Steimbke

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′  N , 9 ° 24 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Nienburg / Weser
Joint municipality :	Steimbke
Height :	51 m above sea level NHN
Area :	63.08 km 2
Residents:	2499 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	40 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	31634
Area code :	05026
License plate :	NI
Community key :	03 2 56 029
Website :	www.steimbke.de
Mayor :	Friedrichlesenberg (shared flat)
Location of the municipality of Steimbke in the district of Nienburg / Weser

Steimbke is a municipality in the Nienburg / Weser district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Steimbke is located about ten kilometers from the district town of Nienburg in a moor and heather landscape, with the Blindesee at the center. The "Steinbeeke" (High German: " Steinbach ") flows through Steimbke , from whose name, according to legend, the place name is derived.

The villages Steimbke, Wendenborstel , Glashof, Eckelshof, Lichtenhorst and Sonnenborstel make up the municipality of Steimbke. The Steimbke district is the eponymous part of the Steimbke municipality .

The communities of Heemsen , Rethem / Aller , Stöckse and Rodewald , the town of Neustadt am Rübenberge and the district town of Nienburg / Weser border the municipality of Steimbke .

history

The oil pump at the end of the village - the landmark of Steimbke

Numerous urn finds prove that the area around Steimbke was already settled around 800–700 BC. In a document in 1175 a "Steinanebeki im Logne-Gau" was mentioned in a letter and in 1221 a "Hildebrandus de Stenbike" ( Hildebrand von Steimbke ) was mentioned in the Calenberg document book . However, it is unclear whether these sources are actually connected to today's Steimbke. Steimbke was first clearly mentioned in the document book of the St. Johannes monastery in Walsrode in 1310, when the brothers Hermann, Ritter and Heinrich, noblemen of Hodenberg, sold the villages of Steimbke and Glashof to the monastery in Walsrode.

The Brigitta union made a major contribution to the recent development of the village by starting its oil production in 1934. They built a factory housing estate with spacious sports facilities, a forest stadium with floodlights , an indoor and an outdoor pool .

In the meantime, the decline in oil production has resulted in the oil pumps, which used to be the landmark of Steimbke, have been dismantled. Steimbke has 2466 inhabitants (December 31, 2015).

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, the communities Lichtenhorst, Sonnenborstel and Wendenborstel were incorporated.

religion

The Dionysii Church in the town center.

The Steimbker population is predominantly of the Protestant denomination. Accordingly, the Evangelical Lutheran Dionysius Church is located in the center of the village . This also includes the "House of Encounter", where meetings and events for young and old take place on a regular basis. The local congregation of the New Apostolic Church was closed due to the decline in membership in 2005, and its church on Sonnenborsteler Kirchweg became a residential building.

politics

Municipal council

The Steimbke municipality council consists of 13 councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 2001 and 3000 inhabitants. The council members are elected for a five-year term by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party	Proportional votes	Number of seats
WG Steimbke	41.72%	5
CDU	39.32%	5
SPD	18.94%	3

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 68.33%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%.

mayor

The local council elected the council member Friedrichlesenberg (WG Steimbke) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided by gold and red; above a black oil pumping station, below a silver horseshoe, accompanied on both sides by a golden beech leaf. "

Community partnerships

Steimbke has a partnership with the municipality of Chouzé-sur-Loire in France . The Haupt- und Realschule Steimbke is also a partner school of Werder Bremen .

Culture and sights

A marching band has existed in Steimbke for decades . The band Adjudgement has existed since the summer of 1993.

On the northern edge of the Steimbker Fuhren there is a barrow .

Named after the Brigitta union, the Brigitta-Elwerath sports club, founded in 1949, has established itself. The SVBE footballers play successfully in the regional league ( Hanover district ). There has also been an indoor pool on site since 1975 , today with a solarium and sauna, and an outdoor pool since 1955 .

Every year the Schützenfest of the Schützenverein Steimbke takes place in Steimbke .

Economy and Infrastructure

Steimbke - Rathausplatz; in the background the church

Steimbke School

Steimbke is located directly on the federal highway 214 , which leads from Nienburg / Weser to Celle , as well as on the district roads 3, 6 and 37. In addition, the place is served by the bus routes 40, 41 and 42 of the transport company Nienburg / Weser (VLN).

Several companies have settled in Steimbke, including a farm shop , an agricultural trade, an office of the Raiffeisen Hauptgenossenschaft Nord , a supermarket , two pastry shops , a butcher , a hairdressing salon , two banks , two driving schools , two restaurants and a premium burger - Shop with kiosk and Toto / Lotto acceptance point.

In the center of the village you will find the Steimbker town hall with the joint administration. There is also a citizens 'office here, where citizens ' affairs can be dealt with more conveniently. Steimbke also has a volunteer fire brigade .

In Steimbke there is a school center with elementary , secondary and secondary schools as well as an all-day kindergarten with day care center .

Personalities

• August Biester (* 1854 in Wenden ; † 1926), teacher and local writer
• Helmut Bohnhorst (* 1959 or 1960), until 2014 he was the fourth generation owner of Bohnhorst Agrarhandel GmbH.

literature

• Heinz Schlichting, municipality of Steimbke (ed.): Steimbker Heimatbuch Volume 1 and 2 . Iggersen + Horstmann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Nienburg, 1987

Web links

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

• Website of the joint municipality

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. ↑ A village in the heath - Lichtenhorst ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 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. 
3. ↑ Schlichting Volume 1, page 31
4. ↑ ^{a b} Schlichting Volume 1, page 67
5. ^ Lüneburger Urk. N., Section 15: Monastery Walsrode Urk. 99
6. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 200 .
7. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on March 27, 2017.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Steimbke - overall results of the 2016 municipal council election , accessed on March 27, 2017.
9. ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2017 . 
10. ^ Steimbke local council , accessed on March 27, 2017.
11. ↑ Rathaus Steimbke  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .