Schwarmstedt

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Heidekreis
Joint municipality :	Schwarmstedt
Height :	26 m above sea level NHN
Area :	29.93 km 2
Residents:	5745 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	192 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	29690
Area code :	05071
License plate :	HK
Community key :	03 3 58 020
LOCODE :	DE 76A
Community structure:	3 localities
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Am Markt 1 ; 29690 Schwarmstedt
Website :	www.schwarmstedt.de
Mayoress :	Claudia Schiesgeries ( SPD )
Location of the community Schwarmstedt in the district of Heidekreis

Schwarmstedt is a municipality in the joint municipality named after it Schwarmstedt in the south of the Heidekreis district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Schwarmstedt is located in the wide valley sand plain of the Aller- Urstromtal on the Leine , which flows north of Schwarmstedt into the somewhat smaller Aller . Districts of the community are Bothmer, north of the core town of Schwarmstedt, and Grindau in the south.

St. Lawrence Church

history

Around 1150 nobleman Mirabilis donated the lands around the church of Schwarmstedt ( ecclesia swarmstede ) to the diocese of Minden . It was the ecclesiastical center of the former district bailiff of Essel . The church building was replaced around 1510 by a three-aisled hall church in the Gothic style (today's St. Laurentius Church). Presumably at the end of the 14th century, the lands fell to the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg .

For the economic development of Schwarmstedt after the central function of the church, the development of the traffic routes became essential. This was initially the shipping on the regulated line, then the expansion of the road Celle - Ahlden. The establishment of the post office also promoted the development. In 1890 the Heidebahn was opened to Visselhövede , which was continued in 1901 from Walsrode to Buchholz in the Nordheide . A little later (1903 to 1905) the - now closed - Allertalbahn Gifhorn - Celle - Verden (Aller) was built.

On March 1, 1974, the communities Bothmer and Grindau were incorporated. On March 7, 1974, in the course of the regional reform of the state of Lower Saxony, the integrated municipality of Schwarmstedt was formed.

religion

Holy Spirit Church

The parish of St. Laurentius belongs to the parish of Walsrode . It is supported by an association founded in 2003.

The Catholic Heilig-Geist-Kirche is located in the south of Schwarmstedt, on Alten Heuweg. Its foundation stone was laid in 1960 and it was consecrated on July 23, 1961. Since November 1st, 2014 the church belongs to the parish “St. Maria Immaculata ”based in Mellendorf .

A New Apostolic Church is located in the east of Schwarmstedt, on the street Am Ring . Your congregation has existed since 1950 and belongs to the Hannover-Nord church district.

politics

City council and mayor

The local council consists of 12 councilors from the SPD and 5 from the CDU .

Mayor is Claudia Schiesgeries (SPD).

coat of arms

The blazon of the Schwarmstedter coat of arms reads: "In silver a red main cradle, in it a golden ploughshare , accompanied by two silver wheel crosses ."

The Hauptschragen, united by the shield head and the Andreaskreuz (coat of arms of the von Hademstorf family) honors the memory of the knightly family belonging to the Lüneburg knighthood, who owned the estate for 400 years and identifies Schwarmstedt as a traffic junction that also gives the place ecclesiastical and economic priority Visibility certified for centuries. The ploughshare emphasizes the former agricultural structure of the village. The two wheel crosses are symbols of the united worldly and ecclesiastical power as symbols of salvation, wish and defense from the Germanic times, as can be found in the carvings of the farmhouses.

Town twinning

Town partnerships exist with Kröpelin ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ) and Miękinia in the Polish Voivodeship Dolny Slask ( Lower Silesia ).

Culture and sights

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Laurentius is named after Laurentius of Rome , it is located in the center of the village on Kirchstrasse. The current church building was built around 1510, about 100 years later the tower was renewed.
The cemetery was laid out in the 19th century and expanded to its present size in the 1960s. The cemetery chapel was consecrated in 1867 and expanded twice in the 20th century.
Harry's Sounding Museum displays and demonstrates a variety of mechanical musical instruments from their beginnings to 1920.
The Schwarmstedt manor belongs to the von Lenthe family .
In the district of Bothmer are the manors Bothmer I, II and IV, which belong to the von Bothmer family to this day .
The old village school from 1909 in the district of Bothmer was converted into a school museum and shows what single-class schools looked like in the past.
Between Bothmer and Gilten is the Galerie-Holländer-Windmühle Bothmer, which replaced the watermill that had been in operation until then in 1822.

Schwarmstedt town hall
Old Schwarmstedt mansion
Half-timbered house from 1784 opposite the St. Laurentius Church
Angel sculpture in front of the church
Old post office from 1877
Bothmer Castle
Bothmer I Manor

Architectural monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

The community belongs to the regional location marketing association Aller-Leine-Tal and is the location of the companies GP Günter Papenburg AG ( construction company ) and Snackmaster Tiefkühlkost GmbH & Co KG.

traffic

Schwarmstedt is located on the east-west running B 214 between the cities of Nienburg / Weser and Celle and has a neighboring community around a junction with the A 7 .

The Schwarmstedt station on the north-south running Heidebahn between Walsrode and Hanover is connected to the Hanover metropolitan area with the "Schwarmstedt tariff". The " erixx " runs every hour to Hanover and Buchholz / Nordheide or Hamburg-Harburg on weekends. The journey to Hanover takes about 30 minutes. From there you have a connection to important European IC and ICE lines as well as to Lower Saxony and transnational local transport.

There is a connection to waterways via the Leinehafen .

Broadband coverage

The expansion of the high-speed Internet was completed in all three districts of Schwarmstedt, Bothmer and Grindau and nationwide wired coverage via DSL was achieved. Since summer 2015, bandwidths of up to 100,000 kBit / s have been available. Htp in Bothmer is striving to expand with faster fiber optics. Whether or not it will be expanded depends on the number of participating households.

education

Primary schools are located in Schwarmstedt and Bothmer. As an open all-day elementary school, both primary schools offer children the opportunity to eat at school, do their homework and take advantage of corresponding leisure activities.

With the “Wilhelm-Röpke-Schule”, Schwarmstedt has a comprehensive range of secondary schools that enables all school-leaving qualifications, including the Abitur, on site. The school is run as a Cooperative Comprehensive School (KGS) and, due to its wide range, is now approx. 1350 students from the Heidekreis, the district of Celle and the Hanover region attended. In 2013 it was recognized as the best school in Lower Saxony in the “Strong School” competition. In particular, the excellent qualifications for the transition from school to work were recognized. The KGS has also been offering comprehensive all-day care since 2003 and works as an "independent school" to improve the quality of schools and teaching.

Personalities

Otto Durlach (1821–1893), born in Grindau, engineer, senior building officer and secret councilor
One of the best-known personalities is the economist Wilhelm Röpke , who was born in Schwarmstedt on October 10, 1899 and who, as a scientist and political advisor, had a decisive influence on developments in post-war Germany. The local school bears his name in his honor.
Friedrich Kemnade (born December 12, 1911 - January 29, 2008 in Hamburg ), naval officer , most recently rear admiral of the German Navy
Carl Beddermann (* 1941), German lawyer , politician and advisor to the Polish Deputy Prime Minister
Peter Rabe (1951–2018), politician (SPD), member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
Fritz Koch (* 1951), draftsman and painter
Friedrich-Otto Ripke (born April 21, 1953), politician (CDU), Lower Saxony CDU General Secretary and Lower Saxony State Secretary in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection and State Development

literature

Werner Pries: Schwarmstedt is beautiful. Modern community in the Aller-Leine valley. 1987, ISBN 3-89264-062-9
Werner Pries: Schwarmstedt in old views. 1989, ISBN 90-288-2951-2
Werner Pries: The Cicero in the village: Wonderful stories between Stade, Schwarmstedt and Lake Geneva. Stories and stories by Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Röpke. Geiger-Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89570-794-5