Quernheim

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Coat of arms of the community of Quernheim
Quernheim
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Quernheim highlighted

Coordinates: 52 ° 28 '  N , 8 ° 24'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Diepholz
Joint municipality : Old Office Lemförde
Height : 47 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.25 km 2
Residents: 466 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 75 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 49448
Primaries : 05443, 05447
License plate : DH, SY
Community key : 03 2 51 029
Association administration address: Bahnhofstrasse 10a
49448 Lemförde
Mayor : Diethelm Schmidt (community of voters)
Location of the community of Quernheim in the district of Diepholz
Landkreis Diepholz Niedersachsen Nordrhein-Westfalen Nordrhein-Westfalen Landkreis Osnabrück Landkreis Nienburg/Weser Bremen Delmenhorst Landkreis Verden Landkreis Vechta Landkreis Oldenburg Landkreis Cloppenburg Stemshorn Lemförde Quernheim Brockum Marl Quernheim Hüde Lembruch Dümmer Diepholz Drebber Barnstorf Wetschen Dickel Rehden Hemsloh Barver Freistatt Wehrbleck Bahrenborstel Varrel Kirchdorf Wagenfeld Barenburg Barenburg Eydelstedt Sulingen Drentwede Scholen Ehrenburg Neuenkirchen Maasen Borstel Siedenburg Mellinghausen Staffhorst Schwaförden Asendorf Affinghausen Sudwalde Schwarme Martfeld Bruchhausen-Vilsen Twistringen Bassum Syke Weyhe Stuhrmap
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Quernheim is a municipality in the Diepholz district in Lower Saxony . It belongs to the joint municipality of Altes Amt Lemförde , which has its administrative seat in Lemförde .

geography

Quernheim is in the Dümmer Nature Park near - 4,5 km south-east - the Dümmer between Osnabrueck and Bremen .

politics

Municipal council

The Quernheim municipal council consists of 7 members of a voting community. (Status: local election on September 11, 2016)

mayor

The honorary mayor Diethelm Schmidt was elected to office in November 2016.

Previous incumbent
  • until 2014: Friedhelm Winkelmann (community of voters)
  • 2014–2016: Matthias Wrampelmeier (community of voters)
  • 2016–2016 Wilhelm Buck (community of voters)
  • since 2016 Diethelm Schmidt (community of voters)
Community directors
  • 2001–2014: Ewald Spreen (independent)
  • since 2014: Rüdiger Scheibe (independent)

coat of arms

Blazon : The coat of arms shows a silver millstone in red, penetrated by a narrow golden sloping beam so that its lower part covers the millstone.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Quernheim is located directly on the L 346 from Lemförde to Rahden between the villages of Lemförde and Brockum.

Culture and sights

Motion picture theater

Quernheim is the smallest cinema location in Germany. The "Lichtburg", which opened in 1952, has two cinemas and, since 1997, an open-air cinema . Traditionally, the cult film " Blues Brothers " is shown every year on Good Friday . Many of the fans of the film appear in the typical Blues Brothers outfit.

Jewish Cemetery

The Jewish cemetery in Quernheim is a cultural monument . It is one of eight well-preserved Jewish cemeteries in the Diepholz district. In the cemetery on the street “Im Sande” there are 79 tombstones from the years 1732 to 1934 for the Jewish deceased.

Personalities

Associations and institutions

In Quernheim u. a. the Schützenverein Quernheim (the traditional shooting festival takes place every two days on Ascension Day and the following Saturday), Heimatverein Quernheim, the volunteer fire brigade, the Quernheim fishing club and the Quernheim riding club.

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. ↑ https://wahlen.kdo.de/content.php?kunde=sg_al_lemfoerde&wahlverz=sg_al_lemfoerde/web/201609_K__Gemeinderatswahl_Quernheim_11.09.2016&wahlname=Gemeinderatswahl_Quernheim_11.09.2016&atei=160411134126560_0_1_t.html
  3. ↑ in the Guinness Book of Records 9

Web links

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