Kreepen

Kreepen municipality Kirchlinteln Coordinates: 52 ° 58 ′ 31 ″  N , 9 ° 21 ′ 10 ″  E
Height :	50 m
Area :	8.84 km²
Residents :	187  (May 14, 2009)
Population density :	21 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	27308
Area code :	04236
Location of Kreepen in Lower Saxony

Together with Brammer, Kreepen is one of the 17 localities in the Kirchlinteln municipality in the Verden district in Lower Saxony . Kreepen and Brammer have 187 inhabitants (as of May 2009).

geography

Kreepen forms a village community with the somewhat smaller neighboring town of Brammer. Both places, only about one kilometer apart, share the cemetery between them, which has existed since 1942.

The old oak trees still shape the townscape today. Generous courtyards with old cobblestones stand next to neat single-family houses.

The district road K18 leads from Kirchlinteln through the villages.

history

The probably first documentary mention of Kreepen is based on a property register of Bishop Nikolaus from the year 1320. Here are mentioned: 'Benige-Bostellde' (Bendingbostel), 'Berndeß-Heinße' (Heins) and 'Cregenhob' (probably Kreepen). Documents from the years from 1385 onwards are available for the neighboring village of Huckfelde . When Huckfelde was abandoned in the 15th century, the villages of 'Kreipen' and 'Brommer' divided the lands among themselves. While Brammer received its current name as early as 1540, the name Kreepen continued to change over the generations. It was not until 1900 that Kreepen got its second 'e'.

In 1912 the villages got electricity. It was not until the 1950s that the village street was provided with an asphalt surface. The small community also had its own school building until 1962. This is now a private house, but the old schoolyard is used by the youth as a 'football field'.

Until the municipal reform in 1972 and its incorporation into the municipality of Kirchlinteln, Kreepen and Brammer had a joint mayor . The last mayor was Heinrich Bunke (1897–1979) to whom the village community u. a. still owes the construction of a chapel in the cemetery.

Today the village Kreepen, like all other 17 villages in the municipality, a (n) volunteer (s) local Head .

On July 1, 1972, Kreepen was incorporated into the Kirchlinteln community.

politics

The mayor is Karin Wiedemann (CDU).

Culture and sights

In a bog of Linteln Geest southwest of Kreepen at Brammer was on June 12, 1903 the area of a deserted village , the bog body man of Kreepen discovered. Packed in a wooden box, it was sent to the Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin. The body was lost in the bombing raids on Berlin during World War II. In Moormuseum Elisabethfehn a tuft of hair of "bog body of Brammer" is issued.

Green spaces and recreation

• The idyllic Brammer See offers nature lovers a relaxing place.
• The Wiehekuhle in Brammer is a round, almost eight meter deep, dry depression with a diameter of about 200 meters, the origin of which has not yet been clarified.

Sports

The Schützenverein Kreepen-Brammer eV was founded in 1901 and has 93 members (as of October 2012). The club currently has a shooting range with four 50-meter small caliber ranges and a covered 10-meter air rifle range with five electric pulling systems. He is a member of the Verden District Rifle Association (KSV Verden) and the Kirchlintler Sportvereine (AKS) working group. It is also organized in the Geest Cup Community and the Wedehof Cup Community. The air rifle, air pistol, small caliber and sport pistol are used for shooting.

literature

• Robert Kienzle: Chronicle Kirchlinteln , 1969
• Günter Lühning u. Hermann Meisloh: Kirchlinteln and its 17 districts , 1983
• Udo Freitag: Chronicle of the localities Kreepen and Brammer , 1998

Web links

• Kreepen on the Kirchlinteln website

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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. 248 .
2. ↑ Kirchlinteln Citizen Service
3. ↑ Wiehe Kuhle in Verden News
4. ^ History of SV Kreepen-Brammer eV