Hessian Oldendorf
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Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′ N , 9 ° 15 ′ E |
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| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Hameln-Pyrmont | |
| Height : | 62 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 120.31 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 18,112 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 151 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postcodes : | 31840, 31833 | |
| Primaries : | 05152, 05151 , 05158 | |
| License plate : | HM | |
| Community key : | 03 2 52 007 | |
| LOCODE : | DE HOF | |
| City structure: | 24 districts | |
City administration address : |
Marktplatz 13 31840 Hessisch Oldendorf |
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| Mayor : | Harald Krüger ( SPD ) | |
| Location of the city of Hessisch Oldendorf in the Hameln-Pyrmont district | ||
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Hessisch Oldendorf is a town in the Hameln-Pyrmont district in Lower Saxony, not far from the Weser . In 1905 the addition “Hessisch” was officially added to the place name to distinguish it from other places with the name “Oldendorf”. The addition had long been common in postal and official terms. At that time the city belonged to the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau .
geography
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Geographical location
Hessisch Oldendorf is located 13 kilometers northwest of the city of Hameln on the Weser . The Weser Cycle Path and the German Fairy Tale Route also run through the city .
geology
The occurrence of Planicosta sandstone is a geological feature .
City structure
Since the municipal reform of 1973, Hessisch Oldendorf has been divided into eight localities with a total of 24 districts:
- Hessisch Oldendorf - former urban area / core town
- Großenwieden - Großenwieden and Kleinenwieden
- Rohdental - Rohden , Segelhorst and Welsede
- Hohenstein - Barksen , Krückeberg , Langenfeld , Wickbolsen and Zersen
- Süntel - Bensen , Haddessen , Höfingen and Pötzen
- Fischbeck - Fischbeck (with Fischbeck Abbey ) and Weibeck
- Sonnental - Friedrichsburg , Friedrichshagen , Fuhlen , Heßlingen and Rumbeck
- Hemeringen / Lachem - Hemeringen and Lachem
Incorporations
On January 29, 1973, the previously independent communities Fischbeck (Weser) and Hemeringen (until then in the district of Hameln-Pyrmont ) were incorporated.
Population development
Numbers refer to the core city and the associated localities.
(from 1987 to December 31st)
A strong influx of war refugees from the former German eastern regions after the Second World War can be seen here , which had an impact on the survey in 1950 in particular. This year, the municipality will also have its highest population since the survey.
With the influx of new refugees from the Middle East and other countries, the number of residents could rise again.
| Population development in Hessisch Oldendorf since 1939 | ||||
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| year | Population development | |||
| 2015 | 18,119 | |||
| 2014 | 18,033 | |||
| 2012 | 18,114 | |||
| 2011 | 18,827 | |||
| 2010 | 18,927 | |||
| 2009 | 19,112 | |||
| 2008 | 19,312 | |||
| 2007 | 19,547 | |||
| 2006 | 19,612 | |||
| 2005 | 19,771 | |||
| 2004 | 19,973 | |||
| 2003 | 20,025 | |||
| 2002 | 19,923 | |||
| 2001 | 19,969 | |||
| 2000 | 20,078 | |||
| 1990 | 20,108 | |||
| 1998 | 20,099 | |||
| 1997 | 20,132 | |||
| 1996 | 20,081 | |||
| 1995 | 20,125 | |||
| 1992 | 19,546 | |||
| 1991 | 18,913 | |||
| 1990 | 18,088 | |||
| 1987 | 17,483 | |||
| 1983 | 18,990 | |||
| 1970 | 17,829 | |||
| 1961 | 17,461 | |||
| 1950 | 21,412 | |||
| 1939 | 10,991 | |||
Place name
Old names of the place are around 1160–70 Othelricus de Aldenthorpe, 1208–32 Ludinger de altenthorpe, around 1237 to 1247 Oldendorpe / Oldendorpe prope Scowenborch, 1242 in Oldendorp, 1265 Gerhardus de Oldendorpe, Oldendorf / Weser, 1905 Hessisch Oldendorf and from the 19 Century Hessisch Oldendorf.
The older documents show the old Saxon form with ald-, the younger ones the normal development to old-, later it becomes o (h) l. Middle Low German Olendorp means "old village". The north German dorp is replaced by high German dorf. The addition Hess (isch) refers to the affiliation of the city and large parts of the Grafschaft Schaumburg to Hessen-Kassel after the loss of the Schauenburg count house in 1640.
history
The founding of (Hessian) Oldendorf as a city most likely falls in the second quarter of the 13th century. It is possible that Count Adolf von Schaumburg planned to make the fortified Oldendorf the center of the approx. 25 Schaumburg villages in the area and thereby secure his power.
The grammar school , first mentioned in 1407 , which goes back to a municipal Latin school founded in the late Middle Ages, experienced - in close connection with the University of Rinteln - its heyday around 1630. Around 1500 the city had around 1,300 inhabitants.
In 1552 the Reformation reached the county of Schaumburg and thus Oldendorf. Witch hunts were carried out in Oldendorf from 1558–1581 : two women and a man were involved in witch trials , the two women were probably burned. The districts of Großenwieden, Höfingen, Rohden, Wickbolsen and Zersen were also affected by the persecution of witches.
With the death of the last count in 1640, a dispute arose over the county of Schaumburg, which led to its division into three parts. Oldendorf fell together with Rinteln as an exclave to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel , which was called the "Electorate of Hesse" after the Landgrave was raised to Elector in 1803.
