Osterwald (Salzhemmendorf)

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Osterwald
Coat of arms of Osterwald
Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 28 ″  N , 9 ° 37 ′ 28 ″  E
Height : 170  (122-211)  m
Residents : 1121  (Jun. 30, 2016)
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 31020
Area code : 05153

Osterwald is a district of the borough Salzhemmendorf in Lower Saxony Hamelin-Pyrmont district .

geography

The place Osterwald lies in the east of the district Hameln-Pyrmont and in the northern municipality area of ​​the spot Salzhemmendorf. The settlement is located on the southern slope of the Osterwald ridge of the same name , at the end of a cul-de-sac.

The village is characterized by the terrain rising to the north and the surrounding forest area of ​​the Osterwald to the west, north and east. The forest areas extend to the built-up area so that the built-up areas are embedded in the surrounding landscape. The forest is actively used by the residents as a hiking area and is rich in game.

A clearing, the so-called Fast, forms the summit of the Osterwald. It has a height of 419 m above sea level. NN.

history

16. – 19. century

Osterwald was first mentioned in a document on December 29, 1585. Duke Julius of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (1528–1589) was informed about mining in his dominion. The "Osterwaldische Kollen Berckwerck" was also mentioned. Thereupon 1587 miners from Clausthal in the Harz mountains were brought to Osterwald to optimize the mining. They founded Osterwald, and the Osterwald Hüttenstollen developed through hard coal mining .

The coal mined was mainly used to operate glassworks , such as the plant for Lauensteiner as white hollow glass, founded in Osterwald by Oberamtmann Conrad Werner Wedemeyer in 1701 . She made high-quality crystal glass right from the start . Other glassworks were built in the area, such as the one founded on the Heide in 1774. The glassworks at Hemmendorfer Dreisch was founded in the Heide district in 1775 and produced window glass and green hollow glass for a few months . It was converted into a brick factory in 1784 .

The school house in Osterwald was built in 1790. The celebration of the mountain festival was first mentioned in a document in 1819. It has probably been celebrated for a long time. For the director of the coal mine , a mansion, which later became the “Kurhaus”, was built in 1828. In 1831 a cholera epidemic broke out in Osterwald . The schoolhouse was expanded in 1849. The Reusseschen Glashütte in Oldendorf / Glashütte was founded in 1852. There white and green hollow glass was produced.

On September 2, 1872, a memorial was inaugurated in memory of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. In the same year a post office was set up in the village. In 1875, Osterwald was connected to the Elze – Löhne railway operated by the Hanover-Altenbeken Railway Company . A sugar factory was built next to the train station. Forest was cleared around the place in 1885 to create arable land. The old "Lauensteiner" glassworks was shut down in 1886. In 1892, however, a new glass factory with no economic connection to the old glassworks was built on the same site.

Christ Church in Osterwald

One year after the foundation stone was laid, the Evangelical Lutheran Christ Church was consecrated in 1897. Mining and the glassworks went into the possession of the Aktiengesellschaft für Glasindustrie vorm. Friedrich Siemens in Dresden.

1900-1950

The school was rebuilt again in 1909 and a water pipe was added in 1911. The parish built a rectory in 1911. Osterwald received electric light in 1914. The sugar factory ceased operations in 1920. The 1914/18 war memorial was laid out in 1921.

The Siemens'sche Glashütte was sold for demolition in 1931. In the same year an organ was installed in the church. In 1938, the Osterwald community received the right to obtain drinking water from the Gustav tunnel. On December 24th of the same year the church was badly damaged by fire. From 1945 to 1953 the mining of hard coal was operated as emergency mining to supply the rural population. The tunnel was then prepared as a water extraction system. This use was also given up again in 1960.

Memorial to the fallen soldiers of the First and Second World Wars

Since 1951

In 1951 the voluntary open-air and forest stage in Osterwald was opened. The first piece was the Hans Sachs games arranged by Fritz Schmidt and Karl-Heinz Niemeyer . In 1953, the associated association Freilicht- und Waldbühne Osterwald e. V. founded.

In 1952 a bathing establishment and in 1957 a sports field were built. The forest pool was supposed to be closed in 1997 for cost reasons, but has since been operated by the association Waldbad Osterwald e. V. run on a voluntary basis. In 2016 it was awarded the title of KinderFerienLand Niedersachsen .

