Luhden

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Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 52 ° 14 '  N , 9 ° 6'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Schaumburg
Joint municipality :	Eilsen
Height :	91 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.35 km 2
Residents:	1134 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	261 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	31711
Area code :	05722
License plate :	SHG, RI
Community key :	03 2 57 022
Address of the municipal administration:	Lindenbrink 7 31711 Luhden
Website :	www.luhden.de
Mayor :	Nils Steinmeier ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Luhden in the Schaumburg district

Luhden is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg in Lower Saxony . The municipality belongs to the integrated municipality of Eilsen and is located in the Schaumburger Land on the edge of the Weser Uplands . Luhden can be reached via the A 2 and is located between Hanover and Bielefeld .

etymology

The origin of the name Luhden has not been fully clarified and several attempts have been made to interpret it. However, today's linguistic research assumes that the name comes from Old Saxon and can be derived from "hlüd", dialect "lut" = "loud". Another approach, also from Old Saxon, traces the name Luhden back to the formation of a dental suffix to the root "leu-", lut ". Accordingly, the place name could be translated as" dirt "or" mud ".

The linguists, however, agree on the origin of the name of the Luhden district of Schermbeck . They interpret it as a combination of the two words "Scherm", which means "pure" or "clean", and the Old Saxon word "Beeke", which means "Bach".

geography

Luhden is located in a valley between the two mountain ranges Harrl in the north and the ridge of the Weser Mountains in the south and borders a total of six neighboring communities. In the east and northeast, Luhden shares a border with the municipalities of Buchholz (near Stadthagen) and Heeßen, and in the north and northwest with the municipality of Bad Eilsen and the city of Bückeburg . In the west is the state border with North Rhine-Westphalia , which Luhden shares with Porta Westfalica (city) . In the south, Luhden borders the city of Rinteln .

history

Luhden from above

View of Luhden from the south

First documentary mention of Luhden in 1205 in the Westphalian document book Msc VII No. 2605 in the State Archives NRW, State Archives Münster.

The Luhden village center with the Kastanienhof (today Ristorante Pizzeria Da Franco) and its characteristic chestnut trees. On the left side the Luhdener Ladenzeile.

The St. Katharinen Chapel in Luhden is said to have had a previous building on Luhdener Berg built by Count Anton in the 13th century, which was demolished in 1550. In 1640 a new chapel in the center of St. Catherine was consecrated, which was finally torn down again in 1966.

In 1639 there were 28 residents in Luhden according to a register from the Ahrensburg office. In the years 1653 and 1654 22 people from Luhden and Schermbeck were convicted of witchcraft on the Ahrensburg.

On March 1, 1974 the neighboring community of Schermbeck was incorporated.

Population development

The following table shows the population development in the municipality of Luhden from 2001 to 2012. It can be seen that the population remained relatively constant during this time. Overall, the population decreased by 0.54% from 2001 to 2012. This is the lowest value among the member communities of the joint municipality Eilsen (average joint municipality: −6.22%).

In 2011, 24.2% of the population were younger than 25 years. Between the ages of 25 and 64, 58.98% of the Luhden people were. 16.9% of the population were 65 years of age or older. The proportion of residents without German citizenship was 5.7% in 2011.

year	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Residents	1107	1116	1127	1153	1150	1133	1129	1104	1113	1089	1090	1101	1067	1079	1081	1076	1102

(Population figures as of December 31st)

religion

Luhden belongs to the parish II (Heeßen, Luhden and Schermbeck) of the evangelical parish Bad Eilsen. Services are held in the St. Katharina Church Center, which was built in 1977 and serves as a replacement for the St. Katharinen Chapel, which was demolished in 1966. The completely free-standing bell tower, in which the bell of the St. Katharinen Chapel is located, is striking.

A total of 59.5 percent of Luhden's residents are of Protestant faith. 14.1 percent, on the other hand, belong to the Catholic Church. The remaining 26.4 percent are non-denominational or belong to other religions.

politics

Municipal council

Municipal election 2016

Turnout: 56.0%

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60

50

40

30th

20th

10

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56.96%

33.52%

9.48%

CDU

SPD

Green

The council of the municipality consists of 11 councilors.

	CDU	SPD	Individual applicants	Alliance 90 / The Greens	total
2006	6 seats	5 seats	-	-	11 seats
2011	5 seats	4 seats	1 seat	-	10 seats
2016	6 seats	4 seats	-	1 seat	11 seats

Status: Local election (on September 11, 2016)

mayor

Mayor is Nils Steinmeier (CDU), 1st deputy. Mayor is Bernd Gliese (SPD), 2nd deputy. Mayor is Christoph Tecklenburg (CDU);

administration

The community director is Andreas Kunde, the deputy community director is Michaela Less.

household

The results budget of the municipality of Luhden in 2015 provided for expenditure of around 1.525 million euros, which was offset by income of around 1.525 million euros. This resulted in a balanced budget that managed without taking on new debt. Overall, the community's debts fell to around 130,000 euros, or 119.18 euros per inhabitant.

