Holtensen (Wennigsen)

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Holtensen
Wennigsen (Deister) municipality
Holtensen's coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 56 ″  N , 9 ° 38 ′ 1 ″  E
Height : 82 m above sea level NN
Area : 5.7 km²
Residents : 1299  (December 29, 2012)
Population density : 228 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1970
Postal code : 30974
Area code : 05109
Holtensen as an aerial photo from the south-east

Holtensen is a village in the municipality of Wennigsen (Deister) in the Hanover region .

history

During the Seven Years' War : map (with Bredenbeck and Linderte) of the camp of the French troops under Richelieu and Clermont near Holtensen in 1757 and 1758; Engraving by Jakobus van der Schley
The church in Holtensen

Local foundation

Holtensen was probably founded in the time of clearing in Lower Saxony between 500 and 800 AD. The first documentary mention was in 1226, at that time still as "Holthusen", which probably refers to a village in the forest (Hus am Holte - Haus am Holze). The landlords at that time were the noblemen Konrad and Dietrich "von Spole". That is why the place used to be called "Spolholtensen". They were fiefs of the Duke of Saxony, later they were listed in a document from 1246 as fiefs of the Duke of Braunschweig. However, the church in the village, which was consecrated to St. George, was mentioned in a document as early as 1120. This was then established in 1329 as a parish church for the surrounding villages Evestorf and Bredenbeck as well as the later desolate villages Wennigerode (Wennigrehr) and Sattendorpe (Sattendorf).

Modern times

During the Seven Years' War , after the Battle of Hastenbeck , Holtensen hosted the French Army under Marshal Richelieu . An army camp that reached from Bredenbeck to Linderte was pitched on August 10, 1757. Around 40,000 men camped there before they plundered Hanover , which was surrendered without a fight . The oldest published site map goes back to the site plans of the French.

Basse and the Holtens trade

At the beginning of the 20th century, Holtensen experienced an economic boom, which also had an impact on the surrounding towns. The basis was the mill, sawmill and factory that the entrepreneur Heinrich Basse had built. The businesses on the outskirts of Bredenbeck were referred to by the Holtens as "Bassedorf", which stood for their size and independence. The sawmill, built between 1895 and 1900, brought Basse to the invention of numerous patents based on a plywood patented by him . This included an elastic hussar lance and, from 1910, an aircraft propeller made of cross-glued plywood , which allowed higher speeds than the solid wood propellers customary up to that time . The inventions made him a supplier to the Prussian Army and the Royal Prussian Air Force . Because of this position and to better market the mill products, he opened a large bakery with a bread patented by him ( patented Bassenbrot , a type of commissary bread ), which supplied the barracks in Hanover. The preserved mill (now a residential building) and a barn that houses the Catholic Church bear witness to this. Due to its position as a state supplier could Basse in the Prussian state railways to set up a station at the after Hameln leading hanover-altenbeken railway obtain, forerunner of today's urban railway breakpoint "Holtensen / Linderte". The application was made in 1901 after the railway line to Hameln had already been in operation for 30 years. The stop was opened on June 1, 1906. Every day up to 40 flatbed vehicles with goods rolled from Basse to the station.

Second World War

Holtensen was part of the southern air defense ring around Hanover. Flak and lighting positions were on a hill in front of Vörie and on the Süllberg . On October 9, 1943, a USAAF fighter-bomber was shot down and crashed on the grounds of the village church. Church roof and windows were badly damaged. A bunker was built at the point of impact, which still exists today, but is locked. To commemorate the dead of the two world wars, there is a memorial at the church.

Incorporation

As part of the regional reform, Holtensen - until then officially referred to as Holtensen bei Weetzen - became part of the Wennigsen (Deister) community. The incorporation took place through a resolution of the Wennigsen Act by the Lower Saxony state parliament on January 1, 1970.

