Herzberg am Harz

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Coordinates: 51 ° 39 '  N , 10 ° 20'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Goettingen
Height : 240 m above sea level NHN
Area : 71.88 km 2
Residents: 12,837 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 179 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes : 37412, 37434
Primaries : 05521, 05585
License plate : GÖ , DUD, HMÜ, OHA
Community key : 03 1 59 019
LOCODE : DE HBG
City structure: 5 districts

City administration address : 		Marktplatz 30/32
37412 Herzberg am Harz
Website : www.herzberg.de
Mayor : Lutz Peters ( CDU )
Location of the city of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Göttingen
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View of Herzberg am Harz from the west below the castle

Herzberg am Harz is a town in the district of Göttingen in southern Lower Saxony ( Germany ), which lies on the southern edge of the Upper Harz .

Since July 2006, the city of Herzberg am Harz has been using the nickname “the Esperanto city” on its tourist, cultural and city partnership letters .

geography

Geographical location

The town of Herzberg am Harz is located at the exit of the small rivers Sieber and Lonau from the Harz low mountain range . Herzberg is 32 km to the northeast from Göttingen and 90 km to the southeast from Hanover . Herzberg Castle is located above the town center .

Neighboring communities

Starting in the north, Herzberg borders in a clockwise direction on the following cities, municipalities and unincorporated areas:

City structure

Status: January 1, 2020 (without secondary residence)

In addition, the core city of Herzberg can be divided into unofficial districts (the names of the most important streets in brackets):

  • Alt-Herzberg / Urherzberg (Junkernstraße, Heidestraße)
  • Center / city center (Hauptstrasse, Marktplatz, Sieberstrasse)
  • Sieberdamm (Am Sieberdamm)
  • Oberherzberg / Fabrikviertel (Sägemühlenstraße, Fabrikstraße, Crausestraße, Selzergasse)
  • former Lonauerhammerhütte (Liethweg, Hammerweg, Andreasberger Straße)
  • Katzenstein (Knollenstrasse, Zum Katzenstein)
  • Juesheide (Juesholzstrasse, Amtmann-Lueder-Strasse, Herzog-Heinrich-Strasse, Beethovenstrasse)
  • Edelhof (Am Eichelbach, Wiesenweg)
  • Dichterviertel (Stormstrasse, Buschstrasse, Lönsstrasse)
  • Bahnhofsviertel (Duderstädter Strasse, Thomas-Mann-Strasse)
  • Aue (Northeimer Strasse, Kornstrasse, Siemensstrasse)
  • Kastanienplatz (Kastanienplatz)
  • Weinberg (Am Weinberg)
  • Pfingstanger (Am Pfingstanger)
  • Mühlenberg (Mühlenberg)
  • Eichholz (Am Sportplatz, Am Eichholz, Kuckuckstraße, Lerchenstraße, Meisenstraße)
  • Kleebleek (Lonauer Strasse, Stettiner Strasse, Berliner Strasse)
    • Heidufer (Lonauer Strasse, Rosenstrasse, Tulpenstrasse, Nelkenstrasse)
    • Mahnte (Breslauer Strasse, Marienburger Strasse, Berliner Strasse)
  • This year (Dresdner Ring, Nordhäuser Strasse)
  • Langfast (Am Langfast)

history

Herzberg 1753 with Herzberg Castle
Oldest house from 1501

The Herzberg Castle is first mentioned in a deed of gift of the Lion Henry mentioned from the year 1154 and was initially owned by Guelph . The place itself first appeared in a document in 1337 as a sovereign estate below the castle. It can be assumed that settlement began much earlier. The place name was in the Middle Ages Hircesberg, Hirzberch, Hertsberg. The basic word -berg indicates a time of origin in the high medieval expansion period between 800 and 1350. The place name part Herz- could come from Hirsch, since in the 12th century the stem vowel -i- was weakened to -e-. From a administrative point of view, the Herzberg Office had existed since 1315, which was combined with the Scharzfels Office in 1859. In 1598, Herzberg was called Flecken . The city received city rights by decree of the Prussian State Ministry on October 25, 1929.

Since the merger of the districts of Osterode am Harz and Göttingen on November 1, 2016, Herzberg am Harz has been part of the district of Göttingen.

In the vicinity of Herzberg there are some medieval desert areas , including Barkevelde , Hage , Hermelingerode , the Kalkburg , Koyhagen , Oy , Runigerodt , Smerbeke and Steynowe .

