Lindhorst

This article describes the municipality of Lindhorst in Lower Saxony. For other places of the same name and other meanings see Lindhorst (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′  N , 9 ° 17 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Schaumburg
Joint municipality :	Lindhorst
Height :	61 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.88 km 2
Residents:	4292 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	545 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	31698
Area code :	05725
License plate :	SHG, RI
Community key :	03 2 57 020
Address of the municipal administration:	Bahnhofstrasse 55 31698 Lindhorst
Mayor :	Hans-Otto Blume ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Lindhorst in the Schaumburg district

Lindhorst is a municipality near Stadthagen in the Schaumburg district in Lower Saxony . Lindhorst forms together with the communities Beckedorf , Heuerßen and Lüdersfeld the joint community of Lindhorst .

geography

The area of ​​the municipality of Lindhorst lies in the historical Dülwald , east of the district town of Stadthagen and west of Bad Nenndorf , between the Bückeberg in the south and the Mittelland Canal with the city of Sachsenhagen in the north.

Lindhorst is divided into Ottensen, Schöttlingen, Eichhöfe and parts of Eichenbruch.

history

St. Dionysius Church

The name Lindhorst comes from the "linden tree", an elevation in the historic Dülwald , which was increasingly cleared in the 13th century for the construction of numerous village settlements. Lindhorst and the other places in the municipality are also mentioned in a document for the first time at this time.

The area has been sparsely populated since prehistoric times, and some villages, such as Lindhorst, presumably have their origins in the time of the Franconian rule in the 9th and 10th centuries.

The small settlements in the municipal area developed only slowly. Only the improvement of the infrastructure through the construction of the Hanover – Minden railway line in 1847 with the Lindhorst train station and the Mittelland Canal in 1916 with the Sachsenhagen canal port brought a slight upturn. Agriculture was often the only source of income. A brick factory was built in Ottensen, where stones were burned that were known for their extraordinary hardness.

Both world wars hindered further development, but after 1945 numerous World War II refugees were taken in and coal mining was expanded to include the “Schaumburger Mulde”. Another mine was built in Lüdersfeld , and Lindhorst became a large mining settlement when its population doubled.

Commemorative lorry at Lindhorst train station

In July 1954 the “Magister-Nothold-Schule” was inaugurated in Lindhorst and in 1957 the Catholic Church, which was built for the many people of the Catholic faith who had moved there. It bears the name of the patron saint of miners " St. Barbara ". In addition to the refugees and displaced persons from the east, evacuated miners from the Ruhr area also came to find work here.

In 1960 the coal mining industry in Schaumburg came to an abrupt end. The relatively low volume and quality and cheaper competition made mining unprofitable. The pits were closed and later backfilled.

Many jobs have also been lost in agriculture since then. With the settlement of numerous commercial enterprises, only a part of this could be compensated, and the area of ​​"commercial economy" remains a priority topic of the municipal administration.

Today, many commuters live in the conveniently located community, which also has a scenic location between the Weserbergland Schaumburg-Hameln and Steinhuder Meer nature parks .

On March 1, 1974, the communities Ottensen and Schöttlingen were incorporated.

religion

• The Evangelical Lutheran Christians make up the Lindhorst parish of the Schaumburg-Lippe regional church . The Ottensen district belongs to the Beckedorf parish in the Grafschaft Schaumburg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover .
• The Catholic faithful belong to the parish of St. Joseph Stadthagen of the Diocese of Hildesheim and use the St. Barbara branch church in Lindhorst.

politics

mayor

Mayor of the municipality is Hans-Otto Blume (SPD). The administration is led by the part-time community director Jens Schwedhelm.

Municipal council

The council consists of 15 members:

SPD	CDU	Green
8th	4th	3

Status: Local elections on September 11, 2016

Culture and sights

• Evangelical St. Dionysius Church in Lindhorst, built around 1180, tower from 1565.
• Catholic Church St. Barbara in Lindhorst, built in 1957.
• Ottensen mausoleum , private mausoleum of the Philippsohn family, who owned the brickworks. The building was built in 1952 by the Jewish owner of the brickworks, Oskar Philippsohn. He had survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Stones and roof tiles come from the family's own steam tile. A star of David with a cross is attached to the roof. The evangelical wife of the builder and her brother are buried here.

See also : The list of architectural monuments in Lindhorst

Economy and Infrastructure

Public institutions / museums

• Heated outdoor pool with a teaching swimming pool in Lindhorst
• Sports hall in Lindhorst
• Mining museum in Hof Gümmer in Lindhorst with an integrated exhibition about the former Ottensen brickworks.

education

• Magister-Nothold-Oberschule, formerly Hauptschule and Realschule (expiring), in Lindhorst.
• Magister-Nothold-Schule, elementary school in Lindhorst
• Kindergarten in Lindhorst and day care center in Ottensen.

The well-known educational scientist Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Klafki worked as a junior teacher in Lindhorst and the neighboring town of Lüdersfeld from 1948.

traffic

• The federal highway 65 ( Hanover - Minden ) leads through the integrated municipality. The BAB 2 can be reached via Bad Nenndorf (ten kilometers) .
• Lindhorst station is on the Hanover – Minden railway line . The station building dates from 1847 and was built according to a design by Julius Eugen Ruhl . It was rebuilt in 1872. The station is served every hour by the S-Bahn Minden– Wunstorf –Hannover (S1). After Stadthagen and Rodenberg there on weekdays also bus connections with the line 2008, the Schaumburg transport company . Since April 2013 a Park & ​​Ride facility with 120 parking spaces has been available in both the north and south areas. There are also 50 parking spaces for bicycles in the southern area.
• The Mittelland Canal port of Sachsenhagen is three kilometers away.
• The Airport Hannover-Langenhagen is 50 km away.

Web links

Commons : Lindhorst  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the Samtgemeinde Lindhorst

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. ^ 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. 201 .
3. ↑ Zweckverband Kommunale Datenverarbeitung Oldenburg (KDO): Overall result of the Lindhorst municipal council election 2016 09/11/2016. Distribution of seats , accessed on October 25, 2018
4. ↑ Excerpt from the notice board on the building, created by the "Schaumburg Landscape"
5. ^ Siegfried Lohr : Planning and buildings by the Kassel master builder Julius Eugen Ruhl 1796–1871. A contribution to the building history of Kassel and Kurhessen in the 19th century . Masch. Diss. Darmstadt [1982], p. 361.