Meerbeck

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Meerbeck (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 52 ° 20 '  N , 9 ° 9'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Schaumburg
Joint municipality :	Niedernwöhren
Height :	66 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.09 km 2
Residents:	1939 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	148 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	31715
Area code :	05721
License plate :	SHG, RI
Community key :	03 2 57 023
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Main street 46 31712 Niedernwöhren
Website :	www.meerbeck.de
Mayoress :	Sabine Druschke ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Meerbeck in the district of Schaumburg

Meerbeck is a municipality in the combined municipality of Niedernwöhren , which in turn is in the Schaumburg district .

geography

The community is located south of the Schaumburg Forest and about four kilometers northwest of the district town of Stadthagen . The Mittelland Canal runs in the Volksdorf district along the southern side of the Schaumburg Forest through the municipality.

In a clockwise direction, neighboring communities are Wiedensahl , Niedernwöhren and Nordsehl , the city of Stadthagen with the districts Enzen and Hobbensen, the community Hespe and its district Levesen, and the city of Petershagen in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Meerbeck is divided into the districts of Meerbeck, Volksdorf and Kuckshagen. The Meerbeck community joined the Niedernwöhren joint community as a member community in 1974.

history

Meerbeck is one of the oldest settlements in the Schaumburger Land in the foreland of the Bückeberge on the watershed between Weser and Leine , the so-called "Meerbecker Schwelle". Meerbeck was created on the Moorbeeke, which flows into the Gehle . The place name is also derived from this location. "Brook (Beeke) that flows through the moor". On March 3, 1013 it was first mentioned in a document as Meribiki when it was transferred to the Paderborn church. In the year 1030 there were six farms in Meerbeck, including a manorial main farm, as well as the church consecrated to the Apostle St. Bartholomäus , which was first mentioned on November 2, 1031 in a deed of foundation of the Benedictine monastery of St. Peter and Paul (Abdinghof) in Paderborn. In Saxon times, Meerbeck was the center of a Go judicial district. The stone-enclosed court square was destroyed by the construction of a route for a small railway. The old stone cross of the Thingstätte now stands next to the church in Meerbeck.

Kuckshagen was mentioned in a document in 1247 as Luckeshagen . Count Ludolf von Roden-Wunstorf received the Hagen colony as a fief from the Bishop of Minden . On March 15 and 16, 1793, Kuckshagen was the scene of a bloody dispute between Schaumburg-Lippischen farmers from the Stadthagen district , who refused to pay a special tax from 1784, and Princess Juliane's military from Bückeburg . The farmers Hans Heinrich Gümmer, Hobbensen No. 3 and Johann Heinrich Redecker, Volksdorf No. 16, as well as the musketeer Thomas lost their lives. This process went down in history as the "Kuckshäger War".

Volksdorf appeared on April 13, 1029 as Folchardesdorfa in a document. Emperor Konrad II confirmed the equipping of the Martinistift in Minden with two Hufen Land by Bishop Siegbert . In 1601 and 1622 a woman from Volksdorf was convicted of witchcraft and executed. The Gallhof was mentioned in 1332 as curiam Ghelehof . The foundation stone of the Hiddenserborn forester's house was laid on January 8, 1800 by the hunter Johann Ernst Ludwig from Rusbend. He received the Meier letter on September 8, 1800 . Later there was a sulfur bath and there was the addition "bath". Today there is the Hotel Bad Hiddenserborn, a restaurant for excursions.

On May 9, 1945, by order of the British military government , Meerbeck had to be evacuated for the accommodation of prisoners of war. After they were transported back to their home countries, Meerbeck became a "DP camp" ( Displaced Person ) on September 4, 1945 . The forced occupation did not end until September 15, 1948.

On March 1, 1974, the communities of Volksdorf and Kuckshagen gave up their independence and were incorporated into the community of Meerbeck.

religion

• The Evangelical Christians of the community form the Evangelical Lutheran with those from Enzen, Hobbensen, Niedernwöhren and parts of Nordsehl and Stadthagen. Parish "St. Bartholomäus ”with the church in Meerbeck. Meerbeck is also called the church village.
• The Catholic faithful belong to the parish of St. Joseph in Stadthagen.

Politics / administration

The council of the community consists of 11 councilors. After the local elections in 2016 , the SPD holds 8 seats and the CDU 3 seats. Mayor is Sabine Druschke, community director is Dietmar Mensching.

Culture and sights

The St. Bartholomew Church, which was first mentioned in 1031 as "merebeke cum ecclesia", is worth seeing in Meerbeck.

Sports

• The tennis club Meerbeck e. V. maintains three tennis courts with a clubhouse.
• Shooting sports are operated by the Schützenverein Volksdorf e. V. in the rifle house with a shooting range and an area for archery.
• Dancing takes place in the folk dance and costume group, which also takes care of the homeland.

Economy and Infrastructure

Public facilities

• The Stadthagen Police Department is responsible for security and order. A police station is set up in Niedernwöhren for day duty.
• Defensive fire protection and general help is provided by the Meerbeck-Niedernwöhren volunteer fire department .

education

There is a kindergarten and a primary school in the community. Secondary schools are located in Helpsen and Stadthagen .

traffic

Via Stadthagen you can reach the federal highway 65 in a few minutes and via this the BAB 2 in Bad Nenndorf . The closest train station is in Stadthagen. Connections in the direction of Hanover and Minden are reached every half hour. The public transport is served by the Schaumburger Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (SVG) with the line 2121 and by the company Rottmann & Spannuth (RSO) with the line 24/28. The Niedernwöhren call bus system is also available. Transport by ship can take place via the port of Wiehagen on the Mittelland Canal.

Personalities

• Ernst Koller (born June 20, 1875 in Meerbeck; † December 3, 1961 there), farmer and politician (DNVP)

literature

• Ernst Führing: 1979 - 2019 - 40 years of Tennis Club Meerbeck, published by the Tennis Club Meerbeck, 2019
• Ernst Führing: Important and irrelevant things from Meerbeck and the surrounding area over the past thousand years. published by the municipality of Meerbeck, 2013
• Ernst Führing: 1927 - 2002 - 75 years of the Meerbeck volunteer fire department, published by the Meerbeck volunteer fire department, 2002
• Hermann Banser: Meerbeck 1945–1948: the eviction of a village, reports and documents. published by the municipality of Meerbeck, 1985
• Heinrich Munk: Meribiki-Meerbeck: History of a village in the Schaumburger Land. published by the municipality of Meerbeck, 1981

Web links

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

• Homepage of the community

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. ^ 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. 201 .