Hespe

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the inventor of the same name, see Justus Jacob Hespe

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 52 ° 20 '  N , 9 ° 6'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Schaumburg
Joint municipality :	Nienstädt
Height :	53 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.49 km 2
Residents:	2055 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	317 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	31693
Primaries :	05721, 05722, 05724
License plate :	SHG, RI
Community key :	03 2 57 014
Community structure:	4 districts
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 7 31691 Helpsen
Website :	www.gemeinde-hespe.de
Mayor :	Uwe Grone ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Hespe in the Schaumburg district

Hespe from above

Hespe is a municipality in the Schaumburg district in Lower Saxony and part of the Nienstädt municipality .

geography

location

The municipality is located near the border with North Rhine-Westphalia west of the Schaumburg Forest directly on the Mittelland Canal . The Riehe flows through the municipality .

Neighboring communities

In clockwise direction, neighboring communities are Meerbeck , Stadthagen , Helpsen and Seggebruch and Bückeburg .

Districts

The districts of the municipality are Hespe, Hiddensen, Levesen and Stemmen. The desert of Etze still lies in the municipality .

history

The district of Hiddensen was first mentioned in a document in 1223 as Hiddenhusen, and Levesen then in 1260 as Lezeshusen. Hespe was created in the 16th century as a side village of Hiddensen.

On March 1, 1974, the municipality of Hespe was newly formed through the merger of the municipalities of Hespe-Hiddensen, Levesen and Stemmen.

religion

All districts were assigned to the newly formed Evangelical Lutheran parish Seggebruch in 1913/1914. The places Levesen and Stemmen belonged to the collegiate parish of Obernkirchen until then . Hespe and Hiddensen belonged to the parish of Meerbeck.

politics

Municipal council

The council of the community consists of 13 councilors.

• SPD - 8 seats
• CDU - 3 seats
• Green - 2 seats

Local election on September 11, 2016

Mayor / Administration

Werner Vehling (SPD) held the office of mayor for 42 years. His successor was Uwe Grone in 2016. Together with the community director Kerstin Hamelberg, he is responsible for the community of Hespe. The municipal administration is located in the Hespe district, Dorfstrasse 25.

Economy and Infrastructure

education

A kindergarten is available for pre-school education. The primary school is run by the joint community. Secondary schools are located in Helpsen, Obernkirchen, Stadthagen and Bückeburg.

traffic

The Bad Nenndorf and Bad Eilsen junctions of the BAB 2 can be reached via the federal highway 65 to the west . The nearest train station is in Kirchhorsten , a part of the neighboring municipality of Helpsen. The public transport is provided by the bus company Rottmann & Spannuth from Bückeburg with the line RSO 24/28.

Personalities

• Friedrich Krömer (1857–1938), member of the Reichstag and Landtag from Levesen
• Werner Vehling (* 1941), mayor of the municipality, district administrator of the Schaumburg district

literature

• Banser, Hermann: Hespe - a village on the Mittelland Canal and the Schaumburg Forest, Stadthagen 1994
• Munk, Heinrich: Hespe-Hiddensen, Levesen, Stemmen, Stadthagen 2000

Web links

Commons : Hespe  - 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. ^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 201 .
3. ↑ Samtgemeinde Nienstädt: Samtgemeinde Nienstädt municipality council election Hespe 11.09.2016 (PDF; 3.13 kB), 12 September 2016, accessed on 24 October 2018
4. ↑ Schaumburger Nachrichten: Grone is the new mayor. URL: http://www.sn-online.de/Schaumburg/Nienstaedt/Hespe/Grone-ist-neuer-Buergermeister ,  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on January 30, 2017.