Sprakensehl
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Coordinates: 52 ° 46 ' N , 10 ° 30' E |
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| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Gifhorn | |
| Joint municipality : | Hankensbüttel | |
| Height : | 115 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 83.82 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 1211 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 14 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 29365 | |
| Area code : | 05837 | |
| License plate : | GF | |
| Community key : | 03 1 51 028 | |
| LOCODE : | DE SPK | |
| Community structure: | 6 districts | |
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| Mayoress : | Christiane Fromhagen ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Sprakensehl in the district of Gifhorn | ||
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Sprakensehl is the northernmost municipality in the Gifhorn district in Lower Saxony. The municipality of Sprakensehl is a member municipality of the integrated municipality of Hankensbüttel .
geography
The municipality of Sprakensehl lies on the watershed between the river system of the Elbe and the river system of the Weser : Two kilometers west of the district of Bokel, the Stederau rises , the eastern source river of the Ilmenau , which flows through Lüneburg and flows into the Elbe at Hoopte , opposite the Hamburg Vierlanden . The Schmalwasser stream rises to the west of the Blickwedel district , and its water flows into the Aller and through it into the Weser .
The extensive forests in the municipality are related to the Lüßwald and belong to the Lüneburg Heath , which, despite its name, forms one of the largest contiguous forest areas in Germany.
The core town of Sprakensehl is located on federal highway 4 , which connects it northwards via Uelzen with Lüneburg , and southwards via Gifhorn with Braunschweig . The federal road 191 runs just to the west of the municipality and branches off from the B4 to the south-west and thus connects Uelzen with Celle .
To the west, the municipality of Sprakensehl borders on the northeastern foothills of the municipality of Eschede , district of Celle , to the north on Wrestedt and east on Lüder , both districts of Uelzen .
etymology
- Sprakensehl
Sprakensehl, formerly sprakensele, is made up of the components "-sele", which means something like "small pond, pond" and "sprok", which means "bushes or scrub". This gives the meaning of the bush / scrub pond.
- Masel
Masel was still called "morsole" in 1344, which means something like "moor pond".
Community structure
In addition to the core town, six other localities belong to the municipality of Sprakensehl:
Behren
Population: 131 people
Behren is northeast of Sprakensehl. The Heidekrug restaurant is located in the small village, and it used to be a grocery store. Behren is the headquarters of the Scheerer Fences company , whose premises take up a large part of the village area and which is the largest employer in the community. A football field and a playground are available for leisure activities. Regular celebrations do not take place.
Blickwedel
Population: 58
Blickwedel is west of Sprakensehl. The village is characterized by a few farms and holiday homes. In addition, part of the village lies in the forest, which gives a peaceful and beautiful village image. Once a year there is an Easter bonfire outside the village .
Bokel
Population: 367 people
Bokel is located northeast of Sprakensehl and is the second largest village in terms of population. Economically, as in the other villages, agriculture takes up the largest part. There is also a Heidecafe and a restaurant in Bokel. A senior citizens' home is also located in Bokel. Nearby is the Bullenkuhle , a small lake created by sinkholes . An outdoor pool and a football field are available for leisure activities. Furthermore, the surrounding heathland offers many hiking opportunities. The Bokeler celebrate their shooting festival once a year .
Hagen
Population: 141 inhabitants
Hagen is west of Sprakensehl and just before Blickwedel. There is a sports field in the village where SC Hagen-Bokel plays its home games and holds an annual sports festival. There is also a shooting club that celebrates its shooting festival once a year. There is also an indoor swimming pool right by the sports field and there is a restaurant in the village. There is also a lot of agriculture in Hagen, but there are fewer farms in relation to the rest of the village. Another branch of the economy is tourism because it is possible to take a vacation on the farm. There are also beautiful hiking trails in the surrounding forests around Hagen.
