Oberndorf (Oste)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 45 '  N , 9 ° 9'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Cuxhaven
Joint municipality :	Land Hadeln
Height :	1 m above sea level NHN
Area :	32.71 km 2
Residents:	1352 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	41 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	21787
Primaries :	04771, 04772, 04778
License plate :	CUX
Community key :	03 3 52 042
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktstrasse 21, 21762 Otterndorf
Website :	www.oberndorf-oste.de
Mayor :	Detlef Horeis ( SPD )
Location of the municipality Oberndorf in the district of Cuxhaven

Oberdorf ( Low German Öberndörp ) is a community on the Oste in the land hadeln in the district of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony . Bentwisch, situated on the right of the Oste, also belongs to the main town of Oberndorf on the left of the Oste.

geography

Oberndorf seen from the west

Neighboring communities

Cadenberg	Balje district of Stade	Oederquart district of Stade
Wingst
	Hemmoor	East

Community structure

The municipality of Oberndorf is a holiday resort and on one side of the Oste consists of the districts of Oberndorf, Laak, Braak, Ahrensflucht and Ahrensfluchter Moor. On the other side of the Oste are the parts of the municipality Bentwisch, Zollbaum, Hasenfleet, Niederstrich, Niederstricher Deich, Moordeich, Moorstrich and Schwarzenmoor.

history

Oberndorf was first mentioned in a document as Overdorpe in 1316 . The dikes on the Elbe and Oste probably began in the middle of the 12th century and settlements emerged. The St. George's Church near Ostedeich was first mentioned in a document in 1379. The still existing low tower and the first church were probably built around 1300. In 1653, today's church was built to replace the previous Gothic building. The tall spire was built in 1717.

The settlers in the marshes were free farmers who chose their judges and jury themselves. From 1502 to 1511, Oberndorf and the parish of Geversdorf made an alliance with the state of Kehdingen . The Lords of Brobergen owned the civil court consisting of Schulzen, Schöppen and Rathmannen in Oberndorf . After the settlement of craftsmen, merchants and sailors Oberdorf was a 17th century spots . The clay mining in the river marsh led to the development of the brick industry in the 19th century.

The municipalities of Bülkau and Oberndorf joined the Samtgemeinde Am Dobrock with effect from January 1, 1970 , which in 2016 became part of the Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln . Since 1977 it has been possible to cross the river via a bridge that replaced the old ferry connection. In 2010 Oberndorf was re-included in the village renewal program.

Outsourcing

On January 1, 1972, an area with then about 50 inhabitants was assigned to the neighboring municipality of Hemmoor.

Population development

year	1910	1925	1933	1939	1950	1961	1970	1987	1992	1997	2002	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2015	2017
Residents	2370	2075	1910	1833	3057	2243	2089	1671	1666	1572	1588	1488	1456	1470	1444	1404	1359	1352

(Sources: 1910, 1925–1939, 1950, 1961 on June 6th, 1970 on May 27th, each census results; from 1987 on each December 31st)

politics

Municipal council

The council of the municipality of Oberndorf consists of two councilors and nine councilors. Eleven council members are the specified number for the member municipality of a joint municipality with a population between 1001 and 2000 inhabitants. The council members are elected for a five-year term by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party	Proportional votes	Number of seats
SPD	61.14%	7th
Citizen List Oberndorf (BLO)	28.28%	3
AfD	10.56%	1

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 59.46%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%.

mayor

The local council elected local council member Detlef Horeis (SPD) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term. His deputies are Oliver Elsen (SPD) and Horst von Thaden (BLO).

coat of arms

	Blazon : “ Divided ; above:a silver wavy band in green ; below: crenellated split by red and silver. "
	Justification of the coat of arms: The silver wavy ribbon symbolizes the Oste River, which divides the community in the green Ostemarsch. The crenellated wall was borrowed from the coat of arms of the noble von Brobergen family , which owned in Oberndorf.

Community partnerships

•  Ovrutsch , Ukraine , since 2010

Culture and sights

Buildings

The St. George's Church near Ostedeich was first mentioned in a document in 1379. The earlier Gothic church and the still existing low tower were probably built around 1300.

In 1653, the single-nave church that exists today was built from bricks with arched windows and massive buttresses as wall templates. The tall pyramid spire on the tower dates from 1717.

Inside: The nave is vaulted with wooden segment arched barrels . The gallery is all around. The towering pulpit altar is based on an inscription from 1663 by Jürgen Heitmann the Younger (1627–1671). It is richly decorated with reliefs , statues and elements of cartilage style . The pulpit also comes from Heitmann, but was only added to the altar structure at the beginning of the 18th century. The three-legged bronze baptismal font is believed to be from the 13th century. The baptismal angel (around 1660) and the crucifixion group from 1663 are by Heitmann. The altar candlesticks date from 1591 and 1601. The organ dating back to 1879 was made by Johann Hinrich Röver . Until 1830, burials were made in the crypts under the church and under the tower. The grave slab of those at Brobergen is on the outside, to the left of the entrance.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Oberndorf (Oste)

