Niedernwöhren

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 21 '  N , 9 ° 9'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Schaumburg
Joint municipality :	Niedernwöhren
Height :	63 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.06 km 2
Residents:	2021 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	183 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	31712
Primaries :	05721, 05726
License plate :	SHG, RI
Community key :	03 2 57 025
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 46 31712 Niedernwöhren
Website :	www.niedernwoehren.de
Mayor :	Thomas Bachmann ( SPD )
Location of the community of Niedernwöhren in the Schaumburg district

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Niedernwöhren is a municipality in the Schaumburg district in Lower Saxony . The municipality is the administrative seat of the municipality of Niedernwöhren and has 2012 inhabitants. The area is 11.06 km².

geography

Niedernwöhren is about 3 kilometers northwest of the district town of Stadthagen on the edge of the Schaumburg Forest . In the northern area, the municipality is affected by the Mittelland Canal . To neighboring community Nordsehl forms Reeke the border.

In addition to the main town, the residential areas Horsthöfe, Landwehr, Mittelbrink, Wiehagen and Wulfhagen belong to the community.

Neighboring communities are the communities Pollhagen , Nordsehl , Meerbeck and Wiedensahl in clockwise order .

history

The community was mentioned for the first time in 1232 in a body breed prescription as Nederen. It was not until the 19th century that today's spelling became established. A series of clearing farms in the Schaumburger Forest formed the starting chain of the place. In 1559 the Protestant faith was introduced.

In 1593, a witch hunt was carried out in Niedernwöhren (Amt Stadthagen) : the man Grimme got into a witch trial .

When the county of Schaumburg was divided in 1648, the place became part of the Lippe part and belonged to the city council. As early as 1766, Niedernwöhren was the largest village in the administrative area. Mittelbrink was founded in 1768 by Count Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe. The settled workers and craftsmen were given a twelve-year exemption from taxes. In 1876 a fire fighting association was formed with Meerbeck, Volksdorf, Hespe and Hobbensen. The year 1927 saw the establishment of the Niedernwöhren volunteer fire brigade .

In 1871 Niedernwöhren formed a rural community and belonged to the district office district Stadthagen-Hagenburg. Further stations were from 1899 to 1948 in the district of Stadthagen and from 1948 to 1977 in the district of Schaumburg-Lippe. On March 1, 1974 the merger with Lauenhagen, Meerbeck, Nordsehl, Pollhagen and Wiedensahl took place to form the integrated community of Niedernwöhren. Since August 1977 the community has belonged to the newly formed district of Schaumburg .

religion

The population is predominantly Protestant.

• Ev.-luth. Parish. The municipality Niedernwöhren is up to the district central Brink, of the parish Pollhagen heard the parish Meerbeck affiliated.
• The catholic population of the community Niedernwöhren belongs to the catholic. Parish of St. Joseph in Stadthagen .

politics

Municipal council

The council of the municipality consists of 11 councilors and councilors.

• CDU - 3 seats
• SPD - 8 seats

(Status: local election on September 11, 2016 )

Mayor / Administration

Mayor is Thomas Bachmann (SPD). The council has appointed Sebastian Kühn as community director. The parish office is in the old school, Hauptstr. 19th

coat of arms

According to the main statute of the municipality, no coat of arms is used.

Culture and sights

Sports

The sporting activity takes place in the Turn- und Sportverein (TuS) Niedernwöhren von 1912 eV. TuS operates the fields of soccer, aerobics, jazz dance, athletics, rowing, dancing, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics and volleyball. There are two sports fields, a gym and a boathouse at the Wiehagen harbor.

societies

• Association of the volunteer fire department Meerbeck-Niedernwöhren
• PSV Niedernwöhren
• Postage stamp club Niedernwöhren
• Trade, trade and traffic association (HGV) Niedernwöhren eV
• Social Association Germany (Reichsbund), local group Niedernwöhren
• Eight-tour dance group Niedernwöhren
• Seemannsverein Niedernwöhren und Umgebung eV

A specialty in the inland is the seamen's association Niedernwöhren und Umgebung eV from 1902 . In the absence of jobs on site, numerous workers went to sea as herring catchers from 1830 to 1967 during the fishing season. During that time, the Niedernwöhren area alone provided 104 captains. In order to cultivate the customs and also to conclude new employment contracts, the seaman's association was founded. To commemorate the seamen who died while working, a seaman's memorial was erected in neighboring Meerbeck.

Buildings

See also : The list of architectural monuments in Niedernwöhren

Economy and Infrastructure

Public facilities

• The Stadthagen Police Department is responsible for security and order. A police station is set up in Niedernwöhren for day duty.
• The merged volunteer fire brigade Meerbeck-Niedernwöhren is responsible for fire protection and general help.

education

In the pre-school area there is a kindergarten, a day care center and a private children's house. The entire community maintains a primary school. Secondary schools are located in Helpsen and Stadthagen.

traffic

Bundesstrasse 65 runs about three kilometers to the southeast . In east and west direction, the federal highway 2 can be reached with the junction at Bad Nenndorf or Bad Eilsen . The closest train station is in Stadthagen . Regional trains in the direction of Hanover - Braunschweig and Bielefeld - Rheine are reached here. The station is also the stop of the Hanover S-Bahn. The public transport is on the line in 2121 the company traffic Schaumburg settled. The Niedernwöhren call bus system can be accessed internally.

In the past, the Stadthagen – Stolzenau railway served Niedernwöhren.

Shipping traffic is handled at the ports of Niedernwöhren .

Web links

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

• Niedernwöhren community

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. ^ Gerhard Schormann : Witches' persecution in Schaumburg , in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte, Volume 45, Hildesheim 1973, pp. 149–151
3. ↑ Horse News . In: Horse News . ( pferd-aktuell.de [accessed on June 21, 2017]).
4. ↑ Monument to the herring catchers in Niedernwöhren