Haverlah

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 3 ′  N , 10 ° 20 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Wolfenbüttel
Joint municipality :	Baddeckestedt
Height :	162 m above sea level NHN
Area :	16.84 km 2
Residents:	1610 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	96 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	38275
Area code :	05341
License plate :	WF
Community key :	03 1 58 016
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Heerer Strasse 28 38271 Baddeckestedt
Website :	www.baddeckstedt.de
Mayor :	Hans-Heinrich Wolf (Citizens' Forum)
Location of the municipality of Haverlah in the Wolfenbüttel district

Location of the districts in the Haverlah municipality

Haverlah is a municipality in the south-east of the combined municipality Baddeckestedt in the district of Wolfenbüttel , Lower Saxony , Germany .

Geographical location

Haverlah is the innermost part of the glacial valley .

Neighboring municipalities are starting to the in the southwest clockwise integrated municipality Baddeckenstedt belonging communities Sehlde , armies and Elbe as well as the independent city Salzgitter , which Haverlah the east and south is limited.

Districts are Haverlah, Steinlah and Söderhof . The Söderhof estate was defeated in 1942 when the town of Watenstedt-Salzgitter (today: Stadt Salzgitter) was founded in Haverlah, as compensation for the Haverlahwiese mine which was cut in Watenstedt-Salzgitter .

history

Archaeological finds from the 1950s and 1960s have shown that the area around Haverlah was settled early on. The first phase extended from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (between around 5300 and 1500 BC) and is documented by finds of stone hatchets and battle axes. From the time of the birth of Christ to the 6th century AD, three smaller settlements and a small farm are proven.

The first written mention of the place can be found in the deed of foundation of the Ringelheim monastery from 941, in which among the possessions of the monastery also those in Haverlae - as it was the place name at the time - are listed. The names of the place mentioned in the traditions vary only slightly, e.g. 1125 and 1240 it is said. B. Haverlo , from 1257 Haverla and Hauerla . The current spelling Haverlah has been in use since 1740.

The basic word lah of the name is derived from the Low German syllable -loh , which was used to designate a settlement built in a clearing. The determiner haver has two meanings . Some see the word haver as a modification of the Old High German word hevi , which means something like exaltation . Others assume a personal name such as Havardus or Haawart , who could have been the founder of the settlement.

In addition to the Ringelheim monastery, the landowners in the village included the Marienrode and Wöltingerode monasteries, and part of the property was sold to the Riechenberg monastery near Goslar in 1341 . The von Wallmoden , Schwicheldt, Bortfeld and Cramm families were wealthy in the area.

Since the division of East Westphalia into Gaue introduced by Charlemagne , Haverlah belonged to the Salzgau within the duchy of Hildesheim . This got its name from the salt springs in today's Salzgitter-Bad , the seat of the district was Ringelheim . At the beginning of the 14th century offices were formed from the previous districts and Haverlah has been part of the Liebenburg office since then .

After the end of the Hildesheim collegiate feud in 1523, a large part of the Hildesheim diocese was awarded to the Duchy of Braunschweig . It was not until 1643 that this judgment was revised in the Hildesheim main recession and the diocese got its possessions back. Haverlah became Prussian in 1802 when Hildesheim was annexed to the Kingdom of Prussia . In the Napoleonic period from 1807 to 1813, Haverlah was a commune in the canton of Salzgitter in the Goslar district in the Oker department of the Kingdom of Westphalia .

After the dissolution of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia, the place became part of the new Kingdom of Hanover in 1814/15 and belonged again to the Liebenburg office, which was again transferred to the Goslar district in 1884 . When the city of Watenstedt-Salzgitter was re -established on April 1, 1942, the areas of the former Vorwerk in the Haverlahwiese mine had to be ceded by Haverlah to Salzgitter, and Haverlah received the Söderhof estate as compensation.

Since May 1974 Haverlah has belonged to the municipality of Baddeckestedt and thus to the district of Wolfenbüttel.

Population development in the Haverlah district

The town's population originally consisted of farmers and artisans. This changed after 1937, when iron ore mining and the Reichswerke Hermann Göring were established in the neighboring Salzgitter area . The number of inhabitants, which was 600 to 650 at the beginning of the 20th century, had risen to 834 in 1939. Due to the influx of refugees, this number rose to 1350 after the end of the Second World War. Since the late 1980s this has dropped to around 800. A large part of the population now works as a commuter in the surrounding industrial companies.