From 1807 to 1813, Oldendorf belonged to the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia , like the whole of the Electorate of Hesse (Kurhessen) . After the German War in 1866 and the annexation of the electorate by Prussia, the city was incorporated into the newly created administrative district of Kassel from 1867, which was assigned to the (also newly created) Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau from 1868 . In 1932 she came to the Hanover administrative district in the Hanover province .
With the dissolution of the district of Grafschaft Schaumburg (district town Rinteln) and the reorganization of the district of Schaumburg (district town of Stadthagen), the city, which had been called "Oldendorf under the Schaumburg" for centuries, was removed from its historical affiliation on August 1, 1977 and transferred to the district of Hameln- Pyrmont incorporated.
Battle of Oldendorf (1633)
A historically significant battle for Hessisch Oldendorf took place on June 28th July. / July 8, 1633 greg. instead, when a Protestant army of Sweden, Hesse and Brunswick-Lüneburgern came to the aid of the Catholic-imperial occupied Hameln. The fight broke out in the ravine between Segelhorst and Barksen. The precise knowledge of a Rittmeister who was born in Oldendorf and the first deployment of mobile field artillery helped to achieve a brilliant victory over the imperial troops . In this battle over 7,000 dead were counted in a single day.
A witch hunt was carried out in Höfingen in 1635 : two women were charged in witch trials , one was probably burned.
Damming the Weser
The Oldendorfer Weser Valley was traversed by several branches of the Weser, which can still be seen today during floods. The main arm of the Weser flowed directly along the "Münchhausenhof" and the city walls of Hessisch Oldendorf and secured considerable customs income through the city's shipping traffic. The city suffered severe economic damage when Landdrost Jobst von Mengersen dammed the Weser in the reservoirs near Weibeck between 1615 and 1682 . By draining old arms of the Weser, however, significant fertile arable land was gained, which fell to the property of the Counts of Schaumburg. According to popular belief, Jobst is said to wander restlessly around the old Weser for his deed on foggy days and scare (bicycle) hikers.
Jewish history
As early as the early 14th century, Hamelin documents report on Jews in Oldendorf who then move to Hameln. There are documents from 1597 in which the Mayor of Oldendorf certifies that the Jew Isaak was an impeccable conduct as a trader and moneylender. Financial transactions of all kinds were a line of business into which the Jews inevitably had to take refuge after the craftsmen's guilds and merchants' guilds were closed to them for religious reasons. Between 1660 and 1723, the three Jewish Wallach brothers acted as lenders to the city several times. Around 1675 they leased a “death court” on the north wall and in 1710 acquired the first Jewish property in the city. In the further course of the 18th century, three Jewish families lived here and traded in yard goods , hides and hides - fitting in a town with numerous tanners and shoemakers.
The Napoleonic reforms brought the Jews equal rights under civil law and permanent family names - in Oldendorf: "Rosenberg", "Blumenthal" and "Lilienfeld". The butcher Baruch Blumenthal took part in the wars of liberation and in 1823 received a medal of honor from the returned Hessian elector. By the middle of the 19th century, the number of Jewish residents grew to 43, with a total of 1,343 inhabitants. In addition to the butchers and small traders, the Rosenberg brothers (colonial and banking business) and above all the wealthy merchant Nathan Peritz Lilienfeld, who was even elected to the city council in the revolutionary year of 1848, stood out. But as early as 1852 an amendment to the constitution of the Electorate of Hesse withdrew such mandates from all non-Christians. In 1832, as a Jewish community elder, Lilienfeld had signed a purchase agreement with the city through which a new Jewish cemetery could be built east of the city (on the Bollwegstrift, located at the bottom of the driveway to the city cemetery).
From the imperial era to the time of National Socialism , the Jewish business people (e.g. bank and textile business Adolf Spanier, Landhandel Max Blumenthal, cattle dealer Julius Löwenstein) appeared as respected citizens who were integrated into club life. Bernhard Blumenthal (Max's brother) went overseas and spent a few years in the Dutch colony of Sumatra as the manager of a tobacco plantation. His daughter was the future journalist Käthe Vordtriede . As a participant in the First World War , Julius Löwenstein was also chairman of the local association of the Reich Association of Jewish Frontline Soldiers .
After the seizure of power of the Nazis in 1933 21 Oldendorfer experienced Jews deprivation, abuse, expulsion and murder. A first low point was a rally on the market square in 1935 by the district propaganda leader Carlowitz with demonstrably false claims because of an alleged " desecration " in the house of the cattle dealer Löwenstein. Incited residents then broke into his house, devastated the facility and forced the family to leave the city temporarily. In August 1935, the city council forbade municipal employees to deal with Jews, closed the city's cattle market to Jewish cattle dealers and forbade all Jews to use the bathing establishment. During the Reichspogromnacht on November 10, 1938, SS members and civilians from Oldendorf stormed the Löwenstein cattle shop, looted the apartment and abused the wife and her brother-in-law. The Löwenstein family emigrated to the USA and in 1939/40 three other young people found asylum in England and the USA. There was no rescue for ten Oldendorf Jews who remained in Germany. Their traces were lost through deportations to the ghettos and extermination camps Auschwitz , Chelmno , Litzmannstadt , Riga , Treblinka and Warsaw . After the Second World War , Lieselotte Southam - the daughter of David and Lina Blumenthal who escaped to England in 1939 (cattle trade and shoe shop on Langen Strasse) - visited her place of birth several times and in 1994 reported in detail about her murdered parents and the social life in Hessisch Oldendorf before 1933 and the decline afterwards. Since 1988 a memorial plaque on the north wall has been commemorating the site of the first Jewish cemetery and the history of the Jews in Oldendorf.
