Römstedt

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Uelzen
Joint municipality :	Bevensen-Ebstorf
Height :	54 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18.97 km 2
Residents:	784 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	41 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	29591
Primaries :	05821, 05828 (Havekost, Masbrock)
License plate :	UE
Community key :	03 3 60 017
Community structure:	5 districts
Association administration address:	Lindenstrasse 12 ; 29549 Bad Bevensen
Mayor :	Bernd Lüders ( community of voters )
Location of the municipality of Römstedt in the district of Uelzen

Römstedt is a municipality in the middle of the Lüneburg Heath in the district of Uelzen , Lower Saxony . The municipality of Römstedt belongs to the integrated municipality of Bevensen-Ebstorf .

Community structure

The municipality of Römstedt consists of the localities Drögennottorf , Masbrock , Havekost , Niendorf I and Römstedt.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the communities Drögennottorf, Masbrock and Niendorf I were incorporated.

politics

Municipal council

In the local elections on September 11, 2011, the electoral community won all nine seats.

Mayor / Administration

The mayor is Bernd Lüders (community of voters) (since 2004 ). The municipal administration is located at Göhrdestraße 11.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: In the silver - green shields divided obliquely to the left with a graft cut (five grafts), a red circular cross at the top and a silver poker hook at the bottom.

Buildings

The Evangelical Lutheran St. Matthew Church is in the center of the village. The church was named after the evangelist Matthew . It has probably been around since the 13th century, when it was probably built by the local noble families as a castle and palace chapel. Throughout history, the church has been renovated and enlarged many times. The Matthäus-Kirche has a Furtwängler organ, two church bells and a figure of a Man of Sorrows .

In addition to Römstedt, the parish of Römstedt includes the villages of Gollern, Havekost, Masbrock , Höver and Niendorf. In 1545 the Reformation was introduced. The church has a cemetery on the northern outskirts.

Architectural monuments

Sons and daughters of the church

Wilhelm Schulze (1861–1958), blacksmith, agricultural machinery manufacturer, learned the blacksmith's trade in the Römstedter forge from his father Heinrich Christoph Schulze (1835–1898), expanded the Römstedter forge to Bevenser Maschinenfabrik AG (production of threshing machines) from 1885 and founded it in 1909 the standard work Wilhelm Schulze in Hanover.
Wilhelm Lüdeke (1897–1974), teacher, organist and local history researcher in Römstedt since 1936, retired in 1962
Jörg Sievers (* 1965), former soccer goalkeeper at Hannover 96 .

literature

Wilhelm Lüdeke : On the history of the parish Römstedt. Vol. 1–5, district administration, Uelzen 1974 (publications of the district archive Uelzen. 1–5).
Gunda Friesch: The families and residents of the parish of Römstedt and Höver: Local family book 1660-1900 for the places Drögennottorf, Gollern, Havekost, Höver, Masbrock, Niendorf and Römstedt. Uelzen: Museum and Heimatverein des Kreis Uelzen 2013 (= sources and representations on the history of the city and district of Uelzen 13), ISBN 978-3-929864-25-0 .

Individual evidence

↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 237 .
↑ From the forge to the agricultural machinery factory. The memoirs of Wilhelm Schulze (1861–1958) . With an erg. by Jürgen Schulze. Suderburg-Hösseringen: Agricultural Museum Lüneburger Heide - Museumsdorf Hösseringen 2001. (Publications of the Agricultural Museum Lüneburger Heide. 9) ISBN 3-934057-10-1
^ Friedrich Post: Memory of Wilhelm Lüdeke. He was born 100 years ago, on April 11, 1897 . In: The Heidewanderer. Local supplement of the Allgemeine Zeitung, Uelzen. Vol. 73 (1997) No. 15, p. 59.

Web links

Commons : Römstedt - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[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 ).

[2] 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 237 .

[3] From the forge to the agricultural machinery factory. The memoirs of Wilhelm Schulze (1861–1958) . With an erg. by Jürgen Schulze. Suderburg-Hösseringen: Agricultural Museum Lüneburger Heide - Museumsdorf Hösseringen 2001. (Publications of the Agricultural Museum Lüneburger Heide. 9) ISBN 3-934057-10-1

[4] Friedrich Post: Memory of Wilhelm Lüdeke. He was born 100 years ago, on April 11, 1897 . In: The Heidewanderer. Local supplement of the Allgemeine Zeitung, Uelzen. Vol. 73 (1997) No. 15, p. 59.