Süstedt

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Süstedt
Coat of arms of Süstedt
Coordinates: 52 ° 51 ′ 39 ″  N , 8 ° 55 ′ 15 ″  E
Height : 14 m
Area : 37.01 km²
Residents : 1559  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 42 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : November 1, 2016
Postal code : 27305
Area code : 04240
Süstedt (Lower Saxony)
Süstedt

Location of Süstedt in Lower Saxony

Süstedt ( Low German Sueste ) is a district of the borough Bruchhausen-Vilsen in Diepholz in Lower Saxony .

geography

Geographical location

Süstedt is about 30 km south of Bremen .

The Süstedter Bach rises in the hamlet of Harmissen.

Neighboring places

Neighboring places of Süstedt are Syke , Emtinghausen , Schwarme , Martfeld , Bruchhausen-Vilsen , Sudwalde and Bassum .

Local division

The district of Süstedt consists of the three villages

  • Ochtmannien
  • Süstedt
  • Uenzen

The village of Süstedt:

The village of Süstedt consists of the four settlement areas

  • Harmissen
  • In the straw
  • Retzen
  • Süstedt

The population (as of August 2000) in the village of Süstedt was:

  • without secondary residences 762 inhabitants
  • with secondary residences (nursing home) 840 inhabitants

Due to the geestrand location , the landscape is very diverse. While the geestrand gives the landscape a hilly character, the flat meadows and breakland resemble a marshland . The renovated Noltesche watermill is the ideal starting point for long walking, hiking and cycling tours .

Like all the villages in the area, the village is shaped by its agricultural history. Even though today the majority of the inhabitants work in other, non-agricultural professions outside the village, the village character of Süstedt has been preserved.

history

On November 1, 2016, Süstedt was incorporated into the Bruchhausen-Vilsen area.

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, the communities Ochtmannien and Uenzen were incorporated.

politics

Last municipal council

(As of: local election on September 11, 2011)

Last mayor

The last honorary mayor of Süstedt was Reinhard Thöle.

coat of arms

  • Blazon : "Under a shield head with eight blue and silver stands, split by gold and green, in front a black plow, behind a golden oak branch with three leaves and two acorns."

Buildings

  • The Noltesche Mühle on Süstedter Bach was built as a grain mill in 1880 and three years later it was equipped with a turbine. In 1953 the commercial milling operation was stopped and the mill was used for private grist milling until 1996. In 1997 the mill became the property of the municipality of Süstedt and was restored in 1999. The turbine has been used to generate electricity since 1998.

Sons and daughters of the district

  • The businessman and founder of what would later become the world's largest private sailing shipping company, Diedrich Heinrich Wätjen , was born in Ochtmannien in 1785.
  • Julius Diedrich Helmerich Wätjen (1780–1832?), A German merchant (tobacco) and manufacturer (candles), comes from the same family .
  • Gustav Nolte (1877–1924) was the city architect of Bozen .
  • The NSDAP politician Friedrich Bolte (1896-1959) was born in Schaapsen (part of Ochtmannien) .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Law on the new formation of the Bruchhausen-Vilsen area, Diepholz district of November 12, 2015. In: Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt No. 19/2015 of November 12, 2015, p. 306
  2. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 192 .