Ritterhude

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Ritterhude
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Coordinates: 53 ° 11 ′  N , 8 ° 45 ′  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Osterholz
Height : 10 m above sea level NHN
Area : 32.88 km 2
Residents: 14,684 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 447 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 27721
Area code : 04292
License plate : OHZ
Community key : 03 3 56 008
LOCODE : DE RTE
Community structure: 6 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Riesstrasse 40
27721 Ritterhude
Website : www.ritterhude.de
Mayoress : Susanne Geils ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Ritterhude in the district of Osterholz
Bremen Bremen Landkreis Cuxhaven Landkreis Oldenburg Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme) Landkreis Verden Landkreis Wesermarsch Axstedt Grasberg Hambergen Holste Lilienthal Lübberstedt Osterholz-Scharmbeck Ritterhude Schwanewede Worpswede Vollersodemap
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Ritterhude ( Low German Hu'e ) is a municipality in Lower Saxony in the Osterholz district . It is located north of the city of Bremen with a ten-kilometer joint state and municipal border.

geography

Topography and structure of the community

Geographical location

The natural space is determined by the marshland , moor and alluvial landscape of the Hamme and Wümme lowlands and the geest landscape, which was shaped by the Ice Age, with its sandy and clay soils .

Community structure

Today's municipality of Ritterhude consists of the formerly independent places: in brackets the number of inhabitants as of 04/2013

Neighboring communities

Ritterhude borders in the north on the city of Osterholz-Scharmbeck , in the east on Lilienthal , in the south on the city of Bremen and in the west and north-west on the municipality of Schwanewede .

history

Surname

In 1182 Ritterhude was first mentioned as Hude ( Low German Hu'e ) in a document from the Osterholz monastery. The Hude places belong to a group of less existing place names such as Hude (Oldenburg) or Hude (North Friesland) . In addition, a few hundred prefixes (prefixes) and suffixes (suffixes) have been formed for place names that are common in northern Germany, the Netherlands (-hijde) and England (-hithe).

middle Ages

The von der Hude family was first mentioned in a document in 1185. The Burg Huda served 1309 according to the Bremer Urkundenbuch , to guard the ford on the Hammering as single Heerweg from Hamburg to Bremen. In 1380 the knights and squires of the Hude vowed that “ounce slot” should be an open lock and so it escaped destruction.

Modern times

According to the oldest register of free dams , 52 families lived on Damthor Hude in 1568 . According to the treasury and contribution description, the number rose to 89 families by 1635.

In 1712 a major fire destroyed 56 buildings, including a water mill. In 1757 the castle and the dam bridge were destroyed in the Seven Years' War .

Dammgut Ritterhude

In 1774, after the death of Friedrich August von der Hude, the last of his tribe in Ritterhude, Georg Gröning , later councilor, senator and mayor of Bremen, acquired the dam. He and his son Heinrich v. Gröning, also the mayor and president of the higher court in Bremen, converted the restored moated castle into a mansion, which they expanded into a three-wing building by adding the north wing. Descendants (family of Rex von Gröning) live there to this day.

In 1850 the Ritterhude court was united with the towns of Ritterhude, Osterhagen-Ihlpohl and Werschenrege (with Erve, Loge, Ovelgönne), Heilshorn, Hülseberg / Isehorn, Buschhausen and Vor-Scharmbeckstotel with the Osterholz office. In 1854 a local council could be elected for the first time in Ritterhude.

20th and 21st centuries

At the beginning of the 20th century the following buildings were built: the gymnasium in 1912, the Linden pharmacy in 1925 , the parsonage with confirmation hall in 1927, the Riess school in 1930 and the post office in 1931. In addition, the road between the castle bridge and the north side was expanded around 1926/30.

