Lauenbrück

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	Coordinates: 53 ° 12 '  N , 9 ° 34'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Joint municipality :	Fintel
Height :	31 m above sea level NHN
Area :	21.87 km 2
Residents:	2399 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	110 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	27389
Area code :	04267
License plate :	ROW, BRV
Community key :	03 3 57 033
Address of the municipal administration:	Berliner Strasse 3 27389 Lauenbrück
Website :	www.lauenbrueck.de
Mayor :	Jochen Intelmann ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Lauenbrück in the district of Rotenburg (Wümme)

Lauenbrück is a municipality in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district in Lower Saxony . It is also the administrative seat of the Fintel municipality .

geography

Geographical location

The community is located in the east of the Rotenburg (Wümme) district. The Fintau flows into the Wümme at Lauenbrück . The landscape is characterized by large forest areas in the east and south, moors (Steinbecker Moor) and the two rivers. Because of the damp terrain, relatively little area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The Hamburg – Bremen railway line runs through the center of the municipality . The main town of Lauenbrück lies between this and the Wümme flowing to the north. A new development area is located south of the railway line. The Stell district is located in the northeast, near the border with the Harburg district.

Neighboring communities

Clockwise, starting in the north: Stemmen , Vahlde , northern part , Königsmoor , Vahlde, southern part , Scheeßel , Helvesiek

history

Lauenbrück was first mentioned in a document in 1358 and was a river crossing for the rivers Wümme and Fintau . The first part of the place name goes back to the Guelph dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg . Lauen refers to their heraldic animal, the lion . The second part of the place name, brück , goes back to a bridge that existed near Lauenbrück in earlier centuries (probably a pile bridge with a length of 40 to 80 meters), which is said to have crossed the two rivers Fintau and Wümme as part of an old military route . Indications of the actual existence of this bridge were found during the new construction of the Sohlgleite at the confluence of the Fintau and Wümme rivers. About 600 year old oak posts were found there.

The Lauenbrück manor is owned by the von Bothmer family .

politics

Municipal council

The 13 seats of the municipal council are distributed as follows:

Political party	Seats
SPD	7th
CDU	4th
GREEN	2

(Status: local election September 11, 2016 )

mayor

The SPD politician Jochen Intelmann has been mayor of the community since 2002. His first deputy is Klaus Miesner (BfL), the second deputy is Heinz Promann (SPD).

coat of arms

Blazon : The coat of arms of the municipality shows a blue lion on a golden background, which strides over a stick dam leading over a blue water surface.

Culture and sights

Martin Luther Church

The Evangelical Lutheran Martin Luther Church from 1957 stands next to the cemetery. The furnishings include a baroque altar from the church in Scheeßel and a chalice from 1703.

Fintau weir

After large parts of the village were flooded by floods in 2002 and 2008, a 700 m long flood protection dam was built in front of Lauenbrück in 2009/10, which should reduce water damage in the future. The cost amounted to around 968,000 euros and were 90% of the economic stimulus package covered

Sports

• Sports facilities: two soccer fields , three tennis courts, a bowling alley, a shooting range, a sports hall each at the elementary school and at the Fintauschule, as well as an athletics facility .
• SV Lauenbrück

Regular events

The flea market, which has been held annually since 1985, is known nationwide, and over 10,000 visitors regularly appear.

Green spaces and recreation

There is an animal and landscape park in the community.

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

• Bothmer Pyrotechnik GmbH , one of the leading fireworks companies for large fireworks in Germany
• Mechanical engineering company Atlas from Wehl GmbH

Public facilities

• Town hall of the joint municipality of Fintel.
• Volunteer fire brigade since 1923
• DRK rescue station since 2012

education

• Fintauschule from 2000: Secondary school as secondary and secondary school , since 2011 secondary school .
• Lauenbrück primary school
• Kindergarten Alte Post
• Löwenburg kindergarten

traffic

The community is located on the B 75 between Rotenburg (Wümme) and Hamburg . There is a train station on the Wanne-Eickel – Hamburg line , where trains operated by the metronom railway company stop on the Hamburg – Bremen connection as part of the Hanse network . The special airfield Lauenbrück (EDHU) has a 600 m long runway.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Hans Caspar von Bothmer (1656–1732), diplomat for the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg in London
• Hans-Cord von Bothmer (* 1936), Member of the State Parliament (CDU)

Web links

Commons : Lauenbrück  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160706112314/http://lauenbrueck.kirche-rotenburg.de/node/783 , archive link, accessed on March 8, 2020
3. ↑ Protection from the Fintau floods. Rotenburger Rundschau, August 16, 2010, accessed on August 7, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Milestone in the development of Lauenbrück. Rotenburger Kreiszeitung, August 9, 2010, accessed on August 7, 2012 . 
5. ↑ This flea market is quite simply a must. Rotenburger Rundschau, August 20, 2010, accessed on August 7, 2012 . 
6. ^ Chronicle of the volunteer fire brigade Lauenbrück. (No longer available online.) Lauenbrück volunteer fire brigade, formerly the original ; Retrieved August 7, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
7. ↑ Well prepared for emergencies. Rotenburger Rundschau, February 29, 2012, accessed on August 7, 2012 .