Lauenhagen

This article deals with the municipality in Lower Saxony. A local area of ​​the same name exists in the city of Strasburg (Uckermark) .

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 52 ° 21 '  N , 9 ° 13'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Schaumburg
Joint municipality :	Niedernwöhren
Height :	60 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.73 km 2
Residents:	1314 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	135 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	31714
Area code :	05721
License plate :	SHG, RI
Community key :	03 2 57 019
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Main street 46 31712 Niedernwöhren
Website :	www.lauenhagen.de
Mayor :	Siegbert Krickhahn ( SPD )
Location of the community Lauenhagen in the district of Schaumburg

Lauenhagen is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg in Lower Saxony and part of the integrated municipality of Niedernwöhren .

geography

Lauenhagen is about 30 km west of Hanover . The district town of Stadthagen is about four kilometers south. In the northern part of the municipality, the Mittelland Canal touches the municipality. Neighboring communities are clockwise: the city of Sachsenhagen , the community of Lüdersfeld , the city of Stadthagen and the communities of Nordsehl and Pollhagen .

Lauenhagen consists of the districts Hülshagen and Lauenhagen.

history

Lauenhagen is first mentioned in 1247 as Lewenhagen . The place already had a church in 1253, which was under the patronage of the Bishop of Minden .

The district of Hülshagen was first mentioned in a document in 1465 and incorporated into the municipality of Lauenhagen on March 1, 1974.

• In 1961 Lauenhagen won the silver medal in the competition "Our village should be more beautiful".
• In 1962, Lauenhagen donated money and animals to the Rübke community because of the flood disaster.
• In 1965 the village won the gold medal in the competition "Our village should be more beautiful" at the federal level.

religion

• To the ev.-luth. Maria Magdalenen parish includes the places Lauenhagen and Hülshagen, as well as the district Nienbrügge from the city of Sachsenhagen.
• The Catholic Christians belong to the parish of St. Joseph in Stadthagen.

politics

Municipal council

The council of the municipality of Lauenhagen consists of 11 councilors.

	CDU	SPD	WHLB	total
2011	4th	7th	-	11 seats
2016	-	-	11	11 seats

Status: Local elections on September 11, 2016

For the 2016 election in Lauenhagen, 14 cross-party candidates ran on a joint list.

Mayor / Administration

Siegbert Krickhahn (SPD) has been mayor since the local elections in 2016. The administration is headed by the appointed municipal director Sören Schütte. The community office is located in Hauptstrasse 6b.

Culture and sights

Buildings

In 2004 the half-timbered house from 1540 was moved from Hof ​​Lauenhagen 1 to Hülshagen 10 and originally restored. Since then, the building has served cultural purposes. Weddings within the joint community can also take place here. In 2013 the half-timbered house Hülshagen 1 should also be moved to here. It was built in 1647.

See also : The list of architectural monuments in Lauenhagen

Sports

The sports club TuS Fortuna Lauenhagen from 1922 e. V. offers football, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics, gymnastics, mother and child and running.

Regular events

• The Low German home stage from 1950 plays on several evenings each year.
• With the participation of several neighboring towns, there is an annual harvest festival organized by the Lauenhäger Land youth organization.

Economy and Infrastructure

Public facilities

• The police station in Stadthagen is responsible for public safety and order. A police station is set up in Niedernwöhren for day duty .
• The volunteer fire brigades Nordsehl-Lauenhagen and Hülshagen ensure fire protection and general help .

education

• Protestant kindergarten
• Primary school is located in Lauenhagen (1st to 4th grade)
• secondary schools are located in Stadthagen
• Hülshagen youth workshop: mediates and promotes unemployed and disadvantaged young people on their way into the labor market and thus participation in society

traffic

Via Stadthagen and Lüdersfeld, you can quickly reach Bundesstraße 65 and thus also Bundesautobahn 2 . The next connection point is in Bad Nenndorf . The closest train station is in Stadthagen . The regional and S-Bahn trains in the direction of Hanover and Minden (- Bielefeld) can be reached here. Public transport is guaranteed by the Schaumburger Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (SVG) with the 2010 bus line and the Niedernwöhren dial-a- bus system.

Personalities

• Wilhelm Mensching (1887–1964), Protestant pastor and missionary. From 1943 to 1944 he hid a Jewish woman from the Nazis in the Petzen parsonage and was honored for this in 2001 by the Israeli Yad Vashem memorial with the title "Righteous Among the Nations". He was nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Web links

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

• www.lauenhagen.de
• http://www.bauernhaus-lh.de

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. ^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 201 .
3. ↑ www.szlz.de: From unit list to party struggle
4. ↑ Municipality of Lauenhagen - Krickhahn is the new mayor.Retrieved on January 6, 2017.
5. ↑ Short biography of Wilhelm Mensching ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2018 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.