Leveste

Leveste City of Gehrden
	Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 26 ″ N , 9 ° 33 ′ 10 ″ E
Height :	68 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.14 km²
Residents :	1598 (2017)
Population density :	196 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st August 1971
Postal code :	30989
Area code :	05108
Location of Leveste in Lower Saxony
	View of Leveste

With about 1600 inhabitants, Leveste is the second largest district of the city of Gehrden in the Hanover region after the core city .

history

In Calenberger Land Leveste is one of the oldest settlements. It was on Hellweg .

The name of the place is passed down from the years 1225 as Leueste and 1229 as Leuesthe . In this year, a priest from Leveste is also mentioned, which is why the St. Agatha Church is the oldest preserved building in the place.

There were two castles near Leveste. The Loh pond between Leveste and Langreder is reminiscent of those from Loh . There was a moated castle on Levester Bach , which was awarded to the Knights Kniegen as a fief by Duke Magnus II in 1370 and has remained in the possession of the Barons Knigge since then . The water tower was however in 1425 after an agreement of Bernard I with the advice of the city Hannover demolished because the citizens were afraid the nearby meeting war-ready knights. A moated castle was built in place of the castle, from 1728 to 1732 the baroque Levester mansion was originally a three-wing complex.

The Leveste volunteer fire brigade was founded in the spring of 1913 and initially consisted of 34 men and has been providing fire protection and general assistance ever since. Furthermore, a music train was founded in 1921 and a youth fire brigade in 1966 . Since 2006, the Leveste fire brigade has joined forces in a fire fighting district with the Lemmie and Redderse volunteer fire brigades from the city.

On August 1, 1971 Leveste was incorporated into the city of Gehrden.

tram

At the end of the 19th century, Tramway Hannover AG (from 1921: Üstra ) opened tramway line 10, which in 1898 initially ran from Hanover via Empelde , Benthe to Gehrden ; the following year the line was extended via Leveste, Langreder , Egestorf to Barsinghausen . Electric power came with the tram - it wasn't until 1914 that all towns in the Hanover district were supplied with electricity. Until November 1953 the tram was also used to transport goods (potatoes / grain / beets / stones / coal). Passenger transport had already been transferred to the O10 bus line the year before.

politics

Local council

The local council of Leveste consists of four councilors and three councilors from the following parties:

SPD : 3 seats
CDU : 3 seats
Greens : 1 seat

(Status: local election September 11, 2016)

Local mayor

The local mayor of Leveste is Michael Passior (SPD). His deputy is Ludwig Giesecke (CDU).

coat of arms

The design of the coat of arms of Leveste comes from the heraldist and graphic artist Alfred Brecht , who was born in Gadenstedt and later lived in Hanover , and who has already designed the coat of arms of Bantorf , Barrigsen , Egestorf and many other localities in the Hanover district. The approval of the coat of arms was granted on May 30, 1960 by the district president in Hanover.

Blazon : " Split shield , in fronta silver kettle hook in red , behind in silver over two red bars a growing , blue-tongued and armored , red lion ."

Foundation of the coat of arms: Leveste has been able to retain the character of a farming village, so that the heraldist preferred symbols from the farming world. When Andreas Freiherr Knigge agreed that the family coat of arms of the centenary court lords in Leveste could meaningfully enrich the local coat of arms, the coat of arms described above was created, which the council of the municipality of Leveste decided to adopt at its meeting on March 2, 1960. The colors red and white / silver take up the Lower Saxony state colors.

Culture and sights

St. Agatha Church Leveste

Buildings

The St. Agatha's Church from 1229 in 2004 was 775 years old. It is built in the transition style of the first half of the 13th century. The Gothic frescoes in the choir and the organ vault date from the 15th century, while the Gothic frescoes in the nave are dated from 1370 to 1430. The frescoes are largely preserved in their original state. Anyone who stood in the church in the Middle Ages and looked up into the vault saw the exemplary people of the church there. From this the German term "die up there" developed. Later the frescoes were painted over with white paint. Thanks to this overpainting, the frescoes are true to the original. In 1924 the overpainted frescoes were discovered and uncovered. Today the frescoes are of great importance to scientists, film directors, actors and costume designers because they faithfully reproduce the fashion of the time around 1400.

On the western edge of the village is the manor and the manor house of the Barons Knigge , which was built from 1728 to 1732. It is surrounded by mature trees and an extensive park. The manor house is inhabited by the current owner Hubertus Freiherr Knigge (* 1966) and his family and is not open to the public. The design of the gate to the once planned access road is said to have been made by the royal Hanoverian master builder Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves .

The Magnus monument on the road from Leveste to Gehrden. It commemorates Duke Magnus Torquatus, who fell there in 1373 . A rectangular stone block was set up as a cross stone at the place of death . King George V of Hanover had a sandstone monument built in the Gothic style with this as a central piece in 1864 .

