Pollhagen

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Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 52 ° 23 '  N , 9 ° 11'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Schaumburg
Joint municipality :	Niedernwöhren
Height :	50 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.87 km 2
Residents:	1073 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	83 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	31718
Area code :	05721
License plate :	SHG, RI
Community key :	03 2 57 030
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 46 31712 Niedernwöhren
Website :	www.pollhagen.de
Mayor :	Friedrich Möller (WGP)
Location of the municipality of Pollhagen in the Schaumburg district

Pollhagen is a municipality in the municipality of Niedernwöhren in the Schaumburg district in Lower Saxony.

geography

The village is located on the Schaumburg Forest and the Mittelland Canal near Stadthagen . The Natenhöhe residential area also belongs to the municipality .

history

The place received its district through clearing in the 13th century and was first mentioned in 1410. The community developed as a sub-farming sub-village from the mother village of Meerbeck . Until 1898 the village belonged to the parish of Meerbeck, then its own church was built in Pollhagen.

religion

Pollhagen has been the seat of an Evangelical Lutheran parish within the Schaumburg-Lippische Landeskirche since 1896 . Before that it was parish in Meerbeck.

politics

Municipal council

The council of the municipality consists of 11 councilors and councilors.

• SPD - 5 seats
• WGP - 4 seats
• CDU - 2 seats

(Status: local election on September 11, 2016 )

Mayor / Administration

Mayor is Friedrich Möller from the Pollhagen voter community. The council has appointed the mayor of the municipality, Marc Busse, as the municipality director. The community office is located at Rottstrasse 2.

Culture and sights

• Ev. Church, built in 1897/98 according to plans by the Bückeburg court chamber and building councilor Jebens

Regular events

Every year in August, the local village community festival takes place in conjunction with the local rifle festival. The so-called rott celebrations of the individual residential quarters are traditionally integrated .

Transport and infrastructure

Shipping traffic is handled at the ports of Niedernwöhren .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Fritz Wehmeier (1897–1945), politician (NSDAP)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ^ Heidkämper: Pollhagen . In: Philipp Meyer: The pastors of the regional churches of Hanover and Schaumburg-Lippes since the Reformation . Volume 2. Göttingen 1942, p. 278.
3. ↑ pollhagenonline: Politik , accessed on October 25, 2018

Web links

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