Sprecks

Spreckens Sprekens City of Bremervörde
Coordinates: 53 ° 27 '10 "  N , 9 ° 6' 47"  E
Height :	7 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.54 km²
Residents :	318  (Jan 2020)
Population density :	42 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	27432
Area code :	04764
Location of Spreckens in Bremervörde
Map of Spreckens with the watercourses and traffic routes

Spreckens ( Low German : Sprekens ) is a district of the city of Bremervörde in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Geographical location

Spreckens is located in the center of the Elbe-Weser triangle on the Oste, in the triangle of Bremen , Bremerhaven and Hamburg . The district of Spreckens is enclosed by the city of Bremervörde in the north, the town of Minstedt in the east, Fahrendorf in the south and Oerel in the west.

Oerel Cuxhaven 5 km, 55 km	Engeo , Bremervörde 3 km, 5 km	Hesedorf Stade 6 km, 30 km
Oese Basdahl 5 km, 7 km		Bevern , Malstedt 5 km, 11 km
Osterholz-Scharmbeck , Bremen 36 km, 52 km	Fahrendorf , Rhade 2 km, 20 km	Zeven , Rotenburg (Wümme) 24 km, 50 km

flora

A cluster of poplars next to the Oste-Hamme Canal

The flora of Spreckens is predominantly characterized by deciduous and coniferous forest , in the vicinity of water and bog (Oste, Oste-Hamme Canal, sections of the Fahrendahl-Fahrendorfer Canal) more poplars and reed grasses . The deciduous forests mostly consist of birch , beech and oak . The coniferous forest often consists of spruce and pine . Due to the geest or bog soil, more birch trees grow in the local area.

fauna

The fauna of Spreckens is predominantly characterized by fallow and red deer , roe deer and wild boar . In the summer months there is often increased mosquito and horsefly infestation due to the partially stagnant or slowly flowing water in the Oste-Hamme Canal.

Protected areas

→ Main article : Spreckenser Moor

In Spreckens, the former flora-fauna habitat " Spreckenser Moor " has been designated as a nature reserve with a size of approx. 64 hectares since January 1st, 2019 . Several highly endangered animal and plant species are listed in the Protected Area Ordinance. These include, for example, the threatened blue bog and the round-leaved sundew, which is classified as endangered .

Recently, a new district-wide protected area is being planned and presented, which includes in particular the Oste and its meadows. There will then be a second nature reserve in the local area of ​​Spreckens.

climate

Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Spreckens, Bremervörde Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 3 3.9 7.2 11.8 16.9 20.2 21.3 21.6 18.1 13.5 7.8 4.3 O 12.5 Min. Temperature (° C) -1.8 -1.5 0.6 3 7.2 10.5 12.2 12 9.7 6.6 2.7 -0.3 O 5.1 Precipitation ( mm ) 57.6 45 45.7 53.2 63.1 67.1 83.2 48.9 69.7 63.2 72 68.6 Σ 737.3 Rainy days ( d ) 17.1 13.3 15.5 14.7 14.1 15.2 16.4 15.7 15.8 15.7 17.9 17.8 Σ 189.2 Humidity ( % ) 93.7 89 83.8 77.5 75.2 76.5 77.9 77.4 82.4 86.7 90 93.8 O 83.6 T e m p e r a t u r 3 -1.8 3.9 -1.5 7.2 0.6 11.8 3 16.9 7.2 20.2 10.5 21.3 12.2 21.6 12 18.1 9.7 13.5 6.6 7.8 2.7 4.3 -0.3 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec N i e d e r s c h l a g 57.6 45 45.7 53.2 63.1 67.1 83.2 48.9 69.7 63.2 72 68.6   Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: http://www.geo.de/reisen/community/klimadaten

Size and division of space

The area of ​​Spreckens is 754 hectares. Of this, around 154 ha are used as arable land and around 385 ha as grassland. In addition, 78 ha (approx. 10%) of the land is still used as forest. The green areas include the sports field on the street “Am Sandstrich” and the cemetery on the K102 in the northeast of the district.