Mills in Hessisch Oldendorf
The city mill at Westertor was the oldest mill in the city and has existed since the city was founded in the 13th century. The Dömich watermill at the same location was built in 1863 - reinforced with a service ditch connection to the Rohdener Bach - and was in operation until around 1960. The Oldendorf windmill was built by the city in 1589 on the southeast corner of the city wall, but it burned down again during the Thirty Years' War . The Oldendorfer ship mill had been on the old arm of the Weser in front of the southwest corner of the wall since 1587. But it did not last long, because a few decades later the old Weser was dammed. 7 blacksmiths and locksmiths' grinding mills were counted in 1655. The city charged 1/2 thaler water interest for each mill. The Münchhausen mill on the Fuhler Weser Bridge belonged to the Münchhausen Burghof until it was linked in 1870. It is mentioned in a document before 1600. The steam mill on Segelhorster Strasse was operated as a grain and sawmill from 1868 to around 1950. The coke mill on Barksener Weg was from 1571 the Lohmühle of the Oldendorfer Schusteramt. Here oak bark was ground to "Lohe", which was needed by the tanners to make leather . Until 1668, the Kokensmühle was also a fulling mill of the Oldendorf cloth makers , who had their woven linen fabrics "milled" here. From 1680 the coke mill served as an oil mill .
Executioner and tanner
The office of the Schaumburg executioner has been verifiable since the city was founded and was located on the property at Mittelstraße 9 / corner of Paulstraße next to the “Bürgerzwangturm”, which, as a municipal prison, was also under the supervision of the executioner. The " Carolina ", the embarrassing neck court order of Emperor Charles V.
The job of the executioner was not considered "honest", he did not belong to any guild and was also subject to special regulations in family matters. In the Ratskeller and in the church the man with the terrible handicraft had his permanent seat, determined by the city council. They only married within the executioner clans, never with other professional groups.
The last execution took place in 1755 after a previous neck court and three tortures on the scaffold of the Galgenanger at the Welsede / Grossenwieden district boundary. Executioner Farneck severed the head of a child murderer with the executioner's sword .
In a small country like the county of Schaumburg , the "official workload" of an executioner was rather low. In order to secure his livelihood, the office was therefore combined with the tasks of the skinner . All dead cattle in the entire county could only be disposed of by the Oldendorf knacker. Citizens were forbidden to bury their dead cattle themselves as a punishment. The knackers then picked up the cattle and used them in the "Fillerei". The odor nuisance in the narrow city and the water pollution of the moat soon made it necessary to relocate the "Fillekuhlen" outside the city walls to the Barksener Weg (today the city hall). In addition to the hooves and horns, mainly the hides of the dead animals were used.
The animal skins were then processed by a new professional group, the tanners . Several tanneries are documented along the streams around the city , of which the Wehrhahnsche tannery on Segelhorster Strasse was the largest. In addition to the hides, sufficient oak, which was extracted from oak bark in the Lohmühle , was a prerequisite for leather production. But this came to an end quickly with the development of industrial chrome tanning .
The last to benefit from the Schaumburg executioner and skinner was the shoemaker's guild of leather-processing , which was quite important for centuries. “Oldendorf is a town that has ninety-nine shoemakers,” the children sang. Industrial production in two shoe factories also replaced this small business in the last third of the 20th century.
fire Department
Municipal fire brigade before 1875
Devastating fires ravaged Oldendorf in earlier centuries. On September 23, 1639, most of the town went up in flames due to the narrow half-timbered construction. Later, the city council organized fire extinguishing, employed firemen and issued fire ordinances. In 1858 the Hessian government commission in Rinteln decreed that every resident was obliged to fight a fire. On the basis of this order, the city ordered its extinguishing system. The alarm sounded with the fire bell and, if necessary, the fire rider had to deliver the message to other fire departments outside. All male residents were assigned to various activities. Under the direction of Deputy Mayor Diedelmeyer, the rescue company came to rescue and guard the belongings. The fire was fought with a large, a small and a hand syringe. The large syringe was operated by 28 men, the small by 22 men. The building craftsmen of the city were united in a craft company. There were 15 men who, on the orders of the construction officer, had to pull down the fire-struck buildings with poker hooks. All the other men had to carry water with the leather fire buckets.
Volunteer fire brigade from 1875
By order of August 23, 1875, the Kassel government regulated fire extinguishing. Oldendorf then set up a fire brigade. In 1925, the volunteer fire brigade in Steigerrott was divided up with two Steiger cars, three Hydrantenrotts with three hydrant cars and barrier teams. A fire chronicle from 1875 to 1925 shows not inconsiderable fires in the years 1876, 1879, 1880, 1882–1888, 1890, 1892–1894, 1896, 1898–1906, 1908, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1924 and 1925.
Shoe manufacturing
The Ferdinand Rinne KG shoe factory was founded in 1901 in Hessisch Oldendorf. In 1922 the company was converted into a stock corporation . Until the end, the production location was the area on Rüschstrasse. The buildings were extensively renovated in the 1990s and converted into residential and commercial buildings, and the site is also home to the local police station.