Economics

Because of its economic strength, Herzberg was a regional center for the surrounding area from an early age. Cloth and linen production was once an important economic factor in Herzberg. In the 18th and 19th centuries, around 50 people worked in the linen weaving trade. The brewing industry was also important . The place received the brewing privilege in 1569, a larger brewery was built in 1581. The place had urban features early on, but agriculture and forestry were dominant. In 1614 Herzberg had around 180 farms, in 1766 there were around 300. Several mills , including sawmills, paper, grain and oil mills, use the water power of the mill pit as an energy source. At Mühlengraben there was a water art that supplied the castle above with water. Industrial production in the 20th century included the manufacture of iron, paper, explosives and fiberboard, as well as the processing of metal, margarine and rayon.

Weapons production

The most important economic factor in the 18th and 19th centuries was arms production . The Electorate of Hanover had previously procured weapons from other ruled areas (such as Thuringia) and no longer wanted to be dependent on them. To this end, it established a rifle factory for the Hanoverian infantry in Herzberg in 1732 . Hunting rifles and edged weapons as well as weapon accessories were also manufactured. Since this specialized workforce was not available locally, the workers initially had to be largely recruited from outside. The material in the form of pig iron came from the iron and steel works in the Harz Mountains. The factory was first built in the district of Lonau an der Lonau , whose water it used for drive mills. In 1740 the factory was relocated to Herzberg. A rifle factory of the Kingdom of Hanover in Hanover-Linden was moved to Herzberg as early as 1738. In the 19th century the factory had around 200 employees. From 1866, after the annexation of the kingdom by Prussia , the importance of the arms factory decreased because the Prussian state did not want arms production in the occupied area.

Explosives manufacture

The explosives factory was established in 1940 for the production of mines and bombs . The dynamite Alfred Nobel AG built the factory near the village and the castle on the site of the former artificial silk factory (Borvisk). It had its own rail connection that began at a switch at the Herzberg Schloss stop. Today there is only a short piece of the former track in the street "Am Pfingstanger". Because of the danger to the population, no more than 7,500 kg of explosives could be stored. Shortly before the end of the Second World War , a serious accident occurred on the night of April 4, 1945. At that time, about 40,000 kg of explosives and 8,000 mines were stored on the property. Small detonations caused a fire that led to a huge explosion during the extinguishing work. Nine people were killed. Property damage was covered roofs in the place and on the castle. The cause was not determined; sabotage or negligence were suspected . A planned attack by the Allies was later reported.

Incorporations

In 1937 the community of Lonauerhammerhütte , which previously belonged to the Zellerfeld district , was incorporated into the city of Herzberg. On July 1, 1972, Lonau, Pöhlde, Scharzfeld and Sieber were added.

Population development

Herzberg am Harz - population development since 1957
year Residents year Residents development
1957 10,704 2010 13,802
1961 16,962 2011 13,573
1970 17,887 2012 13,227
1987 15,899 2013 13,140
1990 16,638 2014 13,079
1995 16,325 2015 13,059
2000 15,374 2016 13,028
2005 14,697
Source: Years 1975 to 2017

The numbers from 1961 (June 6th) and 1970 (May 27th) are census results including the later incorporated places.

etymology

The name goes back to the old Saxon hirot , which means deer . In the earliest written documents there is still an i in the first syllable. The name of the mountain passed on to the castle and finally to the settlement. The genesis of the toponym (in excerpts): 1153/54 "Hirtesberch", 1202 "Hertesberge", 1363 "Hertsberg", 1414 for the first time like today "Herzberg".

religion

Catholic Church of St. Joseph

Until December 31, 2012, Herzberg was the seat of the eponymous parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover . On January 1, 2013, it merged with the Osterode and Clausthal church districts to form the Harzer Land church district .

The Evangelical Lutheran congregations in Herzberg include the Nicolai Church , built between 1841 and 1845, at Junkernstraße 21 (see also: Section “ Culture and Sights ”) and the Christ Church, built in 1963/64 at Margeritenstraße 3.

The Catholic Church of St. Joseph , named after Joseph of Nazareth , is located on Magisterberg. It was built in 1893–1895. Your parish belongs to the Nörten-Osterode deanery . Since 2006, the parish has also included the Catholic Church in Hattorf . The parish also includes the day-care center next to the church and the cemetery on Lönsstraße.

The Evangelical Free Church Community of Herzberg ( Baptists ) was founded in 1957 and belongs to the Federation of Evangelical Free Church Congregations . It has the Kreuzkirche in Nelkenstrasse 1 and a parish hall in Osterode .

The Evangelical Community of Herzberg has a church at Junkernstrasse 16. The community belongs to the Federation of Evangelical Communities through the Ohofer Community Association .

