Limmer (Alfeld)

Limmer City of Alfeld (Leine)
Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′ 56 ″  N , 9 ° 48 ′ 5 ″  E
Height :	119 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.11 km²
Residents :	907  (Sep 2017)
Population density :	177 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	31061
Area code :	05181
Location of Limmer in Lower Saxony
in front Limmer, behind Alfeld

Limmer is a district of the city of Alfeld (Leine) in the Lower Saxony district of Hildesheim , located in the northwest, consisting of 2 localities .

geography

The place is in the Leinebergland west of the Seven Mountains and Leine . Since the construction of the Hannöversche Südbahn in 1854, Limmer has been bounded by this in the east. The federal highway 3 runs through the village and connects it with the city center. The Godenau settlement is around 1 km to the north.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1339 in connection with the manslaughter of a Hermann Kaieberge. On October 13, 1625, the imperial generals Tilly and Wallenstein met for an interview at the Limmer manor . With the mining of potash north of Limmer, the Godenau railway station was set up on the Hanover Southern Railway to transport material. A workers' colony was set up on the local Glene, a tributary of the Leine. A substation was built in the 1920s . In 1934 a fire brigade was founded. Godenau station was closed in 1964

Incorporations

In the course of the regional reform in Lower Saxony , Limmer lost its independence on March 1, 1974 and has been part of the city of Alfeld (Leine) ever since.

Population development

year	Residents	source
1910	695
1925	754
1933	785
1939	789
1950	16840
1956	15760
1973	13510
2017	0907 ¹

¹ according to the info box

politics

Local council

The joint local council of Limmer and Godenau consists of a councilwoman and four councilors from the following parties:

• SPD : 4 seats
• CDU : 1 seat

(Status: local election September 11, 2016)

Local mayor

The local mayor of Limmer and Godenau is Thomas Probst (SPD). His deputy is Kathrin Rose (SPD).

coat of arms

The municipality was awarded the municipal coat of arms on November 3, 1938 by the President of the Province of Hanover . The district administrator from Alfeld presented it on May 12, 1939.

	Blazon : “In blue above a blue wave base, a silver castle wall with battlements and a protruding gold-covered gate tower in the middle, the golden drawbridge of which is half raised; a red ten-end deer antlers above the archway on the tower. "
	Justification of the coat of arms: The farmers of Limmer see the origin and core work of their village in the former moated castle of the same name, the remains of which are still there. A red deer antler is placed over the gate as a sign; this is a confession and a sign of affiliation with the Alfeld district , which has the Cheruscan stag in its coat of arms.

church

Culture and sights

Buildings

• The church in Limmer was built in 1712 by the von Stöckheim family, it is a rectangular hall church with a west tower
• The manor was also rebuilt in 1723 by the von Stöckheim family because the old buildings were dilapidated. In 1840 it came to the Counts of Schlitz called von Görtz and von Wrisberg .
• The building complex of the “Desdemona” potash works characterizes the townscape. Potash salts were mined here until 1932.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

• Karl Klingemann (1798–1862), diplomat and writer
• Wilhelm Heinroth (1842–1925), judge and parliamentarian
• August Wedekind (1890–1955), politician (SPD) and member of the Lower Saxony state parliament

Web links

Commons : Limmer  - Collection of Images

• Website of the town of Limmer
• Local history page of Alt-Alfeld - Limmer
• Website of the city of Alfeld

Individual evidence

1. ^ The army ammunition facility (mine) Godenau
2. ↑ Handbook of Kali-Bergwerke, Salinen und Tiefbohrunternehmungen, 1914, p. 162
3. ↑ P. Raebiger: Godenau substation of Großkraftwerk Hannover AG, in: Siemens Zeitschrift, Volume 6, 1926, p. 51
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.  205 .
5. ^ Ulrich Schubert: Register of local authorities in Germany 1900 - Alfeld district. Information from December 1, 1910. In: gemeindeververzeichnis.de. January 5, 2020, accessed May 18, 2020 .  
6. ^ ^{A b c} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Alfeld / Leine district ( see under: No. 46 ). (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).  
7. ↑ ^{a b} Statistisches Bundesamt Wiesbaden (ed.): Official municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany - 1957 edition (population and territorial status September 25, 1956, for Saarland December 31, 1956) . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1958, p.  164 ( digitized version ).
8. ↑ Lower Saxony State Administration Office (ed.): Municipal directory for Lower Saxony . Municipalities and municipality-free areas. Self-published, Hanover January 1, 1973, p. 28 , Alfeld (Leine) district ( digitized version ( memento from August 7, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 21.3 MB ; accessed on September 12, 2019]).
9. ↑ ^{a b} Local council Limmer. In: Website city of Alfeld. Accessed on May 18, 2020 (still available despite notice).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
10. ↑ ^{a b} Mandate holder of the city of Alfeld - Limmer. In: Website city of Alfeld. Accessed on May 18, 2020 (still available despite notice).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
11. ^ ^{A b} Wilhelm Barner : Coat of arms and seal of the Alfeld district . Rebinding. Lax GmbH & Co. KG, Hildesheim 1998 ( digitized version of the text part of the first edition from 1940 [PDF; 10.0 MB ; accessed on June 10, 2019]).
12. ↑ The "Desdemona" potash plant in Godenau. (PDF; 377 kB) In: vennekohl.de. Retrieved September 23, 2017 .