Hohenwestedt

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 5 '  N , 9 ° 39'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Office :	Mittelholstein
Height :	61 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18.18 km 2
Residents:	5357 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	295 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	24594
Area code :	04871
License plate :	RD, ECK
Community key :	01 0 58 077
Address of the municipal administration:	Am Markt 15 24594 Hohenwestedt
Website :	www.hohenwestedt.de
Mayor :	Jan Butenschön
Location of the community of Hohenwestedt in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district

Hohenwestedt (Low German: Wiste) is a municipality in the center of Schleswig-Holstein in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district . Since January 1, 2012, the municipality together with the former offices of Aukrug , Hanerau-Hademarschen and Hohenwestedt-Land forms the Mittelholstein office . Glüsing, Falkenburg, Vaasbüttel, Böternhöfen, Bockhorst, Quellental and Ludwigslust are in the municipality.

geography

Location and geology

The city is located on the Holstein Geest on the edge of the Aukrug Nature Park , southeast of the Kiel Canal in the Mittelholstein region, on the federal highway 430 between the A7 and A23 motorways . Hohenwestedt is a stop on the Neumünster – Heide railway line . The so-called Westbahn is operated today by the nordbahn railway company .

Neighboring cities

Friedrichstadt 49 km	Rendsburg 24 km	Nortorf 17 km
Meldorf 37 km		Neumünster 21 km
Itzehoe 18 km	Kellinghusen 14 km	Bad Bramstedt 23 km

history

Presumably the area of ​​Hohenwestedt was already 3000 BC. Populated by farmers, which is proven by finds from the Neolithic period. The greatest relic from this time is the " bowl stone ", a huge boulder into which bowls (depressions for offerings) were incorporated. Today the stone is placed in the town center. There are burial mounds from the Bronze Age in the Glüsing district , in which gifts for the dead were found.

The parish Hohenwestedt was first mentioned in a document in 1217 as Wetsstede , which means something like "settlement in the forest" in its original meaning. Due to its favorable location on the north-south connection of the Ochsenweg and the east-west connection Lübsche Trade , Hohenwestedt was soon led to an economic boom. This favorable location was also a disadvantage, as armies also used these roads and often plundered the entire place. In 1616 and 1768 the place was ravaged by devastating fires, which destroyed almost the entire place including the church.

A district court was set up in 1867 and existed until 1975. In 1877 Hohenwestedt was connected to the railway network with the inauguration of the Neumünster-Heide line. With the Rendsburger Kreisbahn in 1901 a meter-gauge connection to Rendsburg was established , which was extended to Schenefeld in 1916 . This railway had to stop operating in 1956.

In 1924 and 1925 local groups of the NSDAP with up to 40 founding members were formed in Hohenwestedt, Nindorf, Osterstedt, Wapelfeld and Tappendorf . In those years "Nordmarkthings" were held in the municipality of Vaasbüttel. On August 9 and 10, 1930, Adolf Hitler stayed in the villa of the NSDAP district leader Wilhelm Hamkens , who had worked as a lawyer and notary in Hohenwestedt since 1920. In 1932, several SS men carried out a hand grenade attack on the house of an SPD supporter in Glüsing.

In the Reichstag elections in March 1933 , the NSDAP in Hohenwestedt received the highest share of votes with 72.2%, ahead of the DNVP with 5.8%, the SPD with 18.4% and the KPD with 1.7%.

In 1938 the districts of Vaasbüttel and Glüsing were incorporated.

After the war, many refugees came to the area and the population rose to over 5,300 (1946). In the post-war period there were business settlements.

The German administration and a service center for the Danish toy manufacturer Lego were located in Hohenwestedt . The service center was closed in 2006 as a result of restructuring measures.

From 2007 to 2011 Hohenwestedt managed the administrative business of the offices of Aukrug , Hanerau-Hademarschen and Hohenwestedt-Land as part of an administrative community . Hohenwestedt has been a member of the Mittelholstein office since 2012. The headquarters of the Mittelholstein office is also in Hohenwestedt.

politics

Community representation

Of the 19 seats in the municipal council, the CDU has eight seats, the SPD seven and the FDP four seats since the local elections in May 2018 . The full-time mayor of the municipality has been Jan Butenschön since January 1, 2018.

coat of arms

The coat of arms and flag were approved on May 5, 1961.

