Hassendorf

This article describes the community of Hassendorf . For the district of Bosau of the same name, see Hassendorf (Bosau) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 7 '  N , 9 ° 17'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Joint municipality :	Sottrum
Height :	24 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.67 km 2
Residents:	1160 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	99 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	27367
Area code :	04264
License plate :	ROW, BRV
Community key :	03 3 57 020
Association administration address:	Am Eichkamp 12 27367 Sottrum
Website :	www.hassendorf.de
Mayor :	Klaus Dreyer ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Hassendorf in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district

Hassendorf ( Low German Hassendbod ) is a municipality in Lower Saxony in the Sottrum municipality in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district . In the south of the municipality, the Wümme touches the municipality.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1299 as Hercenthorpe in a document from the Archbishops of Bremen . In 1813, the battle of Hassendorf took place near the place as a result of Napoleon's defeat in the Russian campaign on the military road built by Napoleon, which today forms the B 75 .

Place name

The old names of the place are around 1299 Hercenthorpe, around 1320 Hertzenthorp, first half of the 15th century Hersendorppe, 1456 Hersendorpe, around 1540 Harsendorp, 1567 Haßendorp and later Hassendbody.

The place name refers to the first name of a person with the first member Hart-, such as Hartwig, Hartmann, Hartmut. The name member Hart- belongs to the Old High German and Old Saxon word hart “hard, firm, strong; kühn “A nickname with the first link Her-, such as Hermann, Herbrecht, Herwart, is also possible. This name member belongs to Old High German hari, Old Saxon heri "Heer, Volk".

politics

Municipal council

The council of the community of Hassendorf consists of eleven council members and councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of a joint municipality with a population of 1001 to 2000 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	49.59%	6th
CDU	40.44%	4th
GREEN	9.95%	1

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 61.35%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%.

mayor

The municipal council elected councilor Klaus Dreyer (SPD) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term. He has held the office since 1994.

coat of arms

Blazon : In silver, a brick-built, red double-wing bar, accompanied by a blue acorn at the top and a blue shepherd's shovel at the bottom.

The brick beam indicates the former brickworks in the village, and its H-shape stands for Hassendorf's initial. The colors red and white stand on the one hand for belonging to Lower Saxony, in combination with blue on the other hand for the French who built a military road here (today the B 75). The shepherd's shovel symbolizes sheep farming.

Culture

The community center has existed since 1975. The Hassendorfer Singkreis was founded in 1975.

Club life

The TV Hassendorf (founded in 1947) has over 500 members and is active in the sports of football, table tennis, gymnastics and gymnastics.

The Hassendorf volunteer fire brigade with youth fire brigade organizes the Low German theater week (beginning of December) and the Easter fire (Easter Sunday) every year.

The Hassendorfer Schützenverein organizes the shooting festival (Ascension Day and the Saturday after) and the harvest festival with parade (second Saturday in September) every year.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The B 75 runs through the community and connects to the A 1 in Sottrum . The connection to the rail network (Hamburg-Bremen route) is also via Sottrum.

literature

Gernot Breitschuh u. a .: 700 years of Hassendorf , Sottrum 1999.

Web links

Commons : Hassendorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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 November 27, 2015 ; accessed on August 4, 2019 . 
3. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on March 3, 2017.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Hassendorf - overall results of the 2016 municipal council election , accessed on March 3, 2017.
5. ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016, accessed March 3, 2017 . 
6. ^ Municipality of Hassendorf - Mayor and City Council , accessed on March 3, 2017.