Godshorn

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Godshorn
City of Langenhagen
Godshorn coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 26 ′ 17 "  N , 9 ° 42 ′ 26"  E
Height : 53 m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.28 km²
Residents : 6778  (Jan 31, 2020)
Population density : 819 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 30855
Area code : 0511
Godshorn (Lower Saxony)
Godshorn

Location of Godshorn in Lower Saxony
Half-timbered chapel of the community "To the Good Shepherd"
Half-timbered chapel of the community "To the Good Shepherd"

Godshorn is a village and western part of the city of Langenhagen in the Hanover region of Lower Saxony .

geography

Godshorn is located south of Hanover Airport and in the immediate vicinity. To the east is the city center of Langenhagen, to the south is the Hannoversche Vinnhorst and to the west Schulenburg and Engelbostel .

history

Godshorn celebrated its 800th anniversary in 2000, but it is believed that the place was founded around the year 900.

Old names of the place are before 1225 Baldewinus de Gutereshorn to 1360 Gottershorne , 1366 Gotershorne , 1430 Gottershorne , 1588 Grid Horn , 1594 Gottershorn , 1634 Goddershorn , 1791 God's horn and 1823 Godshorn .

Incorporations

For the regional reform in Lower Saxony , Godshorn was incorporated into the city of Langenhagen on March 1, 1974.

Population development

year Residents source
1885 0607
1910 0980
1933 1255
1939 1900
1950 2760
1956 2531
1973 5351
2016 6392
2020 6778

politics

Local council

The local council of Godshorn consists of a councilwoman and ten councilors from the following parties:

(Status: local election September 11, 2016)

Local mayor

The local mayor of Godshorn is Ute Biehlmann-Sprung (CDU). Your deputy is Bernd Juhrig (BBL).

coat of arms

The Godshorn municipal coat of arms was designed by the heraldist and graphic artist Alfred Brecht , who designed all the coats of arms in the Hanover region. The approval of the coat of arms was granted on June 18, 1958 by the Lower Saxony Minister of the Interior .

Godshorn coat of arms
 Blazon : "In red a silver , gold-plated hunting horn with a shoulder strap ."
Reasons for the coat of arms: Godshorn has not recorded any special events in its history. The historians have interpreted the place name as "settlement near a holy place or sacrificial site". In their view, they have been strengthened by a sacred tree that was attested in 1740 and which lives on in the field name “near the sacred tree”. When interpreting Godshorn, however, it is significant that the initial “G” is actually a Latin “W”, that is, Godshorn means something like Wodes or Wodanshorn . From this basis, a municipal coat of arms could be designed in which the national colors recur.

Partnerships

Culture and sights

Buildings

  • The old Godshorn half-timbered chapel from 1746 replaced an older chapel from the 15th century. It stands next to the Church of the Good Shepherd, built in 1959.
  • Lower Saxony House ( four-column house ) from 1759
  • Four-frame house at No. 6 Gehle Hahne

societies

  • German Red Cross
  • Arbeiterwohlfahrt Region Hannover e. V. - Local association Godshorn
  • TSV Godshorn with various branches of popular sport
  • Tennis-Club Godshorn e. V.
  • Judo Club Godshorn
  • Shooting club Godshorn
  • Voluntary fire brigade, especially in youth club work and training for young talent

Regular events

  • The Kulturring Godshorn organizes an annual cabaret and comedy program

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Two of Langenhagen's six industrial areas, and also the largest in terms of area in the city, are in the Godshorn district. The Frankenring, Münchner Strasse and Bayernstrasse business parks are in the south of the airport. The character of the area is shaped by suppliers for the airport, logistics service providers for air and ground freight as well as wholesalers and storage areas. Including the German expert AG with its headquarters and warehouse, as well as the warehouse and delivery logistics of Bofrost GmbH & Co. KG, as well as a large commercial vehicle center with workshops for Mercedes-Benz trucks and cars . Repha GmbH is based in the village and produces biological medicines against infections and biological antibiotics.

Since the incorporation in 1974, this industrial and commercial structure has made a significant contribution to Langenhagen being one of the municipalities in Lower Saxony with the highest commercial tax rates. That is why Godshorn is nicknamed "Pearl of Langenhagen" within Langenhagen.

The local supply can be described as good with two supermarkets, a pharmacy, stationery store, baker, butcher and several restaurants, albeit with a negative trend overall, as the banks, for example, have already agreed on closing dates.

Education and social institutions

In Godshorn there is a primary school with a special school branch of the Gutzmannschule with a focus on learning, two day-care centers, a village community center and a youth club.

