Wipshausen

Wipshausen municipality Edemissen
Coordinates: 52 ° 23 ′ 17 ″  N , 10 ° 21 ′ 11 ″  E
Height :	approx. 61 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	1700  (Jul. 1, 2015)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	31234
Area code :	05373
Location of Wipshausen in Lower Saxony
Town view

Wipshausen is a village in the municipality of Edemissen in the Peine district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Average precipitation values ​​from Wipshausen 1961–1990

The place is north of the district town of Peine between the two regional centers Hanover and Braunschweig on the B 214 between Braunschweig and Celle , on the edge of the Südheide.

The area around Wipshausen is characterized by gravel mining . There are now around a dozen gravel ponds around the village, some of which are still intensively extracted. The pebbled lakes, however, are left to nature and are used for relaxation, swimming and fishing. In the west the village borders on the river Erse (in the upper Aue), which flows from its source near Salzgitter towards the mouth shortly after Uetze into the Fuhse. Due to the very sandy soil, Wipshausen is known as the region's asparagus village , although asparagus cultivation has declined in recent years.

history

The place Wipshausen was first mentioned as Wypteshusen in 1389 and belonged to the Gografschaft Edemissen in the Meinersen office from 1532 to 1885 . Then the place came to the district of Peine until today.

In 1965 the independent communities Horst, Rietze, Rüper, Wense and Wipshausen merged to form the joint community of Wipshausen. On January 1, 1968, Horst and Wipshausen were merged to form the new municipality of Wipshausen. In the course of the regional reform in Lower Saxony, on March 1, 1974, the unified municipality of Edemissen was formed from the localities of the joint municipality of Edemissen and eight other independent municipalities. The current district of Horst is to the north and to Wipshausen on the eastern side of the Erse. The place was first mentioned in a document as "de Horst by Wypreshusen" in 1458 (in old documents often confused with "Horst" near Peine and "Wehnserhorst").

The castle

According to finds in the gravel pits, which suggest a settlement as early as the Iron Age, Wipshausen is one of the oldest villages in the Peine district. The so-called ring wall is located in an oak grove southeast of the village . This is a small moth from around 900 AD. There are suspicions that this castle complex should offer the residents of the village protection from the Slavic U-turns , which increasingly advanced into the area west of the Elbe during this period . Today only the prominent hill and the dry moat are left of the complex.

To the Heidkrug

The Heidkrug near Wipshausen was already there when the Braunschweiger Chaussee, today's B 214 , was built. This inn, which in the statistical-topographical hand and word book about the Landdrostei district of Lüneburg from 1844 as “Weg- u. Wirthshaus ”is said to have been built by a man from Brandenburg in 1770. The Heidkrug was a rest stop for horses and coachmen who used the old freight transport route between Braunschweig and Celle. In 1805 the inn was robbed. A band of robbers armed with sabers captured 600 to 700 thalers.

Population development

year Residents 1821 330 1848 361 December 1, 1871 ¹ 365 December 1, 1885 ¹ 339 December 1, 1905 ¹ 392 June 16, 1925 ¹ 562 (566) June 16, 1933 ¹ 526 May 17, 1939 ¹ 537 December 31, 1945 - October 29, 1946 ¹ 1046 (1023)

year Residents September 13, 1950 ¹ 1057 June 6, 1961 ¹ 1184 (916) March 1, 1964 941 May 27, 1970 ¹ 1364 ( 00?)

¹ census result

religion

The Protestant denomination established itself in the early 16th century.

Wipshausen is the main town of the Evangelical Lutheran St. Sebastian parish, whose pastor is also responsible for pastoral care in the towns of Rietze, Rüper and Wense . The parish today belongs to the Peine parish.

politics

Local mayor is Günter Meyer (CDU), deputy Wolf Hermann Rüscher (SPD).

coat of arms

Golden asparagus bushes with roots grow in the blue shield of Wipshausen. Above it rises a golden ridge angle with the traditionally crossed horse heads of local farms. The colors blue and yellow are reminiscent of the earlier membership of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg.

Culture and sights

• The first records from the old account books of the St. Sebastian Church date from 1551. The west tower of the church probably dates from the end of the 12th century, while the nave is dated to the 16th century. In 1808 a major renovation of the nave took place.
• The cemetery of honor adjacent to the old village church , the atonement stones , the stone cross and the parish hall including the parish garden are among the most beautiful areas of the village.

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  Rectory from 1776

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  War memorial

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  Cross stone

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  St. Sebastian Church

Economy and Infrastructure

education

In addition to kindergartens, there are now primary schools in the central town of Edemissen (there are also reliable primary schools in two other districts), secondary school and secondary school. Secondary schools such as grammar school and vocational school have been set up in Peine.

In the primary school in Wipshausen, children from Wipshausen as well as children from Alvesse, Rietze and Voigtholz-Ahlemissen are taught.

traffic

Bus connections to Edemissen, Peine and Braunschweig are available. The motorway connections Peine, Watenbüttel-Braunschweig and Hämelerwald-Lehrte are a connection to Braunschweig, Wolfsburg, Salzgitter and Hanover for commuters. The train stations Peine, Dedenhausen and Hämelerwald are also accessible for rail travelers.

literature

• Association of Homeland History Edemissen eV: The community of Edemissen . Sutton, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86680-202-5
• Jürgen Dieckhoff: Edemissen - feel-good community . Edemissen municipality, 1999
• Alfred Gebhardt: Local History Wipshausen-Horst , Volume 1. Self-published, 1984
• Alfred Gebhardt: Local History Wipshausen-Horst , Volume 2. Self-published, 1990

Web links

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

• Internet presence of the municipality of Edemissen - a brief description of the village of Wipshausen
• History of the settlement in Wipshausen
• Internet presence Wipshausen - "Atonement stones"
• Internet presence of Heimat- und Archivverein Edemissen eV

Individual evidence

1. ^ Blazek, Matthias: The execution site of the Meinersen office - a collection of sources . ibidem, Stuttgart 2008, p. 36, ISBN 978-3-89821-957-0 .