Kirchbrak

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 58 '  N , 9 ° 34'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Holzminden
Joint municipality :	Bodenwerder pollen
Height :	120 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18.39 km 2
Residents:	983 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	53 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37619
Area code :	05533
License plate :	HOL
Community key :	03 2 55 025
Community structure:	5 districts
Association administration address:	Münchhausenplatz 1 37619 Bodenwerder
Website :	www.kirchbrak.de
Mayor :	Wilhelm Brennecke (SPD)
Location of the municipality of Kirchbrak in the Holzminden district

Kirchbrak is a municipality in Lower Saxony ( Germany ) in the district of Holzminden and belongs to the municipality of Bodenwerder-Polle .

geography

location

The community is located on the edge of the Vogler , in the middle of the Weserbergland . Kirchbrak is located on the Lenne River .

Neighboring communities

The municipality of Kirchbrak borders Halle in the north, Dielmissen , Lüerdissen and the city of Eschershausen in the east, Holenberg and Golmbach in the south and the city of Bodenwerder in the west .

Community structure

Kirchbrak consists of the five districts Kirchbrak, Westerbrak, Osterbrak, Breitenkamp and Heinrichshagen.

history

The "villa Bracha" is listed in a confirmation of ownership for the Martinistift Minden , which Konrad II issued in 1029.

In 1994 there were 1262 citizens in the community.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1973, the communities Breitenkamp, ​​Heinrichshagen and Westerbrak were incorporated.

politics

Municipal council

2011 municipal election

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70

60

50

40

30th

20th

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66.43%

33.57%

SPD

UWG

Turnout: 63.27%

After the local elections on September 11, 2011 , the municipal council consists of:

• SPD : 7 seats
• UWG : 4 seats

mayor

Wilhelm Brennecke (SPD)

Buildings

• Fortified church from the 13th century
• AMCO factory expansion building by Walter Gropius and Ernst Neufert , 1925
• Westerbrak Manor: The baroque garden of the von Grone aristocratic residence dates from 1726 and is a listed building . It is open to the public.

Personalities

• August Kuntzen (* 1807 in Westerbrak, † 1885 in Braunschweig), railway director in Braunschweig and member of the Reichstag
• Hans-Udo von Grone (* 1886 in Kirchbrak, † 1968 in Wienhausen), farmer and 1924–1926 finance minister in the Free State of Braunschweig , politician (DNVP, NSDAP)
• Gerhard Pape (* 1954 in Westerbrak), 1997–2008 judge at the OLG Celle and since 2008 judge at the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) IX. Civil Senate
• Andreas Rebers (* 1958 in Westerbrak), cabaret artist, author, musician and composer
• Uwe Götze (* 1960 in Kirchbrak), Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the TU Chemnitz

Coats of arms of the districts

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  Breitenkamp

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  Heinrichshagen

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  Kirchbrak (town and municipality coat of arms)

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  Westerbrak

literature

• Jutta Curtius: Westerbrak Manor Park. Garden monument care contributions to preservation, care and development. Ed .: Stadt und Grün / Das Gartenamt. Issue 4, 1998, ISSN  0948-9770 , p. 273-277 .

Web links

Commons : Kirchbrak  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kirchbrak parish
• Local history
• Westerbrak Manor
• Gropius-Bau in Kirchbrak: Hidden and forgotten on March 27, 2019 on ndr.de, accessed on March 27, 2019
• Description of the park of the manor Westerbrak at the Lower Saxony Society for the Preservation of Historical Gardens

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ^ Paul Derks: The settlement names of the city Sprockhövel, 2010, p. 84
3. ^ 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. 212 .