Hollen (Hollnseth)

Hollen community Hollnseth
Coordinates: 53 ° 35 ′ 29 ″  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 6 ″  E
Residents :	523  (December 31, 2009)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	21769
Area code :	04773
Location of Hollen in the municipality of Hollnseth
War memorial in the Hollen cemetery

Hollen is a district of the Lower Saxon community Hollnseth in the district of Cuxhaven and is located on the Mehe .

Geography and transport links

Hollen is located near the Mehe on the Geest west of the Oste . In the south, the border with the Rotenburg (Wümme) district extends .

Neighboring towns are Nindorf in the north, the Nindorfer Moor in the northeast, Brobergen and Ostendorf in the east, Iselersheim in the southeast, Abbenseth in the south, Langeln in the southwest and Armstorf in the west.

The district road 32 runs through Hollen, which runs in the north via Nindorf to Lamstedt to federal road 495 ( Bremervörde - Wischhafen ) and in the south to Abbenseth. Smaller roads also lead to Ostendorf, Armstorf and the Nindorfer Moor.

history

Hollen was first mentioned in a document in 1004.

The Hollener Mühle is a bit away from the village on the Mühlenbach, which flows into the Mehe . The mill was in operation from 1801 to 1940. Today it functions as a museum mill. There is a restaurant next door.

In the First World War fifteen soldiers died from Hollen or missing and in the Second World War, forty-two.

On July 1, 1972, the previously independent municipality of Hollen was merged with the municipality of Abbenseth to form the new municipality of Hollnseth .

Population development

date	Residents
1824	34 fire places
1848	295 people, 53 houses
1910	370
December 31, 2009	523

religion

Hollen is evangelical-Lutheran and belongs to the parish of the Bartholomäuskirche in Lamstedt .

For the (few) Catholics is St. Ansgar's Church in Hemmoor -Warstade responsible, since 2010 parish spirit Christmas in Stade belongs.

Hollen has its own cemetery with a chapel on the local road .

Hollen cemetery chapel

politics

coat of arms

	Blazon : "The coat of arms shows a wavy silver line on a blue background with a golden mill wheel above and a golden mountain in the shield base below, on which a blue barrow can be seen."
	Justification of the coat of arms: The mill wheel and the wavy line stand for the Hollener Mühle and the Hollener Mühlenbach.

mayor

Term of office	Surname
1933-1938	Otto Gerkens
1938–	Christian Peters
1960-1972	Georg Müller

On the left the former village school, on the right the syringe house of the volunteer fire brigade

Culture and sights

societies

• Volunteer firefighter
• Sports club TSV Hollen

Museums

• Local history museum (founded in 2004 on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the village)
• Museum in the Hollener Mühle

Architectural monuments

Hollener mill

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Hollnseth

• Hollener mill
• War memorial for the fallen / missing in the First and Second World War in the cemetery
• Several historic hall houses

literature

• Michael Schwieger: Hollen Chronicle. 2004, ISBN 3-8334-1022-1 .

Web links

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

• Michael Schwieger's website with information about Hollen

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hollen, Hollnseth community, Cuxhaven district, Lower Saxony. Retrieved May 12, 2020 . 
2. ↑ CHCF Jansen: Statistical Handbook of the Kingdom of Hanover . In Commission of the Helwings̓chen Hofbuchhandlung, 1824 ( google.de [accessed on May 13, 2020]).
3. ↑ Friedrich W. Harseim, C. Schlüter: Statistical Manual for the Kingdom of Hanover . Schlueter, 1848 ( google.de [accessed on May 13, 2020]).
4. ↑ Welcome to Gemeindeververzeichnis.de. Retrieved May 13, 2020 . 
5. ↑ pay. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .