Mellendorf

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Mellendorf
Wedemark municipality
Coat of arms of Mellendorf
Coordinates: 52 ° 32 ′ 49 ″  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 11 ″  E
Height : 49 m above sea level NHN
Area : 9.25 km²
Residents : 6665  (Dec. 31, 2015)
Population density : 721 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 30900
Area code : 05130
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Location of Mellendorf in Wedemark
New town hall Wedemark in Mellendorf
New town hall Wedemark in Mellendorf

Mellendorf is a part of the municipality Wedemark in the Hanover region . With its 6665 inhabitants, it is the district with the most inhabitants in Wedemark. The administrative seat of the municipality is in Mellendorf.

geography

Mellendorf is in the middle of the Wedemark and not far from the southern edge of the Lüneburg Heath . The forest area Forst Rundshorn is located about 4 km east of Mellendorf behind the A 7 . The state capital Hanover is located around 20 km south of the town . The Airport Hannover-Langenhagen is located 9.5 km to the southwest.

history

With the construction of the Berkhof – Gailhof – Altwarmbüchen motorway section of the A 7 in 1960, the Wedemärk communities had a direct connection to the national road network. Mellendorf lost its rural character. It developed into the regional center for commercial and industrial companies as well as numerous schools such as the adult education center .

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, Mellendorf was incorporated into the new municipality of Wedemark.

Population development

With 128 inhabitants in 1823, Mellendorf had a rural character. The population of Mellendorf rose from 604 to 1121 in the period from 1895 to 1939. After new development areas were created in 1975, the population of Mellendorf rose from 4108 to 5534 from 1969 to 1980. The brisk construction activity favored the influx of families from all over the Federal Republic of Germany .

politics

Local council

The local council is jointly responsible for the two districts of Gailhof and Mellendorf and consists of four councilors and five councilors.

(Status: local election September 11, 2016)

Local mayor

The local mayor is Jessica Borgas (CDU), she is represented by Larbi Amerouz (SPD).

coat of arms

The design of the coat of arms of Mellendorf comes from the heraldist and coat of arms painter Gustav Völker , who also designed the coat of arms of Großburgwedel , Meitze , Wunstorf and many other places in the Hanover region. The coat of arms was awarded on June 13, 1955 by the Lower Saxony Minister of the Interior .

Coat of arms of Mellendorf
 Blazon : "In silver a rooted, green oak tree , the trunk of which is covered with a red shield , inside an upright, silver wolf's tang ."
Foundation of the coat of arms: Mellendorf is a place that is characterized by a large number of old oaks. At the same time, the oak expresses the bond with northern Germany. Down-to-earth, loyalty to the home and durability are also symbolically expressed by the oak. The wolf angel in the small coat of arms is intended to indicate that it belongs to the Burgdorf district . However, the wolf angel also has a meaning that points to the past. There have been wolves in our area and wolf fishing was in use.

Town twinning

religion

The historic St.  Georg church on Wedemarkstrasse belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Mellendorf-Hellendorf and thus to the Burgwedel-Langenhagen parish . The community also has a day-care center on Krausenstrasse.

The Catholic Church of St. Maria Immaculata , also known colloquially as St. Mary for short , is located on the Karpatenweg. It was built in 1958/59 by Josef Fehlig and consecrated on December 13, 1959 by Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen . Your parish, which has also included the Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Schwarmstedt since November 1st, 2014 , is part of the Hanover deanery .

The New Apostolic Church at Stargarder Straße 22 existed until 2005. The nearest New Apostolic Church is today in Großburgwedel, 12 km away .

  • St. George's Church in Mellendorf

  • St. Mary's Church

Culture and sights

Buildings

  • A church in Mellendorf was first mentioned in a document from 1225. The church was significantly expanded in 1497 and further changed in the following centuries as it is today as St. George.
  • A little hidden on the southeastern edge of Mellendorf is a Dutch windmill, which was built in 1853.
  • One of the oldest inns in Wedemark is the Gasthaus Stucke from 1624 at the intersection of Wedemarkstrasse and Bissendorfer Strasse. Since the major renovations and extensions in 1898, the external appearance of the monument has been preserved to this day.
  • The Mellendorf telecommunications tower is on Friedrichshöhe on the southwestern edge of the town. When it was built in 1951, the 61 m high reinforced concrete type tower was part of the radio link between Hamburg and Cologne required for the NWDR's television operation . There is an operating room at a height of 27 meters. Today the tower belongs to the Deutsche Funkturm (DFMG), a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom .

Architectural monuments

→ See: List of architectural monuments in Mellendorf

  • Gasthaus Stucke from 1624

  • Telecommunication tower Mellendorf

  • Dutch windmill from 1853

  • Old station building

  • School center behind the sandstone gate of the children's rights project

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Mellendorf is connected to the A 7 via the “Mellendorf” exit via the L 310 to the motorway network. The motorway is about 4 km east of the town center. Mellendorf station is served by S-Bahn line 4 , which offers connections to Hanover Central Station every half hour during rush hour , as well as by Heidebahn railcars with travel options to Schwarmstedt , Walsrode , Soltau and Buchholz (Nordheide) as well as Langenhagen and Hanover Central Station.

education

In Mellendorf there is a primary school as well as the Wedemark secondary school . The Realschule , the Gymnasium and the Integrated Comprehensive School of Wedemark are combined in Campus W. There are also two special needs schools as well as an adult education center and the training center for the construction industry.

Web links

Commons : Mellendorf  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Area information for the municipality of Wedemark. (PDF; 10 kB) In: Website of the municipality of Wedemark. January 1, 2011, accessed May 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Population of the community Wedemark. (PDF; 121 kB; p. 2) In: Website of the municipality of Wedemark. December 31, 2015, accessed May 6, 2019 .
  3. ^ 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. 221 .
  4. ↑ a b Local council of Gailhof and Mellendorf. In: Website of the municipality of Wedemark. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  5. ^ A b Landkreis Hannover (ed.): Wappenbuch Landkreis Hannover . Self-published, Hanover 1985, p. 494-495 .
  6. ↑ St. George's Church in Mellendorf. (PDF; 79kB) In: Website Ev.-luth. St. Georg parish, Mellendorf. Archived from the original on December 14, 2005 ; accessed on May 3, 2019 .
  7. ^ History of the inn. In: Website Gasthaus Stucke. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  8. ↑ 1952 - No spectators, but it has to start , The large directional radio link from north to south on fernsehmuseum.info - Deutsches Fernsehmuseum Wiesbaden , accessed on July 12, 2019
  9. ↑ Special schools in Wedemark Mellendorf. In: www.familiennavigator.de. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  10. ^ Adult Education Center Mellendorf. ( Memento of April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: www.infobel.com. Retrieved April 3, 2019.