Flours (Elze)

Flours City of Elze
	Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 51 ″ N , 9 ° 41 ′ 36 ″ E
Height :	95 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.67 km²
Residents :	1083 (June 30, 2018)
Population density :	112 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	31008
Area code :	05068
Location of Mehle in Lower Saxony
	The former B 1 in Mehle

Mehle is a south-western district of the city of Elze near the Osterwald in Lower Saxony .

history

Mehle was first mentioned in documents from Bishop Bernward von Hildesheim in 1022 . Bishop Jobst Edmund von Brabeck had hard coal mined here from 1694 with the permission of Ernst August . In 1726, the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I was a guest in the local post office, which was demolished in August 2012.

Due to the regional reform in Lower Saxony on March 1, 1974, Mehle became one of seven districts of the city of Elze. Bundesstrasse 1 ran through the town . Since November 2010 there is a bypass road north of the village.

politics

City Councilor and Mayor

Flour is at the local level by the Council, representing the city Elze.

Mayor

The mayor of Mehle is Wolfgang Thiesemann ( SPD ).

coat of arms

The municipality was awarded the municipal coat of arms on August 16, 1939 by the mayor of the then Prussian province of Hanover . The district administrator from Alfeld handed it over on December 13 of the same year.

Blazon : “ Shield divided ; above in gold two red five-petalled roses with golden fruits and green sepals, below in red a golden rose with red fruits and green sepals. "

Foundation of the coat of arms: The village of Mehle is located in the former county and later the Poppenburg office . The Counts of Poppenburg used three heraldic roses in their coat of arms and seals. These roses of the former lords of the village are related again here in a free arrangement of the group. The affiliation of the municipality of Mehle to the Hildesheim landscape is expressed in the colors of the sign.

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Wegehaus on the outskirts had from 1803 travelers a toll to use the road from flour to Elze paid.
The Protestant St. Urbani Church (Alte Poststraße 26) has a Romanesque tower and a baroque nave . Today it belongs to the Hildesheimer Land-Alfeld parish .
The Catholic St. Marien Church (Wiedfeldstrasse 48) was built in 1845/46. The baroque high altar comes from the Escherde monastery . Today it belongs to the parish of St. Joseph in Gronau .

St. Urbani Church in Mehle
St. Marien Church in Mehle

Personalities

People connected to the place

Jobst Edmund von Brabeck (1619–1702), Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim since 1688, from 1694 he had coal mined at Mehle
Balthasar Conrad Euler (1791–1874), organ builder, in 1829 he built the organ of St. Mary's Church
Andreas Bovenschulte (* 1965), lawyer, politician (SPD) and since 2019 Mayor of Bremen and President of the Senate and thus head of government of the State of Bremen, grew up in Mehle

Web links

Commons : Flours - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Numbers and dates. In: Website of the city of Elze. June 30, 2018, accessed April 10, 2019 .
^ Hermann Brassert, Heinrich von Achenbach: Journal for mining law. Volume 8, 1867, p. 167.
↑ Formerly kings and princes drove through flour. In: Elzer Spiegel website. August 3, 2013, accessed September 16, 2018 .
^ 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. 205 .
^ Directory of the mayors and mayors in the Hildesheim district. In: www.diekholzen.de. Retrieved June 24, 2017 (DOCX; 72.1 kB).
^ ^A ^b Wilhelm Barner : Coat of arms and seal of the Alfeld district . Rebinding. Lax GmbH & Co. KG, Hildesheim 1998 ( digitized version of the text part of the first edition from 1940 [PDF; 10.0 MB ; accessed on June 11, 2019]).

[Zahlen_und_Daten-1] Numbers and dates. In: Website of the city of Elze. June 30, 2018, accessed April 10, 2019 .

[2] Hermann Brassert, Heinrich von Achenbach: Journal for mining law. Volume 8, 1867, p. 167.

[3] Formerly kings and princes drove through flour. In: Elzer Spiegel website. August 3, 2013, accessed September 16, 2018 .

[4] 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. 205 .

[5] Directory of the mayors and mayors in the Hildesheim district. In: www.diekholzen.de. Retrieved June 24, 2017 (DOCX; 72.1 kB).

[wappen-6] A ^b Wilhelm Barner : Coat of arms and seal of the Alfeld district . Rebinding. Lax GmbH & Co. KG, Hildesheim 1998 ( digitized version of the text part of the first edition from 1940 [PDF; 10.0 MB ; accessed on June 11, 2019]).