Letter (Seelze)
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Letter
City of Seelze
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| Height : | 53 m above sea level NHN |
| Residents : | 10,985 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Incorporation : | March 1, 1974 |
| Postal code : | 30926 |
| Area code : | 0511 |
With around 10,900 inhabitants, Letter is the largest district of Seelze in the Hanover , Lower Saxony region .
geography
Letter is enclosed by the Hanover-Linden branch canal and the railway line in the south and the Leine river , which curves around Letter in the north. The closest localities are the Seelz districts of Harenberg and Velber in the south, Seelze in the west, and the Hanoverian districts of Marienwerder (northwest), Stöcken (in the north) and Ahlem (in the east).
history
In 1178 Letter was first mentioned in a document, in 1265 for the first time in the current spelling "Letter". In 1850 land consolidation was carried out in the area. At the end of the 19th century, Letter was one of the smallest villages within the area of what would later become the town of Seelze (500 inhabitants in 1890); today, with just under 11,000 people, it is the largest district. The Seelze marshalling yard, which went into operation in 1909 , brought a particularly strong growth spurt; especially industrial settlements in Seelze and Stöcken (beyond the Leine ). Conveniently located and close to the big city, Letter was able to develop as a residential location. Letter was an independent municipality and became the largest village in the municipality of Seelze on March 1, 1974 (from March 1, 1977 the town of Seelze).
Population development
| year | Population numbers |
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| 1821 | 213 |
| 1848 | 251 |
| 1871 | 362 |
| 1885 | 483 |
| 1905 | 926 |
| 1939 | 3.814 |
| 1946 | 5,581 |
| 1950 | 6,646 |
| 1960 | 8,910 |
| 1961 | 9,083 |
| 1970 | 11,939 |
| 1980 | 11,645 |
| 2006 | 11,372 |
| 2007 | 11,244 |
| 2010 | 10,878 |
politics
The local council of Letter consists of 11 councilors.
| CDU | SPD | FDP | Green | total | |
| 2016 | 3 | 6th | 1 | 1 | 11 seats |
Status: September 2019
The local mayor is Rolf Hackbarth (SPD).
coat of arms
Letter has had a coat of arms on a green background since 1955 . The coat of arms marks the location of the village between the Hanover-Linden canal (crossbar above) and the bend in the river Leine (below). The urn is modeled on one that was actually found in the Letter district and represents the remarkable number of prehistoric finds and excavations. (Draft coat of arms: Ernst Bock and Alex Eden, 1955)
Culture and sights
Buildings
Churches
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Michael , consecrated in 1956, is located on the corner of "Im Sande" and Kirchstraße. The mosaic relief "Annunciation of the Angels to the Shepherds" can be seen above the entrance portal, designed in 1960 by Peter Greve. Your parish, which also has a kindergarten in Rosenweg, is part of the Hannover City Church Association.
The Catholic Church of Maria Rosenkranz is located on Kirchstrasse. It was built by Josef Fehlig in 1954/55 and today belongs to the parish of the Holy Trinity in Seelze. Behind the church is the one named after Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, who later became Pope John XXIII. , named community hall.
The St. Ansgar Chapel on Lange-Feld-Straße today belongs to the Priestly Society of St. Pius X. It was opened in November 2006 in a building that had served as the New Apostolic Church until 2005 .
museum
Until 2018, the Seelze local history museum was located in one of the listed half-timbered houses on Im Sande in Letter.
Recreational areas
The Leinewiesen between Uferstrasse and Lakefeld and the Hinübersche Garten in Marienwerder, not far from Letter, serve for local recreation . There is also the meadow path, which was built as a dike to protect against the annual Leine flood.
Sports
The Leinestadion in Letter is used as a soccer and athletics stadium for international events. It seats 4,000 spectators. There are 2,500 uncovered seats and 1,500 standing places available. The equipment consists of floodlights and a running track.
In the immediate vicinity of the stadium there is a shooting range with 18 air pressure levels (10 m) and 8 levels in a KK hall. Local and regional competitions are held in a running target system over 50 m.
In the stadium on the canal , the multiple North Champion 1. MSC Seelze plays his home games in the Motoball Bundesliga.
