Great Elbe
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Great Elbe
Elbe municipality
Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 23 ″ N , 10 ° 16 ′ 3 ″ E
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| Height : | approx. 135 m above sea level NN |
| Residents : | 804 (Sep 30, 1998) |
| Incorporation : | March 1, 1974 |
| Postal code : | 38274 |
| Area code : | 05345 |
 Location of Groß Elbe in the Elbe municipality
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 South-western entrance to Groß Elbe
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Groß Elbe is the largest district of the Elbe municipality, which is part of the Baddeckestedt municipality in the Wolfenbüttel district in Lower Saxony.
geography
The following places surround the Great Elbe:
- Lichtenberg and Osterlinde in the north
- Gustedt in the east
- Steinlah and Haverlah in the southeast
- Klein Elbe and Sehlde in the south
- Armies in the southwest
- Baddeckestedt in the west
- Oelber on the white road and Westerlinde in the northwest
Groß Elbe is located south of the Lichtenberge, the northwest part of the Salzgitter ridge .
history
In 1132, Groß Elbe was first mentioned in a document from Bishop Bernhard I of Hildesheim. In it he transferred various possessions to the St. Michael Monastery in Hildesheim . However, it is believed that the history of the place began several centuries ago. This is indicated above all by broken fragments, bones and other archaeological finds in the area of today's school. A settlement existed here around the year 0. Remnants of iron slag also suggest the earliest iron smelting.
The Bishop of Hildesheim had been the ecclesiastical and secular head of the prince-bishopric , in which Greater Elbe was located , from around 1235 . After the creation of offices within this domain, the place belonged to the office of Wohldenberg . During this time, the property in Groß Elbe, like that of many other surrounding villages, was divided among several owners. In addition to the Hildesheim bishop, this included the Duke of Braunschweig , the monasteries Wöltingerode , Neuwerk , Maria Magdalena, Heiningen and Corvey .
From 1132 until after 1400 the von Elbe family belonging to the lower nobility of Wohldenberg can be traced back to the village, who later moved at least partly to Hildesheim.
In 1523, Groß Elbe became part of the Duchy of Braunschweig together with the Wohldenberg office and other areas. 120 years later in 1643 the area became part of Hildesheim again.
Groß Elbe was also affected by the Thirty Years' War from 1618 to 1648. On November 29th, the Groß Elber rectory became Johann T'Serclaes von Tilly's headquarters. In addition, other documents mention the sale of the church bell during the siege in 1627 and a bad harvest in 1628.
In 1758 the village was sacked by a Prussian volunteer corps. From 1814, Groß Elbe belonged to the Kingdom of Hanover , which was incorporated into Prussia in 1866.
In 1891 a school was built in Groß Elbe, which was replaced by a new building from 1958 to 1960, which was expanded in 1977/1978. The Groß Elbe primary school still exists today.
The Groß Elbe volunteer fire brigade was founded in 1901. After the old Gasthaus Remmert burned down in 1907, the Bürgerschänke, which still exists today, was built in 1908.
church
The year of construction of today's Protestant Church of St. Martin is unknown. The 35 meter high west tower probably dates from the 12th century. During the Thirty Years War, a vestibule was built south of the tower. The current shape dates from 1698, when the church was rebuilt and a nave was added to the east. Two years later it received the pulpit wall and the altar that are still preserved today. The organ dates from 1799. It was built by the Hildesheim organ builder Almes. In 1864 the church received enlarged windows with round arches.
The church's small bell dates from 1805 while the large bell dates from 1962. During the First World War in 1917, the first bell was cast into a cannon. The same thing happened with the new bell from 1931 in World War II in 1942.
The last major renovation of the church took place in 1993/1994. The baroque interior is still striking and worth seeing today.
Since 1542, only one pastor has been responsible for the churches in Groß and Klein Elbe. The two parishes now form a joint parish association with Gustedt.
Population development
| Groß Elbe - population development since 1539 | ||
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| year | Residents | development |
| 1539 | 312 |
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| 1572 | 358 | |
| 1646 | 208 | |
| 1664 | 224 | |
| 1701 | 310 | |
| 1815 | 430 | |
| 1871 | 633 | |
| 1939 | 639 | |
| 1950 | 1172 | |
| 1998 | 804 | |
Economy and Infrastructure
Transport links
Groß Elbe is located on Landesstrasse 670, which connects Baddeckestedt and Bundesstrasse 6 in the west with Gustedt and Gebhardshagen in the east. There is also a county road that connects the village with Klein Elbe in the south and Haverlah in the southeast.
The nearest train station is in Baddeckestedt on the Hildesheim – Goslar line .
Web links
- To the history section :
- Groß Elbe on the website of the Samtgemeinde Baddeckestedt (short chronicle by Wilfried Bartels)
- Samtgemeinde Baddeckestedt (Ed.): 25 years of the Samtgemeinde Baddeckestedt - 1974–1999. Festschrift ; 1999 (p. 23/24)
- To the Church section : Church guide with chronicle to Martinskirche (PDF file)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Groß Elbe on the website of the municipality of Baddeckestedt , accessed on March 28, 2018.