Blazon : "In the blue-silver split shield, a wheel paw cross in confused colors."

The bowl stone found in the municipality of Hohenwestedt bears a wheel cross as a cultic symbol from prehistoric times, which can be found in the coat of arms and thus represents the long local history. In pre-Christian times, the wheel cross may have been a symbol of the sun. In 1217 "Wetstede" was mentioned as a church location; after this time the wheel cross can be understood as a Christian symbol. The location at the intersection of the "Lübschen Trade" and the "Ochsenweg" linked Hohenwestedt with the four cities of Rendsburg, Neumünster, Itzehoe and Heide. This advantageous geographic traffic situation can also be recognized in the wheel cross. With regard to the most recent times, the wheel should symbolize the social and economic progress, represented by the settling industry and the brisk construction activity. The closed circle around the cross therefore emphasizes the community spirit of the residents. The splitting of the shield and the “mix-up” of the colors expresses the inhibiting and promoting factors whose varied interplay has determined the development of the community.

The coat of arms was designed by the Brunsbüttel heraldist Willy "Horsa" Lippert .

flag

The flag shows the wheel paw cross of the town's coat of arms in the blue and white split Liek, in the flying end nine alternating blue and white stripes.

Partner and sponsor communities

The sponsor community is the city of Müncheberg in the state of Brandenburg , and there is also a partnership with the community of Billund in Denmark .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

In the municipality there are around 400 companies including the service sector with 2500 jobs. There are also 1,700 commuters from 90 communities. The Falkenburg holiday park with a riding stables is located north of Hohenwestedt.

In Hohenwestedt there is a grammar school with a regional school section, a primary school with a support center and two kindergartens, one of which is integrative. A music school is integrated into the full-time adult education center. In addition, there are several sports facilities in the community, including a heated outdoor pool, three sports halls and a tennis facility with a hall, as well as a sports and youth home with a shooting range, which also has a hall for events. A youth center is available for the younger residents. The community has its own gas, water, sewer and telecommunications utility.

traffic

Hohenwestedt has good transport connections: It is located at the intersection of the B 77 (north / south connection) and the B 430 (east / west connection). The distance to the motorways 7 ( Hamburg - Flensburg ), 23 (Hamburg- Heide (Holstein) ) and 210 ( Rendsburg - Kiel ) is around 15 minutes each.

The Neumünster – Heide (Holstein) –Büsum rail link runs through Hohenwestedt . The trains of the nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft (diesel multiple units of the LINT 41 model ) run every two hours, in the direction of Neumünster on weekdays even every hour.

Attractions

The list of cultural monuments in Hohenwestedt includes the cultural monuments entered in the list of monuments of Schleswig-Holstein.

• The Protestant Peter and Paul Church from 1769, by the royal church builder Johann Gottfried Rosenberg , can be found in the center of the village. There is also a Roman Catholic and an independent Evangelical Lutheran church.
• The former monastery bailiwick at Lindenstrasse 37 is a well-preserved classicist building from 1846.
• The so-called shell house on Lindenstrasse is a curiosity. The shell souvenir manufacturer Detlev Hauschildt had the house decorated with shells on the windows, doors and corners of the house in 1901.
• A bronze statue of the last “Utroper” (crier) Hohenwestedt stands on the steps of the town hall; the "Ochsentränke" in the town center commemorates the Ochsenweg .
• There is also a memorial in Park Wilhelmshöhe, which was erected in 1921 under the direction of Albert Brodersen for those who fell in the First World War.
• Hohenwestedt has a local history museum , which is managed by a scientific specialist, and a community library.
• Hohenwestedt is on the edge of the Aukrug nature park . The Boxberg has one of the highest elevations an extensive view of the entire region and is by car in five minutes via the B430 towards Neumünster reach.