In the school center there is a volunteer from the Qualle e. V. managed indoor swimming pool .
There is a mini golf course in the Alte Aue.
Seelze's first multi-generation playground is located behind garages on Sohnreyweg.
Clubs and events
There are several associations in Letter, including the Schützengesellschaft from 1834 , Letter-fit: Mit Another-Füreinander e. V. and the SG Letter 05 . In addition to the annual shooting festival, the chestnut festival and the Christmas market, there are a number of smaller events.
At the intersection of Im Sande and Freiherr-von-Stein Straße there is an open bookcase from the association "Letter-fit: Mit einer Füreinander" e. V., from which books can be taken or placed around the clock.
music
- Seelze Music School
- Wind orchestra of the Georg-Büchner-Gymnasium
- United Song Board Letter
- Trumpet choir of the ev.-luth. St. Michael Letter Parish
- Freundeskreis Musik in St. Michael Letter
- Music and Dance Corps Seelze e. V.
- Fanfarenzug Alt-Linden from 1964 e. V.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Good transport connections with the S-Bahn station and bus routes make Letter a popular place to live for commuters to Hanover . In the north, Letter can be reached from the A 2 via the “ Herrenhausen ” junction and the four-lane B 6 , while the B 441 runs to the south .
Public facilities
- Volunteer firefighter
- VHS Calenberger Land, Seelze branch
economy
In the area of the district, there is a TanQuid tank farm and a steel trade as larger industrial companies . Important employers can be found nearby:
- The Seelze marshalling yard is partly located in this district
- Honeywell chemical plant in Seelze
- Volkswagen plant in Hanover in Hanover-Stöcken
- Continental plant in Stöcken
education
- Brothers Grimm School (primary school)
- Georg Büchner High School
Since the abolition of the orientation levels in Lower Saxony in 2004, there has been no secondary school in the Letter district. This branch of the school has been housed in the school center in Seelze. The premises of the former Geschwister-Scholl-Schule (secondary school) and the Erich-Kästner-Schule (orientation level) are used by the Georg-Büchner-Gymnasium.
Personalities
- Ernst Bock (* 1880; † 1961), letter teacher since 1906, local history researcher and author
- Hermann Röber (born March 16, 1905; † February 1985), former mayor of Letter (1946–1972), holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Jürgen Milewski (born October 19, 1957), German soccer player , grew up in Letter and youth player (boys and students) at Letter 05
- Werner Olk (born January 18, 1938), German soccer player , played from 1948 to 1952 as a youth player (boys and students) at SG Letter 05
- Michael Thürnau (born July 23, 1963), TV and radio presenter, grew up in Letter. His professional career began as a local reporter in Letter and Seelze.
- Florian Battermann (* 1973), playwright, director, actor and artistic director. He attended the Georg-Büchner-Gymnasium in Seelze.
- Lina Larissa Strahl (born December 15, 1997 in Seelze) is a young German singer-songwriter and actress. She attended the Georg-Büchner-Gymnasium in Seelze.
literature
- Heinrich Tiefuhr: Letter. History and stories - a chronicle . 1989
- Heinrich Tiefuhr: 50 years of St. Michael in Letter, history of a church community . 1996
- Petra Scholl: Letter-fit: Together for one another e. V .: 4 years of club history in the Socially Integrative City project . 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-3314-4
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ City portrait - population figures. Website of the city of Seelze, accessed on October 20, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 196 and 197 .
- ↑ a b c City of Seelze: Letter , accessed on October 15, 2019
- ^ Council and citizen information system of the city of Seelze: Details of the committee "Ortsrat Letter"
- ↑ Current election results of the last local council elections on seelze.de, accessed on January 17, 2016
- ↑ Ortschronik on the website of the city of Seelze .
- ↑ www.die-fans.de: Leinestadion , accessed on October 15, 2019
- ↑ Shooting range at the Leinestadion ( Memento from December 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ mscseelze.de: Stadion , accessed on October 8, 2019
- ↑ Renovation project “Social City Letter- Fit for the Future” - final report. (PDF; 4.5 MB) Stadt Seelze, p. 27 , accessed on October 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Press, 2013, page 15. letter-fit.de, accessed on 8 October 2019 .
