Melchiorshausen

Melchiorshausen municipality Weyhe Coordinates: 52 ° 58 ′ 5 ″  N , 8 ° 47 ′ 44 ″  E
Residents :	1889  (Dec. 31, 2005)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	28844
Area code :	0421
Location of Melchiorshausen in Lower Saxony
Melchiorshausen from above

Melchiorshausen is a district of the municipality Weyhe , district of Diepholz , Lower Saxony . , In 2016 Melchiorshausen had 1782 inhabitants.

geography

Geographical location

Melchiorshausen is located about 12 km south of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen in the southwest of the municipality Weyhe at an altitude of 7 m above sea level. NN and has 1889 inhabitants (December 31, 2005). The federal highway 6 cuts through the place and creates connection to the north ( Bremen ) and to the south ( Hanover ).

The places Erichshof, Leeste , Ristedt and Barrien are adjacent to Melchiorshausen .

In the southern area of Melchiorshausen, on the border of the district Syker Barrien, located on both sides of the highway 6, the conservation area "Melchior Hauser Fuhren". It also houses the shooting range and the shooting range for the shooting club .

climate

Temperate maritime climate influenced by humid northwest winds from the North Sea. On a long-term average, the air temperature reaches 8.5 ° - 9.0 ° C and around 700 mm of precipitation falls. Between May and August, an average of 20-25 summer days can be expected.

history

The first settlement sites in the 17th century emerged from a shepherd's settlement on the Schaftrift in the village of Leeste.

In 1773 the place was marked in the Kurhannoversche Landesaufnahme as 'Melchershausen', with farms in the area of ​​today's Heideweg and at the cooperage ("Bötjer").

Until March 1, 1974, Melchiorshausen belonged together with the districts of Leeste, Erichshof, Hörden, Angelse and Hagen to the previously independent municipality of Leeste. Then the communities Kirchweyhe, Sudweyhe and Leeste were combined to form the unitary community Weyhe.

traffic

• Melchiorshausen can be reached via the federal highway 6 between Bremen and Hanover or the federal highway 1 exit Bremen- Brinkum .
• The Bremen airport is 15 km away and is on the national highway 6 to achieve.

societies

• Schützenverein Melchiorshausen eV, founded in 1900
• Melchiorshausen volunteer fire brigade , founded in 1909
• TSV Melchiorshausen

education

• Support center and special school with a focus on learning "School in the Leester Heide"
• Melchiorshausen kindergarten

Personalities

• Louise Ebert (* 1873 in Melchiorshausen / Weyhe as Louise Rump ; † 1955 in Heidelberg), wife of Friedrich Ebert , the first German Reich President .

literature

• Weyhe community plan with all districts. Scale 1: 17500. Cities publisher E. v. Wagner & J. Mitterhuber GmbH, Fellbach b. Stuttgart undated; ISBN 3-8164-3913-6

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population statistics for the municipality of Weyhe, 2017
2. ↑ Weyhe # community formation (with population figures)