Osterwieck
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Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ' N , 10 ° 43' E |
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| State : | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| County : | resin | |
| Height : | 123 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 212.87 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 11,010 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 52 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postcodes : | 38835 (Berßel, stage, Deersheim, Hesse, Lüttgenrode, Osterode, Osterwieck, Rhoden, Schauen, Veltheim, Wülperode, Zilly) , 38836 (Dardesheim, Rohrsheim) |
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| Primaries : | 039421, 039422, 039426 (Rohrsheim, Veltheim am Fallstein), 039458 | |
| License plate : | HZ, HBS, QLB, WR | |
| Community key : | 15 0 85 230 | |
| LOCODE : | DE OWF | |
City administration address : |
Am Markt 11 38835 Osterwieck |
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| Mayoress : | Ingeborg Wagenführ (BUKO e.V.) | |
| Location of the city of Osterwieck in the Harz district | ||
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Osterwieck is a town in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany). The city lies on the southern slope of the Großer Fallstein and on the right bank of the Ilse .
history
According to the widely handed down official legend, the place was first mentioned when Charlemagne crossed the Oker in his campaigns against the pagan Saxons in 780 and founded a church “in the place Saligenstede”. This first church is said to have been dedicated to St. Stephen and to have become the seat of a mission center, of which Hildegrim was supposedly appointed director. Hildegrim is attested as a deacon for 796 and only became bishop of Chalons in 803. The mission center is said to have moved from Seligenstadt to Halberstadt around 804 .
According to recent research, this founding myth is based on the Gesta episcoporum Halberstadensium , the level "H" of which was written during the last years of Bishop Hildeward's episcopate . A clergyman close to Hildeward is assumed to be the author, although there are indications that the bishop himself may have had a share in the chronicles. The text analysis shows that the presentation of the 10th century is based on the orally transmitted memories of the bishops, while there were no traditions for the 8th and 9th centuries and the author embellished the chronicle in order to exaggerate the importance of the Diocese of Halberstadt .
In 974, Emperor Otto II gave the diocese "coins and customs in Seligenstadt". The certificate of April 1, 974 became the basis for the 1000th anniversary celebration in 1974. Otto II also granted the town market and traffic rights (mercatus), and it also became the oldest mint in the Halberstadt diocese . Freedom from tariffs and the right to collect tariffs were other significant privileges. The place was called Ostrewic, then called " common Asterwiek ". The new name appears in writing for the first time in 1073 in a letter from Archbishop Liemar von Bremen to Bishops Hezilo von Hildesheim and Burchard II von Halberstadt . It is about his feud with the Bishop of Verden and Count Hermann von Lüneburg .
Allegedly the city was almost completely burned down in 1511, but there is no written evidence of this. In the town book, which has been kept since 1353, the Osterwieck town clerk recorded a great flood of water for 1495, but there is no report of a devastating fire of 1511. It can be assumed that there were individual fires, but that the city never completely burned down. Many of the houses built in the following time survived the subsequent conflagrations, most recently in 1844, when around 30 houses were destroyed. The core of the inner city was already renovated in the 1970s: 100 houses were listed , and the entire city with its 400 half-timbered houses is now protected. In addition to the twin town of Hornburg , which is only ten kilometers away , the municipality with almost 4,000 inhabitants is now one of the most beautiful half-timbered towns in Germany. The city has an almost completely closed downtown ensemble of all Lower Saxon half-timbered styles from 500 years: the Lower Saxon style offers braided ribbons and ship throats , at the time of the Renaissance, in addition to Latin verses, inextricable magic knots, runes and trees of life were the fashion. The fact that the common Lower Saxon half-timbered tradition connects, shows the official inclusion of Osterwieck and Wernigerode in the German half-timbered street , the course of which already included such important places as Celle , Quedlinburg and Goslar .
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the glove industry in Osterwieck played a major role. After the reunification , most of the companies closed their doors, only the paint factory is still in operation. Great hope is now associated with tourism.