In terms of area, Spreckens is the eighth largest district with 7.54 km² after Mehedorf (7.57 km²) and before Iselersheim (4.86 km²). In terms of population, Spreckens ranks 8th with 308 residents, after Iselersheim (362 residents) and ahead of Minstedt (284 residents).

Waters

Tributaries of the Oste in Spreckens (the Minstedt district begins on the right of the Oste)

The most important watercourses are the Oste , which flows in the east on the border with Minstedt, and the Sünderbeck (formerly also called Spreckenser Beck or Spreckenser Bach ), which has been expanded into the "Fahrendahl-Fahrendorfer Canal" and comes from the west of Fahrendorf . The eastern Feldmark is crossed by the Oste-Hamme Canal , which comes from Klenkendorf and was previously important for moorland shipping , and flows into the Oste in the local area.

There are no larger lakes in the local area of ​​Spreckens. Most of the smaller lakes or ponds are on private property.

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  Oste-Hamme Canal

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  The Oste-Hamme Canal flows into the Oste

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  Fahrendahl-Fahrendorfer Canal

geology

The landscape of Spreckens has geest areas rising up to 11.7 m and wide lowlands with flat and raised bogs . The bottom of the Geest consists of glacial deposits such as boulder sands and gravel as well as boulder clay and clay . These deposits are interspersed with rock from Scandinavian mountains, which was brought there by glaciers during the ice ages . The elevations form compression and dam moraines .

Today the Geest areas are mostly used as arable land.

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Panoramic photo of the Sünderbeck valley in Spreck. (The geological elevations are recognizable)

history

Primeval times

Traces of settlement as well as various graves such as stone, hill , flat graves and finds of stone, metal and clay objects indicate a settlement that already existed in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic .

From the Neolithic to the Bronze Age , several cultures emerged, which changed over the centuries. These were the megalithic culture and the individual grave culture , which ultimately developed into Germanic tribes , such as the Chauken tribe who lived around the birth of Christ . Its land was already connected to the Roman Empire under the emperors Augustus and Tiberius . Roman writers like Tacitus and Plinitus described the Chauken as a noble and freedom-loving people.

Modern times

The village of Spreckens is an ancient settlement that forms part of the extensive Oste-Hamme lowlands, the geologically so-called Bremervörde valley.

The village consists of two main districts to the north and south of the Sünderbeck valley with individual farmsteads scattered around in the "Vie", "Behind the Great Field", on the "Ridder flags", "Heidfeld" and "Vor den Theilen". The former canal bailiff and Gerkensche inn (now Brandt farm) were located on the Oste-Hamme Canal. In the northern part of the closed place were three of the oldest four courtyards and the so-called Brink. The southern part includes the residential areas and new settlements that resulted from the divided fourth old courtyard. In these parts of the settlement there is otherwise a typical village structure with a juxtaposition of residential, service and commercial operations. The main parts of the Spreckens district are flat elevations north and south of the Sünderbeck valley with the corridors, Großes Feld, Stüh, Streckbarg, Heidfeld, Ridderflaggen, potato farms, Steinberg, Falkenhütte, Hübscher Berg, as well as the Spreckenser Moor, an extensive high moor with the Rugenbarg rising from it , the western Ostetal with the “Vie”, the “Winnerwiese”, the Wisselbruch and the “Theilen”, and finally the Sünderbeckal with the “Reen” corridor.

The first written records about Spreckens are from 1272. The name for the settlement at that time was "Spreckensete" and around 1500 consisted of four farms. Over time, the farms were classified as Vollhöfner, Kölner, Halbhöfe and Brinksitzer .

On March 1, 1974, Spreckens was incorporated into the city of Bremervörde.

Crash of an Avro Lancaster during WW2

Plaque in honor of the crew members who died in the accident

On July 29, 1944, an Avro Lancaster LL687 with British emblem, a British-made bomber belonging to the 408th Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force , crashed in the local area of ​​Spreckens, about 300 m southeast of the cemetery . The identification of the bomber read EQ-M . The only survivor of the eight-man crew consisting of the shooters, pilot, radio operator and bombardier was David Scott, who served as a flight engineer near the cockpit.

To commemorate the crash, a memorial plaque made of stainless steel, financed by donations, was unveiled on July 29, 2017, 73 years after the crash, during a memorial service at the cemetery in Spreckens. The ceremony was attended by the descendants and relatives of the victims as well as veterans of the British and Canadian armed forces, members and reservists of the German Armed Forces, various officials and active members of the Canadian Air Force.

Origin of name

The name "Spreckens" and its oldest form "Spreckensete" probably go back to the Anglo-Saxon era . "Spreck" or "Spreckel" denote a gap or a valley channel which can refer to the valley of the Sünderbeck. The old Saxon word "set" (also Sitti-an ) stands for seat or residence.

As a conclusion, it is assumed that the place name means "settlement on a valley channel".

Population development

Population development over two centuries

time	Number of inhabitants	time	Number of inhabitants
1801:	050 inhabitants	2002:	265 inhabitants
1820:	050 inhabitants	2003:	266 inhabitants
1867:	064 inhabitants	2004:	277 inhabitants
1871:	066 inhabitants	2005:	273 inhabitants
1893:	079 inhabitants	2006:	284 inhabitants
1897:	089 inhabitants	2007:	294 inhabitants
1914:	100 inhabitants	2008:	291 inhabitants
1939:	230 inhabitants	2009:	302 inhabitants
1961:	220 inhabitants	2010:	303 inhabitants
1970:	213 inhabitants	2011:	301 inhabitants
1972:	216 inhabitants	2012:	298 inhabitants
1997:	212 inhabitants	2013:	309 inhabitants
1998:	217 inhabitants	2014:	309 inhabitants
1999:	212 inhabitants	2015:	308 inhabitants
2000:	219 inhabitants	2016:	304 inhabitants
2001:	237 inhabitants	2017:	290 inhabitants
		2019:	313 inhabitants

politics

Spreckens itself does not have a local council. The village mayor is responsible for the organization of all village affairs.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In red asilver peasant warrior standingon a silver floor in front of a silver palisade ,girdedwith a golden sword , a silver, gold-plated round shield on the left forearm and a golden lance in the right."

Culture and sights

Sports

Spreckens has a green area of ​​around 0.35 hectares near the village community center, on which there are two football goals. The green area is used for events, privately for soccer games and by the volunteer fire brigade and the youth fire brigade for competition exercises. (see Spreck Volunteer Fire Brigade )

Regular events

Regular events are the annual rifle festival and the summer festival that takes place in summer and is organized by the volunteer fire brigade. The continuation of the custom of the Pentecostal tree planting is to be mentioned as an event of the village youth .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The K102 in the direction of Fahrendorf

The K102 towards Bremervörde with the Fahrendahl-Fahrendorfer Canal

With regard to road traffic, Spreckens is connected to the regional transport network. The most important traffic artery is the Bremervörde-Gnarrenburger Kreisstraße K 102 leading through Spreckens , which was initially laid out as a moor dam in the 18th century to develop the large moors between Bremervörde and Gnarrenburg and expanded as a road after 1900. The road continues via Worpswede, Lilienthal to Bremen. An ancient path is located south of Spreckens, in the Fahrendorf district of Fahrenberg, where a state glass factory was located in the 18th century. Waterways are or were the Sünderbeck, which was expanded to form the Fahrendahl-Fahrendorfer Canal, which originally served as access to the aforementioned glassworks on the Fahrenberg and as a peat drainage canal for the Moordörfer Fahrendorf and Fahrendahl, as well as the Oste-Hamme Canal and in particular the Oste. On the Oste there is an ancient shipping pier, the "Holthu" (Holzhude). It is a wood loading point that probably existed in prehistoric times.

