Gyhum

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 13 '  N , 9 ° 19'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Joint municipality :	Zeven
Height :	28 m above sea level NHN
Area :	48.54 km 2
Residents:	2360 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	27404
Primaries :	04286, 04288
License plate :	ROW, BRV
Community key :	03 3 57 018
Community structure:	5 districts
Association administration address:	Am Markt 4 27404 Zeven
Website :	www.gyhum.de
Mayor :	Lars Rosebrock ( SPD )
Location of the community Gyhum in the district of Rotenburg (Wümme)

Gyhum ( Low German : Jeem ) is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg (Wümme) in Lower Saxony in the joint municipality of Zeven with around 2,400 inhabitants.

geography

Geographical location

Gyhum is located between the district town of Rotenburg (Wümme) and the northern town of Zeven in the Zevener Geest .

Community structure

The community consists of the districts Bockel , Gyhum, Hesedorf , Nartum and Wehldorf .

history

Place name

Old names of the place are 1219 Geihem , without dating Gygoem and in the 18th century Camp de Gihum .
The name Gyhum indicates the establishment of the place in the old Saxon times. Perhaps the old Saxon personal name Gye or Guy and the word hem = heim is in the name. An old Saxon named Gye or Guy could have founded the place. On the other hand , there is no n or s before the hem , as is to be expected with male personal names. An Old Icelandic ghei-gh, or geiga for swiveling sideways or taking gaigr for damage, as well as the Norwegian geiga for a crooked direction, could also be interpreted for the syllable Gyh , perhaps because of the striking location of the place at the foot of a hill, which is around 50 m height in this flat area.

middle Ages

The area around Gyhum was already inhabited in prehistoric times. Finds come from the Middle Stone Age (800–4000 BC) as well as from the Bronze and Iron Ages. The 1000 year old Gyhumer Church is one of the oldest churches between the Weser and Elbe. It was only mentioned in 1420 in the Stader Kopiar. The von Geihem family , mentioned around 1200, named themselves after the place and was probably an early owner of the Gyhum court. Later, the property fell by Geihem the stiftsbremische ministerials - and noble family of Borch . After Iwan von Borch († 1502) his niece Ilse Margarethe inherited the goods. Her husband Otto von Düring built an independent large farm in Bokel. The Reformation took place in the village around 1525.

Gyhum belonged to the Archdiocese of Bremen in the Middle Ages, to the Swedish Duchy of Bremen from 1648 and to the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg ( Kurhannover for short ) since 1715 and the Kingdom of Hanover since 1814/15.

17th century until today

In the Thirty Years' War from 1618 to 1648, many buildings were destroyed in Gyhum. The subsequent poverty could not be overcome until the beginning of the 19th century. French troops under Marshal Richelieu camped in the Camp de Gihum during the Seven Years' War around 1757/58 .

In 1848 the rectory burned down; all documents, records and the village chronicle were destroyed. In 1908 Gyhum had 376 inhabitants, in 1947 there were 734 inhabitants.

Damage to buildings had to be accepted in April 1945 during World War II when English troops liberated the place. After the war Gyhum became an independent community.

Incorporation, joint municipality

On March 1, 1974, the municipalities of Bockel, Hesedorf bei Gyhum, Nartum and Wehldorf were incorporated as part of the district reform. In 1974 it was merged with three other municipalities to take care of its administrative business to form the Zeven municipality .

politics

Municipal council

The council of Gyhum municipality consists of 13 councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 2001 and 3000 inhabitants. The council members are elected for a five-year term by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party	Proportional votes	Number of seats
SPD	54.18%	7th
CDU	45.81%	6th

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 70.62%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%.

mayor

The municipal council elected councilor Lars Rosebrock (SPD) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.

coat of arms

Blazon : In the green field, above a black shield base, the figure of St. Margaret in silver with golden hair, golden crown and golden halo grows in a circular line. Holding a golden cross in both hands. In the black base of the shield a lying dragon across to the right.

Culture and sights

St. Margaret Church in Gyhum

Buildings

The St. Margarethenkirche is an approximately 1000 year old Romanesque , single-nave stone church , which was extended in 1793. In the 17th century, the west tower was built as a half-timbered building with a tent roof . The surrounding, southern gallery was built in at the beginning of the 17th century. The first organ dates from 1894. In the church there are coats of arms of the von Marschalk and von Hammerstein families.

Regular events

Every year on the first weekend in July the three-day Gyhumer Schützenfest takes place. In addition, the sports club, the volunteer fire brigade and the rifle club each hold an evening ball each year. In the district of Wehldorf there is the Meyers Tanzpalast disco .

The Kempowski Foundation Haus Kreienhoop regularly organizes concerts and literary afternoons in the former home of the writer Walter Kempowski in Nartum.

Economy, transport and infrastructure

economy

In the Bockel district there has been an industrial park at the motorway junction since the mid-1990s . It has become the location of some well-known companies:

• The Dat Autohus AG , a great used car dealer, is headquartered there.
• The Fricke Group operates a branch there.
• The fast-food chains McDonald’s , Kentucky Fried Chicken and Subway have branches.

The Gyhum Median Rehabilitation Center is located in the district of Gyhum .

traffic

Gyhum is located in the vicinity of Bundesstraße 71 , Bundesautobahn 1 and on the Bremervörde-Rotenburg (Wümme) railway line, which is now only used for goods traffic.

Other facilities

• Volksbank branch
• kindergarten
• Base fire brigade with a fire fighting vehicle LF 8/6 and a team transport vehicle
• General Practitioner
• Veterinary practice

Personalities

• Walter Kempowski (1929-2007); the writer lived in the Gyhum district of Nartum since 1965.
• Sara-Ruth Schumann (1938–2014), after 1992 deputy chairwoman of the Jewish community in Lower Saxony and chairwoman of the Jewish community in Oldenburg, grew up in Bockel as Hedwig Abraham.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ^ Jürgen Udolph (research): The "place name researcher". In: website NDR 1 Lower Saxony . Archived from the original on December 2, 2016 ; accessed on August 4, 2019 . 
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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 241 .
4. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on March 13, 2017.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Gyhum - overall results of the 2016 municipal council election , accessed on March 13, 2017.
6. ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016, accessed March 13, 2017 . 
7. ^ Gyhum municipal council , accessed on March 13, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Gyhum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the joint community
• Website of the Bockel district