Rethem (Aller)

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Heidekreis
Joint municipality :	Rethem / Aller
Height :	16 m above sea level NHN
Area :	33.76 km 2
Residents:	2298 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	68 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	27336
Area code :	05165
License plate :	HK
Community key :	03 3 58 018
City structure:	4 districts
; City administration address :	Lange Strasse 4 ; 27336 Rethem (Aller)
Website :	www.rethem.de
Mayor :	Frank Leverenz ( CDU )
Location of the city of Rethem (Aller) in the Heidekreis district

Rethem (Aller) is a town in the district of Heidekreis ( Lower Saxony ). It is a member community of the combined community of Rethem / Aller and belongs to the Aller-Leine-Tal association .

geography

Rethem is located on the Aller in the Aller-Leine-Tal tourist region. In the immediate vicinity there are several oxbow lakes of the Aller, which are now used as bathing lakes.

topography

Waters

In addition to the dominant Aller, the Alpe also flows into the Aller in Rethem, whereby the main flood of the Alpe is now routed south of Rethem via the Alpe-Wölpe-Umfluter and - after the Wölpe has been absorbed - flows into the Aller in the district of Wohlendorf, downstream from the city center .

City structure

In addition to the core city, the city of Rethem also includes the following districts:

history

Merian copper engraving by Rethem around 1650, Rethem Castle on the left

It was first mentioned indirectly in 1200, until it was first mentioned directly in 1239. The diocese of Minden owned goods in the city, towards the end of the 13th century the principality of Lüneburg took possession of the castle and village. In 1353, Rethem was granted city rights by the Lüneburg princes, which makes Rethem the oldest city in what is now the Heidekreis district. In 1885 Rethem had 1,334 inhabitants. During the First World War , the naval airship L 36 had to make an emergency landing on February 7, 1917 on the icy Aller near Rethem. Strong winds destroyed the airship within an hour.

Towards the end of the Second World War , in April 1945, Rethem became a military bridgehead over the Aller, which was fiercely fought over by British and German units. A memorial stone in Londy Park and the graves of the war cemetery remind us of this today.

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, the communities of Stöcken and Wohlendorf were incorporated.

Culture and sights

Memorial stone on the Allerbrücke, which was fought over in World War II

Rethem Castle , today as a new building from 2004 for the Burghof Kulturforum
Allerufer with sculpture park
Building ensemble consisting of the town hall and the Amtshof
Post mill in Londypark
St. Marien Church, built 1837–1844 according to plans by consistorial builder Friedrich August Ludwig Hellner

Town view
Marienkirche from 1839
Post mill
Rethem Castle

Architectural monuments

Religions

In Rethem there is an Evangelical Lutheran congregation at the Marienkirche, to which most of the denominational citizens belong. Since the 1980s , it has maintained a partnership with the parish of Rabenau (Saxony) . The city's Catholics belong to the provost community in Verden.

politics

City Council of Rethem (Aller)

CDU 7 seats
SPD 6 seats

(As of: local election on September 11, 2011)

The 2016 local elections did not result in any change in the distribution of seats.

Town twinning

Since November 26, 2005 there has been a partnership between the city of Rethem and Gmina Kołczygłowy (municipality of Alt Kolziglow) in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship .

traffic

Street

Rethem is on the federal highway 209 between Nienburg / Weser and Walsrode . There are also roads to Verden and Neustadt am Rübenberge .

Rail transport

The formerly existing railway connection by means of the Allertalbahn Verden (Aller) ‒Rethem‒ Celle has meanwhile been shut down and dismantled. Today the closest train stations are in Eystrup , Walsrode, Dörverden and Verden. The old railway line between Ahlden and the west was expanded into a cycle path and is partly identical to the Aller-Radweg long-distance cycle path .

Sons and daughters of the church

Justus Christoph Leist (1770–1858), constitutional lawyer and politician
Ludwig August Schlueter (1797–1881), Hanoverian chief magistrate
Heinrich Christoph Londy (1812–1887), patron
Werner Hansen (1905–1972), politician and trade unionist
Hilde Steppe (1947–1999), nursing scientist, educator, nurse
Sven Seeliger (* 18 September 1972), two-time FIA Rallycross - European champion (2000 and 2001)

Individual evidence

↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).

↑ Thorsten Neubert-Preine : Rethem (Aller). View of the patch from the east, 1654 (cat . No. 172) . In: Klaus Niehr (Hrsg.): Historical city views from Lower Saxony and Bremen 1450-1850 . Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-8353-1534-1 , p. 267 .

^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 224 .

↑ http://www.rethem.de/wDeutsch/index.shtml

↑ Member communities of the integrated community Rethem (Aller). Retrieved March 19, 2017 .

↑ http://www.londyschule.de/seite/180748/hc-londy.html , accessed on September 30, 2018

Web links

Commons : Rethem - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Rethemb in the Topographia Braunschweig Lüneburg (Matthäus Merian) - sources and full texts

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-NI-1] State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).