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City of Salzgitter
Salzgitter-Lobmachtersen coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 59 ″  N , 10 ° 25 ′ 26 ″  E
Height : 100 m
Area : 8.18 km²
Residents : 833  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 102 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 1, 1942
Incorporated into: Watenstedt-Salzgitter
Postal code : 38259
Area code : 05341
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Location of Lobmachtersen in Salzgitter

Lobmachtersen is one of the total of 31 districts of the independent city of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony , located in the south-east region . Lobmachtersen belonged to the Wolfenbüttel district until March 31, 1942 and became part of the city of Watenstedt-Salzgitter through an administrative act on April 1, 1942. On January 23, 1951, it was officially renamed Salzgitter .

history

The first written mention of Lobmachtersen can be found in a memorandum of the St. Blasius Abbey in Braunschweig. In this document from 1077 it is testified that the Margravine Gertrud, wife of Count Liudolf of Braunschweig, donated her property in Lobmachtersen to the cathedral monastery in Braunschweig before her death .

The place is certainly even older. According to the interpretation of the place name, Lobmachtersen is one of the settlements from Franconian times that arose in this region around 750. The remains of a settlement, which were discovered between 1951 and 1953 during excavations on the Öhrenfeld about 1.5 km west of today's center of Lobmachtersen, are even older . These date from the time around the birth of Christ and the finds show that this place was inhabited for more than 500 years.

In the same place, the remains of a racing furnace were found, which is dated to the 2nd century AD and so testifies that iron ore was smelted here about 1800 years ago. Investigations of the slag showed that turf stone ores from various sites in the area had been processed here. This racing kiln is exhibited today in the City Museum of the City of Salzgitter in Salder Castle.

Rennofen from the 2nd century by Salzgitter-Lobmachtersen

Until the 13th century, today's places were called Bruchmachtersen (located about 12 km north-west of Lobmachtersen) and Lobmachtersen, both of which were called Machtersen. A reason for this name identity has not yet been clarified. Earlier place names Lobmachtersen were Machtersem (1077), Machteresheim (1131/1157), Machtersheim (1179), Lochmachtersen (1254 and 1316), Lomactersem (1309), Machterssem probe Barem (1345), Machterssem bii Barem (1420) and since 1480 Lobmachtersen .

The interpretation of the place name: The prefix lob- is seen as a modification of the old Saxon term lo- and la- , which stands for forest. The middle part machter of the name is derived from the personal name Mahtheri , which in turn comes from the Old Saxon word Mahti for power, wealth and strength.

Since the founding of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg in 1235, Lobmachtersen was part of it and after the division of the Duchy in 1269 it belonged to the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . Here it was initially part of the Lichtenberg office. In 1542 the Barumer Gau was separated from the Lichtenberg office and the Gebhardshagen office was formed together with Lobmachtersen, Calbecht, Leinde and Gebhardshagen.

With the exception of the period from 1523 to 1643 (cession of large areas by the Diocese of Hildesheim to the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel after the Hildesheim collegiate feud ), the border between the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and the Diocese of Hildesheim ran on the southern outskirts. Today's church tower was built as a defense and watchtower to monitor the border in the 15th century. An old customs house, which is now used as a residential building, also dates from this time.

During the Napoleonic period Lobmachtersen belonged to the canton Gebhardshagen in the Braunschweig district in the department of the Oker of the Kingdom of Westphalia . After the end of the French era, the Duchy of Braunschweig was re-established. In an ordinance of January 22, 1814, the cantons Gebhardshagen (with Lobmachtersen), Lichtenberg and Salder were combined to form the Salder district court (Salder office from 1823). Since April 1, 1942, Lobmachtersen has belonged to the newly founded city of Watenstedt-Salzgitter, today's Salzgitter.

Population development

The oldest written evidence of the farms is an inheritance register from 1548. At that time, inheritance registers were used to determine the taxes that had to be paid to the ducal office. According to this, there were a total of 41 farms in Lobmachtersen in 1548, 6 of which were arable farms, 2 half-span farms and the remaining 33 were manure farms. By the Thirty Years War the total number of farms rose to 45 (around 1610). Only a few farms survived the war years and only 31 of the farms were restored in 1685. More farms were added by 1861, in that year there were a total of 43 farms, including 5 fields, 5 half-horse farms and 33 kotsassen farms. After 1945 this number fell sharply due to closings and mergers. In 1953 there were 20 farms, in 2006 only 9 were counted.

Information on the number of inhabitants is only available from the end of the 18th century. In 1799 there were 52 fireplaces and 366 inhabitants, in 1832 there were 490 and in 1855 there were already 603 inhabitants who now lived in 82 residential buildings.

During the construction period of the Hermann Göring Works , many farms in the area of ​​today's Salzgitter were converted and their lands were expropriated. Lobmachtersen was largely spared this development. Between 1905 and 1939, the population had only increased from 668 to 738.

In the spring of 1946, the stream of refugees and expellees also reached Lobmachtersen. In 1939 the place still had 738 inhabitants, in October 1946 there were already 1315 inhabitants. The maximum was reached in 1950 with 1,348 inhabitants, 37% of whom were refugees or displaced persons. With the relocation of this group of people to their final residential areas, this number fell again and has been around 900 inhabitants since 2000.

Sources: The population figures from 1821 to 2000 are based on the statistical yearbook of the Department for Economics and Statistics of the city of Salzgitter. The population statistics from 2001 are based on the monthly statistical reports of the city of Salzgitter (residents with main residence) according to the population register at the end of December.

politics

Local council

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a stylized representation of the racing furnace found in 1953 at Lobmachtersen, an early form of today's blast furnace. The representation connects the early historical beginnings of ore processing to today's industrial location Salzgitter. The leaf branch stands for the forest in whose area Lobmachtersen was once founded. It also refers to the prefix Lob of the place name, which stands for forest in Old Saxon . The green shield color is also derived from this early forest area and is also a symbol of the agriculture that is still practiced today.

The coat of arms was unanimously adopted by a residents' meeting on January 27, 1989.

church

Church of Salzgitter-Lobmachtersen

In 744, Sturmi founded the Fulda monastery , in whose mission area today's Salzgitter was also located. Under Charlemagne , the Sachsenland was proselytized. The great period began in 778 with a mass baptism in the Oker. The influence of the Fulda monastery ended in 815 when Ludwig the Pious founded the prince-bishopric of Hildesheim - Lobmachtersen was part of the archdeaconate of Barum.

Around 1251, a priest named Johannes was first mentioned in Lobmachtersen. And by this time there must have been a church or chapel. Later the following are named as pastors: 1274 the cleric Herbord and 1328 pastor Frederik Roler. The last Catholic priest was Lorenz Rethen, who had to switch to Lutheran teaching in 1542 and to Catholic teaching again in 1547. The Reformation was only finally introduced under Duke Julius von Braunschweig (1568–1589).

The tower of today's church was built in the 15th century at the latest. Originally it was a defense and watchtower on the border with the diocese of Hildesheim. The walls of the almost square tower are 1.25 m thick - they offered protection and security. The nave was added to this tower in 1542.

The no longer sufficient and dilapidated nave was demolished in 1823 under the direction of Pastor Georg Ludwig Adolf Drude and rebuilt. The new building was inaugurated on January 25, 1824; the construction costs were 5,619 thalers. The interior of the building was not completed until 1892, as the municipality did not have the necessary funds until then. The organ was built in 1853 by the organ master Breust from Goslar and given a general overhaul in 1995.

In the 18th century the bell tower received three bells, the largest of which weighed 15 hundredweight - this was cast in 1750 by Joh. Peter Grete in Braunschweig. During the world wars, the two larger bells were confiscated and presumably melted down. Only the smallest baptismal bell was preserved. In 1951 the tower received two more bells. One of the bells had been re-cast in Bockenem, the other had originally hung in the church in Klein Jerutten ( Jerutki in Polish ) in the former Ortelsburg district in East Prussia. Both bells were brought down and consecrated on the 3rd Advent of 1951.

Today (in 2013) Lobmachtersen belongs to the provost of Salzgitter-Bad and, together with Beinum, Barum, Heerte and Cramme, forms the Barum-Lobmachtersen parish association .

Attractions

Water tower
Water tower from 1928

The landmark of the place, visible from afar, is the water tower in the southeast of the place on a small elevation . The first plans for the creation of a central water supply for the place were made in 1925. The water should be taken from the "Springquelle", which is near the later water tower at the intersection of the streets "Deiweg" and "Am Spring". Investigations of the spring area showed that the water-bearing gravel layer in this area was protected against contamination by surface water and ditch water by an overlying layer of clay about two meters thick ; the spring water was also examined by the Braunschweig Food Inspection Agency in 1926 and found to be good. Construction work on the aqueduct and the water tower began in spring 1928 and was completed in November 1928.