Museums

• Local history museum (monetary history objects and prehistoric exhibits)

Regular events

• Autumn regatta with a large sailing regatta, match race and tent party, mid-September
• Shooting festivals: Oberndorf, Bentwisch and Niederstrich
• May hike
• Football tournament week
• Tent party
• Lantern running
• St. George's Festival
• Christmas market: on the first weekend in Advent
• Firefighter ball
• Dike and meadow festival with canoe races
• Easter fire
• Equestrian ball
• Galley 53 ° north

Photo gallery

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  Osteufer at the church with passenger dock and restaurant ship "Ostekieker"

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  Rest area in Oberndorf (Oste)

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The federal highway 73 , which offers transport connections to Cuxhaven , Stade and Hamburg , runs near the town . In 1977 the ferry was replaced by a bascule bridge.

education

• A free elementary and high school has been located in the Oberndorfer school building since 2018

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Friedrich Oltmanns (1860–1945), botanist
• Georg Beckmann (1868–1939), politician (SPD, USPD), MdR
• Birgit Meyn-Horeis (* 1962), politician (SPD), MdL

People connected to the community

• Paul Johann Thimann, later Tiedemann (1782–1837), farmer, miller, leaseholder of what was then Bentwischer Mühle
• Theodor Herrmann (1881–1926), painter and draftsman
• Werner Nöfer (* 1937), painter and graphic artist, lives in Oberndorf

Myths and legends

• The treasure in the Oberndorf church
• The unjust mill (Laack, zu Geversdorf)

Web links

Commons : Oberndorf  - Collection of images

• Website of the municipality of Oberndorf (Oste)
• Video: Prahmfähre over the Oste, built in 1911, Oberndorf (Land Hadeln) . Institute for Scientific Film (IWF) 1979, made available by the Technical Information Library (TIB), doi : 10.3203 / IWF / E-2232 .
• Link catalog on Oberndorf (Oste) at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
• Dreaming of Banana Trees - Documentary

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. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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.  243 .
3. ^ Ulrich Schubert: Community directory Germany 1900 - Neuhaus an der Oste district. Information from December 1, 1910. In: www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de. February 3, 2019, accessed April 14, 2019 .  
4. ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. See under 41. (online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).  
5. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Official municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany . Final results according to the September 13, 1950 census. Volume 33 . W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart / Cologne 1950, p. 49 , col. 32 (Landkreis Land Hadeln) ( digitized version [PDF; 26.4 MB ; accessed on April 21, 2019] p. 58).
6. ^ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony. Retrieved April 21, 2019 .  
7. ↑ ^{a b} Oberndorf municipal council. In: Website of the municipality of Land Hadeln. Retrieved April 14, 2019 .  
8. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG); Section 46 - Number of Deputies. In: Internet site for the Lower Saxony Regulation Information System (NI-VORIS). December 17, 2010, accessed April 21, 2019 .  
9. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Oberndorf - overall results of the municipal council election 2016. In: Website Zweckverband Kommunale Datenverarbeitung Oldenburg (KDO). September 11, 2016, accessed February 14, 2017 .  
10. ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. In: NDR website. September 12, 2016, accessed February 13, 2017 .  
11. ^ Council members of the Oberndorf community. In: Website of the community Oberndorf / Oste. Retrieved April 14, 2019 .  
12. ^ Rudolf Lembcke: Land Hadeln district. Past and present . Ed .: District of Hadeln. Buchdruckerei Günter Hottendorff, Otterndorf 1976, p. 53 (coat of arms).
13. ↑ Sponsorship and partnerships. In: Website of the city of Otterndorf. Retrieved April 14, 2019 .  
14. ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments. Bremen Lower Saxony . Ed .: Dehio Association. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 .
15. ↑ Ev.-luth. Church district Cuxhaven-Hadeln to the parish of Oberndorf / St. Georg.
16. ^ Gisela Tiedemann: From the story of a miller family on the Oste. Members of the Tiedemann (Tiemann) family in Mühlen on the Lower Elbe . In: Men from Morgenstern, Heimatbund an Elbe and Weser estuary e. V. (Ed.): Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt . No. 795 . Nordsee-Zeitung GmbH, Bremerhaven March 2016, p. 1–2 ( digitized version [PDF; 1.1 MB ; accessed on August 8, 2019]).
17. ↑ Eberhard Michael Iba (Ed.): Hake Betken siene Duven. The saga of the Elbe and Weser estuaries (=  special publications by the men from Morgenstern , Heimatbund at the Elbe and Weser estuaries . Volume 16 ). 3. Edition. Men from Morgenstern Verlag, Bremerhaven 1999, ISBN 3-931771-16-4 , p. 108 .
18. ↑ Eberhard Michael Iba (Ed.): Hake Betken siene Duven. The saga of the Elbe and Weser estuaries (=  special publications by the men from Morgenstern , Heimatbund at the Elbe and Weser estuaries . Volume 16 ). 3. Edition. Men from Morgenstern Verlag, Bremerhaven 1999, ISBN 3-931771-16-4 , p. 109 .