Masel
Population: 94 inhabitants
Masel is located southeast of Sprakensehl. The village is mainly agricultural and there are a number of large farms. Tourism is also an industry, because there is a campsite a little further away from the village. A joinery has been shut down for a long time. The Masel shooting club celebrates its shooting festival on the 2nd weekend in May every year. The large village pond is characteristic of the village. Easter takes place there, as well as a pond festival at irregular intervals or, if the weather permits, an ice festival with an ice hockey tournament. A popular meeting point is the Maseler Schuppen, right by the village pond, where parties or sit-ins are often held.
Zittel
Population: 11 people
Zittel is located north of Sprakensehl, directly on Bundesstraße 4 . The place consists of three houses.
history
Early history
According to the current state of research, very few finds from pre-Christian times are known from the community of Sprakensehl. This is partly due to the few archaeological field visits, so that there are hardly any known sites. Finds that can be assigned to the Sprakensehl district with a high degree of probability are now in the Gifhorn Castle Historical Museum . There are four axes, one rock and one bronze hatchet, as well as a flint blade scraper . The oldest piece is a ceramic funnel beaker, which dates back to the Neolithic around 4,000 BC. Was dated.
The village itself existed before it was first mentioned in a document, but there are no written records for it. Starting points for the development of the villages in the community can be found in the early German colonization of the east around the middle of the 12th century. At that time, large areas of eastern Lower Saxony were settled as planned, probably under the orders of Heinrich the Lion and the Counts of Schwerin, Lüchow and Dannenberg. Sprakensehl is in its properties, what the place name, the choice of location of the village locations and the outer shape of a horseshoe, connected with its neighboring places. Since for Allersehl, Weddersehl, Blickwedel and Hagen the origin around 1196/97 is considered certain, this can also be said for Sprakensehl.
Middle Ages to modern times
Sprakensehl initially belonged to the Billunger area . The first documentary mention is dated October 23, 1246. In Hildesheim , two documents in Latin script were issued that day, in which the place name is sprakensele . The reason for the exhibition was that Count Heinrich and Otto von Lüchow wanted to transfer the village to Isenhagen Abbey. Such donations were considered common at the time, especially since Sprakensehl was very far from the actual residence of the counts.
The oldest illustration of the village and its surroundings is on older land maps, such as a linking map from 1846/47 or a survey from 1754. In the 18th century, Sprakensehl formed the only parish next to Hankensbüttel and Isenhagen in the north-west with the places Blickwedel and Hagen County of Hankensbüttel. A medieval highway crossed the area at that time, with Hankensbüttel being the most important resting place. Over the years, this road moved further and further west until it finally passed through Sprakensehl and thus connected Suderburg and Groß Oesingen . From this street the Chaussee Uelzen-Gifhorn emerged in 1797 and later became Bundesstraße 4 .
With the Prussian district constitution on April 1, 1885, the Isenhagen and Gifhorn districts were formed, which were merged into the Gifhorn district by the district reform of 1932. Since then, the municipality of Sprakensehl has belonged to the Gifhorn district. The political community itself was founded in 1928 from the villages of Sprakensehl and Behren. In 1965 the villages of Masel, Hagen and Blickwedel were integrated and the joint municipality of Sprakensehl was formed. The reasons were administrative simplification and cost savings. With the last reform in 1974, the village of Bokel was finally integrated and this amalgamation of the villages still exists today as the municipality of Sprakensehl.
Incorporations
On March 1, 1974, the communities Blickwedel, Bokel, Hagen bei Sprakensehl and Masel were incorporated.
