Lechstedt

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Lechstedt
Coat of arms of Lechstedt
Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 53 "  N , 10 ° 1 ′ 37"  E
Height : 145 m above sea level NN
Area : 4.34 km²
Residents : 680  (Jan. 1, 2018)
Population density : 157 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 31162
Area code : 05064
Lechstedt (Lower Saxony)
Lechstedt

Location of Lechstedt in Lower Saxony
Town center
Town center

Lechstedt is the northernmost district of the city of Bad Salzdetfurth in Lower Saxony . In the north, close to the place, is the Knebelberg, which at 243 meters is the highest elevation of the Vorholz .

history

Lechstedt was first mentioned in a document in 1175 as Lecstide. The spelling changed from Locstide, Lechstide, Lacstede, and Lexstede to Leixsteide in 1459.

The place became one of the first Protestant villages in this region in 1556 . The church and rectory of Lechstedt were the victim of a major fire in 1711 and ten years later they were replaced by a new building by Johann Friedrich Leopold von Stopler and his wife.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Lechstedt had 230 residents and had a brick factory and a dairy .

Due to the regional reform on March 1, 1974, Lechstedt became one of 13 districts in the city of Bad Salzdetfurth.

religion

The Evangelical Lutheran parish of Lechstedt was merged with the parish of Heinde-Listringen on January 1, 2011 to form the new parish of Innerstetal in Bad Salzdetfurth. It belongs to the Hildesheimer Land – Alfeld parish ( Sprengel Hildesheim-Göttingen ) of the Hanoverian regional church.

politics

Local council election
Wbt .: 67.7%
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Since the local election on September 11, 2016, the local council has been composed as follows (changes compared to 2011):

  • SPD : 3 seats (+1)
  • CDU : 2 seats (−1)

Local mayor

Local mayor has been Volker Klare since September 2016.

Culture and sights

church
Tower mill
  • The church in Lechstedt was built in the baroque style in 1721 after the fire of the previous church, which was mentioned as a fortified church in 1418 . It is also called the “Von Stopler Church” after its builder. From the interior, the baroque altar and a baptismal angel with a shell from the 18th century are noteworthy.
  • The white tower mill on Pfaffenstieg is the landmark of Lechstedt.
  • The "old forester's house" was built in 1853 as a mansion for the Lords of Stopler.
  • Well-preserved half-timbered houses are worth seeing in several places in Lechstedt. Some of them date from the beginning of the 18th century, for example in the Ringstrasse and in the Golden Angle.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The city of Bad Salzdetfurth and its districts , accessed on February 12, 2018
  2. ^ Wilhelm Keil: Neumanns Orts- und Verkehrslexikon , p. 596. Leipzig 1905.
  3. ^ Ecclesiastical gazette of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover 1/2011, pp. 66–68
  4. ^ Website of the city of Bad Salzdetfurth , accessed on October 1, 2016
  5. ↑ Reinhold Köster: City Guide Bad Salzdetfurth , p. 19. Bad Salzdetfurth o. J.
  6. ↑ Gerd Weiß u. a .: Bremen, Lower Saxony ( Handbook of German Art Monuments ), p. 835, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin a. Munich 1992.