Incorporations
On January 1, 2010, the seven member communities of the Osterwieck-Fallstein administrative community, the communities of Aue-Fallstein , Berßel , Bühne , Lüttgenrode , Rhoden , Schauen , Wülperode and the city of Osterwieck merged to form the new city of Osterwieck. The earlier municipalities - the localities of this municipality near Aue-Fallstein - became the localities of Osterwieck. The area of the city increased from 22.05 km² to 212.67 km², the population from 3,735 to 12,348 (as of December 31, 2008).
| Former parish | date | annotation |
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| Aue Fallstein | January 1, 2010 | |
| Berßel | January 1, 2010 | |
| stage | January 1, 2010 | |
| Dardesheim | September 11, 2003 | Merger with six other communities to form Aue-Fallstein |
| Dreirode | September 1, 1990 | Renaming to Wülperode |
| Deersheim | September 11, 2003 | Merger with six other communities to form Aue-Fallstein |
| Göddeckerode | July 1, 1950 | Merger with Suderode and Wülperode to form Dreirode |
| Hesse | September 11, 2003 | Merger with six other communities to form Aue-Fallstein |
| Hoppenstedt | July 1, 1950 | Incorporation after the stage |
| Lüttgenrode | January 1, 2010 | |
| Osterode am Fallstein | September 11, 2003 | Merger with six other communities to form Aue-Fallstein |
| Rhodes | January 1, 2010 | |
| Rimbeck | July 1, 1950 | Incorporation after the stage |
| Rohrsheim | September 11, 2003 | Merger with six other communities to form Aue-Fallstein |
| Watch | January 1, 2010 | |
| Stötterlingen | July 1, 1973 | Incorporation to Lütgenrode |
| Suderode | July 1, 1950 | Merger with Göddeckerode and Wülperode to Dreirode |
| Veltheim | September 11, 2003 | Merger with six other communities to form Aue-Fallstein |
| Wülperode | July 1, 1950 September 1, 1990 January 1, 2010 |
Merger with Göddeckerode and Suderode to Dreirode, renaming of Dreirode, incorporation to Osterwieck |
| Zilly | September 11, 2003 | Merger with six other communities to form Aue-Fallstein |
Population development
For 1974 the population is given as more than 5000 and in 2010 it was 12,348 after incorporation.
politics
City council
The city council is Osterwieck's highest political body and has been composed as follows since the city council election on May 26, 2019 :
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The individual factions have the following strengths:
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The strong presence of the electoral communities can be explained by the representation of the individual districts. Almost every village entered the election with its own list in order to ensure a certain say.
mayor
Ingeborg Wagenführ has been the mayor since 2009. She was re-elected in the first ballot in 2016.
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the new town of Osterwieck was approved by the district on March 18, 2011.
Blazon : “Fourth of silver and red; topped with a filled rose with slugs in mixed up tinctures, field 2: seven (3: 2: 1: 1) silver stars, field 3: seven (2: 3: 2) silver stars. "
Coat of arms of the Osterwieck district
The coat of arms was approved on May 2, 1997 by the Magdeburg Regional Council.
Blazon : “Split by silver and red; topped with an inseminated full rose in mistaken tinctures. "
Colors of the city are silver (white) - red.
The old diocese of Halberstadt received the silver-red split shield from the emperor early on. In the shield of the Prince Diocese of Halberstadt, their master, the city of Osterwieck put the rose in mistaken tinctures. A city seal from the 14th century already contains a five-petalled rose (dog rose) to the left and right of Saint Stephen. Among other things, coats of arms with the split rose in the shield are attached to the old town hall in 1554. The rose has been used in the city seal since 1820.
flag
The flag is red and white (1: 1) striped (longitudinal shape: stripes running vertically) and centered with the coat of arms of the unified municipality of the city of Osterwieck.
Flag of the district
The flag is red and white (1: 1) striped with the city coat of arms placed in the middle.
Town twinning
Partnerships exist with Hornburg in Lower Saxony and the communities of Ardouval , Les Grandes-Ventes , Lisses and Saint-Hellier in France .
Culture and sights
Museums
- The local history museum on the market square is located in Osterwieck's oldest house. It was first mentioned in 1265 and expanded in the 15th century. It served as the town hall for a long time. The collection contains sections on the history of the city of Osterwieck, starting with prehistoric exhibits.
Memorials
- Bismarck Tower
- Graves in the local cemetery for 16 persons known by name who were abducted to Germany during the Second World War and victims of forced labor , as well as two unknown Red Army soldiers and a German known by name of Jewish origin.
