Seeburg (Lower Saxony)

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 34 '  N , 10 ° 9'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Goettingen
Joint municipality :	Radolfshausen
Height :	155 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.44 km 2
Residents:	1579 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	117 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37136
Area code :	05507
License plate :	GÖ , DUD, HMÜ, OHA
Community key :	03 1 59 032
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Seestrasse 10 37136 Seeburg
Website :	www.seeburgersee.de
Mayor :	Martin Bereszynski
Location of the municipality of Seeburg in the district of Göttingen

2011 municipal council election

Turnout: 60.06% (2006: 62.02%)

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-10.91  % p

+ 15.84  % p.p.

-5.38  % p.p.

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Remarks:

^d 2006: Sum of the individual nominations for Pape (3.71%; 1 seat) and Weber (1.67%; no seat)

Seeburg is a municipality in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony . The place was first mentioned in a document in 980 .

Seeburg is a state-approved resort on the Seeburger See , which is also called the Eichsfeld eye . The municipality is located in the Untereichsfeld and belongs to the Radolfshausen municipality , which has its administrative seat in the municipality of Ebergötzen . Seeburg and Bernshausen are designated as districts of the municipality.

View over Seeburg

history

Settlement remains indicate an early settlement of the area around today's Seeburg. Remnants from the Roman imperial era from 100 AD and archaeological finds from the 9th to 11th centuries were found. The discovery of the Martinspatrozinium, an old mission church from the 9th century, underpins the initial settlement on site. The "Seeburg", a low castle from the High Middle Ages , has also been handed down . Remains of the castle were uncovered between 1984 and 1996, including the Curtis von Bernshausen . The castle was the headquarters of the Lords of Seeburg, who as a knightly family made the entire area unsafe, often invaded the Goldene Mark and made several, albeit unsuccessful, attempts to take Duderstadt themselves. When Albrecht I of Braunschweig came to Duderstadt in 1263 to call on the knighthood of the state to his feud against the Margraviate of Meißen , he also addressed his request to the robber barons of Seeburg, who apologized to him for their previous behavior and provided support with all of them Assured men. When it came to the battle of Besenstedt an der Elster, in which Albrecht I was wounded and fell into the hands of his enemies, the Seeburgers left him in the lurch, hurried home and devoted himself again to robber baronism. On his return from captivity a year and a half later, Albrecht I punished the Lords of Seeburg by marching in front of their castle in Seeburg, conquering it and killing all who did not surrender to him. Since that time, the castle and the Knights of Seeburg have not been mentioned any more, only their names can still be found among the inhabitants of Duderstadt. Berthold von Seeburg held the office of mint master in 1319, while Rüdiger von Seeburg is mentioned in 1359 as a witness to a transfer of land from the municipality of Fuhrbach to the council of Duderstadt im Osterholz. Seeburg was part of the Gieboldehausen office for the first time in 1364. However, the office was sovereignly subordinate to the Archbishop of Mainz after the Brunswick dukes had transferred it to them through sale. The Thirty Years' War was a difficult time for Seeburg. Although it was never the battlefield of war, a large part of the town was burned down and looted in 1623 and 1626, killing many residents. In addition, Seeburg received high tribute payments, which he extorted.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1973, the community of Bernshausen was incorporated.

politics

The municipal council consists of 11 council members. The local elections in Lower Saxony in 2011 and 2016 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

choice	CDU	SPD	GREEN
2011	6th	3	2
2016	6th	4th	1

Martin Bereszynski has been the mayor of the Seeburg community with the districts of Bernshausen and Seeburg since November 2016.

badges and flags

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  coat of arms

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  Coat of arms until 1973 and since then of the Seeburg district

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  Coat of arms of the former municipality of Bernshausen

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  Hoist flag

Blazon : “Elevated divided by a wavy cut of red and blue; above a silver (white) growing three-tower castle, the middle tower raised, below covered with a golden (yellow) bar in which three red roses with golden (yellow) clusters. "

The coat of arms shows the Seeburg, a low castle from the high Middle Ages. The lower part stands for the Seeburg lake ; the bar with the three roses comes from the coat of arms of the Bernshausen district . It is a so-called " talking coat of arms ".

