Mehedorf

Mehedorf Mehdbod City of Bremervörde
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '7 "  N , 9 ° 5' 54"  E
Height :	1 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.57 km²
Residents :	205  (Oct 31, 2013)
Population density :	27 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	27432
Area code :	04769
Location of Mehedorf in Bremervörde

Mehedorf ( Low German Mehdbod ) is a town in Lower Saxony in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district . It is part of the city of Bremervörde and has 205 inhabitants.

Description of coat of arms

	Blazon : "In blue over a silver shield base covered with a blue wavy bar, a golden gable of a Mehedorf farmhouse."

geography

Mehedorf is around five kilometers north of Bremervörde and east of the Mehe . The place is in the Vörder Moor, an outer area of ​​the Teufelsmoors .

history

Mehedorf was founded in 1776 by Jürgen Christian Findorff as part of the moor colonization . In 1789 it is stated that the place had 35 houses, in which 186 people, including 108 children, lived.

On March 1, 1974, the place was incorporated into the city of Bremervörde.

politics

The local mayor is Erwin Busch. Stand 2013

Web links

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

• Website Mehedorfs

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Bremervörde: Bremervörde and the localities
2. ↑ ^{a b} Dietrich Heinrich Stöver: Historical-statistical contributions to the closer knowledge of the states and the newer world events . Benjamin Gottlob Hoffmann, Hamburg 1789, p. 350 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
3. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany . Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, districts and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982. W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 242 .