Leiferde

This article describes the community in the Gifhorn district; for the district of the same name in Braunschweig see Leiferde (Braunschweig) .

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 26 '  N , 10 ° 26'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Gifhorn
Joint municipality :	Meinersen
Height :	62 m above sea level NHN
Area :	27.89 km 2
Residents:	4388 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	157 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	38542
Area code :	05373
License plate :	GF
Community key :	03 1 51 015
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 1 38536 Meinersen
Website :	www.leiferde.de
Mayor :	Stephanie Fahlbusch-Graber ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Leiferde in the district of Gifhorn

Leiferde is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn , Lower Saxony .

geography

Geographical location

The place lies in a triangle between Hanover , Braunschweig and Wolfsburg . It is about ten kilometers to the district town of Gifhorn. In the municipality, east of the village of Leiferde, is the Viehmoor nature reserve.

geology

The district of Leiferde extends on an ice age dune formation between Aller and Okerurstromtal . For this reason there are several small hills (Karberg, Eggelingsberg) and marshy moorlands.

Dalldorf coat of arms

Community structure

The municipality of Leiferde is divided into the following districts, in brackets the approximate number of inhabitants, as of 2015:

• Core town Leiferde (4100)
• Dalldorf (450)

Neighboring communities

The following communities border on the community of Leiferde. Starting in the north, these are clockwise : Müden (Aller) , Gifhorn , Ribbesbüttel , Adenbüttel , Hillerse , Meinersen . All are located in the Gifhorn district.

history

Leiferde emerged at the beginning of the 13th century. At that time there were various small settlements or individual farmsteads in the vicinity of today's village, for example Brünsel, Bockerode, Harmbüttel or Badenbüttel. In the course of time, its residents moved to the more favorable location of today's Leiferder village area and gave up the old settlements that still recall street names.

Leiferde originally consisted of the homesteads that had settled on the ice age dunes and form today's Altdorf.

At the end of the 19th century, Leiferde got a train station on the Berlin – Lehrte railway line, 2 km north of the village . The station settlement developed from this point. This development was intensified after the Second World War by the influx of refugees from the former eastern regions. This development lasted until the 1960s . Since then, the settlement has extended to around one square kilometer and is home to around 1500 people.

The two districts developed separately from each other, because for a long time there was a one kilometer wide strip of fields, meadows and arable fields between them. This circumstance partly led to an independent culture and areas of tension. This behavior was caused by the different social classes in the two districts. While the village was mainly dominated by farmers, farm workers and self-employed craftsmen, working-class families and displaced persons lived in the station settlement. It was not until the mid- 1980s that work began to close this gap with the Gänseweide building area. Newer construction areas were recently realized in the old village of Im Sumorgen, Zum Kötherbusch, Im Flath and Mühlenberg. Furthermore, a small industrial area was created on the Egelingsberg.

In the 1970s there were severe storms in the Leiferder area. In 1970 there was a severe hailstorm in which hailstones the size of a fist rained down and caused severe damage.

Until 1974, Leiferde was the seat of the joint municipality of the same name , which consisted of the municipalities of Leiferde, Dalldorf, Winkel, Vollbüttel and Ribbesbüttel . As part of the regional reform in Lower Saxony , the place then became part of the administrative area of ​​the Meinersen municipality .

In August 1975 a devastating forest fire took place between Leiferde and Meinersen. On August 10, 1975, five firefighters from the Wolfsburg-Fallersleben and Hohenhameln volunteer fire departments died .

Naming

The name Leiferde is divided into the words Lieth and path. Lieth is the name given to the gently sloping ridge on which the old town center is located. The path is explained by the possibility of crossing the boggy areas of the Aller and Okerurstrom valley at this point.

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, the community of Dalldorf was incorporated.

politics

advice

The council of the municipality of Leiferde consists of 15 council members, including the part-time mayor.