Description of the flag: "The flag has blue and red stripes with a coat of arms in the middle."

Culture and sights

Catholic Church of St. Martinus

St. Martinus Church

The first church was built around 1000 and was the founding chapel in the village. Up until the Reformation, this was a Sede seat of the St. Peter's Monastery in Nörten . In the course of the fires in the Thirty Years' War, the previous Gothic church was also affected, and a new one was built in 1655. Today's St. Martinus Church is probably already the fourth church in Seeburg. The foundation stone for today's classicistic church of St. Martinus took place in 1786. Until the year 1793, the church was built, a red sandstone block building with curved sloping gable on the west facade, at the foot of which a decorative vase was attached as a typical style element at the time. The on the nave applied tower with a bulbous hood carries baroque trains, while the arch shapes inside the church are shaped Gothic. The baroque altar of the church, which was acquired in 1865 and dates from 1709 to 1714 and some of which has Gothic figures, sets contrasts. Originally belonging to the altar was probably the replica of St. Rochus , who draws attention to the plague on his leg while pulling up his robe . Other figures on the altar are replicas of Maria Immaculate , St. Joseph , St. George on horseback and David with a harp. All figures date from around 1700. More recent are the ambo , confessional and celebration altar , which were made by the Hildesheim company Gerz. Since November 1st, 2014 the church belongs to the parish “St. John the Baptist ”based in Seulingen .

Economy and Infrastructure

Seeburg is located on the federal highway 446 (section Nörten-Hardenberg - Duderstadt ), for which a bypass was created in the 1970s. The federal highway 27 ( Göttingen - Braunlage ) runs a good one kilometer away .
There are no railway lines here, public transport is handled by buses.

The districts, which today have around 1700 inhabitants, offer the visitor not only hotels, restaurants and cafés but also private accommodation and holiday apartments. A self-sufficiency of the guests is not only possible through a small grocery store with a bakery and kiosk, but can also be guaranteed through agricultural products - available directly and fresh from the producer. The range of services is rounded off by bank branches, post offices, hairdressers, physiotherapy and local doctors. In addition, a kindergarten, a modern campsite and an outdoor pool with mini golf course are part of the infrastructure of the place.

The Seeburg economy has always been characterized by agriculture . 30 years ago, around 150 people were employed on full-time farms. Another 200 people were involved in arable farming as part-time jobs, with specific craft businesses such as blacksmiths and wheelwrighters . The tobacco was an important source of income in the prewar and postwar years. Today most of the working Seeburgers are commuters . Estimates assume around 80% of the population.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Matthias Gleitze (born December 31, 1902 in Seeburg, † October 25, 1989 in Duderstadt ), local politician and author, senior district director of the Duderstadt district (1948–1967), holder of the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class

Sons and daughters of the church

• Franz Gleitze (born November 13, 1869 in Seeburg, † June 8, 1958 in Seeburg), local poet
• Herbert Hellmold (born October 11, 1940 in Seeburg), Bundesbank director (1972–2002)
• Matthias Gleitze (born July 27, 1946 in Seeburg), senior director of studies (1998-2013), honorary professor at the State Rittmeister Witold Pilecki University in Oświęcim in Małopolska in Poland

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1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ^ Carl Duval: The Eichsfeld or historical-romantic description of all cities, castles, palaces, monasteries, villages and other noteworthy points of the Eichsfeld . Eupel, Sondershausen 1845, p. 51 .
3. ^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 206 .
4. ↑ http://wahlen.kds.de/2011kw/Daten/152403_000041/index.html
5. ↑ http://www.seeburgersee.com/gemeinde/gemeinderat
6. ↑ Main statutes of the Seeburg community
7. ↑ http://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Nachrichten/Duderstadt/Uebersicht/Matthias-Gleitze-zum-Honorarprofessor-berufen

literature

• Günther Meinhardt: History of the Seeburg Community , Duderstadt, 1980
• Matthias Gleitze: Franz Gleitze, Seeburg forester and local poet, 1869 - 1958, his life - his poems , Springe, 2016

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Seeburg (Lower Saxony)  - travel guide

• www.seeburgersee.de - Website of the municipality of Seeburg