As an ancient Geestdorf, Spreckens also had a “ Brink ” , like most old Geestorte tarts . This is or was in the northern village on the north side of the main road. On one part there is now a residential building and on the corner part a rest area with benches has been set up after the fire station had stood there for years. In earlier times the Brink was common land and was used as a horse pasture, especially during the harvest season. There were then gatherings of the local residents and all sorts of popular amusements (dancing and games). In more recent times, village craftsmen have been able to build houses on the brink of the villages. They were called "Brinksitzer". The Spreckenser Brink was probably assigned to the Buckschen, now Steffensschen Hofe, at the coupling.

Public infrastructure

The power supply is guaranteed by Stadtwerke Bremervörde GmbH. The water supply is provided by EWE AG , which obtains the drinking water from the Bremervörde water association (formerly Bremervörde water supply association). In Spreckens, wastewater is mainly disposed of in a decentralized manner using small sewage treatment plants . A connection to the central wastewater disposal was planned for the year 2000. A sewage system was set up for the "Auf der Rehn" settlement.

At the moment there is the possibility to connect his household to the sewage supply. Households that operate a sewage treatment plant can have a connection installed on the property as a precaution. (Status: 2015)

Public facilities

Apart from the multi-purpose hall and the fire station, there are no more public buildings . The schoolhouse went into private ownership after the local school was closed. The village came to the Bremervörde School Association in 1965. Ecclesiastically, Spreckens belongs to the St. Liborius parish of Bremervörde . Post and train station is also Bremervörde.

development

The development of the village of Spreckens was not only shaped by agriculture . A commercial development began about 270 years ago with the construction of a glass factory in Fahrendorf. The construction of the Oste-Hamme Canal brought further development. With the railway connection in 1898, agricultural production also improved. In line with the latest population development, two residential areas have been created in the southern part of the settlement, adjacent to the existing development (Auf der Rehn / Heidfeld). In the northern part of the village, on the street “Am Sandstrich”, a village community center has been built in Spreckens . In the 1960s, a special kind of facility was built in Spreckens: a wildlife park with fallow deer, wild boars and mouflons, which was closed again.

There are individual commercial operations (insurance companies, restaurants, landscaping, a night club, aquarium construction and a transport company). Agriculture (pasture and arable farming) is no longer the main source of income for the population. There are eight full-time and two part-time businesses.

Associations and public institutions

Volunteer fire brigade Spreckens

In 1936 the two villages of Engeo and Spreckens merged to found the volunteer fire brigade Spreckens. In 1936 a syringe house was built in the center of Spreckens, which was completely modernized in 1975 in order to meet the requirements of the fire brigade at the time. The fire brigade's first important purchase was a fire sprayer. Equipped with a motor pump, hose reels , jet pipes and fire shoes , the comrades took action against fires in the area. In 1966, the decision was made to purchase a new type T portable pump vehicle from the manufacturer Volkswagen "in the course of progress and technology" .

In 1976 the youth fire brigade Spreckens was founded. A new LT 31 portable pump vehicle from the manufacturer Volkswagen had been an integral part of the fire service since 1978. The current emergency vehicle is a VW Crafter body, a portable pump vehicle that was purchased in September 2010.

The volunteer fire brigade of Spreckens is organized in the Bremervörde District Fire Brigade Association .