Peter and Paul Church

Monastery Bailiwick

Shell house

Local museum

cenotaph

Leisure and Tourism

In addition to several local hiking trails, Hohenwestedt also offers a heated outdoor pool. There are two large 50 m long swimming areas, a small water slide, a one-meter and a three-meter diving platform, a beach volleyball court and a baby pool.

In Hohenwestedt there is the Wilhelmshöhe Park, a large park where events take place every year, e.g. B. the Park Festival as part of the Hohenwestedt Week and the Middle Ages Spectaculum .

museum

The Hohenwestedt local history museum has been located in the Burmesterhaus since 1927, a craftsman's house from the end of the 18th century, which used to be part of part-time farming.

Events

From 1994 to 2019 the Middle Ages Spectaculum took place annually at Whitsun in Park Wilhelmshöhe . This event drew thousands of visitors to Hohenwestedt every year to experience the flair of the Middle Ages. The planned Medieval Spectaculum 2020 was first postponed due to the global corona crisis and then a lot was completely canceled . Even before the corona crisis , it was clear that there would be no more Middle Ages Spectaculum in Hohenwestedt from 2021.

At the end of August, the annual Hohenwestedt week takes place in Hohenwestedt, during which there are various sporting, cultural and leisure activities. A highlight is the Park Festival on Saturday evening, which is traditionally held in Park Wilhelmshöhe and always includes fireworks. On the following Saturday there will be a “Hello Partner Day”, on which neighboring communities set up creative stands and teams from all surrounding communities compete amicably in creative competitions. In addition to a craft market, there is also a carousel.

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  Evening atmosphere at the Medieval Spectaculum 2013

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  Creative stand from the Remmels community on Hello Partner Day 2011

Personalities

Born in Hohenwestedt

• Heinrich Eckmann (1893–1940), National Socialist writer
• Anna Kühl (1878–1951) was a German landscape and still life painter
• Detlef Siegfried (* 1958), modern historian
• Fritz Tödt (1897–1984) was a German sugar technologist

Associated with Hohenwestedt

• Albert Brodersen (1857–1930), landscape architect and municipal gardening director in Berlin, spent his youth in Hohenwestedt
• Kirsten Fehrs (* 1961), bishop, parish pastor in Hohenwestedt in the 1990s
• Harald Jacobsen (* 1960), writer
• Jürgen Kröger (1856–1928), architect and church builder, completed an apprenticeship with master carpenter Göttsche in Hohenwestedt from 1873
• Wilhelm Werner (1886–1975), art collector and foreman at the Kunsthalle Hamburg , came to a foster family in Hohenwestedt after the early death of his parents in 1896.

Buried in Hohenwestedt

• Ernst Bamberger (1885–1941), Jewish doctor who committed suicide in Remmels before the imminent deportation and was buried in the New Cemetery
• Georg Ebeling (1867–1950), was a German Romanist and Medievalist.
• Hans-Jürgen Voss (1903–1990) was a German veterinarian and university professor.

Web links

Commons : Hohenwestedt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hohenwestedt community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 4: Groß Sarau - Holstenniendorf . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2004, ISBN 978-3-926055-75-0 , p. 323 ( dnb.de [accessed on May 3, 2020]).
3. ↑ Felicitas Glade, lawyer Weber and the morals of the Rendsburg district leadership, at www.akens.org.
4. ↑ akens.org
5. ↑ The Lego Group is making adjustments to production in Europe ( Memento from June 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Results of the municipal elections 2013. amt-mittelholstein.de, accessed on May 27, 2013 . 
7. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms
8. ↑ Nordbahn celebrates takeover of the Neumünster-Büsum line on December 9, 2011.
9. ↑ Sights of the community Hohenwestedt. Hohenwestedt.de, accessed on November 20, 2017 . 
10. ↑ https://www.hohenwestedt.de/artikel/news/mittelalterliches-spectaculum-4/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=3f8014e3c614423e1531e401c0311bf6
11. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/mpsfestival/posts/2581002905279632/g
12. ↑ vimu.info