Lindewitt

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 42 '  N , 9 ° 12'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Schleswig-Flensburg
Office :	Schafflund
Height :	12 m above sea level NHN
Area :	53.27 km 2
Residents:	1959 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	24969
Primaries :	04604, 04639, 04673
License plate :	SL
Community key :	01 0 59 179
Office administration address:	Tannenweg 1 24980 Schafflund
Website :	www.amt-schafflund.de
Mayor :	Wilhelm Krumbügel (WGL)
Location of the municipality of Lindewitt in the Schleswig-Flensburg district

Lindewitt ( Danish : Lindved ) is a municipality in the Schleswig-Flensburg district in Schleswig-Holstein .

geography

Lindewitt is located in a wooded landscape between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea in northern Schleswig-Holstein. The next larger city is Flensburg .

The municipal area includes the villages Haselundsiek, Kleinwiehe ( Lille Vi ), Linnau ( Lindaa ), Lüngerau ( Lyngvrå ), Riesbriek ( Risbrig ), Seeland and Sillerup.

history

The municipality has been populated since the Neolithic Age. The name of the place is derived from the fact that the area is quite wooded. The Danish lind for linden tree and the Danish witt for forest translates into linden forest.

Gut Lindewitt existed around 1500, the manor house was built around 1780. The noble Lindewitt estate was parceled out in 1796 . Nowadays the estate is no longer there. - The legend of Lindewitt Castle still testifies to this.

Parish stone commemorating the 1974 unification

On March 24, 1974, the communities of Kleinwiehe, Lindewitt-Lüngerau, Linnau, Riesbriek and Sillerup , which had previously belonged to the Flensburg-Land district, were merged to form the new community of Lindewitt. The circle Flensburg-country was simultaneously with the district of Schleswig for Schleswig-Flensburg summarized.

Elementary and secondary school "Am Wald" (former Lindewitt office / Bunker Ludwig)

From 1974 to 1993 the primary and secondary school “Am Wald” was the alternative seat of the Schleswig-Holstein state government (Lindewitt / Bunker Ludwig office). A second government bunker was located south of Flensburg near Sankelmark at the Sankelmark Academy Center . The Ludwig bunker can now be visited.

politics

Community representation

Of the 13 seats in the municipal council has Wählergemeinschaft WGL since the local elections in 2013 ten seats and the SSW three.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided by silver and green in a wave cut. Above a linden branch formed from a leaf and a seed pod with five seed capsules, below a wagon wheel in confused colors below. "

economy

The community is predominantly agricultural. There are also a large number of wind turbines. In 1972 the Grossenwiehe-Lindewitt trade and industry association was founded. It is one of the oldest rural trade and industry associations in the district. State road 14 runs from federal road 199 in Wallsbüll via Lindewitt-Kleinwiehe to federal road 200 in Wanderup -Kragstedt.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments that have been entered in the list of monuments of the state of Schleswig-Holstein are listed on the List of cultural monuments in Lindewitt page . A bakery museum is located in a former bakery in Lindewitt. The old mill pond has been used as a natural outdoor pool (forest pool) since 1960. The Lindewitter Forest is a popular local recreation area .

Well-known legends from the community of Lindewitt

Legend of Lindewitt Castle

In a legend it is said that once at midnight in the knight's hall of Lindewitt Castle, the clang of battle and the clang of weapons was heard. Another spirit is said to have been up to mischief in other rooms. According to legend, at some point the ghosts were finally banned in a large cauldron and buried.

Saga of Nis Puk from Lindewitt-Hof

Once the intended Puk from Lindwitt-Hof have been sitting on the dog house and have gotten with the legs, the dogs below. Howling and barking, they are said to have tried to grab little Nis . The farm servant saw this, wanted to have fun and pushed the puk down from the hut. The Nis Puk cried out loudly and vowed to take revenge. One day the Nis Puk untied the two black horses and chased them in the direction of the inn, where the servant was drinking. He immediately noticed the commotion outside, hurried out, grabbed the two horses and tried to bring them back to the stable. He got on one of the horses and rode off. But on the way he fell asleep. The next morning he woke up puzzled on two black peat heaps in Oxlundmoor (near Großenwiehe ).

In this legend the terms Nis, Puk and Nis Puk are used synonymously.

Sports

Sport is offered at TSV Lindewitt. In addition to football, handball and badminton, fringe sports such as archery and fistball are also played . Since the 2017/2018 season, the football department of TSV Lindewitt has been integrated into "SG Nordau", a syndicate with SSV Schafflund , TSV Medelby and Höruper SC., Their first men's team in the 2019/20 season as a promoted team in Schleswig -holsteinischen Verbandsliga Nord plays.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Thomas Andresen (* 1897 in Linnau; † 1972 ) was a German CDU politician .
• Silke Vogt-Deppe (* 1958 in Lüngerau ) is a Hamburg SPD politician.

Personalities who have worked on site

• Wilhelm Jürgensen (* 1902 in Mohrkirch-Osterholz ; † 1972 in Lüngerau ) was a German politician ( NSDAP / AO and Schleswig-Holstein Community )
• Peter Thomsen (* 1961 in Flensburg ), eventing rider and Olympic champion. He lives in Kleinwiehe.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 6: Kronprinzenkoog - Mühlenrade . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-926055-85-9 , pp. 166 ( dnb.de [accessed on July 25, 2020]).
3. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms, Lindewitt community, Schleswig-Flensburg district ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved on: December 15, 2014 
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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 181 .
5. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : Insights into the secret "Ludwig" , from: August 22, 2012; Retrieved on: December 3, 2017
6. ↑ Visit the government bunker of the Schleswig-Holstein state government "LUDWIG" in Lindewitt near Flensburg
7. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms
8. ↑ Gundula Hubrich-Messow: Legends and fairy tales from Flensburg , Husum 1992, page 17
9. ^ Gundula Hubrich-Messow: Legends and fairy tales from Flensburg , Husum 1992, page 27
10. ↑ Cf. Gundula Hubrich-Messow: Sagen und Märchen aus Flensburg , Husum 1992, page 27
11. ↑ TSV Lindewitt website
12. ↑ Website of SG Nordau
13. ↑ Fupa.net: Association League North 19/20

Web links

Commons : Lindewitt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lindewitt community at the Schafflund office
• Pictures from the bunker LUDWIG