Obernkirchen

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Obernkirchen
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Coordinates: 52 ° 16 '  N , 9 ° 7'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Schaumburg
Height : 209 m above sea level NHN
Area : 32.48 km 2
Residents: 9206 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 283 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 31683
Area code : 05724
License plate : SHG, RI
Community key : 03 2 57 028
LOCODE : DE OBK
City structure: 5 districts

City administration address : 		Marktplatz 4
31683 Obernkirchen
Website : www.obernkirchen.de
Mayor : Oliver Schäfer (SPD)
Location of the city of Obernkirchen in the Schaumburg district
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Obernkirchen from above

Obernkirchen is a mountain town in the district of Schaumburg in Lower Saxony , near the famous Obernkirchen sandstone quarries . Obernkirchen is the only mountain town in Lower Saxony outside the Harz Mountains and the northernmost mountain town in Germany. The main industries are glass , machine industry (pumps), healthcare and sandstone mining.

geography

Geographical location

Obernkirchen is on the federal highway 65 between Bückeburg and Stadthagen . The densely wooded Bückeberg ( 367  m above sea level ) takes up a large part of the city area.

Neighboring communities

Clockwise, these are the municipality of Nienstädt , the city of Stadthagen, the municipalities of Auetal , Buchholz , Heeßen , Bad Eilsen and Ahnsen , the city of Bückeburg and the municipalities of Seggebruch and Helpsen .

City structure

The city of Obernkirchen has four other localities:

Locality Residents
Gelldorf 830
Krainhagen 1200
Tubular box 290
Vehlen 1230

history

In 775, the Bukki Gaus was mentioned when the victorious Carolingian army marched back from Saxony . From this the location of a castle was deduced. Castrum Bukkaburg ( Alte Bückeburg ). However, this does not have to be documented.

Ouerenkerken , "the upper church", gave the name of today's town of Obernkirchen. According to a Minden chronicle from the 14th century, Emperor Ludwig the Pious (814–840) founded the monastery of Obernkirchen as the oldest religious settlement between the Weser and Leine on the sloping slope of the Bückeberg with a wide view of the North German lowlands . In the year 936 Hungarians are said to have attacked and burned the monastery, but this is not documented.

It was not until 1167 that a document reported again about the monastery and named the name Ouerenkerken . Bishop Werner von Minden founded an Augustinian convent in Obernkirchen. He came from the aristocratic family Arnhem , whose origin was the Alte Bückeburg. On November 30, 1181, Emperor Barbarossa granted the Obernkirchen Abbey in Erfurt fairness for the market. The oldest seal of the Counts of Poppenburg is preserved in a document from the Obernkirchen monastery from 1229. It is the seal of Count Bernhard, who named himself from 1217 after his newly built castle of Spiegelberg . The seal shows the round shield on a cross belt three five-petalled roses and reveals at the inscription: Bernardu ... Poppenhor ... .

It has been known since 1520 that Obernkirchen has a council and a mayor. Until the end of 1564, with the death of longtime provost Johann Kostgen was during the Reformation occurred a fundamental change in the Augustinian monastery, the first cell of the city, with the adoption of the Lutheran doctrine. The Reformation in the county of Schaumburg surrounding Obernkirchen had already been introduced in 1559. The provost goods fell to the sovereign; For the rest of the property of the monastery, the Schaumburg nobility pushed through the establishment of a noble women's monastery . This still exists in the buildings today.

The town of Obernkirchen was granted its right to spot by Count Otto IV von Schaumburg on February 10, 1565. The residents have now been released from serfdom of the Obernkirchen Abbey. It was also Count Otto who on May 22, 1571 granted the mayor and council of the Fleckens Obernkirchen the right to use a seal that showed the church next to a white nettle leaf with three nails. The award of town charter on January 26, 1615 by Count Ernst von Schaumburg concluded the legal and historical development of Obernkirchen. During the Thirty Years War in 1640/1647 the old Grafschaft Schaumburg was divided, from then on Obernkirchen belonged to the Hessian part of the Grafschaft Schaumburg to Hessen-Kassel .

In 1659, at the time of Philipp zur Lippe, witch hunts were carried out in Obernkirchen : Twenty people were executed in witch trials .

