Münchehagen

Münchehagen City of Rehburg-Loccum Coordinates: 52 ° 26 ′ 23 ″ N , 9 ° 11 ′ 7 ″ E
Height :	80 m
Area :	12.49 km²
Residents :	1957 (2010)
Population density :	157 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	31547
Area code :	05037

Münchehagen (formerly partly Mönchehagen ) is a district of the German city Rehburg-Loccum in Lower Saxony . The place is on the federal highway 441 between Loccum and Bad Rehburg west of the Steinhuder Meer .

history

Münchehagen was hit by the persecution of witches from 1628 to 1654 : nine women got into witch trials , seven were burned.

Münchehagen merged on March 1, 1974 as a previously independent municipality with Rehburg , Bad Rehburg , Loccum and Winzlar to form the town of Rehburg-Loccum. The administrative headquarters are in Rehburg.

Ev.-luth. church

religion

In the center of the village there is an Evangelical Lutheran church belonging to the Stolzenau-Loccum parish, see "Culture and sights".

The Catholic Church of Our Lady was built in 1967. In 2009 it was profaned . The nearest Catholic church is today 5 km away in Rehburg .

politics

Renate Braselmann (SPD) is the local mayor. In addition, the SPD member of the Bundestag, Marja-Liisa Völlers from the Nienburg II - Schaumburg constituency , lives in Münchehagen and is a member of the local council.

Dinosaur model on the B441 in Münchehagen

Culture and sights

The foundation stone of the church that stands in the village today was laid in 1713 on the dilapidated replacement building of a previous chapel that was destroyed by mercenaries in 1615.

In the 1980s, traces of dinosaurs were found in a quarry near Münchehagen. Around this "natural monument of dinosaur tracks " the dinosaur open-air museum was built , in which the excavation results have been presented to visitors since then.

Economy and Infrastructure

The Münchehagen hazardous waste dump , which was closed in 1983 and which became known nationwide in the 1980s, is located several kilometers south of the village . It was created in the late 1960s by backfilling former clay pits. Approx. 350,000 m³ of hazardous waste were stored in the landfill, including toxic substances such as the so-called Seveso dioxin .

Web links

Wikivoyage: Münchehagen - travel guide

Homepage of the town of Rehburg-Loccum

Individual evidence

↑ Peter Beer: Witches Trials in the Monastery and Monastery Area Loccum , Studies on the Church History of Lower Saxony, Volume 41, Göttingen 2007, pp. 158–164.

^ 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. 199 .

↑ [1] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Münchehagen Church@1@ 2

↑ [2] Dinosaur Open Air Museum

[1] Peter Beer: Witches Trials in the Monastery and Monastery Area Loccum , Studies on the Church History of Lower Saxony, Volume 41, Göttingen 2007, pp. 158–164.

[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. 199 .

[3] [1] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Münchehagen Church@1@ 2

[4] [2] Dinosaur Open Air Museum