Herrhausen am Harz

Herrhausen am Harz City of Seesen
Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 3 "  N , 10 ° 10 ′ 50"  E
Height :	205 m
Area :	5.5 km²
Residents :	725  (June 30, 2018)
Population density :	132 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	38723
Location of Herrhausen am Harz in Lower Saxony
Copper engraving by Herrhausen from the Topographia Braunschweig Lüneburg

Herrhausen is a district of Seesen in Lower Saxony in the district of Goslar .

geography

Herrhausen lies at about 210  m above sea level. NN Höhe directly on the western edge of the Harz Mountains , has an area of ​​550 ha and 732 inhabitants (as of March 2016). On the outskirts is the Nettequelle. The eponymous river Nette runs through the town until after Holle in Hildesheim , where he then into the innermost ends. In terms of traffic, Herrhausen is on the Herzberg – Seesen railway line and on the 242 federal highway . The neighboring villages are Seesen in the north and Münchehof in the south .

history

The place was first mentioned on May 4, 947 in a document of King Otto the First as Gut Herrihusun. The place name changed twelve times in the history of the place (from Herrihusun to Herrhausen). An early picture of the village from 1652 was made by the engraver Matthäus Merian .

In August 1626, Herrhausen was the staging area for the battle of Christian of Denmark against Tilly near Lutter am Barenberge , 10 km away , in which the Danish king was defeated. The battle of August 27, 1626 became known as the Battle of Lutter . This Tilly success marked the beginning of the end of the Thirty Years' War .

On July 1, 1972, Herrhausen was incorporated into the town of Seesen.

politics

Local council election

Wbt .: 58.88% (2011: 59.66%)

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compared to 2011

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CDU

SPD

Local council

The local council consists of seven councilors (changes to 2011):

• CDU : 4 seats (± 0)
• SPD : 3 seats (± 0)

(Status: local election on September 11, 2016 )

coat of arms

The local coat of arms shows a burning branch on a silver background. The burning branch refers to an old copper engraving from the year 1652. There a branch is depicted in a coat of arms, and you can also see columns of smoke from charcoal burners in the background. The silver background symbolizes the nice. The heraldic shield is surrounded by a blue and yellow background. This is to remind of the history of Brunswick, as Herrhausen has always been a Brunswick village.

Infrastructure

There is a small grocery store with an integrated bakery in the village.

Culture and sights

Buildings

The Protestant St. George Church was rebuilt between 1651 and 1652 on the site of a church damaged in the Thirty Years War in 1630. There is still a bell from the old church, it is kept in the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum . The inscription shows that it dates from 1580.

From a coat of arms attached to the side of the church, one learns that the construction cost 761 guilders. The main sponsors were:

• Your Royal Majestedt from Sweden Carol Gustav 50 guilders
• Your Khurfürstl. Pass to Brandenb. Friedrich Wilhelm 30 guilders
• Dero Fr. Mother 10 guilders
• The Swedish Mr. Field Marshal Wittenberg 20 guilders

The church was " ... built here without the slightest contribution from the inhabitants, but they mostly helped diligently with handling and procurement of materials, especially which horses have ... " The residents named on the coat of arms with assistance still exist today the families Appun, Garburg, Just, Mackensen and Millies in Herrhausen.

The St. George Church faces east and is made of rubble stones. A wooden offering box dates from 1645. For both world wars, the bells had to be given up and were melted down. Today's bell dates from 1947 and was donated by two families out of gratitude for their sons returning from the war.

Personalities

Personalities who have worked on site

• Jonas Kahle, pastor. “... Jonas Kahle was the first lute and the unchanged Augspurgische Confesion to preacher done at Herrhausen and Engelade. He also signed the Formulam Cocordiae ... ”(From the church chronicle“ Corpus Bonorum ”, Formula Concordiae - the union and confession of the Protestants in 1577).

• Gustav Adolf Keck, pastor. * June 19, 1867, † March 11, 1944

Pastor in Herrhausen from 1897 to 1933. Member of the Braunschweigische Landtag , Vice-President of the first Braunschweigische Landtag in 1918. He was a sincere democrat. He was imprisoned in 1933 for steadfastly voicing his democratic views. It is the only manor that was included in the "Braunschweigische Biographisches Lexikon des 19. und 20. Century". The following sentence is written in it: " That he was thrown into prison for his biblically founded pacifist basic ideas and had to leave his pastoral office honors him ".

Web links

Wikisource: Heerhausen in the Topographia Braunschweig Lüneburg (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

• History of the place Herrhausen
• Description of Herrhausen at the time of the Thirty Years War
• History of the Herrhausen Church
• Internet presence of the village Herrhausen
• Sights in Herrhausen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population of the municipalities and districts of the district of Goslar , accessed on March 17, 2019.
2. ^ 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. 268 .
3. ^ Website of the communal data processing in Oldenburg , accessed on October 1, 2016
4. ^ Corpus Bonorum
5. ↑ Warnecke: Herrhausen, a village through the ages