From 1929 the number of unemployed in Ritterhude rose rapidly. The global economic crisis cast its shadow, almost 30 percent of the approximately 2400 Ritterhuder had to live from public funds at the end of 1932. The NSDAP appeared for the first time with 29 votes in the Reichstag election in December 1924 . In September 1930 it reached 183 and in July 1932 488 votes, but fell in the election on November 6, 1932 by almost half (257) and thus considerably more than on the Reich scale. In Ritterhude, the NSDAP did not come close to the top scores of the SPD. And although Hitler came to power on January 30, 1933, the SPD remained the leading party in Ritterhude until the Reichstag election in March 1933 . But it did not offer much organized resistance. The DZP, DDP and DVP did not play a major role in the Ritterhuder elections. In 1920/1924 the DHP still received around 200 - presumably peasant - votes, but after that it went steeply downhill. The right-wing DNVP had an average of only 80 voters until 1930, but the number rose from the July 1932 election. In November 217 Ritterhuder voted for her. Like the NSDAP, it probably benefited from the bourgeois electorate's trend to the right.

The mayor of Bremen-Lesum, Sturmhauptführer Fritz-Johann Köster, personally drove the Jewish Ritterhude family ter Berg into the Hamme valley during the Night of the Reichspogrom in 1938. The SA men took the family by car from Köster to an open field to be shot. In the end, however, Köster and his troop leader did not dare to shoot all family members. Instead, they let the ter Bergs go by firing a blank shot (source: Götz Aly: The persecution and murder of European Jews by National Socialist Germany 1933–1945. Vol. 2 ″, p. 391).

In 1999 the multi-purpose hall was converted into an event center. The town hall from 1927 was rebuilt in 2000. Since 2004, Ritterhude has officially been allowed to use the Low German place name Hu'e on the entrance boards .

On the evening of September 9, 2014, a severe detonation on the premises of a local waste disposal company damaged around 40 houses in a neighboring residential area. A company employee died about a week later from injuries sustained as a result of the detonation.

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, the communities Lesumstotel, Osterhagen-Ihlpohl, Platjenwerbe, Stendorf and Werschenrege were incorporated.

Population development

Communities from which the unified community Ritterhude was formed in 1974
local community 1949 1961 1970 1974¹
Ritterhude 5,711² 5,944 7,472 7,700
Lesumstotel 450 362 445 800
Osterhagen-Ihlpohl 1253 1,452 1,678 2,000
Advertising 1318 1,408 1,770 2,300
Stendorf 711 574 546 600
Werschenrege 414 272 305 400

Note:
¹ 1974: approximate figures
² 1949: of which 2039 refugees

Ritterhude community in the borders from 1974
year 1961 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2017
Residents 10,012 12,216 13.006 13,274 13,950 14,658 14,703

politics

Municipal council

The municipality council of the municipality of Ritterhude consists of 30 councilors. This is the specified number for a municipality with a population between 12,001 and 15,000. The 30 council members are elected for five years each by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The full-time mayor Susanne Geils (SPD) is also entitled to vote in the council of the municipality.

The results of the last three local elections resulted in the following allocation of seats:

Local election SPD CDU GREEN FDP Ritterhude flat share Citizens' parliamentary group
Ritterhude 		total
September 10, 2006 13 10 3 2 2 - 30 seats
September 11, 2011 12 7th 6th 1 1 3 30 seats
11th September 2016 12 7th 5 1 - 5 30 seats

mayor

The full-time mayor of the Ritterhude community is Susanne Geils (SPD). In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, she was re-elected as incumbent with 50.3% of the vote. The turnout was 56.9%. Geils began her further term on November 1, 2014.

coat of arms

Ritterhude coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality shows a knight jumping to the left in silver armor on a silver, gold-bridled horse, the lance inlaid, on the shield, helmet and saddlecloth on the shield, helmet and saddlecloth the colors of von der Hude 's coat of arms silver - black - yellow.

flag

The colors of the municipality are silver - black - yellow. The municipality's flag consists of three horizontal stripes of equal width, silver on top, black in the middle, yellow below, and the municipality's coat of arms in the foreground.

For the annual Hammefest, these flags are hung on the street lamps along Riesstrasse, where the Hammefest is celebrated.

Partnerships

Culture and sights

Buildings

Riesturnhalle. Foundation building of Gebr. Ries from 1912

In the center of the community, listed buildings in brick architecture characterize the townscape, which were donated by the Ries brothers , who were born in Ritterhude and who emigrated to the USA at the end of the 19th century . These are the gymnasium (1912), the pharmacy (1926), the town hall (1928), the rectory (1929), the Ries school (1930) and the post office (1932).

