatiusstift Hameln in the Middle Ages . In 1259 the village and estate became the upper property of the Bishop of Minden , who transferred both to the Barsinghausen Monastery in 1275 . After several changes of ownership, it came to the Wittenburg monastery in 1425/27 , whose property was confiscated in 1580 by Duke Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig and Lüneburg . Later Flegessen was part of the Office Springe.

The village of Flegessen was united on January 1, 1973 through the regional reform as one of 16 districts to the municipality of Bad Münder.

politics

Detlef Olejniczak (SPD) is the local mayor.

Flegessen has a joint local council with the neighboring towns of Hasperde and Klein Süntel .

Culture and sights

St. Peter's Church

• The St. Petri Church from 1892 in the neo-Romanesque style still contains stones from the dilapidated previous church from the 9th century. It contains a crucifix from the 15th century.
• Opposite the St. Petri Church is the approximately 200-year-old Flegessen parish and parish house, which is a listed building.
• Also in the old town center is the former monastery tavern, the oldest half-timbered house in the region, which was extensively renovated in 1970 and 2012 and is a listed building.
• The water treading area at the entrance to the Süntel was built by the local Transport and Improvement Association (VVV) and is a popular destination for hikers in the Süntel.
• The regional / organic village shop, which opened in 2015, is a self-built straw bale clay house that is financed without public subsidies and regularly attracts press and visitor groups from near and far.

Economy and Infrastructure

In a village community with the neighboring districts of Hasperde and Klein Süntel, Flegessen has repeatedly received awards in recent years for the multitude of village activities and the high voluntary commitment of its residents. In 2013, the “Idea Workshop Village Future”, founded by citizens from Flegessen, Hasperde and Klein Süntel, was presented in the national competition “New Neighborhood” by the Montag Foundation for “many committed, creative projects” as an “example of more joie de vivre in the country instead of rural exodus " excellent. The village community also won the “German Citizens' Prize” of the Sparkassenstiftung Weserbergland in 2013 and was among the winners of the “Kerniges Dorf” competition of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture in 2015 .

Despite its small size, Flegessen has a special economic and social infrastructure, including a primary school, a kindergarten, a farm café, a bakery, a member regional / organic village shop and various craftsmen.

Good Flegessen, with entrance to the Hofcafé

The sports club “FC Flegessen / Hasperde von 1919 e. V. “is the largest association in the village with 619 members. Other institutions of village activities include a. the volunteer fire brigade, the music association, the local association of the DRK, the association for homeland care, traffic and beautification association (VVV), the men's choir MGV Concordia, the church choir, the rifle club, the Protestant church community and the patronage association.

literature

• Heinrich Niclas: Chronicle of Flegessen . [Flegessen 1958]

Web links

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

• Flegessen on the website of the city of Bad Münder

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heimatbund-Niedersachsen.de ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. (PDF; 196 kB)  
2. ↑ Historic churches on Weserbergland.com
3. ↑ ARD reports from Flegessen, Hasperde and Klein Süntel . ( ndz.de [accessed on August 18, 2018]).
4. ↑ Description of the winners of the federal competition "New Neighborhood"
5. ↑ Description of the winners of the federal competition "New Neighborhood"
6. ↑ Karin Billanitsch: Cash injection for creative villages at demo-online.de from May 18, 2017