Economy and Infrastructure

industrial Estate

Luhden has a 200,000 m² industrial area in which mainly medium-sized companies have settled.

The community is the headquarters of the positioning system manufacturer Bahr Modultechnik , the systems engineering company ATL Anlagentechnik and the machine and device manufacturing company Wilhelm Honebein . DHL also operates a parcel center in Luhden.

traffic

• The next motorway junction is Bad Eilsen on the federal motorway 2 Hanover - Dortmund , about 2 km away.
• North of the community runs the federal highway 83 , which leads from Bückeburg to Hameln.
• Bus route 31 (Buchholz - Bückeburg) connects Luhden with the surrounding communities.

sport and freetime

Clubs and sports facilities

Luhden is home to some clubs and organizations and offers a wide range of leisure activities. The Luhdener Sportverein is by far the largest club and has around 500 members. Sports such as table tennis , volleyball , cycling or boules are offered . The first team of the boules division of Luhdener SV competes in the Lower Saxony league.

Other clubs and organizations in Luhden are the Schützenverein Luhden eV, the volunteer fire brigade Luhden, the Freizeitfussballclub Luhden e. V. and the sport shooting club Kleinenbremen-Ost Schermbeck.

Luhden also has a sports hall built in 1974 , which was completely renovated between 2002 and 2003, as well as a boules alley with floodlights, a multi-purpose lawn that is used both as a soccer field and as an event area and two tennis courts, which also house the clubhouse des Luhdener SV is located. The golf course , located on the southern slope of the Harrl , consists of a 9-hole course including a 6-hole short course, driving range , putting green and chipping area . The “Ramba-Zamba”, a 2,000 m² hall with an indoor play world for children and bowling lanes, is also located in the commercial area.

Green spaces and recreation

The nature reserve " Kamm des Wesergebirge " NSG HA 210 is located south of the town center and can be easily reached on foot. It is crossed by numerous, well-developed hiking trails, such as the Cliff Tower Route (RI3) or the Three Castles Route (RI5), which are suitable for hiking or cycling.

Popular excursion destinations within the local recreation area, which can be easily reached from Luhden, are the cliff tower , which is 300 m above sea level. NHN is located on the Luhdener Klippen mountain and the Hünenburg (Rinteln) castle ruins on the Langen Wand (Hainholz) .

The “ Im Bergkamp ” nature reserve is also located south of the town center and, geographically speaking, is entirely in the area of ​​the municipality of Luhden. It is the habitat of numerous endangered animal and plant species, as a semi-arid grassland has developed here on the shallow limestone of the Lower and Upper Jura .

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. ↑ Döring, Günter u. a. Luhden-Schermbeck - a village through the ages (2nd edition) Luhden municipality - Schaumburg district, Luhden 2011
3. ↑ The St. Katharinen Chapel in Luhden (pdf)
4. ↑ History In: luhden.de , accessed on January 30, 2017.
5. ^ 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. 202 .
6. ↑ Luhden / census analysis: Many foreigners included in: sn-online.de . October 15, 2013, accessed October 1, 2017.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Clubs and Organizations in Luhden In: luhden.de , accessed on January 30, 2017.
8. ↑ Luhden / census analysis: Many foreigners included in: sn-online.de . October 15, 2013, accessed January 30, 2017.
9. ↑ Results of the 2016 municipal elections In: http://wahlen.kdo.de/web/ , accessed on September 30, 2017.
10. ^ Budget of the municipality of Luhden In: sn-online.de , accessed on February 18, 2017.
11. ↑ Description of the commercial area In: luhden.de , accessed on January 30, 2017.
12. ↑ Imprint of the website of Bahr Modultechnik GmbH , accessed on January 30, 2017.
13. ↑ Imprint of the website of ATL Anlagentechnik Luhden GmbH , accessed on January 30, 2017.
14. ↑ Imprint of the website of Wilhelm Honebein Maschinen- und Gerätebau GmbH , accessed on January 30, 2017.
15. ↑ List of DHL delivery bases , accessed on January 30, 2017.
16. ^ Website Luhdener Sportverein , accessed on January 30, 2017.
17. ↑ Sports facilities In: luhden, de , accessed on January 30, 2017.
18. ↑ Westliches Weserbergland ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2017 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. In: rinteln.de , accessed on January 30, 2017. 

literature

Döring, Günter u. a. Luhden-Schermbeck - a village through the ages (2nd edition) Luhden municipality - Schaumburg district, Luhden 2011

Web links

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

• www.luhden.de