Gross Niendorf (Holstein)

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	Coordinates: 53 ° 51 '  N , 10 ° 14'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Segeberg
Office :	Leezen
Height :	35 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.68 km 2
Residents:	676 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	63 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	23816
Area code :	04552
License plate :	SE
Community key :	01 0 60 029
Office administration address:	Hamburger Strasse 28 23816 Leezen
Website :	www.grossniendorf.de
Mayor :	Karl-Heinz Westphal (AWGN)
Location of the community Groß Niendorf in the Segeberg district

Groß Niendorf is a municipality in the Segeberg district in Schleswig-Holstein . The community of Groß Niendorf has no other districts.

Geography and traffic

Groß Niendorf is located near the town of Bad Segeberg in an extensive moor landscape . The village on the federal highway 432 is surrounded by a moor landscape in which the black grouse was to be found for a long time . The Groß Niendorfer Au divides the place into two districts. Where the ponds for surface drainage "Auendiek" are now, there used to be a ford through the water instead of a bridge . All these features can be found in the coat of arms of the municipality.

history

The community of Groß Niendorf (formerly also Nindbod or Nyendorpe) was first mentioned in a document in 1249. It was predominantly characterized by agricultural businesses with the associated typical half-timbered houses and cottages that were used as combined residential and farm buildings . Some of them have not been rebuilt in the old style after numerous fires, others have been demolished due to disrepair . The painter Christian Rohlfs (1849–1938) was born in one of these cottages belonging to Hof Stolten .

politics

Community representation

Since the local elections in 2018, of the nine seats in the municipal council, the constituency AWGN has four seats, the constituency GNUW three seats and the constituency LGN two seats.

coat of arms

Blazon : “In silver, a blue wavy bar, above the gable side of a farmhouse with a black roof under gable boards in the form of turned away horse heads over a silver owl hole, red brickwork between black half-timbering and silver hall gate with black wicket door ; including a black grouse in an impressive position with black plumage, silver tail feathers and red head markings. "

economy

The municipality is predominantly agricultural. However, the share of agriculture has declined sharply in recent years.

Attractions

The list of cultural monuments in Groß Niendorf (Holstein) includes the cultural monuments entered in the list of monuments of Schleswig-Holstein.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Christian Rohlfs (1849–1938), expressionist painter
• Dieter Rittscher (* 1945), economic manager

literature

• Hans-Werner Rickert: Groß Niendorf. Stories, history and views of a village. o. O. 2002 (can be obtained from the municipality's website)

Web links

Commons : Groß Niendorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Groß Niendorf municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 3: Ellerbek - Groß Rönnau . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2003, ISBN 978-3-926055-73-6 , p. 340 ( dnb.de [accessed on April 26, 2020]).
3. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms