Schwanewede

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Schwanewede
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Coordinates: 53 ° 14 '  N , 8 ° 36'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Osterholz
Height : 15 m above sea level NHN
Area : 132.22 km 2
Residents: 20,421 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 154 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 28790
Primaries : 04209, 0421, 04296
License plate : OHZ
Community key : 03 3 56 009
Community structure: 12 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Damm 4
28790 Schwanewede
Website : www.schwanewede.de
Mayor : Harald Stehnken ( SPD )
Location of the community Schwanewede in the district of Osterholz
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Schwanewede is a unified municipality located north-north-west of Bremen in the district of Osterholz in Lower Saxony . Some districts are located directly on the Unterweser .

Topography and municipal structure of Schwanewede

geography

Neighboring communities

Schwanewede borders in the west on the Weser (west of it the Wesermarsch district ), in the north on the Hagen districts of Sandstedt , Uthlede and Wulsbüttel (in the district of Cuxhaven ), in the east on the city of Osterholz-Scharmbeck and Ritterhude (both in the Osterholz district) and in the south to the Bremen districts of Blumenthal , Vegesack and Burglesum .

Community structure

In addition to the core town of the same name with about 9,932 inhabitants, the municipality of Schwanewede consists of eleven additional localities (as of June 30, 2007), some of which are divided into further districts :

  • Ashwarden (402 inhabitants) with the locations Bruch and Hassel
  • Beckedorf (1413 inhabitants) with the locations Fredeholz, Rosenbusch, Sandfurt, Schwankenfurt, Vollershagen and Wölpsche
  • Brundorf (380 inhabitants) with the locations Lilkendey and Karlshorst
  • Eggestedt (186 inhabitants)
  • Harriersand (78 inhabitants) with the location Wilhelmsplate
  • Hinnebeck (265 inhabitants) with the local location Hinnebeckerfurt
  • Leuchtenburg (1321 inhabitants) with the local situation Holthorst
  • Löhnhorst (908 inhabitants) with the local situation Hohehorst
  • Meyenburg (1507 inhabitants) with the localities Damm, Mühlengrund, Brakland and Großer Kamp
  • Neuenkirchen (3423 inhabitants) with the localities of Göspe and Stellerbruch
  • Rade (238 inhabitants) with the Fährplate peninsula

While the western part of the municipality - the districts of Neuenkirchen, Rade and Aschwarden - consists of marshland with grassland use along the Weser (the Osterstader Marsch ), east of it there are geest landscapes that are occupied by larger forest areas ( Düngel and Garlstedter Heide ). The 6 km² large and 11 km long Weser island Harriersand has belonged to Schwanewede since the local government reform in 1974. It is one of the longest river islands in Europe and has a sandy beach.

Districts of the village of Schwanewede

The core town consists of the following districts: Brink, Dreienkamp, ​​Flachsberg, Hamfähr, Hünenstein, Kerkhop, Klippenei, Köhlhorst, Koppelsberg, Kreienmoor, Langenberg, Lehmhorst, Metjensande, Reitberg, Schukamp, ​​Siethlandswehr, Trenthöpen, Vorberg and Voßhall.

history

historical overview

Tools from Neolithic settlers were found in the Schwaneweder district and some barrows from the Bronze Age (around 1800 BC) have been preserved in the municipality. The barrows in the Neegenbargsheide are north of Schwanewede. The name Schwanewede was first mentioned as a personal name in 1203. The first mentions of Aschwarden (1105) and Rade (1100) date back further. Later Hinnebeck 1236, Beckedorf 1260, Eggestedt 1273 and Brundorf were first mentioned in the 14th century. The place Schwanewede belonged to the Blumenthal office for a long time and together with it came in 1932 to the Osterholz district . In 1929 the villages of Schukamp and Lehmhorst were incorporated into Schwanewede.

In October 1943, the Farge concentration camp was built in the heather area between Neuenkirchen and Schwanewede .

Schwanewede one was in 1958 location of the Bundeswehr established. In addition to the Lützow barracks, there was another location with the Weser-Geest barracks . In Eggestedt there was an ammunition depot and a shooting range. Since then were in Schwanewede next to the armored infantry battalion of the 323 Tank Battalion 324 and the Armored Artillery Demonstration Battalion 325 other artillery and repair associations - Mechanized Infantry Brigade 32 stationed. In the course of the troop reduction, these associations were disbanded.

Until 2006, parts of the Medical Regiment 12 were stationed in Schwanewede after the relocation and disbandment of the other troops. From 2007, parts of the Rapid Emergency Medical Service Command (Kdo SES) were based in the Lützow barracks . In addition to the three command units, the supply support company and the medical training company, the staff of the Follow-On-Forces command area (KdoBer FOF) was also housed here. On October 26, 2011, the closure of the Schwanewede site as part of the Bundeswehr reform until 2013 was announced. In the course of the implementation plans for the stationing concept that were adapted in 2013 , the closure of the site was set for the third quarter of 2015.

From September 16, 2015, the former Lützow barracks in Schwanewede was temporarily used as refugee shelter. In the future, the site is to be partially occupied by residential buildings.

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, the communities of Aschwarden, Beckedorf, Brundorf, Eggestedt, Hinnenbeck, Leuchtenburg, Löhnhorst, Meyenburg, Neuenkirchen and Rade as well as the parts of the towns of Brake (Unterweser) and Elsfleth (both in the Wesermarsch district ) east of the Weser were incorporated.

Population development

Population development in Schwanewede from 1961 to 2017 according to the table below
Year * Residents
1961 13,221
1968 15,160
1973 16,392
1978 17,415
1983 17,512
1988 16,772
1993 17,504
1998 18,433
2003 19,842
year Residents
2008 20,061
2009 19,971
2010 19,904
2011 19,484
2012 19,540
2015 21,040
2016 20,075
2017 20,142

* 1961 on June 6th, the day of the census, with the towns later incorporated; from 1968 on December 31st

religion

  • Lutheran parish of St. John , Ostlandstraße
  • Evangelical Lutheran parish St. Luciä , Meyenburger Damm 11
  • Evangelical Lutheran parish of St. Magni , Unter den Linden 24
  • Evangelical Reformed Church Congregation, Landstrasse 71, Neuenkirchen
  • Roman Catholic parish of St. Ansgar , Hannoversche Strasse, Schwanewede

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council of the municipality of Schwanewede consists of 32 councilors. This is the specified number for a municipality with a population between 15,001 and 20,000. The 32 council members are elected for five years each by local elections. The mayor is also a voting member of the council.

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

Local election SPD CDU GREEN FDP * Voter community total
September 10, 2006 16 9 2 2 3 32 seats
September 11, 2011 13 10 4th 1 4th 32 seats
11th September 2016 12 11 3 2 4th 32 seats

* 2016: FDP / Die Linke

The next local election for the municipal council will take place in 2021.

mayor

The full-time mayor of the Schwanewede community has been Harald Stehnken (SPD) since 2006. In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, he was re-elected as incumbent unopposed candidate with 80.4% of the vote. The turnout was 48.7%. Stehnken began his further term in office on November 1, 2014.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality of Schwanewede shows a white swan on a blue background.

flag

The municipality's flag is blue and white and shows the municipality's coat of arms.

Partnerships

Schwanewede is represented in the Lower Saxony / Bremen municipal association.

Culture and sights

Schwanewede in the 17th century still with the spelling "Swanewedel"

Museums

Hohehorst manor house

In the Beckedorf district, the Beckedorfer Schmiedemuseum has been operated by the association of the same name since 1996 . It is mainly dedicated to the blacksmith's trade in the 19th century and is located in the "Wildhackschen Waldschmiede" founded in 1812. In addition to a fully functional blacksmith with forge , bellows and historical tools documents, working drawings and forged products are on display. The small museum is open every Friday afternoon except on public holidays and can also be visited by appointment.

Since 2007/2008 the Heimatverein Neuenkirchen e. V. in a historic barrack , which is located on the site of the Weser-Geest barracks of the Bundeswehr , which was dissolved in 2004, and the former community camp, naval hospital and evangelical hospital Neuenkirchen in the Neuenkirchener Heide , the museum facility Baracke Wilhelmine ( documentation and learning place barrack Wilhelmine ). The project, funded by the community exhibition project documented in a small regional museum, the history of use of the site and is also a memorial to the forced laborers of the Nazi - labor camp and the victims of the concentration camp Farge or the construction of submarine bunker Valentin in Bremen - Rekum . A separate exhibition area deals with the topic of “ Lebensborn ” and the former Lebensborn home “Haus Friesland” in the Hohehorst manor on Gut Hohehorst near Löhnhorst.

The Association of History Trail Lagerstraße / U-Boot-Bunker Valentin e. V. runs the exhibition project and museum Baracke 27 in Schwanewede-Neuenkirchen.

Buildings

The four historic village churches are worth seeing :

  • St. John's Church in Schwanewede, a half-timbered building with a massive tower built in 1761
St. Johannes Church Schwanewede
  • St. Michaelskirche in Neuenkirchen, a baroque building from 1768 with a Romanesque tower from 1192
  • St. Luciae Church in Meyenburg, built in 1857 with a tower from 1752 and a separate Baroque cemetery chapel
  • St. Nicolai Church in Aschwarden-Bruch, built around 1235

More Attractions:

  • Watermills in Meyenburg (built in 1856) and Neuenkirchen-Göspe (built in 1868)
  • Windmill on the Weser dike in Aschwarden (two- story gallery Dutch , built in 1896)
  • Sheepfold in Brundorf (a half-timbered building with a field stone base, built in the 17th century and recently restored )
  • Lower Saxony houses from the 18th and 19th centuries in the village center of Meyenburg
  • Mausoleum on the Spreeken near Koppelsberg, a neo-Gothic brick building, built around 1860 as a hereditary burial of the vd Wisch family
  • The manor of those von Wersebe in Meyenburg was first built in 1309 as a moated castle . (It is privately owned and cannot be viewed.)

In Leuchtenburg there is the former "Landgut Albrecht" with mansion and associated park, also called "Albrecht Park". The Bremen merchant Hermann Hegeler acquired the formerly 40,000 square meter area and had a manor house built in 1868. Because of the English descent of his wife, the northern English "Lowther Castle" served as a model. In 1905 the property became the property of Carl Albrecht - the grandfather of the later Minister-President of Lower Saxony, Ernst Albrecht  . He gave up the estate management, but contributed a lot to the design of the park. The Albrecht family sold the property in 1971, and Lufthansa took over the manor house with around 23,000 square meters of land. The Lufthansa students from the Bremen flight school were accommodated here during their pilot training. The Herrenhaus Leuchtenburg has been run as a hotel for a few years. Albrechts Park, with its old trees, large rhododendrons and picturesque ponds, is one of the special highlights of Leuchtenburg.

In Löhnhorst, the former Hohehorst manor , built in 1928/29 by the industrialist G. Carl Lahusen as the country and summer residence of his family, served as the Lebensborn home “Friesland” and later as a hospital during the Nazi era. It was used as a drug therapy center until 2014, and the property has been for sale ever since.

graveyards

  • Schwanewede Jewish cemetery
  • Evangelical cemetery of the St. Johannis Church
  • New Evangelical Cemetery on the Spreeken near the mausoleum
  • Camp cemetery in Meyenburg

Sports

The handball community Schwanewede / Neuenkirchen as well as the two art cycling clubs RS Niedersachsen Schwanewede and RV Vorwärts Neunkirchen and the SV Grün-Weiß Beckedorf with the rhythmic gymnastics department are known nationwide .

In Schwanewede there is an " indoor pool at the forest school" and an outdoor pool in Neuenkirchen. There are also three tennis facilities and four shooting halls. A skater facility has also been set up on a 400 m² parking lot in the former Weser-Geest barracks in Neuenkirchen .

The golf course " Bremer Schweiz " is partly located in the municipality .

Regular events

  • Every 1st May there is a "blacksmith's festival" at the Beckedorfer Schmiedemuseum .
  • May 1st mill festival at the Aschwarden windmill
  • On the first Sunday in October there is a carnival-like parade for the harvest festival .
  • October 3rd farmers and handicrafts market at the Aschwardener Mühle
  • The open-air festival Rock den Deich has been taking place since 2009, with more or less well-known bands performing.
  • The national musicians' flea market takes place at the beginning of November .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

In the intermunicipal business park "A 27" in the Brundorf district (together with Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Heilshorn district ), just under 1.5 km east of the motorway exit, there is a central goods warehouse for the Lidl retail chain , the headquarters of the waste vehicle manufacturer FAUN Umwelttechnik and one of two European branches of the Centigon armored vehicle .

There is an open pit mine in Eggestedt ( gravel mining ).

traffic

Route of the Bremen-Farge – Bremen-Vegesack railway with the “Klinikum Bremen-Nord / Beckedorf” station (a little to the right of the center of the picture)

The community is on the Autobahn 27 between Bremen and Bremerhaven , the junction "Schwanewede" is number 14.

The “Klinikum Nord / Beckedorf” train station on the Bremen-Farge – Bremen-Vegesack line is located in the Beckedorf district (train station since December 16, 2007). From here, NordWestBahn electric multiple units run as line RS1 of the regional S-Bahn Bremen / Lower Saxony to Bremen-Farge and Bremen-Vegesack - outside of rush hour further to Bremen main station and Verden (Aller) . The naval railway , which was used for a long time by the Bundeswehr, ended in the center of Schwaneweder on Ostlandstrasse.

The bus route network in the municipality is operated by the Verkehrsverbund Bremen / Lower Saxony (VBN), which includes the company BSAG ( Bremer Straßenbahn AG ), and the regional bus company "Weser-Ems-Busverkehr GmbH", which on July 31, 2017 the line concessions in the whole LK Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Hambergen, Schwanewede and all other localities won. Since July 31, 2017, all private bus companies have been driving on behalf of the Weser-Ems Bus, with the exception of Buschmann Busbetrieb, which had to close its company on July 31, 2017. There are connections to the surrounding communities, the district town of Osterholz-Scharmbeck and Bremen.

