Klein Steimke

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Klein Steimke
Coat of arms of Klein Steimke
Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 12 ″  N , 10 ° 49 ′ 7 ″  E
Residents : 161  (Jan. 1, 2018)
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 38154
Area code : 05365
Klein Steimke (Lower Saxony)
Klein Steimke

Location of Klein Steimke in Lower Saxony
chapel
chapel

Klein Steimke is a district of the town of Königslutter am Elm in the Helmstedt district in Lower Saxony .

Location and transport links

The village is located on the northern edge of the Elm-Lappwald Nature Park , around 1 km north of the A 2 , and can be reached from there via junction 59 (Königslutter). Country roads lead in the north to Neindorf and in the south to Ochsendorf , the road to Glentorf is now closed to general vehicle traffic. The regional route “From the Elbe to the Harz” (green route) of the German half-timbered road runs through Klein Steimke . Bus routes operated by Kraftverkehrsgesellschaft Braunschweig run from Klein Steimke to Königslutter and to the main train station in Wolfsburg .

history

The chapel is believed to have been built around 1513 when the bell was cast. Around 1600 Klein Steimke belonged to the Fallersleben office . The inn was built in 1848. In 1885, Klein Steimke came to the newly founded Gifhorn district ; previously it belonged to the Gografschaft Hasenwinkel, which had its seat in Heiligendorf . In 1887 the village got a brick factory , in 1894 the rifle club was founded . In 1953 the volunteer fire brigade was founded. From 1965 on, the communities Ahmstorf , Almke , Klein Steimke, Rhode and Uhry formed the entire community of Rhode without the member communities giving up their independence.

On March 1, 1974, the community of Klein Steimke from the Gifhorn district was incorporated into the town of Königslutter am Elm and thus into the Helmstedt district. In 1993, Klein Steimke was given a coat of arms for the first time.

politics

Local council

The local mayor of Glentorf and Klein Steimke is Peter Altenbach ( CDU , as of 2018) In the local elections in 2011, Klein Steimke's own local council was elected for the last time, comprising five seats. In the last local elections in 2016, a joint local council for Klein Steimke and Glentorf, comprising seven seats, was elected. Around 67% of 130 eligible voters took part in the local council elections in 2016.

coat of arms

The coat of arms designed by Wilhelm Krieg, introduced in 1993, shows a blue lion on a yellow background framed by four red hearts. It is reminiscent of the coat of arms of the Duchy of Lüneburg , to which Klein Steimke once belonged, and the coat of arms of Königslutter. The wavy line refers to the Schunter running west of Klein Steimke .

Facilities

In Klein Steimke there is a chapel that belongs to the parish of St. Stephani in the Hasenwinkel parish in the Wolfsburg-Wittingen parish of the Hanover regional church . The Catholic residents belong to the Church of St. Mary of the Assumption (Königslutter) . Klein Steimke also has a playground and football field , a fire station, a shooting range and a cemetery.

The restaurant Zum Dorfkrug , the grocery store, Post Office II , the school and the brick factory south of the village were closed. Since 1964, when the school in Ochsendorf was closed, the children have been attending the Hasenwinkel elementary school in Neindorf, which was newly built from 1962 to 1964. In 1969 the school association Ochsendorf - Klein Steimke decided to dissolve it.

The voluntary fire brigade and the Schützenverein Kl. Steimke von 1894 eV exist as associations in Klein Steimke

Rabbit angle

Klein Steimke and the towns of Ahmstorf , Almke , Beienrode , Heiligendorf , Neindorf, Ochsendorf, Rennau , Rhode , Rottorf am Klei and Uhry belong to the landscape of the Hasenwinkel , which connects to the south of Grevenland , which has risen up in the city of Wolfsburg . The landscapes Hasenwinkel and Grevenland belonged to the Fallersleben office in the late Middle Ages.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of Klein Steimke

Personalities who have worked on site

  • Klaus Geyer (1940–2003), pastor in the parish of Beienrode, Ochsendorf, Uhry and Klein Steimke, convicted in 1998 of manslaughter of his wife

Web links

Commons : Klein Steimke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population figures in the city of Königslutter am Elm . On: website of the city of Königslutter, accessed on March 6, 2018
  2. ↑ Heiligendorf on the website of the city of Wolfsburg , accessed on March 10, 2018
  3. ↑ Reiner Scholz: Chronicle of the community Uhry. Uhry 2015, p. 30.
  4. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 272 .
  5. ↑ Peter Altenbach on the website of the CDU city association Königslutter am Elm , accessed on March 8, 2018
  6. ↑ Local elections 2016 on the website of the city of Königslutter , accessed on March 8, 2018
  7. ^ The coat of arms of the city of Königslutter am Elm and the coat of arms of the 16 districts. heraldik-design.de, accessed on March 9, 2018
  8. ↑ Hasenwinkel parish on the website of the Wolfsburg-Wittingen church district , accessed on March 6, 2018
  9. ^ Federal Ministry for the Post and Telecommunications (Ed.): Ortverzeichnis Post. Bonn 1983, p. 278.
  10. ↑ Internet presence of the primary school Hasenwinkel , accessed on August 30, 2017.
  11. ↑ In the end, an ant destroyed the beautiful facade. welt.de from April 17, 1998, accessed on March 9, 2018