In the course of time there were repeated disputes about the border between Schaumburg-Lippe and Hessen-Kassel. In 1733 the two ruling houses came to an agreement and boundary stones were set. After Napoleon's troops occupied Hesse in 1805 , the city of Obernkirchen became part of the canton of Obernkirchen until 1813 to the Kingdom of Westphalia . At that time, the canton of Obernkirchen had a little less than 3600 inhabitants.

Schauenstein glassworks with glassworks towers around 1860

Life and economic development of the city were increasingly shaped by the extraction of sandstone , coal mining and glass production.

Sandstone has been mined in the Bückeberg mountains since the 12th century. Until the spot rights were granted, it was impossible for those who work in the quarries to form a guild. The first surviving document from the Obernkirchen stone mason guild therefore only dates from 1597. Hard coal mining began in Obernkirchen at the end of the 14th century. However, the dismantling is only documented in 1498.

The oldest glassworks in the region was founded in Obernkirchen in 1799 , and after an interruption in 1827 it resumed production under the name "Schauenstein". In 1823 the manufacturer Caspar Hermann Heye became a partner, and in 1842 he took it over entirely. In 1840 the Stoevesandt family founded the “Neue Hütte” not far from Schauenstein as a competitor. On August 1, 1900, the workers at the Heye glass factory went on a strike by the glassmakers, which spread across the whole of the German Empire. This strike also found support in England. After a year, this strike collapsed again without success. Many workers had lost their jobs as a result of their strike.

The mining industry, which has been in operation since the Middle Ages, was expanded in the 19th century. Among other things, a briquette factory was built at the Liethstollen . Until the end of coal mining in Schaumburg (1960), the administration was in Obernkirchen (mining office). The beginnings of the later general mining authority (1806) go back to the year 1552. In 1873 a mountain preschool was founded in Obernkirchen.

In 1863 a 41 kilogram type IVA iron meteorite was found near Obernkirchen . It was located in a sandstone quarry at a depth of 4.5 meters.

On January 6, 1899, the then mayor Dreyer presented a plan to the city council, according to which a small professional fire brigade , a so-called paid syringe team, should be recruited.

Incorporations

On April 1, 1955, the previously independent communities Beeke and Rösehöfe were incorporated. Since the two communities belonged to the Schaumburg-Lippe district, the Schöttlingen community came to the Schaumburg-Lippe district in an area swap with the Eichhöfe residential areas and some houses in the oak quarry. The community Schöttlingen was an enclave of the Grafschaft Schaumburg district in the Schaumburg-Lippe district and was incorporated into Lindhorst in 1974 .

Due to the regional reform of Lower Saxony, the also independent communities of Gelldorf , Krainhagen , Röhrkasten and Vehlen were assigned to the city of Obernkirchen and incorporated on March 1, 1974 .

Population development

The values ​​from 1961 and 1970 contain the population of the then independent communities of Gelldorf, Krainhagen, Röhrkasten and Vehlen as well as the city of Obernkirchen.

year Residents
1961 10,798
1970 11,718
1987 10,078
1990 10.308
1995 10,549
2000 10,369
2005 9,884
2010 9,290
2011 9,330
2012 9,359
2013 9,295
2014 9,343
2015 9,196
2016 9,302
2017 9,336
2018 9,246

(Population figures: 1961: on June 6th, 1970: on May 27th, from 1987 on each December 31st)

religion

St. Marien Collegiate Church
Catholic St. Joseph Church

politics

City council

The town council of Obernkirchen consists of 22 councilors and councilors as well as the mayor by virtue of office.

year SPD CDU Green WE WGO ERA total
2006 10 9 2 1 1 - 23 seats
2011 12 6th 3 1 - - 22 seats
2016 10 7th 3 1 - 1 x 22 seats

x no longer occupied

Status: Local elections on September 11, 2016

The chairman of the council is Dipl.-Med. Ilka Niemeyer (SPD).

mayor

  • 1903–1931 Richard Herzog
  • 1931–1933 Friedrich Henkelmann
  • 1933–1939 Richard Herzog
  • 1939–1944 Wilhelm Ehlert
  • 1945 -0000Heinrich Behme ( SPD )
  • 1945–1946 Fritz Scheuermann (SPD)
  • 1946–1948 Wilhelm Hormann (SPD)
  • 1948–1974 Ludwig Gundlach (SPD)
  • 1974–1984 Walter Warnecke (SPD)
  • 1984-2001 Adolf Bartels (SPD)
  • 2001-2007 Horst Sassenberg ( CDU )
  • 2007– 0000Oliver Schäfer (SPD). In 2014 he was confirmed in his office with 83.01%. His second term runs until October 31, 2021.

