Foresters

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Foresters
Coat of arms of Förste
Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 33 ″  N , 10 ° 10 ′ 54 ″  E
Height : 150 m above sea level NN
Residents : 1789  (Jul. 1, 2019)
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 37520
Area code : 05522
Förste (Osterode am Harz)
Foresters

Location of Förste in Osterode am Harz
Center of Förste
Center of Förste

Förste is a village in the southwestern Harz foreland and district of the city of Osterode am Harz in the district of Göttingen (formerly the district of Osterode am Harz ) in southern Lower Saxony , Germany .

geography

Förste is about 7 km from Osterode am Harz in the Sösetal at the foot of the Lichtenstein ridge . On this is the Lichtenstein castle ruin of the same name . Like the Lichtenstein Cave located below the Söse, it belongs to the Dorste district . The inaccessible cave is one of the most important archaeological sites in Lower Saxony. Förste is located in the karst area with numerous springs.

history

The first known documentary mention under the name "Foresazi" dates to the year 990 AD, so that in 1990 the millennium was celebrated. In 990, the later Emperor Otto III. his sister Sophie this place in Liesgau at the time .

Incorporations

On the occasion of the regional reform , Förste was incorporated into the town of Osterode am Harz on July 1, 1972.

Religions

Förste and Nienstedt form the Ev.-luth. St. Martins - parish . Although there are also some members of other religious communities, these are not represented in Förste with their own community facilities.

politics

Local council election 2016
Participation: 64.50% (+ 2.19% p)
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2016


Local council

Together with Nienstedt, Förste forms a joint local council with 13 council members. (Changes to 2011).

  • SPD : 8 seats (−1)
  • CDU : 5 seats (+1)

mayor

Local mayor is Bernd Fröhlich (SPD).

coat of arms

Description : On a silver background, the Förster coat of arms shows a horse's head bridled with a golden bridle and wearing a green birch wreath decorated with a red and white ribbon around its neck.

The traditional wreath riding takes place in Förste every year on Pentecost Sunday . There are no documents about the creation. According to private chronicles, the custom is said to date back to the time of the Saxon King Heinrich I and at that time had the purpose of training the villagers in arms and riding so that they could protect themselves against the Hungarian invasions . Only local riders on draft horses are allowed to participate in this wreath ride. The winner of this riding receives a large birch wreath as an external sign, which is worn around the neck of the horse during the subsequent historical acts. Riding is only permitted with a bridle and without a saddle.

The Förster coat of arms was approved and awarded by the responsible state authority in 1956. Rudi Hattenbauer, the former forester, made a particular contribution to the design and presentation of the coat of arms.

Culture and sights

The now 254 km long karst hiking trail to Pölsfeld in Saxony-Anhalt runs through the forest . This originally began or ended at the forester mill pond . Since April 2014, it has continued to the HöhlenErlebnisZentrum at the Iberg stalactite cave near Bad Grund , which also includes the Lichtenstein cave near Förste .

music

  • Music train of the volunteer fire brigade Förste
  • Singing community "The Black Ravens"
  • Mixed choir Förste
  • "Voices" choir
  • "Black Bear Skiffle Company"
  • "Red Stallions" Marchingband eV

Sports

  • MTV Förste
  • Cycling club "Frisch Auf" Förste
  • Sports club from 1928
  • Tennis club "Sösetal"
  • Table tennis club
  • Angelsportverein 1962 eV Förste
  • Schützenverein Förste from 1913 eV

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Förste is connected by buses to Osterode. The A7 motorway can be reached within 15-20 minutes. The next train stations are in Osterode, Wulften and Northeim . Förste used to own a train station on the now disused small railway line Osterode – Kreiensen .

economy

There are various shops, craft businesses and doctors in the village. The Grafenquelle for bottling mineral water is located near the mill pond. Gypsum is mined on the Lichtenstein .

education

  • kindergarten
  • Primary school in Sösetal

Personalities

literature

  • Werner Binnewies: Förste, Nienstedt, brand - localities of the city of Osterode. Forays through history and folklore (series: Der Harz and Südniedersachsen, special issue 5, 64 pages). Ed. Piepersche Buchh .: Clausthal-Zellerfeld 1978
  • Werner Binnewies: A thousand years of the Harz forest - a mosaic of local history. Förste am Harz 1990
  • Werner Binnewies (Ed.): Sösetalgeschichte (s) and others: Förste / Harz. Förste am Harz 1993
  • Werner Binnewies (Ed.): Sösetalgeschichte (n) and others (Volume 2): Förste / Harz. Förste am Harz 1994
  • Werner Binnewies (Ed.): Sösetalgeschichte (n) and others (illustrated book 1). Förste am Harz 1996
  • Werner Binnewies (Ed.): Sösetalgeschichte (n) and others (Volume 3): Förste / Harz. Förste am Harz 2000

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.osterode.de/leben-in-osterode-am-harz/ortschaften/foerste/
  2. ^ Regesta imperii II, 3 Otto III. (980) 983-1002, ed. Mathilde Uhlirz 1956/57, p. 516
  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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 215 .
  4. ^ Website of the Göttingen municipal services , accessed on October 1, 2016
  5. ↑ a b Binnewies 1990, p. 2.