Churches
- Today's St. Stephani Church is one of the two oldest churches in Osterwieck, along with the smaller Nikolaikirche. It was in serious disrepair, but was reopened after extensive renovation. Its two towers, 53 and 54 meters high, date from the first half of the 12th century. The spiers were added in the 16th century; the towers were re-covered with slate in 1983. The westwork of the church is of Romanesque origin, while the choir was rebuilt in 1516, the year before the Reformation . In between is the nave, the predecessor of which, having become dilapidated due to flooding and age, was renewed in 1552–1557. The builders managed to leave the choir and altar in the Catholic character, while the hall is kept in the style of the Reformation. St. Stephani is the first Reformation town church to be built. The neighboring Hornburg church is younger and the nave of Osterwieck was even a model for the main church in Wolfenbüttel . Incorporated into the arcade arches, there are 240 reliefs made of sandstone , which testify to the immense self-confidence of the families, craftsmen and guilds who were immortalized there. In addition to the eye-catching gemstones, there are unusual signs and teeth in the normal masonry stones. Such engravings were made by stonemasons to promote their work. A church building association has existed since 1990, which undertook a comprehensive renovation of the church.
- The Church of St. Nikolai also dates from the Romanesque period. It is located on Nikolaikirchgasse and, like St. Stephani, belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Osterwieck in the Halberstadt parish.
- The Catholic Church of St. Joseph was built in 1888 in the neo-Romanesque style. It is named after Joseph of Nazareth and is located on the Teichdamm. Since 2010 the church has belonged to the parish of St. Bonifatius, based in Wernigerode .
Other structures
- Historic old town with buildings from Gothic , Renaissance , Classicism and in Lower Saxony half-timbered style. Numerous buildings were renovated.
- The only still complete courtyard in the middle of the city is the Schäferhof, which, according to a bar inscription, dates back to 1527. In the meantime, however, the opinion is that the neighboring high-rise building could be a lot older and is possibly the oldest house in town. In the Schäferhof there is a pigeon tower from 1704.
- The Bunte Hof at Rössingstrasse 5 was built from 1579 to 1582 by Ludolph I von Rössing , whose family had owned land there since the middle of the 15th century. It remained in the possession of the von Rössing barons until 1847. Today only the south wing remains. Well at this location has been around 1070, the Bavarian Duke Otto of Northeim in Saxony war with Saxon nobles against Emperor Henry IV. Allied.
- The district of Zilly is characterized by a late medieval castle complex and several large farms.
- For the history of the local part Hessen is Hessen Castle of great importance. It experienced its heyday under Heinrich Julius , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel since 1589.
- There is an old manor in the Berßel district .
Simon Stappen's Eulenspiegelhaus
Half-timbered house in Osterwieck
Colorful yard
St. Stephen's Church
Nikolaikirche
St. Joseph Church
Economy and Infrastructure
education
Osterwieck has three primary schools, one secondary school and one grammar school :
- Elementary school stage
- Primary school "Sonnenklee" Osterwieck
- Elementary school Hessen
- Secondary school Thomas Mann (in the district of Dardesheim)
- Fallstein High School
childcare
The city of Osterwieck also has many childcare facilities
- “Kleine Strolche” day care center in Wülperode
- Kita “Abenteuerland” Deersheim
- Day care center “Fallsteinzwerge” Rhoden
- “Hollerbusch” day care center, Hessen
- Daycare center “Ilsespatzen” stage
- Day care center "Lütti's Rasselbande" Lüttgenrode
- “Märchenburg” day care center in Zilly
- “Rohrspatzen” day care center in Rohrsheim
- “Sunshine” day care center in Berßel
- Day care center "Zwergenklus" Dardesheim
- Kinderland am Langenkamp day care center in Osterwieck
- AWO Kita Look
- AWO day care center "Kinderhaus an der Ilse" Osterwieck
economy
The focus of the economy is on metal processing, mechanical engineering, the chemical industry and regenerative electricity generation.
The largest and best-known companies include Gleitlager und Metallverarbeitung GmbH, Ramme-Elektro-Maschinen-Bau GmbH, Reinstmetalle Osterwieck ( Recylex ), Alstab Oberflächentechnik GmbH, Lankwitzer Lackfabrik GmbH, Göschl Metallbau GmbH, Bio-Geflügelhof Deersheim, Borek Kommunikation and the Druiberg wind farm .
traffic
The A 36 runs west and south of Osterwieck and can be reached via the Osterwieck / Vienenburg-Nord, Abbenrode or Stapelburg junctions . The localities of the municipality are accessed by the L87, L88 and L89.