After the Second World War, the company benefited significantly from the onset of the economic miracle ; in addition to various women's, men's and children's models, military boots were also produced. After the economic downturn and the increasing competition from shoe imports from the EEC and Eastern Bloc countries , Pakistan , Hong Kong , Japan and China , the company, like many shoe manufacturers in West Germany, ran into financial problems. In 1968 it was very close to bankruptcy after a loss of around one million DM . However, the change came with the takeover of the majority of the shares by the British Britton & Sons Ltd. in the same year. The new director, Hans Dimler, ordered a major reduction in models and a concentration on the business with children's shoes from the Tuf brand . At the same time, DM 500,000 was invested in an advertising campaign by the Frankfurt agency Konsell and the tiger's head in the sole was introduced as a trademark. There were even numerous full-page advertisements in Mickey Mouse magazine . With the slogan “Light as the feather of the eagle and strong as the skin of the wandering buffalo”, a profit of 600,000 marks was again achieved in 1971. Around 4,000 pairs of children's shoes left the Rinne factory every day. Ultimately, however, the decline in shoe production in the city center could only be delayed.
NATO barracks Hessisch Oldendorf
At the height of the Cold War confrontation between NATO and the Warsaw Pact from 1960 onwards, the Federal Republic of Germany set up a belt of anti-aircraft missile stations about 150 kilometers from the inner-German border. In Hessisch Oldendorf, a central barracks was built for this defense project from 1963 onwards for four fixed launching stations, each with five additional places.
The 4th guided missile group of the Dutch Air Force (4GGW) moved into the old sugar factory as emergency accommodation in March 1965 and moved into the new barracks on Segelhorster Strasse with 1,800 people in October 1965. For the Dutch families, appropriate apartments, schools and soldiers' homes were built in “Keukenhof”. The Hessisch Oldendorf barracks were assigned the stations Barsinghausen / Deister (420th Sqn), Bad Münder / Süntel (421st Sqn), Goldbeck (422nd Sqn) and Reinsdorf / Bückeberge (423 Sqn). The Dutch units were equipped with mobile conventional “ Hawk ” air defense missiles and the associated radar systems. At the beginning of the 1970s, this air defense system was already technically out of date and so the Dutch air force units were relocated back to Holland on July 1, 1975.
The US Air Force became the new landlord of the barracks in Hessisch Oldendorf in May 1976 . The "600th TCG Hessisch Oldendorf Airstation" were subordinate to large radar stations in Bad Münder / Süntel (609th), Schwelentrup (619th, 620th) and Bremerhaven (606th). The US air station acted as one of the central control centers of the north German radar surveillance. The air station was logistically supported by an underground fuel pipeline from Münster to Hessisch Oldendorf.
With the end of the Cold War came the end of the US air station, which was disbanded in 1991. The barracks were used for a few years as a Lower Saxony reception camp for emigrants from the former Soviet Union . In the meantime, the entire former barracks area has been demolished and converted into a modern residential area. The only memory of the former barracks is the American school, which continues to exist today as the "Elementary School on the Rosenbusch".
The fuel pipeline and the underground tank farm in the Süntel are shut down from Fischbeck and filled with nitrogen to protect against corrosion. The remaining pipeline will be re-used in some areas by Wintershall AG as a gas pipeline. Ammunition bunkers, including those in Wahrendahl, are now also used for civilian purposes.
religion
The Catholic parish of St. Bonifatius owes its existence mainly to war refugees from the former German area of Upper Silesia . The church on Schilfstrasse with its free-standing bell tower and a youth home were built in 1950, the parsonage followed in 1952. Later, a hall was added to the youth home, so that there is now enough space for groups active in the community. Since 2012, the St. Bonifatius Church has been assigned to the parish of St. Sturmius in Rinteln, which in turn belongs to the Weserbergland deanery in the Hildesheim diocese . A special event in the community was the annual “Bonimax Helau” carnival session.
The Protestant St. Mary's Church including the bell tower was built in 1250 and is one of the oldest buildings in the city. The rectory and a parish hall, which is located in the immediate vicinity of the church on the church square, also belong to the core town community. The St. Marien congregation is assigned to the church district Grafschaft Schaumburg, which in turn belongs to the district of Hanover and the Evangelical Lutheran regional church of Hanover . In addition to the confirmation work , women's and youth meetings, senior citizens' afternoons and church choir are examples of a distinctive community life. Since 1997, the One World Shop has been operated as an ecumenical project in cooperation with the Catholic St. Bonifatius Community . In 2008, the Wesertal parish together with the parishes of Fischbeck , Großenwieden , Hessisch Oldendorf and Weibeck- Krückeberg was established.
The New Apostolic Church was given up, and in 2001 the Hessisch Oldendorf congregation was affiliated to the Hameln congregation.
The Turkish-Islamic community in Hessisch Oldendorf has its headquarters near the freight station. There a house was converted into a mosque (without minaret) with community rooms. The community is a member of the Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion ( DITIB ).
politics
City council
The council of the city of Hessisch Oldendorf consists of 32 council women and councilors. This is the specified number for a city with a population between 15,001 and 20,000. The 32 council members are elected for five years each by local elections.
The full-time mayor Harald Krüger (SPD) is also entitled to vote in the city council.