The tower is made of bricks and has a height of 29.50 meters (with roof and traffic light). On the ground floor, the tower has an outside diameter of 6.5 meters; it tapers to 5.80 meters up to the upper floor. Inside, the tower is divided into a basement, the ground floor and three upper floors. The mezzanine floors were used by the local fire brigade to dry their water hoses in winter. The pump system with the supply and discharge lines was housed in the basement. A three-phase motor was used to drive the initially installed two combined suction and pressure pumps, which were operated alternately on a weekly basis. An emergency generator was installed to ensure the power supply. In the 1930s, the pumps were replaced by two centrifugal pumps with a capacity of 24 m³ / hour each, which were less prone to failure and also worked more quietly.

A well was built next to the tower for water extraction, from which the water from the spring was pumped into the tower via two 100 mm thick suction pipes. The steel water tank was installed on the third floor of the tower. A pressure of 2.6 bar could thus be generated in the local supply lines . The container weighed around 8,200 kg, the side walls were 6 mm and the bottom 7 mm thick. At the top it was covered with planks, a traffic light on the roof of the tower served to ventilate the whole thing.

The property and the water tower were sold by the city of Salzgitter to the local water supply company, WEVG Salzgitter , in 1961 . In the mid-1960s it became apparent that the system was no longer sufficient for the growing population in the town. In 1982 a new water pipeline to feed drinking water into the local pipeline network was put into operation and on August 4, 1982 the water tower was shut down. Some of the technical systems were expanded and handed over to the Salzgitter City Museum. The tower was last repaired in 2004 and cleaned inside. The water tower Lobmachtersen development association bought the tower from the WEVG in 2017 and thus also took on the maintenance of the technical monument. He can be used on special occasions such as B. on the day of the open monument, can also be visited inside.

literature

  • Archives of the city of Salzgitter, editors: Reinhard Försterling, Sigrid Lux ​​and Peter Stübig (eds.): Lobmachtersen. History of a Brunswick village . braunschweig-druck gmbh, Salzgitter 2007, DNB  985 988 258 .
  • Jörg Leuschner: Village southeast: Beinum, Ohlendorf, Flachstöckheim, Lobmachtersen and Barum in old pictures . Ed .: Stadtarchiv Salzgitter. tape 9 of the contributions to the city's history. Archive of the City of Salzgitter, Salzgitter 1992, p. 276 .
  • Archive of the city of Salzgitter (ed.): Local home maintenance in the city of Salzgitter . 1992, p. 71-75 .
  • Wolfgang Benz (Ed.): Salzgitter. Past and present of a German city 1942–1992 . CH Beck, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-406-35573-0 .
  • Peter Stübig and Elke Keese: 80 years of Lobmachtersen water tower . In: Stadtarchiv Salzgitter (Hrsg.): The local home maintenance - A series of local home maintenance of the Stadtarchiv Salzgitter . No. 3. Salzgitter 2008.
  • Kirstin Casemir: The place names of the Wolfenbüttel district and the city of Salzgitter . Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, 2003, ISBN 3-89534-483-4 , p. 235-238 .
  • Mechthild Wiswe : The field names of the Salzgitter area . Self-published by the Braunschweigisches Geschichtsverein, 1970, p. 471 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dorfgeschichte Lobmachtersen , pp. 20–22
  2. ↑ Casemir, Place Names , pp. 235–238
  3. ^ Wiswe, Flurnamen , p. 471
  4. ↑ Dorfgeschichte Lobmachtersen , p. 285
  5. ↑ Dorfgeschichte Lobmachtersen , pp. 109,293
  6. ^ Department for economics and statistics: Statistical yearbook of the city of Salzgitter. City of Salzgitter, accessed on February 22, 2020 (total number of eligible residents (main and secondary residence) © City of Salzgitter).
  7. ^ Department for Economics and Statistics: Monthly Statistical Reports of the City of Salzgitter. City of Salzgitter, accessed on February 22, 2020 (Population at the location of the main residence © City of Salzgitter).
  8. ^ Arnold Rabbow: New Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch . Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, 2003, ISBN 3-926701-59-5 , p. 38.39 .
  9. ↑ Salzgitter 1942–1992 , p. 591
  10. ↑ Local Home Care Salzgitter , p. 72
  11. ↑ WEVG hands over the key to the water tower , Salzgitter-Zeitung dated September 7, 2017

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