Architectural monuments

→ See: List of architectural monuments in Leveste

Natural monument Luther Oak and the Luther monument

Opposite the church, next to the former parsonage, there is a Luther oak and, as a Luther monument, a memorial stone with the inscription "For the 400th birthday of Martin Luther on November 10, 1883, the community of Leveste erected this stone and planted this oak". The tree is designated as a natural monument .

Photo gallery

Gothic frescoes from around 1400 in the church
Old gate at the manor house after Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves
Access to the manor
Manor house (from 1732)
Magnus Monument
Luther oaks planted in 1883 for the 400th birthday of the reformer

Memorial stone as a Luther monument from 1883 on the Luthereiche

literature

Rainer Gerd Fenner: Festschrift for the 775th anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Agatha in Leveste in 2004 . Ed .: Church council of the Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Agatha zu Leveste, Leveste 2004.
Rainer Gerd Fenner: Festschrift for the 750th anniversary of the St. Agatha Church in Leveste 1. – 8. July 1979 . Ed .: Church council of the Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Agatha zu Leveste, Leveste 1979. (Reprint 1994 - revised and expanded).
Werner Fütterer: Gehrden - Vom Flecken zur Großgemeinde , Gehrden 1991.

Web links

Commons : Leveste - collection of images

Leveste's website in the city of Gehrden

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Data, facts and figures from the city of Gehrden - statistical data 2017. In: Website of the city of Gehrden. Retrieved April 25, 2019 (PDF; 279 kB).
↑ Hans Roggenkamp in Heinz Rudolf Rosemann (ed.): Lower Saxony, Hanseatic cities, Schleswig-Holstein, architectural monuments. Reclams Kunstführer, Germany, Volume 5, 4th edition, Stuttgart 1971, p. 367.
↑ The story Levestes. In: Website of the city of Gehrden. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 196 .
↑ ^a ^b The local council of Leveste. In: Website of the city of Gehrden. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
^ ^A ^b Landkreis Hannover (ed.): Wappenbuch Landkreis Hannover . Self-published, Hanover 1985, p. 164-167 .
↑ Commemorative plaque on the Church of St. Agatha "1229-2004".
^ Hans Roggenkamp in Heinz Rudolf Rosemann (ed.): Lower Saxony, Hansestädte, Schleswig-Holstein, Baudenkmäler , Reclams Art Guide, Germany, Volume 5, 4th edition, Stuttgart 1971, p. 367.
^ Rainer Gerd Fenner: Festschrift for the 775th anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Agatha in Leveste in 2004 . Ed .: Church council of the Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Agatha zu Leveste, Leveste 2004. p. 9.
↑ The Magnus Monument. In: Website of the city of Gehrden. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
↑ The Magnus Monument. ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: www.leveste.de - Levester Chronik - Historische Gebäude. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
^ The art monuments of the province of Hanover. In: Issue 1: I. District of Hanover. 1. Districts of Hanover and Linden , Hanover 1899; P. 102; (PDF; 2.9 MB).
↑ The Luther Oak. In: Website of the city of Gehrden. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[Daten-1] Data, facts and figures from the city of Gehrden - statistical data 2017. In: Website of the city of Gehrden. Retrieved April 25, 2019 (PDF; 279 kB).

[2] Hans Roggenkamp in Heinz Rudolf Rosemann (ed.): Lower Saxony, Hanseatic cities, Schleswig-Holstein, architectural monuments. Reclams Kunstführer, Germany, Volume 5, 4th edition, Stuttgart 1971, p. 367.

[3] The story Levestes. In: Website of the city of Gehrden. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[4] 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 196 .

[Rat-5] The local council of Leveste. In: Website of the city of Gehrden. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

[wappen-6] A ^b Landkreis Hannover (ed.): Wappenbuch Landkreis Hannover . Self-published, Hanover 1985, p. 164-167 .

[7] Commemorative plaque on the Church of St. Agatha "1229-2004".

[8] Hans Roggenkamp in Heinz Rudolf Rosemann (ed.): Lower Saxony, Hansestädte, Schleswig-Holstein, Baudenkmäler , Reclams Art Guide, Germany, Volume 5, 4th edition, Stuttgart 1971, p. 367.

[9] Rainer Gerd Fenner: Festschrift for the 775th anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Agatha in Leveste in 2004 . Ed .: Church council of the Ev.-luth. Parish of St. Agatha zu Leveste, Leveste 2004. p. 9.

[10] The Magnus Monument. In: Website of the city of Gehrden. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[11] The Magnus Monument. ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: www.leveste.de - Levester Chronik - Historische Gebäude. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[12] The art monuments of the province of Hanover. In: Issue 1: I. District of Hanover. 1. Districts of Hanover and Linden , Hanover 1899; P. 102; (PDF; 2.9 MB).

[13] The Luther Oak. In: Website of the city of Gehrden. Retrieved October 10, 2017.