Oldenrode (Kalefeld)

Oldenrode Kalefeld municipality
	Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 46 ″ N , 10 ° 6 ′ 43 ″ E
Height :	191 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	527 (Aug 5, 2019)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	37589
Area code :	05553
Location of Oldenrode in Lower Saxony

Oldenrode is a part of the municipality of Kalefeld in the district of Northeim , Lower Saxony, in the immediate vicinity of Düderode .

location

The village is located on the western edge of the Harz Mountains east of Kalefeld directly on the A7.

history

Oldenrode is first mentioned as "Aldigerod" in a document from 1055. The name of the place then changes to "Ouldenrod" in 1452 and in 1476 to "Oldenroth".

Oldenrode was incorporated into the municipality of Kalefeld on March 1, 1974.

politics

Local mayor is Volker Kubik.

coat of arms

On the shield in silver there are three green fir trees on three green mountains, on the mountains a golden plow. The head of the shield is red on the right with two black mallets and on the left a golden bell on a blue background.

Trees and mountains symbolize the wooded hill country around Oldenrode, the plow symbolizes agriculture. The mallets go back to the mine in the 14th century and the open and underground mining of brown coal here in the 20th century. The bell should refer to the bell house of "Sankt Alban" in Oldenrode.

Culture and sights

Presumably on the foundation walls of the St. Albani Chapel, which is mentioned in an old church account from 1686/87, the bell house was built around 1700 as a shepherd's house. The bell of the St. Albani Chapel, which is said to date from the middle of the 17th century, still hangs in the tower. For a long time the building served as accommodation for the village shepherd, later several families were accommodated here. Since 2002 the house has been used for village events and by the Oldenrode Heimatverein.

Individual evidence

^ 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. 216 .

Web links

Oldenrode at www.kalefeld.de

[1] 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. 216 .