St. John's Church

The Protestant St. John's Church was built in 1792 instead of a previous half-timbered building and rebuilt in 1908 and 1929. Among other things, the framework of the outer walls was replaced by brick walls. The brick tower was added in 1892 and heightened in 1936.

The structural origins of the main building of the dam, an aristocratic residence, which is surrounded by a graft, date back to the 14th century.

The former windmill located in the center of the village , of which the substructure built between 1876 and 1880 has been preserved, was inaugurated on August 3, 2007 after the restoration work started in April 2006 and has been used for cultural purposes ever since.

The Ritterhuder lock on the Hamme was built in 1874/75 and has been a listed building since 1985.

The Jewish cemetery on the corner of Am Schafkoven and Lesumstoteler Strasse , which was occupied from 1780 to 1938, has 29 gravestones . The cemetery is a protected architectural monument .

Regular events

Damn good
Hammefest 2014

The Hammefest are held annually in the community on the first weekend in September on Riesstrasse (2015 for the 30th time), the Easter bonfire on Schützenplatz, the shooting festival and the harvest festival in Lesumstotel / Werschenrege.

Since 2006 there has been the Ritterhuder Torfnacht, an open-air concert on the outside of the Hamme Forum (formerly the Ritterhuder event center) and the International Ritterhuder Judo-Hamme Cup for girls and boys.

Economy and Transport

economy

Ritterhude is part of the Northwest European Metropolitan Region . Of the 3,549 employees, 33 percent come from the manufacturing sector, 31 percent from trade, hospitality and transport, and 36 percent from services. Ritterhude records 2,930 inbound commuters and 4,491 outbound commuters; mainly from and to Bremen (all figures from 2010).

The network of industrial areas with areas from 1.3 to 27.1 hectares should be mentioned

  • the Ritterhude business park ,
  • the industrial area Ihlpohl ,
  • the commercial area Auf dem Radberg / Stendorfer Straße ,
  • as well as the smaller industrial areas Kiepelbergstraße , Am Großen Geeren , An der Ihle , Lesumstotel and
  • the Heidkamp special area for retail.

As larger and older companies are to be mentioned in Ritterhude

  • the LINPAC Packaging GmbH in the chemical industry,
  • the Lubrizol Germany GmbH in the chemical industry,
  • the Asel AG for metal, machinery and steel structures and Autokran- Baumaschinenvermietung
  • the Thiele & Fendel Bremen GmbH & Co. KG for heating, plumbing and air conditioning systems,
  • the Klenke Electronics GmbH & Co. KG for electrical and safety technology
  • the Kähler Baumaschinen GmbH & Co.KG
  • the BKE Jens Fislage office and communication facilities .

traffic

The community is conveniently located on the A 27 ( Cuxhaven - Bremerhaven - Bremen - Walsrode ) and the B 74 ( Bremen - Stade ). The Ritterhude Süd junction of the A27 is at the level of the motorway triangle with the A 281 , which, as a future crossing of the Weser, will play an important role in the traffic connection of north-west Germany (e.g. towards Oldenburg ).

Public transport

The RS 2 line of the Regio-S-Bahn Bremen / Lower Saxony , which runs hourly during the day between Bremerhaven-Lehe and Twistringen or between Bremerhaven-Lehe and Bremen Hauptbahnhof , stops at Ritterhude station : During the rush hour on weekdays, there are Bremerhaven- Lehe to Bremen main station individual amplifier trips in the morning and in the afternoon in the opposite direction, so that there is a brief 30-minute cycle.

The bus line 680 runs in Ritterhude (mainly every hour between Wallhöfen - Bremen-Gröpelingen ; as well as individual trips from Wallhöfen to Bremen main station, Bremen-Gröpelingen to Hambergen and Bremen-Burg to Osterholz-Scharmbeck ).

In addition, at certain times, some school bus routes such as the 656 (to Stendorf ), 659 (to Platjenwerbe ) and 663 (to Osterholz-Scharmbeck) run within and on the edge of Ritterhude.

During the night from Saturday to Sunday, the bus line N62 runs every hour between Bremen main station and Osterholz-Scharmbeck, with stops in Ritterhude as well.