The community no longer has a rail link. The Wasserleben – Börßum railway was once interrupted by the division of Germany and is only served east of the border. The train stations Osterwieck, Osterwieck West, Stötterlingen and Hoppenstedt were in the urban area of Osterwieck. Passenger traffic on the section to Osterwieck West was shut down on September 28, 2002, the route is still preserved. The PlusBus 210 provides bus connections to Halberstadt and Vienenburg , which is operated by the Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe . There are other bus connections to Wernigerode .
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Conrad Porta (1541–1585), Lutheran theologian, educator and playwright
- Johann Georg Hermann Voigt (1769–1811), organist and composer in Leipzig
- Friedrich Heinrich Leonhard Albert (1819–1864 / 1865), lawyer, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly and Mayor of Quedlinburg
- Albert Karl Ernst Bormann (1819–1882), classical philologist, educator and rector in Stralsund and Magdeburg
- Friedrich Wilhelm Andreas John (1835–1912), member of the Reichstag
- Wilhelm Hochgreve (1885–1968), author and reciter
- Theo Gille (1918–2011), local history researcher
- Gerhard Reiche (1920–2014), archivist and genealogist
- Rudolf Schulze (1930–2015), Protestant student pastor and superintendent in Halle, Oberkirchenrat
- Wolfgang Rauls (* 1948 in Rohrsheim), politician ( NDPD , FDP ) and 2005–2012 mayor of the city of Gommern
- Ulrich-Karl Engel (* 1950), politician and member of the state parliament (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen) from 1990–1998
- Winfried Freudenberg (1956–1989), last victim of the Berlin Wall
People connected to the city
- Gottlieb Bertrand (1775–1813), writer, spent the last years of his life in Osterwieck, where he worked as a watchmaker.
- Jürgen (1929–2000) and Klaus von Woyski (1931–2017), artists who lived in Osterwieck after 1945
literature
- Klaus Thiele (Ed.): Osterwieck. The half-timbered town from the Reformation century and the Brandt Schmalian trial file from 1614. Resin research 26. Lukas Verlag, Wernigerode / Berlin 2010
- Theo Gille: Osterwieck - history and architecture of a half-timbered town. Archiv Verlag, Braunschweig 2001 4
- Theo Gille: Osterwieck, the half-timbered town on the northern Harz. In: Klaus Thiele (ed.): 1200 years of the Halberstadt diocese - Osterwieck - early mission and early Protestant imagery. Resin Research Volume 21. Lukas Verlag, Wernigerode / Berlin 2005, pp. 47–75.
- Ewald Seyffarth and Gerhard Reiche : Family book Osterwieck. Copy of the manuscript . Osterwieck 1988. 16,800 families in the period 1617–1887, according to the inventory, part IV of the German Central Office for Genealogy , p. 434
- Berent Schwineköper (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 11: Province of Saxony Anhalt (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 314). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-520-31402-9 , pp. 359-360.
Web links
- The official internet portal for the unified municipality of the city of Osterwieck
- Osterwieck on braunschweig-touren.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
- ↑ a b community brochure , accessed on May 20, 2013
- ↑ Christof Römer : Beginning in Halberstadt, not in Osterwieck . To the invention of a founding history of a diocese. Ed .: Bernd Feicke, Jörg Brückner (= Harz magazine . 67th year = 148th year of the Harzverein's magazine for history and antiquity). Lukas, Berlin / Wernigerode 2015, ISBN 978-3-86732-222-5 , pp. 13-26 .
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
- ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003
- ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt - Municipal Council Elections 2019: City of Osterwieck , accessed on November 3, 2019
- ↑ Ingeborg Wagenführ remains mayor. October 25, 2016, accessed on September 30, 2019 (German).
- ↑ a b Official Journal of the District No. 4/2011 page 14 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ St. Nikolai ekmd.de, accessed on July 1, 2019
- ↑ On the history of the Bunter Hof in Osterwieck
- ↑ Bunter Hof Osterwieck
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