The last local election on September 11, 2016 led to the following result (in brackets the number of seats after the 2011 election):
| SPD | 14 seats (15) |
| CDU | 11 seats (12) |
| GREEN | 4 seats (5) |
| FDP | 1 seat (0) |
| The left | 1 seat (0) |
| The independents | 1 seat (0) |
mayor
The full-time mayor of the city of Hessisch Oldendorf is Harald Krüger from the SPD . In the last mayoral election on September 28, 2014, he was re-elected as incumbent with 56.70% of the vote. The turnout was 43.94%. Krüger began his further term on November 1, 2014.
Local councils
The eight localities have a total of 95 local council members in the election period from 2016 to 2021. Since then, these have been distributed as follows:
- 15 on the core city (8 SPD, 5 CDU, 2 Greens)
- 13 on Fischbeck (5 SPD, 6 CDU, 2 Greens)
- 13 on Sonnental (7 SPD, 4 CDU, 1 Greens, 1 Left)
- 11 on Hemeringen / Lachem (6 SPD, 5 CDU)
- 11 on Hohenstein (7 SPD, 3 CDU, 1 Greens)
- 11 on Rohdental (7 SPD, 3 CDU, 1 Greens)
- 11 on Süntel (5 SPD, 5 CDU, 1 Greens)
- 10 on Großenwieden (4 SPD, 4 CDU, 2 Greens)
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the city of Hessisch Oldendorf shows a white nettle leaf on a red field under a yellow shield head with three eight-pointed red stars.
flag
The city's flag is red and white. It shows the city's coat of arms in the middle.
Town twinning
Hessisch Oldendorf has had a partnership with the Brandenburg town of Gransee since 1993 .
Culture and sights
Buildings
Evangelical town church St. Marien
The Protestant town church of St. Marien has been attested since the 14th century. The current building was built towards the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century and renovated in 1886. The interior of the Gothic hall church includes a round bronze baptismal font from 1590, an image of the Last Supper from the same period and two crucifixion tablets from the 17th century.
Münchhausenhof
The Münchhausenhof is a Burgmannshof whose manor house was built from 1583 by the barons of Münchhausen in the Weser Renaissance style. It is considered the largest and most important aristocratic court in the county of Schaumburg , whose castle-like mansion is a two-wing complex that was built from 1583. The Burgmannshof was built in the 13th century and has been owned by the von Büschen family of ministers since the 14th century . In 1559 the Münchhausenhof came into the possession of Börries von Münchhausen . In 1594 it belonged to Ludolf von Münchhausen , who lived in it until 1640 and, as a humanist and man of letters, amassed an important library. Today's manor has not been owned by the von Münchhausen family since 1947 and is privately managed.
Baxmann fountain
Erected in 2003 in memory of Cord Baxmann , the legendary Ratskeller innkeeper, Tornemann and town musician, who lived in Oldendorf from 1599 to 1690.
Half-timbered houses
The cityscape , which was once characterized by numerous half - timbered houses , has changed significantly over the past few decades. More than 30 half-timbered buildings are said to have been demolished between 1945 and 1988 alone. The greatest losses during this period include the manor house of the von Mengersen manor , which had to give way to a modern senior housing complex, and the Ratskeller, built in 1818, which disappeared in 1969 in favor of the Stadtsparkasse. In spite of all this, several half-timbered hall houses , mostly with gable ends , remained in the city center, some of which, however, are clad or disfigured by shop fittings. The following buildings should be emphasized:
- Kirchplatz 5. The two-storey post structure was built in 1772 as a poor house.
- Lange Straße 47 , gabled house with fan rosettes, inscribed 1585. Heavily restored, the ground floor disfigured by installing a shop.
- Lange Straße 48. The heavily modified and largely clad house is provided with numerous inscriptions and fittings. It was built in 1621.
- Lange Strasse 60 (council chambers). The building, with its fan rosettes and carved panels, is marked "1576" on the gable. It was not until 1709 that the u-shaped porch was added. Behind the house are the remains of a stone work supposedly dating from the late Gothic period .
- Lange Straße 62. Eaves house built around 1550 with a side hall, the free-standing gable of which protrudes far over Knaggen . In the 19th century, the building was widened by 1/2 times towards the street.
- Lange Straße 63. Two-storey hall house with a mezzanine and two unequal Utluchten, marked 1563. The gable is decorated with fan rosettes .
- Lange Straße 78 , gabled house built in 1657, heavily renovated in the lower area.
- Lange Straße 84. Stately building with a half-hip roof , the floors of which are individually trimmed. The two-story building was erected in 1746 by the Oldendorf mayor and merchant Gelshorn. More recently, the ground floor has been heavily modified with shop fittings and the hall in the left half has been installed.
- Lange Straße 85. Behind the new bank building built in 1983 based on the previous building is a half-timbered rear building built between 1500 and 1550.
- Lange Straße 90. The hall house, designated in 1563, is decorated with fan rosettes.
- Mittelstraße 1. The gable-independent and partly massively renovated house was built in 1543 and is therefore the oldest residential building in the city. The Utlucht, decorated with fan rosettes, was added in 1585.
- Südstraße 2. Well-preserved hall house with utlucht , marked 1550.
- In Schulstrasse there is still a number of older craftsmen's houses, including: No. 10, marked 1607 u. No. 12, marked 1608, both with Utlucht and Dielentor. After the implementation of the urban framework concept "HO builds!" demolished and replaced by residential houses with eaves.
