Lonau

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Lonau
Coat of arms of Lonau
Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′ 27 "  N , 10 ° 21 ′ 33"  E
Height : 355-430 m above sea level NN
Residents : 295  (Jan. 1, 2018)
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 37412
Area code : 05521
Lower village of Lonau, with Hirtenberg (right), Großem Mittelberg (left) and the center of the village in front of it
Village center of Lonau with the southwestern secondary peaks of the Braakberg (left) and Großem Mittelberg (right) - viewed from the north side of the Hirtenberg
Village center of Lonau with Großem Mittelberg (left) and the village of Kirchtal with Langfast in the background

Lonau is a climatic health resort in the Upper Harz and district of the city of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Göttingen (formerly Osterode ) in Lower Saxony . It has 295 inhabitants (January 1, 2018).

geography

Geographical location

Lonau is located in the Upper Harz in a small area excluded from the Harz National Park at 355 to 430  m above sea level. NN . South of the center of the village, the Kleine Lonau , which flows from the Mariental , and the Große Lonau , which comes from the Kirchtal , unite to form the Sieber tributary of the Lonau , which flows through the Lonautal southwards to Herzberg .

In addition to the Auf dem Acker ridge, the surrounding mountains are the Heuer in the southwest, the Braakberg in the west and north, the Kargeskopf in the north, the Franzosenkopf and the Große Mittelberg in the northeast, the Langfast in the east, the Hirtenberg in the southeast and the Große Teichtalskopf in the south .

Local division

The village is divided into three merging parts: Unterdorf , Kirchtal and Mariental . The St. Michaelis Church is located roughly in the center of the village at the meeting point of all three locations.

Tourism and sightseeing

Lonau is mainly visited by hikers in summer and by skiers in winter. The main attractions of Lonau are the mountain restaurant Hanskühnenburg , the beech forests surrounding the place, the parish church, the Lonau waterfall , which is located in Herzberg, and a capercaillie enclosure. Starting from this enclosure, the reintroduction of the capercaillie in the Harz Mountains was undertaken for decades - but due to lack of success this project had to be discontinued. However, some animals can be encountered in the viewing enclosure of the rearing station. In addition to some restaurants, a campsite, the spa park, an outdoor pool and a mini golf course are available.

At least four hiking destinations can be reached from Lonau, which are included in the system of stamping points of the Harzer hiking needle : the Kote on the Schindelkopf , the Hanskühnenburg , the Waidmannsruhe refuge and the Große Knollen .

history

Shortly before 1592, the Lonau ironworks was built in Lonau , which had a blast furnace with an attached foundry plant. The history of the Lonauerhammerhütte is closely related to this .

Lonau belonged to the Zellerfeld district . On July 1, 1972, this district was dissolved. Lonau moved to the district of Osterode am Harz and was incorporated into the city of Herzberg am Harz.

Meaning of the place name

There are two different approaches to the interpretation of the place name Lonau :

  • In a document from 1260, the spelling Lodenowe is used. The defining word Loden means young beech shoot , sprout or twig , while the basic word Owe or Au means a river valley.
  • But the place name could also from older water names Ludena derived, which is roughly the Muddy , the loamy would mean and was later transferred to the settlement.

politics

Local council election 2016
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Local council

The local council consists of seven councilors (changes to 2011).

(Status: local election on September 11, 2016 )

coat of arms

The Lonau coat of arms indicates the present and the past as well as the special features of the place. In the center of the village with the church is the confluence of the streams from the Kirchtal and the Mariental. The blue shaft should represent this situation. The people of Lonau chose the capercaillie as their heraldic animal. Not least because one has always identified with the successful work of the capercaillie rearing station for the reintroduction of capercaillie in the Harz Mountains since 1972. The beech leaf is a reference to forestry and the place name (see above). Iron was smelted in Lonau for centuries from the 13th century until 1753. A ladle and hammer are a reminder of this.

Ernst Füllgrabe's birthplace

Personalities

The Harz homeland poet Ernst Füllgrabe (1888–1971), called "Brommes", comes from Lonau. One of his poems can be found on a board above the village on Heuerblick .

traffic

Lonau is connected to the city center of Herzberg by bus. The county road leading from Herzberg to Lonau ends in town.

The closest railway access point is the Herzberg Schloß stop and the Herzberg (Harz) train station .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data, figures, facts on the website of the city of Herzberg am Harz ( memento of the original from June 23, 2015 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. , accessed April 3, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.herzberg.de
  2. ^ Topographic map 1: 25000, No. 4328 Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains
  3. ^ Hans-Heinrich Hillegeist, The history of the Lonauerhammerhütte near Herzberg / Harz , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1977, ISBN 3-525-36165-3 , p. 19
  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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 215 .
  5. ↑ Uwe Ohainski and Jürgen Udolph: Die Ortnames des Landkreises Osterode , Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, Bielefeld 2000, ISBN 3-89534-370-6 , pp. 103-105
  6. ^ Website of the Göttingen municipal services , accessed on September 29, 2016