Heyersum

Heyersum Community Nordstemmen
	Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 24 ″ N , 9 ° 48 ′ 45 ″ E
Height :	96 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.89 km²
Residents :	887 (March 31, 2019)
Population density :	181 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	31171
Area code :	05069
Location of Heyersum in Lower Saxony
	Access to the former saltworks from 1698

Heyersum is a village and eastern part of the municipality of Nordstemmen in the Hildesheim district .

geography

Neighboring towns are Rössing in the north, Klein Escherde and Groß Escherde in the east, and the Mahlerten district to the west alongside Nordstemmen . The Hildesheim Forest rises to the south .

history

The place is first mentioned in 1022 in the records of the Michaeliskloster. The place name is derived from Hogeresem , Hoiereshem , Hogersem , Hoyersem zu Heyersum and is interpreted as Hogers home . Salt has been extracted here for around 1000 years. The simple salt extraction was improved in 1604 with a graduation tower. With the last operated salt works , salt production was stopped in 1876.

Heyersum has had a Franco-German sponsorship with St. Aubin since 1966.

On March 1, 1974 Heyersum was incorporated into the municipality of Nordstemmen.

politics

Local council

The local council of Heyersum consists of 2 council women and 5 councilors. The local council also has two advisory members ( FDP + Greens).

SPD : 3 seats
CDU : 1 seat
Greens : 1 seat
Non-attached : 2 seats

(Status: local election September 11, 2016)

Local mayor

The local mayor is Heike Wälters (SPD). Your deputies are Lutz Loebel (Greens) and Henrike Bauermeister-Mund (CDU).

coat of arms

The design of the coat of arms of the municipality Heyersum comes from the heraldist and coat of arms painter Gustav Völker , who designed all coats of arms in the Hanover region . The municipality was awarded the coat of arms on May 16, 1938 by the President of the Province of Hanover . The district administrator from Alfeld presented it on July 4th of the same year.

Blazon : "In green, an ascending, curved golden tip , with two turned away silver salt hooks ."

Justification of the coat of arms: In addition to the fertile fields, the salt springs south of the village, which were used until the last century, were the cause and basis of the Heyersum settlement, the existence of which can be traced back to the Neolithic. This fact is indicated by the two salt hooks in the green field, while the golden triangle inserted into the shield from below retains the memory of the “Gohe zum Güldenen Winkel” once located near Heyersum.

Culture and sights

Buildings

At the eastern exit to the B1 there are two cross stones and a stone cross on the edge of Kreuzstrasse . Their age is estimated to be 450 to 750 years. According to a legend, they were used by a wise woman as a remedy against the plague. There are no longer any documented reasons for setting up the cross stones, also known as stones of atonement .
The St. Mauritius Church was built around 1350. The much newer church tower was only added in 1836.
The listed buildings of the salt works from 1604 are inhabited today. The salt pond is still behind them today.
In the middle of the 16th century there were two mills on the Mühlenberg, where the wooden cross is today. In addition, the court used to be there. In 1639 a mother was burned there for witchcraft and her children, 13 and 14 years old, were beheaded.
The wooden cross of the German East was erected on the Mühlenberg in 1961 and rededicated after being destroyed in 1990 and 2006.

Photo gallery

St. Mauritius Church
Old school house
War memorial in front of the church
Ostlandkreuz on the Mühlenberg

literature

Hasso Plötze: Heyersum: a youth in the village. Husum 1994 ISBN 3-88042-714-3
Gerhard Puhrsch: village chronicle of Heyersum: a home book. Heyersum 1984
Heyersum community (ed.): Festschrift for the 950th anniversary: 1022–1972. Koehler, Adlum 1972

Web links

Commons : Heyersum - collection of images

Individual evidence

↑ Population figures in the municipality of Nordstemmen. In: Website of the municipality of Nordstemmen. March 31, 2019, accessed April 17, 2019.
^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 205 .
^ ^A ^b Local council of Heyersum. In: Website of the municipality of Nordstemmen. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
↑ District of Hanover (ed.): Wappenbuch district of Hanover . Self-published, Hanover 1985.
^ ^A ^b Wilhelm Barner : Coat of arms and seal of the Alfeld district . Rebinding. Lax GmbH & Co. KG, Hildesheim 1998 ( digitized version of the text part of the first edition from 1940 [PDF; 10.0 MB ; accessed on June 10, 2019]).
↑ www.suehnekreuz.de

[1] Population figures in the municipality of Nordstemmen. In: Website of the municipality of Nordstemmen. March 31, 2019, accessed April 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 205 .

[Rat-3] A ^b Local council of Heyersum. In: Website of the municipality of Nordstemmen. Retrieved April 17, 2019.

[4] District of Hanover (ed.): Wappenbuch district of Hanover . Self-published, Hanover 1985.

[Barner-5] A ^b Wilhelm Barner : Coat of arms and seal of the Alfeld district . Rebinding. Lax GmbH & Co. KG, Hildesheim 1998 ( digitized version of the text part of the first edition from 1940 [PDF; 10.0 MB ; accessed on June 10, 2019]).

[6] www.suehnekreuz.de