City fortifications
The city wall with a moat is particularly well preserved in the north and on the south-west and south-east corners. There were only some city walls in the area of the city gates . The walls were otherwise only protected by palisades and the natural protection of the landscape (arm of the Weser in the south and impassable marshy reed area in the north). There are evidence of three quarry-stone-walled round towers on the southeast, southwest and north sides of the city wall. In the Bürgerzwangturm on the north side of the city wall, the tower sentence was served as the heaviest sentence imposed by the city court until the district court prison was built in 1886.
City fortifications and Burgmannshöfe 16th century
City view from 1633
Merian - Engraving from 1647
Wall and moat of the old city fortifications
City Archives
The city archive is on deposit in the Bückeburg State Archive .
Volkswagen and Rometsch Museum
Inspired by regular meetings of Volkswagen enthusiasts in Hessisch Oldendorf, the T2 Friends of the VW Bus 1967–1979 eV interest group in cooperation with the city of Hessisch Oldendorf and the Volkswagen factory in Hanover decided to found a Bulli Museum in the rooms of the old sugar factory. In 2012, the renovation was delayed due to a lack of start-up funding. A profitability calculation showed that loss-free operation is guaranteed after this.
Since 2015 there has also been the “ Rometsch Body Museum ” in Hessisch Oldendorf , which is dedicated to the vehicles of the body builder Friedrich Rometsch from Berlin-Halensee , which are largely based on VW Beetles .
International VW veterans meeting
The 5th international VW veterans' meeting took place in 2009 with almost 40,000 visitors and over 1,450 participants from 32 nations, making it the largest in the world to date. The event was organized by Traugott and Christian Grundmann as well as a large number of volunteers. The sixth edition of the meeting took place in summer 2013. As four years before, the onslaught of visitors was unbroken and was estimated at over 40,000 people. The participants were divided into 34 nations. On July 8, 2013, the NDR broadcast a film about the beetle meeting and its founder as part of the series "die nordreportage". The meeting took place again in 2017 and is again planned for 2021.
Sports and clubs
The largest club in the city is VfL Hessisch Oldendorf, whose handball division has regional and national successes. The first men's team is currently playing in the Hanover regional league. The first women's team was promoted to the Lower Saxony Oberliga for the first time in the 2017/2018 season. The TTC Blau-Weiß Hessisch Oldendorf is particularly focused on the area of table tennis. The city is also known for one of its football clubs, TuS Hessisch Oldendorf , which played in the amateur league north in the mid-eighties . In addition, SV Rot-Weiß Gencler Birligi Hessisch Oldendorf was founded in 1991 from what was then the third TuS men's team.
Economy and Infrastructure
Companies
Hessisch Oldendorf is strongly characterized by small and medium-sized companies. The largest employers include:
- Pomona Kellerei GmbH (drinks)
- Biozym Scientific GmbH (laboratory supplies)
- Rinne Tischlerei & Glashandel GmbH (carpentry and glass trade)
- Dreluso pharmaceuticals Dr. Elten & Sohn GmbH (pharmaceuticals)
- OEG Oel- and Gasfeuerungsbedarf Handelsgesellschaft mbH (heating technology)
- BDH Klinik Hessisch Oldendorf GmbH (see below)
- Dr. Schultz Group (floor care)
In addition, a large number of people are involved in the municipal administration with the associated building yard. Another economic factor , especially in the period from spring to autumn, is cycle tourism along the Weser cycle path .
tourism
Hessisch Oldendorf is located in the Weserbergland Nature Park , which was founded in 1975 and is about 50 kilometers southwest of Hanover . Hessisch Oldendorf appears together with other communities in the association "Tourismuszentrum Westliches Weserbergland".
The Schillat Cave near Langenfeld was discovered in 1992 during blasting work in the Segelhorst quarry. It is the northernmost stalactite cave in Germany and has been open to visitors since 2004.
Hessisch Oldendorf is located directly on the Weser cycle path between Hameln and Rinteln . There are also numerous hiking opportunities. So the 12th stage of the Weserberglandweg leads along from Hessisch Oldendorf.
education
Teachers and students are mentioned in the city from 1407.
The elementary school am Rosenbusch is located in the American school building on the site of the former NATO barracks. The school is a member of the “Regional Integration Concepts for Special Education Basic Care”, which promotes the joint schooling of disabled and non-disabled children.
The secondary school on Hohenstein had existed since 1973. Nine years earlier, the educational facility was relocated from the buildings on Kirchplatz to the new building on Mühlenbachstrasse due to a lack of space. Due to construction defects, it was decided in 2009 to demolish the 30-year-old former orientation wing and to redesign the school grounds for a future merged secondary school.
The Wilhelm-Busch- Realschule was located directly next to the Hauptschule am Hohenstein in Mühlenbachstrasse. The building was renovated in the mid-1990s and has since housed the secondary school again (in the meantime the primary school was located there). In autumn 2009 a cafeteria for secondary and secondary schools was built.
The high school in Hessisch Oldendorf emerged, among other things, from a demographic merger of the secondary and secondary schools. The first year started in the 2011/2012 school year and consisted of 79 students. The teaching staff and the buildings were largely taken over. A high school branch has been applied for. The idea of setting up an integrated comprehensive school (IGS) was not implemented.
Baxmannbad
The Baxmannbad is an outdoor pool and was extensively renovated around the year 2000. Among other things, it was equipped with an aluminum tub and a large non-swimmer area with a water slide and numerous water features. There is also a pool for small children. The length of the swimming pool is 25 meters. The changing areas were equipped with solar systems for water heating. After a few years, the electronic sale of tickets by machine was replaced by a personal sale. For a number of years there has also been a sponsorship association that actively supports the swimming pool and is responsible for various purchases to increase the attractiveness of the pool. For example, a volleyball field was created. The DLRG local association also uses the pool for its training and, as a support for the pool staff, ensures smooth operation. Sufficient car parking spaces and bicycle parking facilities are also available near the entrance. A connection to the public transport is given with its own bus stop.