Public facilities

General

  • Ritterhude town hall
  • Volunteer fire brigade in Ritterhude with the local fire brigades Ihlpohl, Lesumstotel / Werschenrege, Platjenwerbe, Ritterhude and Stendorf as well as the youth fire brigades Ritterhude and Ihlpohl and the children's fire brigade in Stendorf
  • Police Ritterhude

education

  • Elementary school Ritterhude
  • Ihlpohl primary school
  • Platjenwerbe elementary school
  • School center Moormannskamp: Gymnasium Ritterhude (separated from the organization of the Hauptschule and Realschule) Haupt- und Realschule Ritterhude (opened 1977)
  • Ritterhude grammar school, since 2007/2008 also upper school
  • Riesschule: since 2008 upper level of the grammar school
  • Civil service school Bremen / Ritterhude

Social facilities

  • Hospitals: nearest acute hospitals: Bremen-Nord Clinic, Lilienthal Residence Clinic and Osterholz District Hospital.
  • Goethestrasse day care center
  • Kindergarten Lehmbarg
  • Stendorf day care center
  • Ritterhude youth camp
  • Social station of the community of Ritterhude
  • Bellvita social institutions
  • Senior Center Haus Christian
  • Residential Park Am Dammgut

Churches

  • Ev.-luth. Parish of St. John
  • Ev.-luth. Parish Werschenrege
  • Catholic parish of St. Birgitta (to the common Holy Family in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, church in Bremen-Marßel )
  • New Apostolic Church

Sports

  • BSG Hüderbeek
  • TSV Lesumstotel
  • ASV Ihlpohl
  • SG Platjenwerbe
  • RSG platform advertising
  • FSC Stendorf
  • DLRG local group Ritterhude
  • RC Tempo Ritterhude
  • TuSG Ritterhude
  • ASC Ritterhude
  • Women's sports club in Ritterhude
  • 1. American Sports Club Ritterhude from 1994 e. V.
  • RASV Hammebiss (Ritterhuder Angelsport-Verein)
  • Ritterhude Badgers
  • Podder community of old oaks

Personalities

See also

literature

  • Helga Müller: The village of Ritterhude - the inhabitants and their homes , [Ritterhude] 2011. [approx. 250] sheets + 1 CD.
  • Dietbrandt Cassel: Contributions to the history of the place Ritterhude , Ritterhude 1969. 101 Bl.: Ill., Kt.
  • Friedrich Kühlken : Between Niederweser and Niederelbe - A local history of the state of Bremen and the Lower Saxony district of Stade , Osterholz-Scharmbeck, 1950.
  • Bernard Lange: Chronicle of the Police Ritterhude , Diem and Neumann, 1978.

Web links

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

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. ↑ http://geschichtsatlas.de/~gd5/ritterhude1.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.spurensuche-bremen.de/paula-und-hartog-isaak-entgingen-der-ermordung/
  4. ^ Verden / Osterholz police station: Explosion in the factory
  5. ↑ Police Inspection Verden / Osterholz: Addendum to the report - Explosion in factory
  6. ^ Disposal company: Severe explosion in Ritterhude in Lower Saxony
  7. ↑ a b c d e Federal Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality register 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. 244 .
  8. ↑ Ritterhude .: From the noble court to the community of Ritterhude Alt-Ritterhude, Ihlpohl, Lesumstotel, Platjenwerbe, Stendorf, Werschenrege . Simmering, 1996, ISBN 3-927723-31-2 ( worldcat.org [accessed August 17, 2019]).
  9. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on November 21, 2014
  10. ↑ Individual results of the direct elections on May 25, 2014 in Lower Saxony , accessed on November 22, 2014
  11. ↑ a b Main statutes of the Ritterhude community , accessed on November 22, 2014
  12. ↑ Own knowledge, since based in Ritterhude
  13. ↑ https://gso.gbv.de/DB=2.1/SET=2/TTL=1/SHW?FRST=8/PRS=HOL
  14. ↑ https://gso.gbv.de/DB=2.1/SET=2/TTL=61/SHW?FRST=61/PRS=HOL