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| December 1, 1905 ¹ | 835 |
| June 16, 1925 ¹ | 892 |
| June 16, 1933 ¹ | 918 |
| October 29, 1946 ¹ | 1678 |
| June 6, 1961 ¹ | 1426 |
| December 31, 1989 | 1271 |
| December 31, 2009 | 1301 |
| December 31, 2010 | 1277 |
| December 31, 2011 | 1293 |
| December 31, 2016 | 1238 |
| December 31, 2017 | 1235 |
The municipality of Sprakensehl covers 83.82 km², making it the largest municipality in the Gifhorn district, but also the most sparsely populated. ¹ census result
politics
Municipal council
The local council from Sprakensehl consists of 11 councilors.
| SPD | CDU | WGS | Green | Röling-Müller | total | |
| 2001 | 1 | 5 | 4th | 1 | - | 11 seats |
| 2006 | 1 | 6th | 4th | 0 | - | 11 seats |
| 2011 | 1 | 5 | 4th | 1 | - | 11 seats |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 seats |
(Status: local election on September 11, 2016)
mayor
The last eleven mayors of Sprakensehl
- until 1876: Wilhelm Wienecke
- 1876–1919: Wilhelm Kaiser
- 1919–1946: Wilhelm Lüttjemann
- 1946–1951: Hermann Röling
- 1951–1961: Christoph Röling
- 1961–1972: Hans Rabeler
- 1972–1974: Gerhard Beindorff
- 1974–1976: Wilhelm Schulze
- 1976-1991: Herbert Cohrs
- 1991-2006: Wolfgang Gartzke
- since 2006: Christiane Fromhagen
coat of arms
The description of the coat of arms reads: A silver band (slanted to the right) divides the base of the coat of arms into two parts. At the top left there is a silver oak leaf and an ear of corn on a green background. The coat of arms with the grain ear was only a draft. The local council decided on the version without a corn ear. At the bottom right, on a red background, a silver-colored deer can be seen, the antlers of which have six ends. In the base of the shield there is a three-part silver wavy band.
Culture and sights
Buildings
The Protestant Christophorus Church in Sprakensehl, a gothic rectangular hall from the 14th century, shows traces of several destruction and restoration. Noteworthy are the Gothic wall paintings uncovered in 1968 and the baroque organ front .
The Protestant chapel in Bokel is also worth seeing. The chapel was restored in the 1990s. Inside there is still the original, hand-carved chapel door.
In the vicinity of the district of Bokel, Deutsche Telekom AG operates a transmitter for VHF and TV, the Behren-Bokel transmitter . A 323 meter high guyed tubular steel mast is used as the antenna mast, which at the time of its construction in 1960/61 was the tallest structure in Germany.
Natural monuments
- To the west of Sprakensehl is the Lachte nature reserve. This is where the laughter rises , which flows into the Aller near Celle . In the past the area was covered by water, today you can find a swamp-like area.
Sports
- SV Sprakensehl. Sectors: football, tennis, cycling, gymnastics (men's and women's groups), jazz dance, etc.
- SC Hagen-Bokel. Divisions: football, table tennis, gymnastics
- Masel shooting club. Divisions: LG, LP, KK 50 meters, sport pistol, free pistol
- Rifle Club Hagen. Divisions: KK 50 meters, LG
- Heidebad Hagen gGmbH. Sectors: swimming, lifeguarding and aqua fitness as well as prevention offers
Regular events
- Shooting festivals in Masel, Hagen and Bokel
- Sports festival in Sprakensehl and the Hagen sports week
- New year's parade in Sprakensehl
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The bundesstraße 4 passes through Sprakensehl and in the future will Bundesautobahn 39 Sprakensehl on the motorway network link (estimated completion uncertain). Due to a lack of natural resources and for infrastructural reasons, there is no air, water or rail transport in the municipality.
education
- Sprakensehl primary school
- kindergarten
Personalities who have worked on site
- Karl Söhle (1861–1947), writer
literature
- Siegfried Cordes jun., Wolfgang Gartzke, Erika Kaiser, Heribert Klose, Hartmut Kolbe, Heinz Maaß, Hans Rabeler, Karin Röling, Michael Wagner: Sprakensehl 1246–1996. Sprakensehl municipality, Sprakensehl 1996.
Web links
- Municipality of Sprakensehl (private website) ( page no longer available )
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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 227 .
- ^ Dehio-Handbuch Bremen / Lower Saxony (1992), p. 1215
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