Vahlberg

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Vahlberg (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 52 ° 8 '  N , 10 ° 43'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Wolfenbüttel
Joint municipality :	Elm aces
Height :	133 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18 km 2
Residents:	695 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	39 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	38170
Primaries :	05332, 05333
License plate :	WF
Community key :	03 1 58 032
Community structure:	3 districts
Mayor :	Jürgen Ahrens ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Vahlberg in the Wolfenbüttel district

Vahlberg is a municipality in the Wolfenbüttel district in Lower Saxony . It is a member community of the Elm-Asse joint community , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Schöppenstedt .

geography

Three villages with the name Vahlberg are located on the Asse , a mountain range in the Wolfenbüttel district . Of these, Klein Vahlberg (Osteren-Vahlberg, Lüttgen Vahlberg) is the youngest. The namesakes are Groß Vahlberg and Mönchevahlberg , although the latter does not belong to the municipality of Vahlberg, but to the neighboring municipality of Dettum . The third and smallest place in the municipality of Vahlberg is Berklingen , which lies between Klein Vahlberg and Schöppenstedt. Fal , the origin of the place name, means earth-colored .

history

The documented tradition of Groß Vahlberg from 1093 has proven to be a forgery. In contrast, the news about Vahlberg from the 13th century, when a distinction was made between large and small Vahlberg, is historically secure. Groß Vahlberg is documented between 1237 and 1248 as de medio Valeberke . The vassals of the Duke of Braunschweig, the Aegidienkloster of the city of Braunschweig and the ducal foundation of the Cistercians in Riddagshausen profited from the forestry and agriculture of the village on the Asse . The tithe was first in the possession of the Bishop of Halberstadt , later it was owned by ducal vassals such as the Counts of Wohldenberg . The later manor Groß Vahlberg let the lords von Weferling manage until 1601.

Great Vahlberg

Due to its strategic location on the edge of the Asse and the good soil, the area around Groß Vahlberg was settled early on. A nearby parcel is called Potwiese , which may indicate the presence of urns. Burial remains from the late Neolithic to the 7th century during the Merovingian period were found on the Galgenberg .

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1242. At that time the gentlemen von Weferling sat on this spot, which served them as a farm for 500 years . The Bursfelde monastery sold the Blasiusstift in Braunschweig in 1281 two hooves in Groß Vahlberg. In a forged document you can read the place name In Valeberge . In the years 1237-1248 the spelling de medio Valeberke appears again and again , in 1281 one wrote in medio Valeberghe , 1299 Middelstenvaleberghe , 1315 in middelsten Valberghe and 1348 groten Valeberghe .

Groß Vahlberg, at the top right the keep tower, from the west

Vahlberg as a Merian engraving around 1654

Manor Groß Vahlberg

In 1776 the Duke Brunswick Privy Councilor Albrecht Egmond Georg von Münchhausen from Hessisch Oldendorf bought the fiefdom , as he lived at the Brunswick court and wanted a summer residence that was closer than the family estates in Schaumburg. Today's owner is Rembert Freiherr von Münchhausen, who also owns the Schwedesdorf Castle in Lauenau (district of Schaumburg).

Sound

Berklingen was mentioned in a document in the year 1000 as "Berklingi".

Klein Vahlberg

Klein Vahlberg is first mentioned in 1344 as Osteren-Vahlberg and was named Lüttgen-Vahlberg in 1367. The noble court Klein Vahlberg is an old fiefdom of the von Schwartzkopp family. These include the villages of Klein Vahlberg and Wetzleben. The village had a school next to the church very early on, which occupied the estate. In addition to the land, the Edelhof also included fishing, hunting and sheep farming. In the area, on the slopes of the Asse, alabaster was broken and burned into plaster .

Incorporations

The three communities Berklingen, Groß Vahlberg and Klein Vahlberg were merged on March 1, 1974 to form the community Vahlberg.

religion

In Groß Vahlberg one of the last patronages in Lower Saxony is alive. The von Münchhausen family has exercised patronage for more than 225 years; so they pay for church construction and other things. In the ev.-luth. Church is located in the Prieche , which is the seat of the lords during worship.

Since the number of Catholics in the Schöppenstedt area had risen sharply after 1945, the parish vicarie Groß Vahlberg was founded in 1950 and in 1951 the church of Mary of Peace , which existed until 1997, was consecrated in an existing building .

politics

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The municipal council (autumn 2017) is composed as follows:

• SPD 5 seats
• Green 1 seat
• CDU 3 seats

(Status: 2017 local elections )

Mayor is Jürgen Ahrens (SPD).

Culture and sights

Hill grave Galgenberg in small Vahlberg

Hill grave Meescheberg in small Vahlberg

• In the north of Klein Vahlberg the hill-like elevations of the Galgenberg and in the south of the Meescheberg stand out. They are barrows , among which there are princely graves . The oldest burial under the Galgenberg dates from the late 3rd millennium BC, further graves were dug in the Middle Bronze Age (1600–1000 BC) and in the early Middle Ages.
• The more than 800 year old St. Blasius Church in the district of Berklingen contains many preserved medieval works of art. After a fire in 2009, the 32 meter high tower was re-covered with copper.
• The name “St. Katharina zu Groß Vahlberg ”was first mentioned in a document in the 12th century. The old fortified tower and remains of the Romanesque architectural style, however, point to the construction in the 10th or 11th century. The Evangelical Lutheran Church is a medieval building with Romanesque keep -Turm in which two grave vaults are the families of Weferlingen and Munchausen. The parish church is mentioned as early as 1237. The uniform nave with a three-quarter end was built in 1737 on a Romanesque foundation; Renovation work in 1950 was no longer able to save the old mosaic floor, which had Saracen motifs. Inside the church are the tombstones of Karl von Weferlingen (1594), Ulrichs von Weferlingen (1611) and his wife Katharina von Blankenburg. Above the ogival entrance there is a relief of a bearded man who holds a stone over his head with both hands; it is probably of pagan origin.
• The rectory of the Groß Vahlberg Church was built in 1747 and last renovated and restored in 2010.
• The medieval tower of the church of Klein Vahlberg and its newer nave are not flush with each other and without a level connection with each other. The crypt of the von Schwartzkopf family is interesting.
• "Park of the manor Groß Vahlberg" and "The Schönebusch" . The manor in Groß Vahlberg is still inhabited by the Münchhausen family from the white line . The manor shaped the development of the small town. The manor park with exotic trees is now a landscape protection area. In Schönebusch , a wood not far from the village, there is the burial place of those of Münchhausen, from which a visual axis extends far into the country.

Web links

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

Wikisource: Grossen Vahlberg in the Topographia Braunschweig Lüneburg (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Wikisource: Lütken Vahlberg in the Topographia Braunschweig Lüneburg (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

• Homepage on the Internet presence of the Elm-Asse community

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. ↑ Information on Berklingen
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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 273 .
4. ↑ Mandate holder of the joint community Elm-Asse ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ St. Blasius Church in Berklingen. Retrieved January 14, 2020 . 
6. ^ Church of St. Katharina zu Groß Vahlberg