Motorsport community Spreckens

The Motorsportgemeinschaft Spreckens e. V. (short form MSG-Spreckens) is a local racing club founded in 1977 and a member of the NAVC . Every year there is a stubble cross , a public racing event on a harvested grain field, the "stubble" or stubble field . There owners of autocross vehicles compete in a circuit race . There is a separate race with a cross-kart for children and teenagers. The MSG-Spreckens currently has 224 members. (As of January 2016)

Spreckens shooting club

The Schützenverein Spreckens e. V. was founded on September 13, 1952 by popular request. In the following years, the entry in the register of associations took place in 1954 and the youth department was founded in 1956. After the territorial reform in 1973, construction of the village community center began. At the same time, work began on setting up a shooting range at the old venue for the annual shooting festival . This was sold in 1977 and replaced by a new shooting range at the village community center. In 1988 an air rifle stand was built and in 2001 the association was awarded non-profit status. The rifle festival takes place every year at the village community center.

Mayor in Spreckens

Surname	local community	time
Reinhold Dederling	Sprecks	0000-1858
Clemens Bargmann	Sprecks	1859-1865
Jürgen Buck	Sprecks	1865-1870
Cord Burfeindt	Sprecks	1871-1876
Clement Bargmann	Sprecks	1876-1883
Johann Holst	Sprecks	1883-1889
Hinrich Bargmann	Sprecks	1889-1895
Hinrich Burfeindt	Sprecks	1895-1896
Klaus Steffens	Sprecks	1896-1908
Claus Burfeind	Sprecks	1908-1914
Christopher Stelling	Sprecks	1914-1920
Klaus Murk	Sprecks	1920-1928
Wilken Schröder	Sprecks	1928-1929
Wilcken Schröder	Spreck Engeo	1929-1945
Emil Trobbens	Spreck Engeo	1945-1946
Jürgen Steffens	Spreck Engeo	1946-1946
Johann Holst	Spreck Engeo	1946-1947
Hinrich Boesch	Spreck Engeo	1947-1949
Wilken Schröder	Sprecks	1949-1962
Hinrich Burfeindt	Sprecks	1962-1965
Klaus Schröder	Sprecks	1965-1991
Hinrich Steinberg	Sprecks	1991-2006
Werner Schröder	Sprecks	since 2006

literature

• Klaus Poppe, Klaus Beecken: Schützenverein Spreckens e. V., Festschrift zu, 50th anniversary , Bogardt Druck, Spreckens 2002.
• A. Bachmann: Festschrift 700 years of Spreckens , Bremervörde 1972.

Web links

Commons : Spreckens  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the village of Spreckens

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} District of Rotenburg (Wümme): nature reserves. Rotenburg (Wümme) district, accessed on October 4, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Spreckenser Moor nature reserve
3. ↑ District of Rotenburg (Wümme): Official Journal / Protected Area Ordinance. (PDF) District of Rotenburg (Wümme), accessed on October 4, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} A. Bachmann: Festschrift 700 years of Sprecks. Bremervörde 1972.
5. ↑ ^{a b c} 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. 242 .
6. ↑ ^{a b} Stephen Smith: 'Somebody's thinking about these boys': New memorial in German town to honor doomed RCAF bomber crew. CBC News - Montreal, September 7, 2017, accessed November 11, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Lancaster LL687 EQ-M Memorial Group ( Memento of the original dated August 1, 2017 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. 
8. ↑ Stephen Smith: 'They were just so kind': German villagers go 'all out' for memorial to RCAF bomber crew. CBC News - Montreal, August 1, 2017, accessed November 11, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Rainer Klöfkorn: 73 years after the crash: "It's done". In: Bremervörder Zeitung. Bremervörder Zeitung, July 31, 2017, accessed on November 12, 2017 . 
10. ^ City of Bremervörde
11. ↑ Bremervörde and the localities
12. ↑ ewe-netz.de
13. ↑ History of the volunteer fire brigade in Spreckens ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
14. ↑ History of the shooting club Spreckens ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. 
15. ↑ Klaus Poppe, Klaus Beecken: Schützenverein Spreckens e. V., Festschrift zu, 50th anniversary , Bogardt Druck, Spreckens 2002