Leeste

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Leeste
municipality Weyhe
Coordinates: 52 ° 59 ′ 21 ″  N , 8 ° 48 ′ 41 ″  E
Residents : 9154  (2020)
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 28844
Area code : 04203
Leeste (Lower Saxony)
Leeste

Location of Leeste in Lower Saxony
Leeste from Above (2015)
Leeste from Above (2015)

Leeste is a district of the Weyhe municipality in the Diepholz district in Lower Saxony . On December 31, 2005, Leeste had 8,713 inhabitants, in 2019 there were 8,936.

geography

location

Leeste is located in the middle and north-western area of ​​the municipality Weyhe. Large parts of the area are undeveloped and are mainly used as arable land, but also as pasture land: Weyher Bruch and Leester Marsch .

Rivers

Hombach , Leester Mühlenbach , Gänsebach and Ochtum flow through the village.

Neighboring places

Neighboring places of Leeste are - clockwise from the north - Bremen , the Weyher districts Dreye , Kirchweyhe , Lahausen and Melchiorshausen , the Stuhrer district Seckenhausen , the Weyher district Erichshof and the Stuhrer district Brinkum .

history

The Marienkirche in Leeste, built in 1770

1180: After the reclamation of the "Brincimibrook" and the "Weigeribrook" after 1063 or after the approval of the designation of the land for culture in 1158, the place is founded by the Dutch. In 1180, Leeste is mentioned as a place built by the Dutchman Bovo alongside Brinkum, Weige and Dreye.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the "Leister" are known as carters who drive the goods landed and manufactured in Bremen to the Bremen area and to southern Germany (Nuremberg). At the heyday of freight haulage, there are said to have been more than 170 carters in Leeste.

Until March 1, 1974, the Leeste district belonged together with Erichshof, Hörden, Angelse, Hagen and Melchiorshausen to the previously independent municipality of Leeste. At this point in time, the communities of Kirchweyhe, Sudweyhe and Leeste were combined to form the unitary community of Weyhe. The town hall was on Henry-Wetjen-Platz next to the church.

The Leester ev.-luth. Marienkirche dates from the late 18th century. The parish of Leeste comprises the districts of the former parish of Leeste.

Leeste does not have a Catholic church. The Leester Catholics are assigned to the Catholic parish in Brinkum.

There is also a New Apostolic Church in Leeste.

Personalities

  • Heinz Warneke (1895–1983), German-American sculptor, born in Hagen
  • Gerhard Becker (1910–2006), pastor, local researcher and artist

present

The town hall of Weyhe in the Leeste district
  • The town hall for the municipal administration, which is also available for cultural events, is located in Leeste.
  • The cooperative comprehensive school Weyhe-Leeste was inaugurated in 1973 and then completed in several construction phases. Until 1998 it was the central general education school for all pupils in the Weyhe community from grade 7.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Weyhe # community formation (with population figures)
  2. ↑ Population statistics for the municipality of Weyhe, 2017
  3. ^ 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. 190 .
  4. ↑ Becker in Leeste www.pfr-g-becker.de