The New Apostolic Church was closed in 2007. The Herzberg community was founded in 1901 and belonged to the Göttingen church district. It was not until 1971, however, that the parish in Peimannsgasse 3 received its own church. The last service took place there on November 11, 2007. The church building was sold and is now used as a physiotherapy practice . The nearest New Apostolic Church is today in Osterode, 9 km away.

The Jehovah's Witnesses have a meeting on Lönsstrasse.

There are also two Turkish-Muslim communities or mosques in the city.

politics

City council election 2016
Turnout: 56.17% (2006: 55.64%)
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Allocation of seats in the city council
      
A total of 30 seats

City council

The council of the city of Herzberg am Harz consists of 30 council women and councilors. This is the specified number for a municipality with a population between 12,001 and 15,000. The 30 council members are elected for five years each by local elections. The current term of office begins on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The full-time mayor Lutz Peters (CDU) is also entitled to vote in the council of the municipality.

Since the local elections on September 11, 2016 , the city council has been composed as follows (changes to 2011):

  • SPD : 12 seats (−1)
  • CDU : 10 seats (–2)
  • AfD : 3 seats (+3)
  • FDP : 2 seats (+1)
  • GREEN : 2 seats (± 0)
  • LEFT : 1 seat (± 0)
  • NPD : 0 seat (−1)
Marketplace

mayor

The city's full-time mayor is Lutz Peters (CDU). In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, he was elected with 64.4% of the vote. His opponent Michael Dietrich (SPD) received 35.6%. The turnout was 49.9%. Peters took up his term in office on November 1, 2014, taking over the post from long-time mayor Gerhard Walter (also CDU).

coat of arms

Banner, coat of arms and flag
Banner Herzberg am Harz.svg DEU Herzberg am Harz COA.svg
Flag Herzberg am Harz.svg

Description : "The coat of arms of the city, split by blue and gold, shows a red armored golden lion in the front (blue) field and an upright red stag in the rear (golden) field".

The coat of arms was approved by the Minister of the Interior in 1953 and is based on official seals from the 18th century. The lion shows the bond with the Guelph aristocratic family that has existed since 1157. The stag stands for the Herzberg office, which existed until 1885 and which was then incorporated into the Osterode district. Red and gold in the right half of the shield were the coat of arms colors of the Counts of Lutterberg, who established a permanent seat around 1029, the former name of which was Hirschberg, an earlier name for Herzberg.

flag

The colors of the flag of the city of Herzberg am Harz are yellow-blue.

Town twinning

Culture and sights

Half-timbered house on the market

Buildings

Herzberg Castle

Herzberg Castle seen from the spot

The Herzberg Castle , situated on a hilltop above the town, is one of the few castles in Lower Saxony in the framework construction . It was built on a medieval castle and was rebuilt after a fire in 1510. Between 1158 and 1866 it was owned by the Guelphs without interruption and is therefore also called the Guelph Castle . The Herzberg District Court has had its seat in the castle since 1882 . Today it also houses a tin figure museum as well as exhibitions on the history of local forestry and the history of the castle itself. There are also regular special exhibitions on a wide variety of topics.

Scharzfels castle ruins

The Scharzfels castle ruins are located east of the Scharzfeld district on a steep mountain edge. The fortress, considered impregnable, was largely destroyed in the Seven Years' War in 1761 and not rebuilt. Today it is a popular hiking destination.

Nicolaikirche

Ev. St. Nicolai Church
Engelhardt organ
Winterkirchen organ

The Nicolaikirche Herzberg was built on the site of the first Nicolaikirche, which had been demolished due to dilapidation, and was consecrated in 1845. The organ of the church was built by the Herzberg organ builder Johann Andreas Engelhardt (also in 1845), placed under monument protection by order of the regional church office on April 25, 1960 as an important work of classicism and restored in 1975 by Rudolf Janke (Bovenden). She has the following disposition:

I main work C – f 3
Principal 16 ′
Octave 8th'
Gemshorn 8th'
Viola da gamba 8th'
Hollow flute 8th'
Double clad 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Gemshorn 4 ′
Fugara 4 ′
Fifth flute 3 ′
Octave 2 ′
Tertia 1 3 / 5 '
Mixture IV 2 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
II Oberwerk C – f 3
Quintatön 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Double flute 8th'
Transverse flute 8th'
Octave 4 ′
Reed flute 4 ′
Distance flute 4 ′
Octave 2 ′
Mixture IV 1 1 / 3 '
Cornett IV 8th'
Trumpet 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
Pedestal 32 ′
Principal bass 16 ′
Sub bass 16 ′
Violon 16 ′
Octavbass 8th'
Drone 8th'
Violon 8th'
Octavbass 4 ′
trombone 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
  • Coupling : I / II, I / P
  • Forte / Pianio pedal (shut-off valve)
  • Stop valves I and II