In 1961, Osterwald received a new school and a war memorial for the victims of the Second World War . On March 5, 1963, the church was badly damaged by fire. The restored church was consecrated on February 18, 1964 with three new bells. In 1968 the festival of lights was celebrated for the first time. In 1966, the Diakonie Himmelsthür from Hildesheim in Osterwald opened the Emil-Isermeyer-Haus , an integration aid facility for people with intellectual disabilities. With 48 employees, it is the largest employer in the area and one of the largest in Salzhemmendorf. The 37 residents play an important role in the village; the village is an example of successful social inclusion .

In the course of the regional reform , the place Osterwald was incorporated into the spots Salzhemmendorf in 1973. The new school closed in 1975. Since then, the building has been used by the Osterwald associations as a village community center. A kindergarten is also located there. On June 28, 1980, the Hüttenstollen was inaugurated as a visitor mine. The local and mining museum near the Hüttenstollen, built from 1983 onwards, was inaugurated in 1985. It is operated by the Association for the Promotion of Mining in Osterwald, founded in 1983 .

In 1999 and 2000 Osterwald was able to take first place at the district level and then at the district level in the village competition Our village has a future .

politics

Local council

Osterwald has a seven-member local council.

Local mayor of Osterwald is Torsten Hofer (SPD).

coat of arms

In the divided shield above three green forest spruce trees on a silver background, below mallets and iron on a black background. The lower black area stands for coal, mallets and iron are the symbol of the miners.

Culture and sights

Orifice of the Osterwald Hüttenstollen
  • The Osterwaldbühne , which was founded in 1950 , is an open-air theater located in the forest on the edge of the village, and is operated by the open-air and forest stage Osterwald eV. The natural backdrop has 613 seats. The amateur actors play different plays every year during the summer season on the weekends from late May to early September. Including a children's / fairy tale play and a boulevard / folk play. In winter the studio theater with 77 seats can be visited.
  • The Emil-Isermeyer-Haus of the Diakonie Himmelsthür opened in 1966 , an integration aid facility for people with intellectual disabilities, and with its 37 residents is an example of successful social inclusion . This also includes an inclusive café .
  • There is a lively club life in Osterwald. The 2010 Festschrift lists 18 active associations with almost 2500 members, plus several association-like friendship and work groups. Since 2015, volunteer hosts have even been running their own restaurant with a cultural program, the SteigerKlause , to compensate for the loss of the last commercially operated restaurant that had to close in 2012.

literature

  • Festschrift for the 400th anniversary in Osterwald ; Ed .: former festival committee; Chairman: Walter Kramer. Osterwald 1985
  • Osterwald 1585-2010 . Edited by the Rudolf Hartung Foundation, Osterwald 2010
  • Osterwald appears. Do it Yourself! First edition of Ort und Stelle - magazine for village practice . Ed. V. of the Diakonie Himmelsthür, Hildesheim 2018. ISSN 2569-6939

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hartmut Friedrich: Loved hot and enjoyed cool: the Osterwald. In: Osterwald emerges, pp. 36–38
  2. ↑ Osterwald 1585–2010, pp. 117–123. Christiane Stolte: "You were lazy, I want to ruffle your hair", in: Osterwald emerges, pp. 62–64
  3. ↑ Walter Kramer: How the Waldbad Osterwald was saved. In: Osterwald emerges, p. 66f
  4. ^ Cooperation in Osterwald. In: Osterwald emerges, p. 28, p. 44–47
  5. ↑ Hans Joachim Höflich: The village, the house and the culture. In: Osterwald emerges, p. 60f
  6. ^ Hartmut Friedrich: Miners over the Saale Valley. In: Osterwald emerges, pp. 68–70
  7. ↑ http://www.salzhemmendorf.de/ortsteile/osterwald/
  8. ^ Members of the Osterwald local council
  9. ↑ Flyer Politics in Flecken Salzhemmendorf (PDF)
  10. ↑ Official website
  11. ^ Cooperation in Osterwald. In: Osterwald emerges, pp. 28 and 44–47.
  12. ↑ Hartmut Friedrich: Firmly in the grip of the clubs. In: Osterwald 1585-2010, pp. 94-102.
  13. ↑ Landlords tap whatever they can. In: Osterwald emerges, pp. 82–84. Official website: www.steigerklause.de