Offensen (Uslar)

Open City of Uslar
	Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 35 " N , 9 ° 40 ′ 37" E
Height :	146 m above sea level NN
Residents :	289 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	37170
Area code :	05506
Location of Offensen in Lower Saxony

Offensen is one of the smaller districts of the city of Uslar with 289 inhabitants .

location

Offensen is located in southern Lower Saxony about 8 kilometers south of Uslar and 19 kilometers as the crow flies north of the city of Münden . The district town of Northeim is 25 kilometers to the northeast as the crow flies, Göttingen 18 kilometers to the southeast. The state capital Hanover is about 88 kilometers north of Offensen and Berlin a good 290 kilometers northeast. After Fürstenhagen , Offensen is the second southernmost district of Uslar.

At the southern foothills of the Solling in the valley of the Schwülme at an altitude of about 146 meters, the place is surrounded by meadows and fields. The southern mountain ranges reach 400 meters, in the northeast the "Staatsforst Uslar" rises to 430 meters above sea level.

history

When Offensen was founded is not clear. The time of the first written mention is also controversial because the assignment to open spaces is not certain and the dating of old writings is partly controversial. A mention of Uffenhusun in the Corveyer traditions is dated to the 9th century or the beginning of the 11th century, others assume that it was first mentioned in the 7th century as Uffahus . In 1784 Offensen had 44 fire places and was one of the larger villages in the old Uslar office. In the 19th century the village was expanded by developing a building area on the slope of the Lohberg north of the old local area.

Since the territorial reform of March 1, 1974, the formerly independent municipality has belonged to the newly founded "Stadt Uslar" municipality.

Attractions

church

Open Church

The Offens parish church stands on Glockenstrasse and was built around the turn of the 13th to the 14th century as an originally three-storey, tower-like rectangular building with small stepped gables . It is made of sandstone rubble, the corners and the window and door reveals are made of larger, cuboid-shaped stones. The ogival north entrance led into the main room, which used to be vaulted with two yokes , the upper floors were only accessible through the openings high in the gable. This construction and the loop-slit-like opening under the eaves indicate the former military function of the church. In the Middle Ages, an almost square, single-storey choir was added to the east. In 1781, larger windows were broken in to improve exposure. Today the chapel room has a flat roof, the old groin vault no longer exists. The roof of the main building has a slate roof turret with a clock.

In front of the church in the front garden there is a cast iron bell from the Weule company from 1949.

Inside the church there is a small three-part winged altar that is dated to the beginning of the 15th century. The artistically carved central shrine shows the adoration of the kings, the side wings (outer sides) are decorated with paintings of the birth of Jesus (left) and the Annunciation (right). The altar was restored in 1907/08 and 1956. The wings are now reversed, the framework of the altar has been renewed. Due to the representation of the central shrine, the three wise men are likely to be the church's patronage .

Infrastructure

Road: The state road that runs from Uslar via Offensen and Adelebsen to Göttingen runs through the village . The next motorway junctions for the A 7 are in or near Northeim, Nörten-Hardenberg and Göttingen.
Bus traffic: There are regular connections in the direction of Uslar and Göttingen.
Train: Offensen has a stop on the Oberweserbahn between Bodenfelde and Göttingen . Another neighboring regional train station is located on the Sollingbahn in Uslar with at least two hour train connections between Paderborn or Ottbergen and Northeim . The Göttingen train station is the next stop for long-distance trains .
Air traffic: Uslar has a small glider airfield .

Economy and tourism

Most of the economically active residents are employed in the surrounding cities such as Göttingen or Uslar. The last historic wheelwright in Uslarer Land is worth mentioning.

literature

Klaus Kunze, Ortssippenbuch Offensen, The population book of Uslar-Offensen from 1510 to 2010, Uslar 2010 ISBN 978-3-933334-22-0

Web links

Commons : Offensen - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Population data of Uslar including districts, published by the city of Uslar (status: December 31, 2019; accessed on April 6, 2020)
^ Kirstin Casemir, Franziska Menzel, Uwe Ohainski: The place names of the district of Northeim . In: Jürgen Udolph (Hrsg.): Lower Saxony Place Name Book (NOB) . Part V. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2005, ISBN 3-89534-607-1 , p. 288 f .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Christian Kämmerer, Peter Ferdinand Lufen: Northeim district, part 1. Southern part with the cities of Hardegsen, Moringen, Northeim and Uslar, the areas of Bodenfelde and Nörten-Hardenberg, the community of Katlenburg-Lindau and the community-free area of Solling . In: Christiane Segers-Glocke (Hrsg.): Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony . tape 7.1 . CW Niemeyer, Hameln 2002, ISBN 3-8271-8261-1 , p. 346 ff .
↑ http://www.uslar.de/staticsite/staticsite.php?menuid=103&topmenu=64
^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 214 .
↑ Gottfried Kiesow et al. (Ed.): Handbook of German Art Monuments . Part of Bremen, Lower Saxony. Munich 1977. ISBN 3-422-00348-7 , p. 919
^ Historical occupation - wheelwright Information about the last wheelwright in Offensen on the private website of the local home keeper.

[Einwohner_Fortschreibung_Stadt_Uslar-1] Population data of Uslar including districts, published by the city of Uslar (status: December 31, 2019; accessed on April 6, 2020)

[Ortsnamensbuch-2] Kirstin Casemir, Franziska Menzel, Uwe Ohainski: The place names of the district of Northeim . In: Jürgen Udolph (Hrsg.): Lower Saxony Place Name Book (NOB) . Part V. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2005, ISBN 3-89534-607-1 , p. 288 f .

[Denkmaltopographie-3] Christian Kämmerer, Peter Ferdinand Lufen: Northeim district, part 1. Southern part with the cities of Hardegsen, Moringen, Northeim and Uslar, the areas of Bodenfelde and Nörten-Hardenberg, the community of Katlenburg-Lindau and the community-free area of Solling . In: Christiane Segers-Glocke (Hrsg.): Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony . tape 7.1 . CW Niemeyer, Hameln 2002, ISBN 3-8271-8261-1 , p. 346 ff .

[4] ttp://www.uslar.de/staticsite/staticsite.php?menuid=103&topmenu=64

[5] 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 214 .

[6] Gottfried Kiesow et al. (Ed.): Handbook of German Art Monuments . Part of Bremen, Lower Saxony. Munich 1977. ISBN 3-422-00348-7 , p. 919

[7] Historical occupation - wheelwright Information about the last wheelwright in Offensen on the private website of the local home keeper.