Mechtersen

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	Coordinates: 53 ° 17 '  N , 10 ° 19'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Luneburg
Joint municipality :	Bardowick
Height :	15 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.42 km 2
Residents:	687 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	48 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	21358
Area code :	04178
License plate :	LG
Community key :	03 3 55 023
Address of the municipal administration:	Im Kirchfelde 2 21358 Mechtersen
Website :	www.mechtersen.de
Mayor :	Uwe Luhmann ( CDU )
Location of the community of Mechtersen in the Lüneburg district

Mechtersen ( Plattdüütsch : Mechtsen ) is a Lower Saxon town on the Samtgemeinde Bardowick in the district of Lueneburg . According to the Mechtersen song , the place is "only a quarter of an hour" away from Lüneburg and Vögelsen . With an area of ​​14.42 km² it is the third largest municipality in the entire municipality, but it also has the smallest population with around 650–700 inhabitants. Older names are probably Mechtrikeshusen , Mechtriksen and Mechtenhusen .

geography

Geographical location

Mechtersen's farmers started cutting plagues early on in the north of the municipality and in the neighboring municipality of Radbruch . In addition, there is a marl cave in the south , which the Mechtersers used until the 20th century. Marl was used to improve acidic soil.

Mechtersen is still dominated by agriculture today. Many townspeople come to Mechtersen because of its rural idyll. So it has become a riding place to this day. Due to its location in the glacial valley of the Elbe , it is on the border between Marsch and Geest , which can be seen from the field names around Mechtersen. The community is located in the north of the Lüneburg Heath . In the south of the village there is an area where you can still find them.

Examples of field names are:

• On the sea and Bruchweg
• Thachtmisser Berg and Im Brink
• Heidkamp

Neighboring communities

In a clockwise direction, Mechtersen has these neighboring communities: Radbruch, Vögelsen, Reppenstedt , Kirchgellersen and the Reppenstedter exclave Dachtmisser Bruch .

history

The Winsen (Luhe) office around 1600

The first documentary mention is on May 21, 1158. This is where Bishop Hermann von Verden decided on the Decima in Mechtersen . Two thirds of it went to the canons and one third to the provost in Bardowick . When Johann and Lambert von Mechtersen died in 1300, they left their goods to the Bardowick monastery . Above all, this and the von Meding family were landlords of the Mechterser Höfe until 1844 . The Bardowick Bailiwick was first mentioned in 1430 . Mechtersen belonged to this - as well as Handorf , Vögelsen and Wittorf in the so-called Sunderghude (special estate ), which was administered by the Radbrucher Meyerhof - early on. In the middle of the 18th century, the Winsen (Luhe) office received jurisdiction over Mechtersen from the Schnellenberg patrimonial court . In 1852 Mechtersen went to the Lüne office and in 1885 to the newly founded district of Lüneburg. In 1969, Mechtersen merged with Bardowick and Vögelsen to form the Bardowick municipality within the district.

In 1780 a local school was named for the first time with teacher Frantz Martin Röder, which only lost its independence in 1971.

When Napoleon's troops moved through the area at the beginning of the 19th century, they made an important connection route impassable for the Mechtersen. After the Mechterser and Vögelser were finally referred to as " troublemakers" after a few letters of complaint to the Landdrostei , the path was finally renewed at the expense of the state.

population

Population development

Mechtersen has grown rather slowly in the last century compared to most of its neighboring towns.

year	Residents
1900	314
1939	347
1946	545
1964	433
1972	522
2013	691

Personalities who have worked on site

• Franz Fietz (* 1941), teacher and politician (including district administrator )
• Kurd Albrecht von Ziegner (1918–2016), Colonel a. D. , dressage trainer and specialist author

religion

Ecclesiastically belonged Mechtersen always at the Lutheran church of St. Peter and Paul in Bardowick.

politics

The municipality of Mechtersen belongs to the state constituency 49 Lüneburg and to the federal constituency 38 Lüchow-Dannenberg-Lüneburg .

Municipal council

The council of the municipality of Mechtersen currently consists of 9 councilors.

	CDU	Free List Mechtersen (FLM)	SPD	Alliance 90 / The Greens	The left	total	voter turnout
2016	4th	3	1	1	-	9 seats	73.1%
	(38.9%)	(32.9%)	(15.3%)	(12.9%)	-
2011	3	3	2	0 (1)	-	8 seats
	(30.1%)	(30.0%)	(26.6%)	(13.2%)	-
2006	5	2	2	-	0	9 seats
	(± 0) (54.4%)	(+2) (17.7%)	(−2) (23.0%)	-	(± 0) (4.9%)

Status: Local elections on September 11, 2016

Remarks

1. ↑ The only candidate on the list resigned from her mandate by moving before the constituent meeting .

mayor

On November 16, 2011, Uwe Luhmann (CDU) was elected mayor by a majority from the CDU and FLM. On November 23, 2016, he was confirmed in office - with no votes against, with three abstentions.