Haverlah district - population development since 1539
year	Residents *	development
1539	187
1616	172
1645	125
1664	238
1861	556
1911	648
1939	834
1998	1149
* Population excluding Steinlah and Söderhof (1998 with Söderhof)

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, the neighboring community Steinlah was incorporated.

religion

St. Servatius Church in Haverlah

A first church in Haverlah is 1209 in a document of Pope Innocent III. mentioned that it belonged to the Ringelheim monastery at that time. During the siege of Salzgitter by Goslar and Brunswick troops at the beginning of the Hildesheim beer feud (1481–1486), this building was destroyed. The new church building was probably erected two years later, the inscription "Anno domini 1483" on the sundial on the south side of the church tower indicates this year of construction. The building was designed like a fortress, it had thick stone walls and instead of windows only small gashes, which should make it difficult for enemies to penetrate.

In the great fire of 1754, which destroyed a large part of the village, the church was also destroyed, only the surrounding walls of the tower and nave remained. The church was rebuilt in its current form on these walls, the church building measures 21.5 m × 8 m, the tower 6.50 m × 8 m. After the fire, the church received a new bell, which was cast in 1853 and, as it cracked, was replaced by three new bells in 1910. During the Second World War these were melted down and replaced in 1951 by three new chilled cast iron bells made by the company JF Weule from Bockenem . The last major renovation of the church was carried out in 1973. The old organ from 1849 had already been replaced by a new one in 1955.

As early as 1568, the Reformation was introduced by Duke Julius (1568–1589) in the Duchy of Braunschweig , to which Haverlah belonged at the time . Today (2013) the St. Servatius Church in Haverlah and the St. Katharinen Church in Steinlah form a parish association that belongs to the Goslar Provostry.

The closest Catholic parish is in Salzgitter-Ringelheim .

politics

Municipal election 2016 Turnout: 62.71% (−1.62 pp)  % 50 40 30th 20th 10 0 40.13% 33.90% 25.96% n. k. BüFo a SPD CDU FDP Gains and losses compared to 2011  % p  18th  16  14th  12  10    8th    6th    4th    2    0   -2   -4   -6   -8th -10 -12 + 16.96  % p.p. -10.35  % p -4.25  % p -2.36  % p BüFo a SPD CDU FDP Remarks: a citizens' forum

Distribution of seats in the municipal council     A total of 11 seats SPD : 4 BüFo : 4 CDU : 3rd

Municipal council

The Haverlah municipal council consists of eleven councilors and councilors (change from 2011).

• Citizens' forum: 4 seats (+1)
• SPD : 4 seats (−1)
• CDU : 3 seats (± 0)

(Status: local election on September 11, 2016)

mayor

Mayor is Hans-Heinrich Wolf (Bürgerforum), his deputy is Michael Tempel (SPD).

coat of arms

In Haverlah's coat of arms, a red stag in gold emerges from the rear edge of the shield. The deer symbolizes the final syllable "lah", which means "forest". The colors red and gold are those of the duchy of Hildesheim , in whose sphere of influence Haverlah was for centuries.

Economy and Infrastructure

Transport links

The federal road 6 Hildesheim - Goslar runs through the municipality.

The nearest train stations are in Baddeckestedt on the Hildesheim – Goslar line and in Salzgitter-Bad on the Braunschweig – Salzgitter-Bad line .

Personalities

• Justus Erich Walbaum (1768–1837) from Steinlah, type founder and creator of the letters named after him
• Franz Anton Erich Moritz Müller (1791–1858), who called himself “Moritz Steinla” after his place of birth, professor at the Dresden Art Academy and a famous engraver
• Hermann Beims (1863–1931), Mayor of Magdeburg from 1919 to 1931
• Jochen-Konrad Fromme (* 1949), member of the Bundestag in the 14th to 16th electoral term and regional chairman of the CDU regional association in Braunschweig

literature

• Gustav Bruer: History of the place Haverlah , self-published 1996

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. ↑ Kirstin Casemir: The place names of the district Wolfenbüttel and the city of Salzgitter (=  Lower Saxony place name book . Volume 3 ). Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, 2003, ISBN 3-89534-483-4 , p. 177–178 (at the same time: Diss. University of Göttingen, 2002).
3. ↑ Haverlah on the website of the Samtgemeinde Baddeckestedt , accessed on March 28, 2018.
4. ^ 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. 271 .
5. ↑ Website of the municipal services Oldenburg , accessed on September 14, 2016.

Web links

Commons : Haverlah  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Integrated municipality of Baddeckestedt