Sports

An indoor swimming pool with a 25 meter track (hall) and 50 meter track (outdoor pool) was operated in the village. The outdoor swimming pool was the venue for annual qualifying competitions for the Lower Saxony swimming championships as well as a training location for airline cabin crew who are trained for rescue operations after a ditching. Here forces from the police, the German armed forces and the fire brigade trained for emergency situations. The operating company consisted of eight sports clubs from Langenhagen and the districts of Godshorn, Engelbostel, Schulenburg and Hanover - Vinnhorst. The bath was founded in the 1970s and received an annual grant from the city. This bath has been permanently closed since September 2017.

traffic

Godshorn is served by three GVH bus routes. They offer travel options to Engelbostel or Garbsen, as well as to Hanover Airport, the core city of Langenhagen, and Hanover / Stöcken. The Langenhagen-Mitte train station is also served. Line 253 is a specialty. It only connects the commercial area at the airport with the city center and Langenhagen train station.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Alheit Snur (around 1588-1648), a witch trial against her ended with a death sentence, on January 8, 1648 she was strangled at the execution site of the Langenhagen office between Langenhagen and Vahrenwald by the Hanoverian executioner Martin Vogt and her body was cremated afterwards
  • Jens Hardeland (* 1973), radio presenter who is currently working as a morning presenter for the NDR youth wave N-Joy

People connected to the place

  • Uwe Eikemeier (1943–2017), cardboard box and packaging entrepreneur, has been producing in Godshorn since 1976
  • Wolfgang Supper (* 1953), sculptor, works by him are among others. a. in the Godshorn kindergarten

literature

  • Ernst-August Wiedemann: Chronicle Godshorn. From the village to the district . Ed .: Kulturring Godshorn from 1963 e. V. Self-published, Langenhagen / Godshorn 2000.

Web links

Commons : Godshorn  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Figures, data, facts - general information, statistics of the city of Langenhagen. In: Website City of Langenhagen. January 31, 2020, accessed February 12, 2020 .
  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.  196 .
  3. ↑ a b c Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. District of Hanover ( see under: No. 23 ). (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  4. ^ Ulrich Schubert: Register of municipalities in Germany 1900 - District of Hanover. Information from December 1, 1910. In: gemeindeververzeichnis.de. January 5, 2020, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Statistisches Bundesamt Wiesbaden (ed.): Official municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany - 1957 edition (population and territorial status September 25, 1956, for Saarland December 31, 1956) . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1958, p.  159 ( digitized version ).
  6. ↑ Lower Saxony State Administration Office (ed.): Municipal directory for Lower Saxony . Municipalities and municipality-free areas. Self-published, Hanover January 1, 1973, p. 23 , District of Hanover ( digitized [PDF; 21.3 MB ; accessed on February 17, 2020]).
  7. ↑ Numbers, data, facts - general information, statistics of the city of Langenhagen. In: Website City of Langenhagen. January 31, 2020, archived from the original on August 22, 2017 ; accessed on February 17, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b The local council of Godshorn. In: Citizen Information System City of Langenhagen. Retrieved February 19, 2018 .
  9. ^ A b Landkreis Hannover (ed.): Wappenbuch Landkreis Hannover . Self-published, Hanover 1985, p. 226-227 .
  10. ↑ Entry about the twin cities. In: Website City of Langenhagen. Retrieved April 23, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Godshorn - Old Chapel. In: Website City of Langenhagen. 2013, accessed February 19, 2018 .
  12. ^ Godshorn - The Lower Saxony House. In: Website City of Langenhagen. 2012, accessed February 19, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Courtyard No. 6 Gehle Hahne. In: Website City of Langenhagen. 2014, accessed February 19, 2018 .
  14. ^ DRK local association Godshorn. (No longer available online.) In: Website DRK Godshorn. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018 ; accessed on February 19, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Workers' Welfare - Local Association Godshorn. (No longer available online.) In: Website AWO Godshorn. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018 ; accessed on February 19, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Gymnastics and Sports Club Godshorn from 1926 e. V. In: Website TSV Godshorn. Retrieved February 19, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Tennis-Club Godshorn e. V. In: Website TC Godshorn. Retrieved February 19, 2018 .
  18. ^ Judo Club Godshorn. In: Website JC Godshorn. Retrieved February 19, 2018 .
  19. ^ Schützenverein Godshorn from 1907 e. V. In: website Schützenverein Godshorn. Retrieved February 19, 2018 .
  20. ↑ Sven Warnecke: The fire brigade is celebrating its 125th anniversary. In: Website Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. August 3, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2018 .
  21. ↑ Kulturring Godshorn. In: Website Kulturring Godshorn. Retrieved February 19, 2018 .
  22. ↑ a b In the "pearl" the infrastructure is dwindling. In: Website Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. April 26, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2018 .
  23. ^ This is how Langenhagen said goodbye to its outdoor pool. In: Website Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. August 31, 2017, accessed February 19, 2018 .
  24. ↑ Antje Bismark: Region is expanding bus route 253. In: Website Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. January 28, 2014, accessed February 19, 2018 .