Big Lessen

This article deals with the district of Sulingen; for the place of the same name in today's Poland see Leśniów Wielki .

Big Lessen City of Sulingen
Coordinates: 52 ° 39 ′ 19 ″  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 50 ″  E
Height :	42 m above sea level NHN
Area :	23.85 km²
Residents :	640
Population density :	27 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	27232
Area code :	04271
Location of Groß Lessen

Groß Lessen is a town in the town of Sulingen in the Diepholz district in Lower Saxony . Around 640 people live in the village on an area of ​​23.85 km².

geography

Groß Lessen is located in the south-west of the city of Sulingen, 4.5 km south-west of the core town of Sulingen. The locality of Groß Lessen includes Barrien , Groß Lessen, Melloh and Wardinghausen .

Neighboring communities are - clockwise from the north - Wohlstreck , Schweringhausen , Rathlosen , Sulingen , Klein Lessen , Varrel , Wehrbleck and Dörpel .

To the east, on the border with Klein Lessen, the Kleine Aue flows .

history

Since the regional reform , which came into force on March 1, 1974, the previously independent municipality of Groß Lessen has been one of five localities in the city of Sulingen.

politics

The local mayor is Friedhelm Hartkamp.

Economy and Infrastructure

Groß Lessen has a primary school, the volunteer fire brigade with its youth fire brigade , a sports club, a shooting club, a local community and a mixed choir as well as a local DRK club.

traffic

Groß Lessen is far away from the heavy traffic. The federal motorway 1 runs 39 km to the west. The federal road 61 leading from Bassum via Sulingen (Kernort) and Uchte to Minden runs northeast, 3 km away. The federal highway 214 from Diepholz via Sulingen (Kernort) to Nienburg runs south at a distance of 0.5 km.

In Groß Lessen there are no street names, only house numbers that residents, postmen, vendors and visitors have to use for orientation.

In Groß Lessen there is still the train station on the Nienburg – Diepholz railway line . It was built in 1923; meanwhile only the Sulingen-Diepholz section of the line is used (for oil and sulfur trains), the station building is privately owned.

Web links

• Big Lessen

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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. 189 .
2. ^ Local councilor Groß Lessen
3. ↑ Diepholz-Sulingen-Nienburg railway line ( memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.