Parks

  • Domeyer Park
  • Spa gardens

Natural monuments

Lonauer waterfall
  • The unicorn cave near Scharzfeld is a natural cavity in dolomite rock. Total length of 557 m. Finds from the Stone Age.
  • The stone church Scharzfeld is a 28 m long and 6–8 m high cave in a dolomite rock, which was used by Paleolithic hunters as a camp. In the Middle Ages it was converted into a church.
  • The karst hiking trail in Herzberg leads past the centrally located Juessee and the Lonau waterfall .
  • The Ochsenpfuhl is a small lake, which is about 350 m south of the castle on the B 243 .
  • The Rhume spring is the third largest spring in Europe and is located near Rhumspringe , but belongs to Pöhlde (and Herzberg).
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Juessee with outdoor pool in autumn

Nature conservation and national park

Herzberg lies on the edge of the Harz National Park ; the district of Lonau is completely surrounded by the national park. Furthermore, Herzberg is located on the " Siebertal " nature reserve .

Sports

  • Herzberger Schützengesellschaft e. V. v. 1538
  • Archery Club "Golden Arrow" Herzberg e. V.
  • MTV Herzberg
  • VfL Herzberg 1908 e. V.
  • TanzSportClub (TSC) Herzberg e. V.
  • Turnverein Pöhlde Unity Germania 1896 e. V.
  • Tennis club TC Grün-Weiß Herzberg
  • TV GutsMuths Scharzfeld
  • SV Scharzfeld 1950 e. V.
  • SV Pöhlde
  • DLRG OG Herzberg

Other clubs

Long-distance cycle routes

Herzberg is located on the Weser-Harz-Heide-Radfernweg and the Harz circuit .

Esperanto square
Zamenhof Memorial on Zamenhof Square

Herzberg - the Esperanto city

Since a resolution of the city council on July 11, 2006, Herzberg has been given the addition of Esperanto-Stadt , in Esperanto : Herzberg - la Esperanto-urbo . This unusual addition to the name results from the fact that international youth meetings, congresses and other events have been taking place in Herzberg for this language for many years. The long-time station master Joachim Gießner laid the foundation stone for this . As a result, the city has a correspondingly large number of Esperanto-speaking guests. There is an Esperanto Center in Herzberg, which has already been visited by guests from over 50 countries.

Esperanto lessons are offered at all municipal schools as well as by the Intercultural Center Herzberg. This is an educational center of the German Esperanto Association , at which language teachers, among other things, are trained.

Due to Esperanto, there is an intensive relationship with the Polish twin town of Góra , with which there is also a student exchange. This form of contact is intended to promote the town twinning more strongly than the usual official relationships. Góra (German: Guhrau ) is located in Lower Silesia . In Herzberg there is a Guhrauer Heimatstube, which can be visited on request.

In 2017, on the 100th anniversary of Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof's (1859–1917) death, a square in Herzberg was named after the Esperanto inventor.

Economy and Infrastructure

Established businesses

  • Pleissner Guss GmbH
  • Smurfit Kappa Herzberger Papierfabrik GmbH
  • Smurfit Kappa Herzberger Wellpappe GmbH
  • Jungfer Druckerei und Verlag GmbH
  • PEMA GmbH, truck rental, founded in 1975
  • Herzberg and Osterode GmbH clinics
  • ANDIA International GmbH
  • VDS dispatch and data service

education

There are four primary schools in Herzberg:

  • Mahnte Elementary School
  • Nicolai Elementary School
  • Unicorn School (in Scharzfeld)
  • Elementary school at Rotenberg (in Pöhlde)

Secondary schools are:

  • Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium
  • High school Herzberg am Harz

traffic

Reception building of the train station Herzberg (Harz)

Herzberg is on the federal highways 27 ( Göttingen - Braunlage ) and 243 ( Seesen - Nordhausen ).

Deutsche Bahn maintains the Herzberg (Harz) station on the double-track southern Harz line , where trains stop in the direction of Northeim or Göttingen , in the direction of Nordhausen and in the direction of Braunschweig . There is also the Herzberg stop at the Harz Castle , which is located below the Welfenschloss on the single- track Herzberg – Seesen railway line and thus closer to the city center. The former Bleicherode Ost – Herzberg railway has been out of service since 1982, the Herzberg – Siebertal railway since 1994.