To differentiate the six localities in southern Lower Saxony with the name Holtensen , the place is commonly called Pottholtensen .

religion

St. Christopher

The Protestant church forms its own parish, which includes Holtensen, Bredenbeck and Evestorf. It belongs to the parish of Ronnenberg . The core of the parish is the historic Holtenser Church on Linderter Strasse. This is a monument and houses z. B. the traditional Kronsberg nativity play , which is performed every year in Holtensen. The cemetery also belongs to the parish in Holtensen and was established around 1850.

The Catholic St. Christophorus Church was located on the site of the former Basse'schen Mühlen, it was built in 1962 through the conversion of a barn and was closed again in 2014. The church last belonged to the parish of St. Bonifatius with its seat in Gehrden and is now an exhibition room for W6 WERTARBEIT .

politics

Holtensen has a local council with six members, five of whom are entitled to vote.

The local mayor is Wilhelm Subke.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a golden lion on top of red and a red cauldron on silver below. This symbolizes Holtensen's origin as a pottery village.

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

Holtensen has an industrial park on the B 217 . This is the second largest in the Wennigsen municipality. Retail, food and beverages as well as small and medium-sized businesses are located there. An expansion of the industrial area by five hectares to the west is planned in the municipal land use plan.

In Holtensen on the Vörier Berg, the first commercially operated wind turbines were built as a test facility in the Lower Saxony inland around 1985 .

Local facilities

Book tower as a public bookcase
  • There is a communal kindergarten in the town center.
  • A sponsoring association operates the local village community center, which serves as a contact point for numerous associations.
  • Book tower as a public bookcase in a historic transformer tower, operated by the village community association.
  • The village community maintains a scenic discovery path , the double eight , which was created in 2009 as part of the Hanover garden region.
  • The Holtenser sports club has a sports field.

traffic

S-Bahn stop Holtensen / Linderte

The federal road 217 runs through the place. The at hanover-altenbeken railway situated S-station Holtensen / Linderte is from the line S 5 ( Paderborn central station - Hameln - Hannover main station - Hannover airport ) operated at 30-minute intervals.

Culture and sights

Holtensen is embedded in the Calenberger Land in the natural area of Calenberger Lössbörde between Deister , Süllberg and the Vörier Berg . The district surrounding Holtensen is in the southwest part of the landscape protection area LSG H51. Large-scale renaturation measures in the district of Hanover have led to the re-greening of old clay pits south of the Vörier mountain.

Holtensen takes part in the “Hannover Garden Region” campaign with a nature discovery trail.

Architectural monuments

Personalities

literature

  • Ilse Gottwald et al .: Wennigsen 1200–2000 - Ein Lebenslauf , Wennigsen, 1999
  • Fritz Gevecke: From the old days. All about the village church with thoughts of the Knights of Holthusen Gerd J. Holtzmeyer Verlag Braunschweig, 1984. ISBN 3-923722-07-9
  • Carl-Hans Hauptmeyer : Holtensen. Wennigsen municipality. Village history as a contribution to local renewal. Edited by the Heimatbund Lower Saxony. Hanover, 1982. ISBN 3-9800677-0-X

Web links

Commons : Holtensen (Wennigsen)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 750 years of Wennigsen 1200–1950 , published by the preparatory committee for the 750th anniversary of the Wennigsen community, printed in 1950 by the book printing workshops in Hanover, p. 9
  2. ↑ Hauptmeyer (see literature), 1982, p. 41
  3. ↑ Du Bois, Camps topographiques de la Campagne de 1757 en Westphalie, Den Haag, 1760 (Holtensen is erroneously referred to in the source as "Holsenstein".)
  4. ↑ Hauptmeyer (see literature), 1982, p. 167
  5. ↑ Gevecke (see literature), 1984, p. 38f.
  6. ↑ Gevecke (see literature), 1984, p. 36f.
  7. ^ Municipality of Wennigsen (Deister): Ortsrat Holtensen , accessed November 18, 2017