Meissen (Minden)

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Meissen
City of Minden
Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ′ 3 ″  N , 8 ° 57 ′ 9 ″  E
Height : 47 m above sea level NN
Area : 4.68 km²
Residents : 3320  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 709 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 32423
Area code : 0571
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Location of Meissen in Minden

Meißen is a district of Minden , North Rhine-Westphalia , east of the Weser , right on the border with the Schaumburg district of Lower Saxony . To the north, Meißen is bounded by Dankersen , to the west by the Rechtes Weserufer district , to the south by Porta Westfalica (districts of Nammen , Neesen and Lerbeck ) and to the east by Bückeburg .

history

Meissen was founded in 1090 . In 1818 one of the first gymnastics grounds in Germany was opened here in the area of ​​today's Gerdsweg. Until the end of 1958 there was a mine here , the Minden coal mine , with an overburden dump that can be seen from afar, but has since given way to an industrial area. Since the incorporation into Minden, many new building areas have been developed and new residents have been drawn in.

From 1918 to 1963 the Mindener Kreisbahnen operated the Meißen-Notthorn and Meißen stops . From 1929/30 Meißen could also be reached by Minden tram . This used the tracks of the circular railway from Notthorn to Meißen station. It was discontinued in late 1956.

On January 1, 1973, the municipality of Meißen , which had previously belonged to the Hausberge department, was incorporated into the district town of Minden. This also changed the village's remuneration: If you always went to Hausberge before, Minden was now the destination when it came to official business take care of.

District life

The village community festival, which is well known beyond the borders of Minden, takes place once a year in Meißen. A large flea and flea market takes place on the respective festival Sunday. The largest club in Meißen is the Tuspo-Meißen "Turn- und Sportverein Meißen von 1892 eV" The main branches are handball and artistic gymnastics, in addition, a diverse popular sports program is offered. The sports advertising week takes place every year around Corpus Christi. Another club known beyond the region is the Meissen men's choir. In Meißen there is also a fire fighting group of the Minden volunteer fire brigade , the pedigree breeders ' association and the senior citizens' club.

Meißen is increasingly losing the character of a village that it used to be due to many new development areas and many new residents, and is increasingly becoming a district of Minden. The proportion of foreigners at the end of 2007 was 3.86%. In addition to the old town center, the Meißen district also includes the so-called “Grille”, the “Südbruch” and the “Clus”. Grille and Clus are former railroad workers' settlements along the old main road from Minden to Bückeburg and Rinteln.

The former primary school in Meißen was merged in 2007 against the will of the majority of the population in the Meißen district with the school in the Rechtes Weserufer district and renamed the Cornelia Funke School. A new school building was built in Dankersen for this purpose . The district of Meißen has since had no school of its own. The originally planned establishment of a private school ("Free Evangelical School") was not pursued after protests from Meißen residents. The old school with sports hall and school auditorium on Forststraße is now used as a club house and sports facility for local clubs and businesses. In the immediate vicinity of the former school is the oldest pub in Meissen, the Ratsklause , which today mainly serves as a neighborhood bar and local club bar .

Old school

The old school on the forest road consists of an old building from the Wilhelmine era (inaugurated in 1893) and a new building from 1957. There is also a sports hall from 1962. This ensemble of buildings, located in the center of the village, is grouped around an inner courtyard that turns into a sports field used, fenced area passes over. The local association "Pro Meißen" is currently implementing a re-use concept in the sense of a village or district center. The sports hall and the sports field are used by the local sports club. The rooms of the old school building are used by various associations as well as by various companies (e.g. a driving school), while large parts of the new school building are rented to other companies. The school auditorium, which is also located in the new building, is available to the village community. The former school yard and the adjoining area, which was previously used as a sports field, will continue to be used for sporting purposes, but also for external events such as a campsite for the "DMCG".

traffic

Meißen is conveniently located at the intersection of the streets Minden - Bückeburg ( B65n ) and Nienburg - Porta Westfalica ( B482 ).

Meißen is the end of a city ​​bus route from the Minden city center.

Attractions

Windmill

In the center of Meißen on Freistraße and Meißener Dorfstraße there is a memorial for the former coal mine in Minden in the form of a wagon. The memorial was procured with the substantial help of the then home guardian Horst Gattke and inaugurated on September 1, 1985 with a ceremony. In addition to the local population, Barbara Erzbergbau AG from neighboring Nammen also took part in the festivities. Other attractions are the museum railway that runs through Meissen and the old windmill , a Wallholland windmill from 1883, where you can get married in a civil ceremony since 2020. In the old town center there are beautiful farmhouses typical of the region.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population statistics of the city of Minden ( Memento from April 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 326 .
  3. ↑ Pro Meißen , accessed on November 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ DMCG , accessed November 30, 2015

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