The RBB maintains bus routes to Bad-Lauterberg, St. Andreasberg, Lonau, Sieber, Hattorf, Wulften, Pöhlde, Rhumspringe; the city bus route, which has existed since August 8, 2013, is operated by a local taxi company. All lines are in the Verkehrsverbund Süd-Niedersachsen .

Personalities

literature

  • Hans-Heinrich Hillegeist: The history of the Lonauerhammerhütte near Herzberg / Harz . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1977. ISBN 3-525-36165-3
  • Ernst Ludwig Kiene, Klaus Matwijow: Herzberg am Harz in old views. European Library, Zaltbommel / Netherlands 1984–1991
  • Klaus Matwijow: Herzberg am Harz. Pictures from days gone by . Geiger, Horb am Neckar 1989, ISBN 3-89264-392-X .
  • Martin Claus : Palithi. The excavations at the Wallburg König Heinrichs Vogelherd near Pöhlde (city of Herzberg in the Harz, district of Osterode am Harz) . Theiss, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-1068-3 . (Material booklets on the prehistory and early history of Lower Saxony; 23)
  • Ernst Andreas Friedrich : If stones could talk. Volume II, Landbuch-Verlag, Hanover 1992. ISBN 3-7842-0479-1 (stone church near Scharzfeld)
  • Ernst Andreas Friedrich: If stones could talk. Volume IV, Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1998. ISBN 3-7842-0558-5 (Schloss Herzberg)
  • Manfred Kirchner: “Experiencing” 1000 years of history : A historical bicycle tour through Herzberg am Harz, Books on Demand 2017. ISBN 978-3-7431-7291-3

Web links

Commons : Herzberg am Harz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Herzberg am Harz  - travel guide
Wikisource: Hertzberg in the Topographia Braunschweig Lüneburg (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

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. ↑ Council resolution of the city of Herzberg am Harz from July 11, 2006
  3. ^ City of Herzberg am Harz: Numbers, data, facts. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  4. ^ Uwe Ohainski and Jürgen Udolph, Die Ortnames des Landkreises Osterode, Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, Bielefeld 2000, ISBN 3-89534-370-6 , pages 76-79
  5. ↑ The Mühlengraben, Herzberg's lifeline. Karstwanderweg.de, accessed on August 8, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Mills in Herzberg. Karstwanderweg.de, accessed on August 8, 2011 .
  7. ↑ How does the water get on the mountain? Karstwanderweg.de, accessed on August 8, 2011 .
  8. ^ Hans-Heinrich Hillegeist, The history of the Lonauerhammerhütte near Herzberg / Harz , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1977, ISBN 3-525-36165-3
  9. ↑ Herzberg history and memory board. (PDF; 818 kB) Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V., accessed on August 8, 2011 .
  10. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 215 .
  11. ↑ Statistical surveys , homepage of the State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony LSKN-Online ; Population figures on December 31 of each year.
  12. ↑ Uwe Ohainski, Jürgen Udolph : The place names of the district of Osterode (=  publications of the Institute for Historical Research at the University of Göttingen . Volume 40 ). Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2000, ISBN 3-89534-370-6 , p. 76–79 ( adw-goe.de [PDF; 2.6 MB ]).
  13. ^ Website of the Göttingen municipal services , accessed on September 29, 2016
  14. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on March 15, 2015
  15. ↑ Individual results of the direct elections on May 25, 2014 in Lower Saxony ( memento of March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 15, 2015
  16. ↑ a b Main statutes of the city of Herzberg am Harz  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ), accessed on March 15, 2015@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / herzberg.de
  17. ↑ Klemens Stadler: German coat of arms Federal Republic of Germany . The municipal coats of arms of the federal states of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. tape 5 . Angelsachsen-Verlag, Bremen 1970, p. 49 .
  18. ↑ "Siebertal" nature reserve. Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation, accessed on October 24, 2010 .
  19. ↑ Website of the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Herzberg am Harz e. V.
  20. ↑ Friends of Herzberg Castle in the Harz Mountains
  21. ↑ German Esperanto Center in Herzberg (Harz)
  22. ↑ Herzberg am Harz Wind Band. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .
  23. ^ Website of the Intercultural Center Herzberg / German Esperanto Center, accessed on November 7, 2012
  24. ↑ Website of the Interkultura Centro Herzberg (ICH)
  25. ↑ Herzberg names Platz after the Esperanto inventor on April 8, 2017 on ndr.de