Kuventhal

Kuventhal City of Einbeck
Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′ 43 "  N , 9 ° 50 ′ 36"  E
Height :	143 m
Residents :	201  (Oct 2010)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	37574
Area code :	05561
Location of Kuventhal in Lower Saxony
Town view

Two-level bridge

Kuventhal is a village and northern district of the city of Einbeck in Lower Saxony , which is located directly on the federal highway 3 and the Hube ridge .

history

Kuventhal was first mentioned in a document in 1257 as Cuvendal, later Cuvendalle, Kuvendal, Kubendall and Kuvendalle. In the 16th century, the place was under the principality of Grubenhagen under the sovereignty of Philip II. He himself most likely bequeathed Kuventhal to his wife Clara von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel as Wittum in 1560 . At the end of the 16th century, the lords of Berckefeldt appear, who owned the village as pawns and exercised jurisdiction over Kuventhal until 1852. During the Thirty Years War , Kuventhal was also badly affected, and the church in particular suffered severe damage. Due to its small, cramped dimensions, the war damage to the church was repaired in 1665 and an expansion was carried out at the same time. When the church again showed signs of damage in the 19th century, the community decided to build a new one, which was carried out on the site of the old church. On November 3, 1861, it was inaugurated in the presence of the Kuventhals and Andershausen chapel communities . Even today, those names can be read on the old pews that were used to assign churchgoers their fixed places. At the beginning of the 19th century the village was incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia . From then on it formed a Lutheran church village and was part of the canton of Rotenkirchen . In 1813 it had 253 residents who lived in a total of 35 houses.

The two-level bridge , on which Bundesstraße 3 crosses the town today, replaced the old Wilhelmsbrücke from 1830 in 1956, which is still remembered today by the town's coat of arms.

Kuventhal was incorporated on March 1, 1974 into the district of the city of Einbeck.

The local caretaker is Willi Hoppe. (As of August 2017)

politics

Local councilor and mayor

The localities of Andershausen and Kuventhal elect a joint local council. The local mayor is Walter Watermann. (As of April 2017) .

coat of arms

On a blue heraldic shield stands a seven-arched silver bridge on a trough-shaped green shield base with silver wavy beams.

The coat of arms is reminiscent of the old Wilhelmsbrücke built in 1830, which spanned the local valley until 1956.

Culture and sights

• The quarry stone chapel in the center of the rural half-timbered houses was built in 1861.

Say

Say of the construction sacrifice

According to a legend, when the Kuventhal Bridge was being built in 1829, a small child was walled up alive in the foundation . However, where it was walled in and starved, it claimed its human sacrifices . It is said that a few hours after it was walled in, an old man passed that place and was killed by a beam or stone that fell from the bridge. He himself was involved in the construction of the bridge and thus represented the first victim. Other stories, however, do not tell of a child, but mention a bottle of wine that was walled into the foundation.

Say about the children's fountain

From a local fountain, called Kaspaul, a legend takes up the fountain as a motif according to newborn children.

Say of the night raven

According to a legend, there was a night raven in the village. This mythological raven is said to have originated from a carter. When young horse herders noticed the raven at night, he called out to them that he was bringing food. The shepherds called back: "half part", whereupon the raven threw them a horse ham into the campfire.

Web links

Commons : Kuventhal  - Collection of Images

• Kuventhal on the website of the city of Einbeck
• Georg Ernst: Kuventhal - portrait on the website of the city of Einbeck
• History of the place Kuventhal

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Einbeck: Population statistics October 2010 (PDF; 38 kB) accessed on March 22, 2011.
2. ^ Georg Max: History of the Principality of Grubenhagen. First part . Schmorl & v. Seefeld, Hanover 1862, p. 488 .
3. ↑ Dagmar Koch: "Leave the Church in the Village" in the parish letter of the Evangelical Lutheran parishes of the city of Einbeck from April 14th – 9th. June 2013. ( Insight - Community letter of the Evangelical Lutheran parishes of the city of Einbeck - 06/09/2013 ( Memento from March 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))
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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 207 .
5. ^ Günther Schmitt: The human sacrifice in the late delivery of German folk poetry, 1959, p. 12
6. ↑ Georg Schambach, Wilhelm Müller: Lower Saxony legends and fairy tales . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1855, p. 18 .
7. ^ Georg Schambach , Wilhelm Müller : Lower Saxony sagas and fairy tales, Göttingen 1855, pp. 59-60 online
8. ^ Georg Schambach, Wilhelm Müller: Lower Saxon Legends and Fairy Tales, 1855, p. 345