Town twinning

Culture and sights

Theaters and museums

  • The mountain and city museum is located in the city's former primary school.
  • From there, a sculpture path with exhibits from the previous International Obernkirchen Sculpture Symposia leads through the city.
  • A branch of the museum is the historic Bornemann locksmith's shop on the edge of downtown Obernkirchen.
  • A four-kilometer-long nature trail provides information about dinosaur tracks from Obernkirchen .
  • The city archive is on deposit in the Bückeburg State Archive .

music

In 1949, the Obernkirchen Children's Choir, today the Schaumburg fairy tale singer , was founded in the city , and it made the song My father was a wanderer known nationwide on its tours.

The Krainhagen Wind Orchestra is known far beyond the borders of Obernkirchen.

Buildings

Sports

  • A support association runs the heated sun bath. The pool is usually open from April to October.
  • The Golfclub Schaumburg eV Obernkirchen maintains an 18-hole golf course.
  • The district of Schaumburg maintains a district sports hall and a district sports stadium.
  • The city of Obernkirchen also has a sports hall and a sports field.
  • Another sports field, the Johann Heinrich Bornemann Stadium (formerly: Ochsenbruchstadion) is operated by SV Obernkirchen von 1920 eV.
  • The TC Obernkirchen eV has a tennis facility with 4 courts in the city.

Regular events

  • The International Sculpture Symposium has been held in Obernkirchen every three years since 1988. The 11th edition will take place in 2018.
  • Every two years (years with an uneven final number), the city's citizens' shooting festival takes place.
  • From 2014 there will be a town festival every two years (years with an even final number) on the third weekend in June, the Barbarossafest. It replaces the previous autumn fair, the Barbarossamarkt.
  • The Jahn-Bergturnfest , which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2010, takes place annually on the outdoor area of ​​the youth, education and leisure center (jbf-Centrum) on the Bückeberg . The popular sports event attracts hundreds of participants from many clubs in the Schaumburger Land. From 1935 it replaced the previous competition run around the Bückeberge .

Others

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

  • One of eight German production sites of the container glass manufacturer Ardagh Glass Germany GmbH and the headquarters of the plant manufacturer Heye International , which is also part of the Ardagh Group, are located in Obernkirchen.
  • The pump manufacturer ITT Bornemann GmbH is based in Obernkirchen. The former family company was founded in Obernkirchen in 1853. The company has been part of the ITT Corporation group , based in White Plains, NY , since 2013 .
  • Obernkirchen sandstone is also used as a building material in the restoration of historic buildings, e.g. B. Cologne Cathedral used.
  • The company health insurance fund BKK24 is headquartered in Obernkirchen in Germany.
  • The roofing and carpentry Heinrich Henke GmbH. The former family company was founded in Obernkirchen in 1889. Since 2006, the company has been located in the Gelldorf district .
  • The AS develops and manufactures Lifestyle GmbH as manufacturer under the brand Caddy Cool golf trolleys .

Public facilities

  • Obernkirchen is the location of the Schaumburg Clinic , which is centrally located in the district near the Obernkirchen town of Vehlen.
  • The police station in Bückeburg is responsible for the police. In the city there is a police station manned during the day with branch offices in the communes of Eilsen and Nienstädt.
  • The five local volunteer fire brigades ensure fire protection and general help .

education

The city has three day-care centers and a primary school. Further daycare centers are run by the ev.-luth. Municipalities of St. Marien (Obernkirchen) and Vehlen as well as a forest kindergarten are maintained by the AWO. There is also care for children under three years of age, run by an association, the two Protestant parishes and child minders. There are also two private day care facilities for children. These are supported by the city or in cooperation with the city of Obernkirchen and BKK 24. The secondary and secondary school in the school center Am Ochsenbruch expired with the last class in 2014. As a further development of the school center, an IGS (Integrated Comprehensive School) was created in 2009. Secondary schools are available in Bückeburg and Stadthagen.

