Nienstedt (Despetal)

Nienstedt City of Gronau (Leine)
	Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 28 " N , 9 ° 51 ′ 56" E
Height :	137 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.36 km²
Residents :	124 (Nov. 30, 2016)
Population density :	91 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Incorporated into:	Despetal
Postal code :	31028
Area code :	05065
Location of Nienstedt in Lower Saxony
	St. Andrew's Church

Nienstedt is a district of the small town of Gronau (Leine) in the Hildesheim district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Nienstedt is located southwest of Hildesheim and east of Gronau between the Weser Uplands Nature Park in the west and the somewhat distant Harz in the east. Immediately northeast of the former municipality is the Hildesheim Forest , south of it the Seven Mountains .

history

Nienstedt was first mentioned in 1174 in a document from Bishop Adelog von Hildesheim , at that time the place was called Nienstide . In 1210 he was named Nigenstede in another document . From the Hildesheim bishop Konrad II (1221–46) it is handed down that Nienstedt was his favorite residence. A parish church of Nienstedt was first built in 1397 by Pope Bonifatius IX. issued document mentioned. However, the church of Nienstedt had to be abandoned in 1770 due to the risk of collapse. The St. Andrew's Church, built on a hill and visible from afar, is worth seeing. The west tower was built in 1830, the neo-Gothic nave in 1894/95. An old well was reconstructed in the street Im Grund in the west of the village. In Nienstedt there are also several well-preserved half-timbered houses, z. B. in Bergstrasse. A memorial with the coats of arms of Eitzum, Barfelde and Nienstedt commemorates the foundation of the Despetal community in 1974.

At the beginning of the 20th century Nienstedt had 156 inhabitants. In 1901 the Elze – Bodenburg railway , also known as the Lower Saxony Almetal Railway , was inaugurated. It ran south of Barfelde and - in places in a cut - north of Eitzum and Nienstedt. A train station each was built on this railway line in Eitzum and Barfelde. From 1966 the line was closed. In Nienstedt, a football field was created in the area of the former railway line in 1987, east of Nienstedt a section of the railway embankment has been preserved until just before the neighboring Hönze .

Incorporations

The formerly independent municipality of Nienstedt was incorporated into the municipality of Despetal on March 1, 1974 .

On November 1, 2016 Despetal was incorporated into the enlarged city of Gronau (Leine) . At the same time the town of Gronau was a member of the merger by the likewise on November 1, 2016 Samtgemeinden Duingen and Gronau (Leine) incurred Samtgemeinde Leinebergland .

politics

City Councilor and Mayor

Since November 1, 2016, Nienstedt has been represented at the municipal level by the City Council of Gronau (Leine).

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was the community Nienstedt on July 27, 1938 the Provincial President of the Province of Hanover awarded. The district administrator from Alfeld presented it on January 6, 1939.

	Blazon : “On a red shield over a green shield base, a white-clad Germanic warrior from around 1000 BC with a golden headgear , golden sandals and golden hair . The lance in the right runs in the upper edge of the shield . Defense hanger and sword , the hilt of which encircles the left hand, in gold. "
	Founding of the coat of arms: The history of the municipality of Nienstedt can be traced back to the Bronze Age . A cemetery from this time is located near the Hildesheimer Walde , and probably the mightiest burial mound rises near the southeastern exit of the village. So the municipality of Nienstedt chose a Germanic warrior of the Bronze Age as a heraldic symbol with the best of reasons.

traffic

Nienstedt is connected to the road network via country roads with federal highways 3 and 1
Daily work Nienstedt is by bus traffic on Sibbesse with Alfeld and Hildesheim connected

literature

Ernst August Strüber (text), Martin Klauss (photos): Despetal then and now. Contributions to the history of Barfelde, Eitzum and Nienstedt. Ed .: Community Despetal, Harsum: Druckhaus Köhler, 361 pages with numerous illustrations, (undated, 2012?), ISBN 978-3-938385-44-9

Web links

Commons : Nienstedt - collection of images

Individual evidence

↑ Population of the Leinebergland - Nienstedt community. In: www.vennekohl.de. November 30, 2016, accessed on September 18, 2017 (PDF; 3.5 kB).
↑ Information on the history of Nienstedt: Information board at the entrance to the village.
^ Neumanns Orts- und Verkehrslexikon , p. 754. Leipzig 1905.
^ 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. 204 .
↑ Lower Saxony State Chancellery (Ed.): Law on the unification of the communities of Banteln, Betheln, Brüggen, Despetal, Rheden and the city of Gronau (Leine) as well as on the new formation of the Duingen area and the Leinebergland community, Hildesheim district . Lower Saxony Law and Ordinance Gazette (Nds. GVBl.). No. 22/2015 . Hanover December 15, 2015, p. 399-400 ( digitized [PDF; 278 kB ; accessed on June 29, 2019] pp. 17–18).
^ ^A ^b Wilhelm Barner : Coat of arms and seal of the Alfeld district . Rebinding. Lax GmbH & Co. KG, Hildesheim 1998 ( digitized version of the text part of the first edition from 1940 [PDF; 10.0 MB ; accessed on June 11, 2019]).

[1] Population of the Leinebergland - Nienstedt community. In: www.vennekohl.de. November 30, 2016, accessed on September 18, 2017 (PDF; 3.5 kB).

[2] Information on the history of Nienstedt: Information board at the entrance to the village.

[3] Neumanns Orts- und Verkehrslexikon , p. 754. Leipzig 1905.

[4] 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. 204 .

[Neubildung-5] Lower Saxony State Chancellery (Ed.): Law on the unification of the communities of Banteln, Betheln, Brüggen, Despetal, Rheden and the city of Gronau (Leine) as well as on the new formation of the Duingen area and the Leinebergland community, Hildesheim district . Lower Saxony Law and Ordinance Gazette (Nds. GVBl.). No. 22/2015 . Hanover December 15, 2015, p. 399-400 ( digitized [PDF; 278 kB ; accessed on June 29, 2019] pp. 17–18).

[wappen-6] A ^b Wilhelm Barner : Coat of arms and seal of the Alfeld district . Rebinding. Lax GmbH & Co. KG, Hildesheim 1998 ( digitized version of the text part of the first edition from 1940 [PDF; 10.0 MB ; accessed on June 11, 2019]).