BDH Clinic Hessisch Oldendorf
The BDH Clinic Hessisch Oldendorf (until December 31, 2008 neurological clinic) is an academic teaching hospital of the Hannover Medical School with over 250 beds. The first house was founded in 1926 and has been used as accommodation for brain injured people since 1957 under the name House "Korea". The houses "Niedersachsen", "Baxmann", "Sonnental" and "Hohenstein" followed. In 1973 the "Bergpark" was opened, which is now run under the name "Friedrich-Bergmann Park". Three years later, the hospital facility was expanded to include the "Süntel" building. In addition to neurological early rehabilitation, another, traditional focus of the clinic is on vocational rehabilitation. For this purpose, the BDH Clinic Hessisch Oldendorf offers a proven multi-professional therapy concept.
traffic
Road traffic
The three-lane federal highway 83 (Wesertalstraße) touches the Weser town in the south and provides an optimal connection to Hameln , Rinteln and Minden . On the state road 434 after nine kilometers you reach the federal motorway 2 (junction Rehren). The distance to Hanover is about 50 kilometers. There is also a bridge to cross the Weser .
Rail transport
The Hessisch Oldendorf train station with park and ride parking spaces and boarding options at the same level is the stop of the Weserbahn , which runs from Löhne via Bad Oeynhausen , Vlotho , Rinteln , Hessisch Oldendorf, Hameln and Elze to Hildesheim . In Hameln you can take the S-Bahn line 5 to Hanover or Paderborn. The train station is located in the greater Hanover traffic tariff area (outer ring 7). In Elze, the metronome enables you to travel to Göttingen or Hanover. In the opposite direction, the line runs from Hessisch Oldendorf to Löhne (on weekdays to Bünde ) and enables a connection to trains in the direction of Bielefeld .
Bus transport
The urban area of Hessisch Oldendorf is connected to the local transport network Hameln-Pyrmont ( public transport ) with several bus stops . The (main) line goes to Hameln train station . Other lines connect Hessisch Oldendorf with the surrounding districts and the Schillat cave . A bus line goes to Rinteln .
Renewable energy
In the city of Hessisch Oldendorf there are currently (as of March 2012) two locations for wind turbines. The first three wind turbines were erected near Weibeck. A second area with four wind turbines was developed in Hemeringen . This also houses a biogas plant and two larger areas of photovoltaic collectors . There is another in the city center, operated by E.ON Westfalen Weser, a third in Höfingen and a fourth in Pötzen. All four are mainly fed with corn silage , which is produced exclusively by local farmers . Since 2012, one of the largest photovoltaic systems in Lower Saxony has been located on the former southern industrial estate in Hessisch Oldendorf .
media
Due to the adjacent location to the district of Schaumburg and the historical cohesion, both the Deister and Weser newspaper and the Schaumburger newspaper can be obtained as daily newspapers in Hessisch Oldendorf . Furthermore, the shop window appears regularly over the city's advertising ring .
Hessisch Oldendorf is located in the transmission area of the Hamelin local station Radio Aktiv , which can be received via the VHF frequency 99.3 MHz.
Personalities
- Heinrich Beerbom (1892–1980), mayor, city director and honorary citizen of the city of Bramsche
- Wilhelm Beisner (1911-?), German SD and SS leader as well as arms dealer and agent.
- Otto Deppmeyer (1947), politician ( CDU ), MdL
- Richard Krentzlin (1864–1956), died in Hessisch Oldendorf, piano teacher and composer (The young pianist and others)
- Henry Crown (1895-1989), politician ( Center Party , CDU ), MdR , MdB , Federal Minister for Affairs of the Federal Defense Council , the CDU / CSU parliamentary group
- Ilske Laginges (–1558), first victim of the witch trials in Oldendorf.
- Karl Ludwig August Heino von Münchhausen (1759–1836) officer in the American War of Independence and poet (friendship with Johann Gottfried Seume )
- Ludolph von Münchhausen (1570–1640), known as the scholar, collected what was then the largest and most famous library in Northern Germany
- Konrad Schluesselburg (1543–1619), German Lutheran theologian
- Gustav Süs (1823–1881), born in Rumbeck, painter and children's book author
- Hans Peter Thul (1948), politician ( CDU ), MdL , Member of Parliament , Member of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union
- Albert Wehrhahn (1848–1942), born in Oldendorf, City School Council in Hanover , pioneer of the special education system together with Heinrich Kielhorn , local researcher, honorary citizen of the city of Hessisch Oldendorf
- Ludwig Wessel (1879–1922), Protestant pastor of the St. Nicolaikirche in Berlin
- Reinhard Winter (1953), local politician (CDU)
literature
- Ute Brüdermann: The Schaumburger Land. A travel guide to art and culture . Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2016, pp. 236–243.
- Joachim Garfs: The Weser Uplands between Münden and Minden. CW Niemeyer Verlag, Hameln, 1997.
- Rolf Harmening: Hessisch Oldendorf - Contributions to the history of urban construction . Hessisch Oldendorf, 1988.
