Schwanefeld

Schwanefeld City of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 51 ″  N , 11 ° 5 ′ 26 ″  E
Height :	101 m
Area :	5.42 km²
Residents :	277  (Dec. 31, 2011)
Population density :	51 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 2010
Postal code :	39343
Area code :	039050

Schwanefeld is a district of the city of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

Schwanefeld is located around seven kilometers northeast of Helmstedt between Lappwald and Drömling im Allertal .

history

From 1994 to January 1, 2005 Schwanefeld belonged to the administrative community of Weferlingen , from 2005 to December 31, 2009 to the administrative community of Flechtingen .

By means of a territorial change agreement, the municipal councils of the municipalities of Oebisfelde (on May 27, 2009), Bösdorf (on May 26, 2009), Eickendorf (on May 28, 2009), Etingen (on May 26, 2009), Kathendorf (on May 19 , 2009) May 2009), Rätzlingen (on May 27, 2009), Eschenrode (on May 28, 2009), Döhren (on May 28, 2009), Hödingen (on May 20, 2009), Hörsingen (on May 27, 2009), Schwanefeld (on May 25, 2009), Seggerde (on June 26, 2009), Siestedt (on May 28, 2009), Walbeck (on May 28, 2009) and the Flecken Weferlingen (on May 19, 2009) that their communities dissolved and to be united to a new city Oebisfelde-Weferlingen. This contract was approved by the county as the lower local supervisory authority and came into effect on January 1, 2010.

After the implementation of the unification agreement of the previously independent municipality of Schwanefeld, Schwanefeld became part of the new town of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen. For the included municipality, the local constitution according to §§ 86 ff. Municipality code of Saxony-Anhalt was introduced. The recorded community of Schwanefeld and the future district of Schwanefeld became the locality of the new town of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen. A local council with eight members, including the local mayor, was formed in the incorporated municipality and now Schwanefeld.

politics

Local mayor

Holger Funke is the honorary local mayor.

Local council

According to the last local election on June 7, 2009, the council had eight members. Due to the founding of the city of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen, the local council became a local council. The turnout was 47.2%. The choice brought the following result:

Groups of voters

8 seats

(100.0%)

In 2014 a local council with three members was elected, two seats remained vacant. The local mayor is also a member of the local council as chairman.

Culture and sights

St. Nikolai Church in Schwanefeld with a view of the former choir with apse

The origin of the Church of St. Nikolai is given in sources in the 11th century. However, there are components (former choir screen) that suggest the Carolingian era. At the end of the 16th century, the choir east of the nave with the chancel ( apse ) was removed. In addition, on the floor of that eastern wall there were traces of former entrances to a crypt or an underground chapel that was located under the former choir and also no longer existed.

Economy and Infrastructure

Schwanefeld is shaped by agriculture.

traffic

It is around six kilometers south to Bundesstrasse 1 , which connects Braunschweig with Berlin . The federal motorway 2 (junction Marienborn - Helmstedt ) is reached after eight kilometers.

swell

1. ↑ Official Gazette of the District No. 45/2009 Page 1–5 (PDF; 3.5 MB)
2. ↑ 2014 election results (PDF), accessed on June 27, 2018
3. ↑ A contribution to the completion of the Neuhaldensleber Kreis = Chronicle in Wochenblatt No. 19 of May 10, 1841