His predecessors as mayor and mayor were:

• Johann Westermann 1786 (Burmester)
• Hans Jürgen Schlueter 1831/32
• Johann Nicolaus Twesten 1856-1896
• Johann Jürgen Beside 1896–1908
• Carl Twesten 1908-1919
• Otto Basedau 1919–1938
• Louis Dohrs 1938–1940 (from 1935 "First Alderman" signed as mayor from 1937–1940)
• Erich Twesten 1940–1946 (1947/1948 full-time community director)
• Adolf Pahl 1946–1947
• Carl addition 1947–1948
• Erich Twesten 1948–1955
• Hermann Augner 1955–1968
• Gustav-Adolf Köhler 1968–1972
• Klaus Kuttrus 1972–1974
• Gerhard Brackelmann 1974–1976
• Gustav-Adolf Köhler 1976–1991
• Franz Fietz 1991–1996 CDU
• Rudolf Harms 1996–2011 CDU

coat of arms

The golden yellow background stands for the sandy areas around Mechtersen. The lintel rafter bar forms an M with both sides as the initial of the place. Above is a two-column house with a crooked hip roof and wind springs with horse heads pointing inwards . Below is a looped green line indicating the border between the marshland and the Geest. Under the line there is a Twick hoe , with this the operated pest cut is made clear.

Culture and sights

The Mechtersen song

The Mechtersen song Don't you know where Mechtsen is? is Mechtersen's own little hymn . It is sung by August Schnezler based on the melody of the student song I love gold and silver .

Don't you know where Mechtsen is?

1. Don't you know where Mechtsen is? Mechtsen is basically not far from Lüneburg, only a quarter of an hour. 2. Don't you know where Mechtsen is? With the beautiful girls, more beautiful than in Lüneburg, in the nearby town.

3. Don't you know where Mechtsen is? With the strong men, I like these men, they are great connoisseurs. 4. Don't you know where Mechtsen is? Mechtsen is actually not far from Vögelsen, a quarter of an hour's walk.

Natural monuments

The Wittsaal nature reserve is located in the Mechters district . It is northwest of the place.

Sports

From September 21 to 23, 2007, the German Pony Eventing Championship took place at the Mechters riding arena on Brockwinkler Weg .

Regular events

Easter fire

At Easter , the local Easter fire is lit on Holy Saturday .

Pentecost tree plants

Garland with foliage crown over the town entrance

At Whitsun there is an old tradition in Mechtersen: planting the whit tree . Just like the Easter fire, it is carried out by the village youth:

On the Friday before Pentecost, the village youth collects oak leaves and ties them into a garland. In this they hang a crown of leaves, to which an empty grain bottle is tied. At the same time, the Pfingt trees (young birches) are felled.

On Saturday morning, the garland will be hung between two birches above the entrance to the town. According to this, everyone who wants to pass the garland has to pay a fee to the organizers. In the afternoon, the Pentecost trees are distributed to the villagers (one at each house). For this, the village youth gets some money or something (alcoholic) to drink. When distributing the village youth calls out the Low German text: “De Pingstbööm de wast” (High German: “The Pentecostal trees that grow”).

After a week, the garland is removed again and the trees can be removed from the houses again.

Faslam

Faslam in Mechtersen

Every year which - since 1975 finds - after ten-year break Faslamstour the Faslams' brothers Mechtersen on a Saturday just before Ash Wednesday instead. Members of the association walk through the village in disguise and scumble money and drinks. The income covers, among other things, the cost of catering for the tour, but above all the children's carnival a week later.

Shooting club

Every year, on the weekend of the second Sunday in September, the shooting festival of the Mechtersen-Vögelsen shooting club was celebrated in one of the two places. After the number of visitors decreased and a rifle king failed to appear several times, the shooting festival was gradually reduced in size and finally stopped.

Torch and lantern parade

Until a few years ago, the Mechtersen volunteer fire brigade and the rifle club organized a torch and lantern parade on October 2nd. In 2014, for the first time, a parade organized by the community and the Mechtersen Foundation took place.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

District road 21 begins in Mechtersen.

The freight route, from the middle of the 17th century also the post route, ran from Lüneburg to Hamburg via the Mechters district .

Since the construction of the Wittenberge – Buchholz railway line in 1875 until the cessation of traffic, the town and station have been on the line.

education

A kindergarten and a riding school are located in the community.

literature

• Mechtersen community (ed.): 850 years of Mechtersen - a commemorative publication for May 21, 2008 . 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-023770-6

Web links

Commons : Mechtersen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality

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. ↑ Landtag constituencies from the 16th electoral term. Constituency division for the election to the Lower Saxony state parliament. Annex to § 10 para. 1 NLWG, p. 4. ( PDF ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and remove then this note .; 87 kB). 
3. ↑ Description of the constituencies. Annex to Section 2, Paragraph 2 of the Federal Election Act. In: Eighteenth law amending the federal electoral law. Annex to Article 1. Bonn, March 18, 2008, p. 325. ( PDF ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note .; 200 kB).