Schwanewede is served by bus lines from Bremer Straßenbahn AG and bus lines from other transport companies or companies of the Bremen / Lower Saxony transport association (VBN):

Bus route 94: Schwanewede – Blumenthal – Vegesack – Grohn – Lesum – Burg – Marßel- (Gröpelingen)

Bus line N94 (night line): Schwanewede – Blumenthal

Bus route 95 (only during rush hour): Bockhorn – Lüssum – Vegesack – Grohn – Lesum – Burg – Gröpelingen

Bus route 677: Vegesack – Aumund-Hammersbeck – Beckedorf – Schwanewede – Uthlede

Bus route 650: Osterholz-Scharmbeck — Schwanewede — Neuenkirchen

Bus line N61 (night line): Hagen (PAM PAM) —Schwanewede — Blumenthal — Aumund — Vegesack

The cycle path network in Schwanewede is around 140 km long.

Public facilities

  • Schwanewede Town Hall, Damm 4
  • Indoor pool at the forest school in Schwanewede and outdoor pool in Neuenkirchen
  • Community libraries in Schwanewede, Ostlandstrasse 34 and in Neuenkirchen, Landstrasse 80

Social facilities

  • Kindergartens
    • Butjer in Beckedorf
    • KiGa Meyenburg
    • Dreienkamp, ​​Posener Strasse and Worpsweder Strasse in Schwanewede
  • Hospitals: The closest acute hospitals are the Bremen-Nord Clinic and the Osterholz District Hospital .

education

fire Department

The Schwanewede volunteer fire brigade has 10 local fire departments.

Fire brigades with basic equipment:

  • Ashwarden
  • Brundorf
  • Eggestedt
  • Hinnebeck
  • Löhnhorst
  • Wheel

Base fire departments

  • Leuchtenburg
  • Meyenburg
  • Neuenkirchen

Fire departments

  • Schwanewede

The Schwanewede youth fire brigade consists of the locations Leuchtenburg, Neuenkirchen and Schwanewede.

The Schwanewede children's fire brigade consists of the Schwanewede location.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

  • Friedrich Hashagen (1841–1925), Lutheran theologian and university professor, born in the Leuchtenburg district.
  • Wilfried Wolters (1891–1969), Lutheran theologian and state superintendent of Celle, was born in the Meyenburg district.
  • Volker Kühn (* 1948), artist, born in the Neuenkirchen district.

Associated with Schwanewede

  • Wilko Jäger (* 1939), retired teacher and headmaster as well as local historian, author and photographer; was headmaster in the Meyenburg district for decades and lives there.
  • Hellmut Lange (1923–2011), actor, lived in the Leuchtenburg district for decades.
  • Nina Müller (* 1980), former handball player of the women's national handball team, played at HSG Schwanewede / Neuenkirchen for 12 years.
  • Finn Lemke (* 1992), active handball player at TBV Lemgo, started with handball in Schwanewede
  • Christina Jantz-Herrmann (* 1978), former member of the Bundestag, grew up in Schwanewede

literature

Web links

Commons : Schwanewede  - 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. ↑ Figures from schwanewede.de: data and facts ( memento of the original from July 1, 2007 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schwanewede.de
  3. ↑ schwanewede.de: Geschichte ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2007 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schwanewede.de
  4. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 243 .
  5. ↑ LSKN-Online
  6. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on November 22, 2014
  7. ↑ Individual results of the direct elections on May 25, 2014 in Lower Saxony , accessed on November 14, 2014
  8. ↑ a b Main statutes of the community of Schwanewede , accessed on November 22, 2014
  9. ^ Website of the Beckedorfer Schmiedemuseum .
  10. ↑ site of documentation and learning environment barracks Wilhelmine .
  11. ↑ Website of the Association for History Trail Lagerstraße / U-Boot-Bunker Valentin e. V. .
  12. ↑ Harald Steinmann: A mausoleum in Schwanewede. In: Heimat-Rundblick . History, culture, nature. No. 112, 1/2015 ( spring 2015 ). Druckerpresse-Verlag, ISSN  2191-4257 , pp. 14-15.
  13. ↑ https://www.weser-kurier.de/region/die-norddeutsche_artikel,-Ruhestaette-im-Wald-fuer-25-Kriegsgefangene-_arid,713252.html
  14. ↑ a b komsis.de: Location profile of the municipality of Schwanewede
  15. ↑ http://www.rockdendeich.de/