	SPD	CDU	Alliance 90 / The Greens	total
2011	6th	7th	2	15 seats
2016	7th	7th	1	15 seats

Status: Local elections on September 11, 2016

traffic

Leiferde is located on the high-speed line Hanover-Berlin . Broad brand enno run from Leiferde once per hour on this route in regional traffic towards Hanover and towards Wolfsburg. The bus service essentially consists of bus route 111 (Braunschweig – Gifhorn, once an hour in each direction) and a shuttle bus that condenses the stops in Leiferde and serves the neighboring towns of Dalldorf and Volkse. The other bus transport consists of individual school bus transport and works transport for the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg .

The regional roads consist of two state roads and one district road. The state road L 283 (Leiferde– Eschede ) connects Leiferde with the B 188 (Hanover-Wolfsburg) about five kilometers away , the L 320 leads from Gifhorn to the district of Peine and provides a connection to the B 4 (Lüneburg-Braunschweig) and B. 214 (Celle-Braunschweig). The district road K 46 is of little traffic importance and leads in the direction of Volkse and Dalldorf.

education

Leiferde has a primary school and, since the abolition of the orientation level in Lower Saxony, a secondary school branch of the secondary school in Meinersen.

Attractions

St. Viti Church

St. Viti Church

The St. Viti Church in Leiferde is a neo-Gothic brick church that was built around 1860. Parts of it, such as the tower base, were taken over from the previous church. It is a relatively large church with around 750 seats. After the St. Nikolai Church in Gifhorn, it is the second largest church in the district. This prominent position came about because many neighboring towns contributed financially to the construction of the new church, as they were then part of the Leiferde parish. These were in detail: Hillerse, Ettenbüttel, Gilde, Brenneckenbrück, Dalldorf, Volkse and Vollbüttel. Today the last three still belong to the Leiferder parish.

Outstanding items of the facility are a font from the 16th century and the neo-Gothic altar with motifs from the area.

NABU species protection center

In addition to its original task of bird care, NABU - Species Protection Center Leiferde now takes care of the reception and care of exotic animals that have been smuggled or neglected. The facility is located on the site of a former dairy and consists of aviaries and an outdoor area. Particular attention is paid to stork care . There is a nest on the former dairy chimney that is monitored by camera. This facility was opened in 1984.

Viehmoor nature reserve

The cattle bog is a cultivated bog area in the east of Leiferde. In the 19th century, the swampy area began to be developed into a pond system with the help of trench systems in order to use it for the rearing of fish. For long stretches of the 20th century, this facility was operated by the local fish farm Ebert for several generations. Since the abandonment in 2000, the area has been silting up. The cattle bog is known nationwide for its biodiversity (especially in the area of ​​bird life).

Wohlenberg

On the western edge of Leiferde lies the Wohlenberg, around which the legend of the golden cradle of Wohlenberg is entwined. On the Wohlenberg there is a trigonometric point of the 1st order of the national survey. The original height of the Wohlenberg was 96 m. A local soccer fan club reduced this, however, as the number 96 could be linked to a rival club. Since there was no new measurement afterwards, the current height of the Wohlenberg is unclear.

See also

• Railway attack near Leiferde

Web links

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

• District of Leiferde
• Viehmoor nature reserve

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. ^ Community of Leiferde .
3. ↑ On the regional and administrative reform in Lower Saxony read in detail: Blazek, Matthias: From the Landdrostey to the district government - The history of the district government of Hanover as reflected in the administrative reforms . 2nd edition, ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-89821-357-8 .
4. ↑ Klaus Luttermann: The great forest fire disaster . Celle 1976; Blazek, Matthias: 15,000 helpers from all over Germany fought against the hell of flames in August 1975 . In: Cellesche Zeitung , August 8, 2000. Forest fire 1975 Chronicle of a catastrophe - Fallersleben fire department , feuerwehr-fallersleben.de. accessed on December 14, 2017.
5. ^ 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. 226 .
6. ↑ Report on the removal of the Wohlenberg .