From 1901 to 1971 the “Economic Women's School” in the group of the Reifensteiner Schools , called “Country Women's School” from 1936, was housed in a wing of the evangelical aristocratic women's monastery in Obernkirchen. The ruling Princess Marie Anna zu Schaumburg-Lippe took over the protectorate of the school. In the approximately 70 years of its existence, a total of around 8,000 young women have received qualified, scientifically based vocational training in rural housekeeping at the Obernkirchen boarding school. The school was also a teaching facility for horticulture and poultry farming, in its modern dairy all of the milk for the city of Obernkirchen was processed at times. Käthe Delius (1893–1977) was trained as a teacher of agricultural housekeeping at the Obernkirchen women's school from April 1912. In 1915 the school became a temporary hospital. In mid-1942 the long-time director Agnes Freiin von Dincklage was removed from office by the National Socialists. In 1944/45, parts of the rural women’s school building were confiscated for a Hitler Youth camp, a hospital, a maternity hospital and, at times, the accommodation for refugees. After the end of the Second World War, from October 1945, classes could begin again with around 80 students. In 1972 economic considerations forced the closure of the business school for women in Obernkirchen.

traffic

Obernkirchen train station

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities associated with the city

  • Agnes von Dincklage (1882–1962), head of the rural women’s school in Obernkirchen of the Reifensteiner Verband 1918–1949, honored for this by designating a women's village
  • Rolf-Bernd de Groot (1948–2013), city historian and long-time director of the mountain and city museum

literature

Web links

Commons : Obernkirchen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Obernkirchen in der Topographia Westphaliae (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts
Wiktionary: Obernkirchen  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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. ↑ According to the imperial annals , Emperor Charlemagne passed through the pagus [Gau] bukki in 775 . At that time the Osterliudi [Ostfalen] withdrew to the "pagus, quem dicunt nomine Bukki". Cf. Brosius, Dieter, Das Stift Obernkirchen 1167–1565 (= Schaumburger Studien 30), Bückeburg 1972, p. 8.
  3. ↑ The Regesta of the Empire under FRIEDRICH I.1152 (1122) –1190 4th delivery 1181–1190 after Johann Friedrich Böhmer, reworked by FERDINAND OPLL Reg. 2632
  4. ^ Gerhard Schormann: witch hunt in Schaumburg. In: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte , Volume 45, Hildesheim 1973, pp. 149–151
  5. ↑ The fight is on King Heye! In: Schaumburger Nachrichten , July 30, 2011 - 110 years ago the glassmaker's strike in Obernkirchen ended - for many in a disaster By Wilhelm Gerntrup
  6. ↑ Obernkirchen. Meteoritical Bulletin, accessed June 7, 2020 .
  7. ^ Mountain and town museum Obernkirchen: The meteorite of Obernkirchen. obernkirchen-info.de, accessed on June 7, 2020 .
  8. ↑ In detail: Blazek, Matthias: Feuerwehrwesen im Landkreis Schaumburg in the 19th Century , 2nd, updated and supplemented edition, Adelheidsdorf 2002, p. 32 ff.
  9. ↑ a b c 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. 193 .
  10. ^ Regional statistical database. State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony LSKN-Online
  11. ↑ Entry about the twin town La Flèche on the homepage of the town of Obernkirchen.Retrieved on May 16, 2019, 3:17 pm
  12. ↑ Entry about the partner community Pasvalys on the homepage of the city of Obernkirchen.Accessed on May 16, 2019, 3:18 pm
  13. ↑ Mountain and City Museum Obernkirchen
  14. ↑ Jahnstein on the Bückeberg in new splendor. In: Schaumburger Nachrichten , June 23, 2010.
  15. ↑ OBS - International Pictures Hauer Symposium
  16. ^ Jahn-Bergturnfest: History .
  17. ^ Heinrich Henke GmbH. Retrieved May 31, 2017 .
  18. ↑ Caddycool - golf, caddy, trolley, electric trolley, handcart. Retrieved June 2, 2017 .
  19. ↑ With great responsibility for work and people. In: sn-online.de. June 22, 2011, accessed February 23, 2016 .
  20. ↑ Louis Dohme, German-US pharmacist. In: Science Photo Library. Retrieved March 3, 2018 .