Neuenkirchen (near Bassum)

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Neuenkirchen (near Bassum)
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Coordinates: 52 ° 47 '  N , 8 ° 45'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Diepholz
Joint municipality : Schwaförden
Height : 60 m above sea level NHN
Area : 14.66 km 2
Residents: 1206 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 82 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 27251
Area code : 04245
License plate : DH, SY
Community key : 03 2 51 028
Association administration address: Poststrasse 157
27252 Schwaförden
Mayor : Heinrich Kanzelmeier (WGN)
Location of the community of Neuenkirchen in the district of Diepholz
Landkreis Diepholz Niedersachsen Nordrhein-Westfalen Nordrhein-Westfalen Landkreis Osnabrück Landkreis Nienburg/Weser Bremen Delmenhorst Landkreis Verden Landkreis Vechta Landkreis Oldenburg Landkreis Cloppenburg Stemshorn Lemförde Quernheim Brockum Marl Quernheim Hüde Lembruch Dümmer Diepholz Drebber Barnstorf Wetschen Dickel Rehden Hemsloh Barver Freistatt Wehrbleck Bahrenborstel Varrel Kirchdorf Wagenfeld Barenburg Barenburg Eydelstedt Sulingen Drentwede Scholen Ehrenburg Neuenkirchen Maasen Borstel Siedenburg Mellinghausen Staffhorst Schwaförden Asendorf Affinghausen Sudwalde Schwarme Martfeld Bruchhausen-Vilsen Twistringen Bassum Syke Weyhe Stuhrmap
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Neuenkirchen is a municipality in the Diepholz district in Lower Saxony with the districts Neuenkirchen, Cantrup and Scholen. It belongs to the joint municipality of Schwaförden.

geography

Neuenkirchen is located south of the Wildeshauser Geest Nature Park, roughly halfway between Bremen and Osnabrück . The community belongs to the combined community Schwaförden , which has its administrative seat in Schwaförden .

Neighboring communities

City of
Twistringen 		City of
Bassum
Neighboring communities
Municipality
Ehrenburg 		community
Scholen

history

Neuenkirchen was first mentioned in documents in 1258 in connection with the St. Katharinen Church. The noblemen of Grimmenberg had their seat on the eastern edge of the village of Neuenkirchen . This family, which belonged to the non-princely high nobility, flourished in the 12th and 13th centuries. She died out with Friedrich von Grimmenberg around 1259/66 in the male line. His rule then came to the Counts of Oldenburg-Bruchhausen (Grafschaft Altbruchhausen (today Bruchhausen-Vilsen )), who passed to the County of Hoya in the middle of the 14th century .

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, the previously independent municipality of Cantrup was incorporated.

Population development

The good transport connections are reflected in the population development. The number of inhabitants has increased since the 1987 census, in which 757 inhabitants were counted, to 1152 inhabitants in 2014.

year May 17, 1939 September 13, 1950 June 6, 1961 May 27, 1970 May 25, 1987 December 31, 2000 December 31, 2005 December 31, 2010 December 31, 2014
Residents 649 1,084 762 695 757 1073 1170 1187 1152

politics

Municipal council

The community council from Neuenkirchen consists of eleven council members and councilors.

  • WGN 11 seats

(Status: local election on September 11, 2016)

mayor

Heinrich Kanzelmeier was elected mayor in 2011.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows the Neuenkirchen church in red on a golden background, underneath the silver-white coat of arms of the noble lords of Grimmenberg can be seen.

Culture and sights

Katharinenkirche
  • The Romanesque Katharinenkirche dates from the 13th century. It is considered an architectural gem. The paintings inside the church are particularly noteworthy.
  • Every year a Low German play by the Neenkarkner Dbodyspellers is performed in several performances. All actors come from the Neuenkirchen area.

traffic

The federal road 61 , which leads from Bassum to Sulingen , runs directly through the community . The place used to have its own breakpoint on the now closed , but still existing Bassum – Herford railway line . Today the building is used as a shooting range by the rifle club.

Infrastructure

Parish The ev.-luth. The Neuenkirchen parish works together with its neighboring parish in Schmalförden.

Fire brigade The Neuenkirchen volunteer fire brigade is one of eleven fire brigades in the municipality of Schwaförden and has basic equipment. It is equipped with a portable pump vehicle (TSF) and a tank fire engine 16 (TLF 16). The central location is the fire station attached to the village community center . The Cantrup volunteer fire brigade also has basic equipment. Both fire services provide fire protection and general help.

societies

  • The Neuenkirchen rifle club from 1904, Bassumer Str. 12
  • TV Neuenkirchen from 1919, Cantruper Str.18, offers football, table tennis, gymnastics, gymnastics and dance.

Sons and daughters of Neuenkirchen

Web links

Commons : Neuenkirchen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
  2. ↑ Bernd Ulrich Hucker: Gross Lessen in the Lordship of Grimmenberg . In: Chronicle of Gross Lessen . Plenge & Sohn, Sulingen 2016, p. 11-31 .
  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. 189 .