- Erik Hoffmann: Jewish neighbors in Hessisch Oldendorf 1322-1942. Its 600-year history in the small town of Schaumburg / Hesse / Prussia. CW Niemeyer Verlag, Hameln, 1998.
- Friedrich Kölling: Hessisch Oldendorf - 700 years of development of a small town in Lower Saxony. C. Bösendahl Verlag, Rinteln, 1956.
- Friedrich Kölling: The battle at Hessisch Oldendorf Verlag C. Bösendahl, 1959.
- City of Hessisch Oldendorf (Ed.): Hessisch Oldendorf 750 years. A commemorative publication with a chronicle, published by the city administration for the 750th anniversary of the city of Hessisch Oldendorf. Hessisch Oldendorf 1983.
- Bernd Stegemann: Hessisch Oldendorf back then. Pictures from past decades . Horb am Neckar, 1987.
- Bernd Stegemann: Hessisch Oldendorf - as it used to be. Pictures tell story (s). Verlag C. Bösendahl, Rinteln an der Weser, 1989.
- Otto Wagenführer: Local history of the Grafschaft Schaumburg district, Verlag C. Bösendahl, 1921.
- Albert Wehrhahn: Hessisch Oldendorf and its battlefields. Rinteln 1875.
Web links
- Website of the city of Hessisch Oldendorf
- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe: Carl Ludwig von Le Coq, Potsdam 1806, topographical map in XXII sheets containing the largest part of Westphalia (...), Section XIV . Inside: Oldendorf (without name affix)
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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 192 .
- ↑ Up to 100 refugees are coming this year , Dewezet October 28, 2016. Accessed August 20, 2017.
- ^ Jürgen Udolph (research): The "place name researcher". In: Website NDR 1 Lower Saxony . Archived from the original on November 27, 2015 ; accessed on August 4, 2019 .
- ^ Gerhard Schormann: Academia Ernestina. The schaumburg University of Rinteln on the Weser (1610-1810) . NG Elwert Verlag, Marburg 1982, p. 111f.
- ^ A b Gerhard Schormann: Witch persecution in Schaumburg , in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte, Volume 45, Hildesheim 1973, pp. 149–151.
- ^ Meyers Konversationslexikon from 1905
- ↑ Detailed illustration: The Jewish cemetery and the Jews of Oldendorf
- ^ Commemorative publication on the 50th anniversary of the Hessisch Oldendorf volunteer fire brigade on July 26, 1926.
- ↑ Fire brigade only . In: Der Spiegel . No. 7 , 1972, p. 68-69 ( Online - Feb. 7, 1972 ).
- ↑ Willi Stoffers: Patronage churches in memory of St. Boniface, the apostle of the Germans, in the Diocese of Hildesheim. Hildesheim 2004, pp. 42/43
- ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on February 17, 2015
- ↑ Zweckverband Kommunale Datenverarbeitung Oldenburg (KDO) - City of Hessisch Oldendorf, city council election overall result city council election 11.09.2016 , accessed on 26 January 2017
- ↑ Hessisch Oldendorf - overall results of the mayoral election on September 28 , 2014 , accessed on February 17, 2015
- ↑ Zweckverband Kommunale Datenverarbeitung Oldenburg (KDO) Election results: City of Hessisch Oldendorf , accessed on January 26, 2017
- ↑ a b Main Statute of the City of Hessisch Oldendorf , accessed on February 17, 2015
- ↑ http://www.westliches-weserbergland.de/de/hessisch-oldendorf/st-marienkirche/?oois=142
- ↑ See Rolf Harmening: Hessisch Oldendorf. Contributions to the history of urban construction. Hessisch Oldendorf 1988, page 54
- ↑ See Hessisch Oldendorf 750 Years , Hessisch Oldendorf 1983, page 21
- ↑ Final report "HO converts!", See slide 4
- ↑ a b Thomas Görlitz (2009): The 5th international Volkswagen veterans' meeting in Hessisch Oldendorf took place from June 26th to 28th, 2009. Accessed September 30, 2009 at http://www.uraltkaefer.de./
- ↑ Annette Hensel (2012): Bullimuseum - there are some holes to be filled ( memento of the original from May 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed August 28, 2013.
- ↑ New Rometsch Body Museum - Die Edel-Käfer from Berlin , Tagesspiegel from November 10, 2015, accessed on December 9, 2019.
- ↑ And the party goes on and on .... Schaumburger Newspaper. P. 18 f., June 26, 2013.
- ^ Daniel Biermann, Cathrin Caspar: the north reportage: Old love does not rust. Beetle meeting on the Weser. July 8, 2013, accessed August 28, 2013.
- ↑ General education schools in Hessisch Oldendorf , accessed on November 1, 2009.
- ↑ The bright green cafeteria is the talk of the town , Dewezet October 15, 2009. Accessed November 1, 2009.
- ↑ Oberschule starts with 79 students. Shop window Hessisch Oldendorf. P. 10, August 25, 2011.
- ↑ And how does the new secondary school work in practice? , Dewezet October 18, 2011. Accessed October 1, 2011.
- ↑ Concentrated eco-energy right on the doorstep ( memento from July 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Schaumburger Zeitung May 29, 2009.
- ↑ Solar park finished - but half a million wasted, DeWeZet from March 9, 2012. Accessed on March 18, 2012.
- ^ Gerhard Schormann: Witches' persecution in Schaumburg , in: Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte, Volume 45, Hildesheim 1973, pp. 149–151.
