Kroge-Ehrendorf

Kroge-Ehrendorf City of Lohne Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	44 m above sea level NN
Residents :	2123  (Jun 30, 2006)
Postal code :	49393
Area code :	04442

Geestrücken in Ehrendorf, viewed from the Pickerweg

Kroge-Ehrendorf is a district of the city of Lohne . Geographically, Kroge forms the center of the place, while Ehrendorf surrounds Kroge (in terms of area).

The word "Kroge" comes from the word "Krug", because the place Kroge developed from an inn on Pickerweg , which runs through Kroge. The inn was in Hof Wassenberg. In the hereditary house there was also an inn for the carters who used this old trade route. The Wassenberg farm in Kroge-Ehrendorf has a long history and is first mentioned in a document in 1515 with Dirich Wassenborn. The word "Ehrendorf", on the other hand, comes from the word "Ähre" and thus describes the good soil for agriculture.

On the initiative of the last heiress of the farm, the widow Anna Krogmann-Wassenberg, a chapel and a monastery were built on the property in 1925 - today the St. Anna Stift and the Herz-Jesu Church in Kroge. They are a focal point of life in Kroge. The associated monastery is run by the Franciscan Sisters .

The local nuns also take an active part in secular events, such as the village and sports festival. Every year they present an approx. 50 m² Christmas crib . The strong influence of the church can also be seen in the numerous wayside crosses and St. Mary's grottos. In the immediate vicinity of the church there is the “Passion of Christ” in the forest, a hiking trail lined with sculptures that describes the way to the crucifixion.

Südlohner Moor nature reserve near Kroge

Steinfelder Moor nature reserve south of the Wassenberg dam

geography

Geographical location

Kroge is about 6 km south of the city of Lohne and about 7 km west of the city of Diepholz .

Traditionally, Kroge-Ehrendorf is strongly characterized by agriculture, but the characteristics are changing more and more towards suburban settlements. Employees from Lohne and Diepholz in particular use the convenient but quiet location of Kroge-Ehrendorf.

Kroge-Ehrendorf has extensive forest areas that extend into the neighboring villages of Lohne , Diepholz and Steinfeld .

Also characteristic is the Kroges moorland, which is still worked by peat factories to this day.

history

In 1999, Kroge was the winner of the Vechta district in the competition “ Our village should be more beautiful ”.

With the implementation of the Silviahemmet care philosophy in its fully inpatient living area, St. Anna-Stift Kroge won the Quality Award 2015 from the Federal Association of Private Providers of Social Services .

The "Old Swede" in Kroge

March 2016 was in a field near the 214 national highway , a 2.50 meter wide and high, 3.60 meter long and 30-ton granite gneiss - Findling recovered. The giant stone is one of the largest boulders in northwestern Lower Saxony and is therefore classified as a natural monument by the Lower Saxony State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology (LBEG). The boulder is presented at the elementary school in Kroge. On May 30, 2016 the stone was officially named " Old Swede ".

Religions

• 96% of the population are Catholic
• 4% belong to other denominations or are non-denominational

Status: July 2006

Herz-Jesu-Kirche Kroge

Catholic Church

Sacred Heart Church in Kroge-Ehrendorf

• Parish office of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Kroge-Ehrendorf)
• St. Anna Stift, Franciscan Sisters Kroge

Culture and sights

Regular events

Every third Saturday and Sunday in July, the “Kroger Sports and Village Festival” takes place, at which well-known first division teams, e.g. B. FC Schalke 04 , FC St. Pauli , Werder Bremen and international teams, e.g. B. Gençlerbirliği Ankara , playing against Blau-Weiß Lohne . Another highlight is the "Village Olympics" (Saturdays), in which the Kroger population competes in more or less sporting disciplines. The Kroger Sports and Village Festival took place from July 14th to 15th in 2007.

Since 2003 the Christmas market from "Köttermoor" is located in Kroge-Ehrendorf. This is a very small Christmas market, which essentially consists of a few small stalls that the villagers set up with a lot of enthusiasm on the grounds of the church . Another special feature is the fact that this Christmas market only takes place on the 1st of Advent. All income from the Christmas market is donated to a good cause.

Since 1994, the so-called "Hölting" has taken place on the "Königstuhl", a historic court square, on the 1st Sunday in August. It is about the revival of an old wooden dish, which for centuries, until 1734, was carried out in this place. The organizer is the Heimatverein Kroge - Ehrendorf eV

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The place is conveniently located (for vehicle owners) between the city center of Lohne, the city of Diepholz and the municipality of Steinfeld. The highway A 1 can be reached quickly via the junction Lohne / Dinklage or Holdorf. The next train station is about 3 km away in Mühlen ( Nordwestbahn ) on the Osnabrück-Bremen route.

education

• 1 elementary school
• 1 kindergarten

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Clemens Pagenstert, Lohner families, A contribution to local history, Vechta i. Oldbg. Vechtaer printing and publishing house, 1927, p. 298 f, digitized [1]
2. ^ German crib associations: Franziskuskrippe Kroge-Ehrendorf
3. ↑ Parish of St. Gertrud Lohne: Waymarks - Signs of faith in the parish of St. Gertrud Lohne ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 14.5 MB). Lohne 2011, pp. 93-137 
4. ↑ Federal Association of Private Providers of Social Services: bpa-QUALITY-AWARD
5. ^ A billion year old boulder recovered . Focus Online . March 18, 2016
6. ^ NDR 1 Lower Saxony: Experts examine boulders weighing tons . March 18, 2016

Web links

• Website of the Catholic parish of St. Gertrud Lohne (accessed on January 18, 2016) Report on the Kroge Monastery [2]
• History of St. Anna-Stift & Herz-Jesu Church, (website of the Blömer and Zerhusen siblings, both née Wassenberg), accessed digitally on January 18, 2016 [3]
• Mysterious moor railways (via the Holthaus & Fortmann company). Südwestrundfunk April 16, 2016; 25'55 - 28'50