Stellicht

Stellicht City of Walsrode Coordinates: 52 ° 56 ′ 16 ″  N , 9 ° 31 ′ 13 ″  E
Height :	44 m
Area :	18.3 km²
Residents :	670
Population density :	37 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	29664
Area code :	05168
Location of Stellichte in Lower Saxony

Stellichte is a district of the city of Walsrode in the Lower Saxony district of Heidekreis . About 670 inhabitants live in the heath village on an area of ​​18.3 km².

geography

Stellichte is the northernmost village in the city of Walsrode. It is ten kilometers north of the core town of Walsrode and six kilometers southwest of Visselhövede . The Lehrde running through the village is the border river between the districts of Heidekreis and Verden .

Engraving by Matthäus Merian (1654/1658)

Village street in Stellichte

history

The place was first mentioned in 1096 as Steinlaga. On March 1, 1974, Stellichte was incorporated into the city of Walsrode.

politics

Birgit Podlech has been the mayor since 2011.

Culture and sights

The manor of the manor

Manor chapel

• The estate, which is still privately owned by the von Behr family , is worth seeing. The manor house (1703/04) and a two-storey half - timbered warehouse (17th century) are the most important buildings.
• The Protestant St. Georg Christophorus Jodokus Church , former manor chapel (1608), is a "rare example of a high-quality manor chapel from the early 17th century with uniform architecture and furnishings".
• The upper mill, built before 1392, belonged to the neighboring manor for centuries until it was leased as hereditary interest in 1786 .

The donkey from the fairy tale " The Bremen Town Musicians " is said to have lived in Stellichte. A long-distance cycle path that connects all four sites where the four animals are said to have lived and that leads through Stellichte, the “Town Musicians Path”, was inaugurated in 2008.

see also list of architectural monuments in Walsrode (outer districts) #Stellichte

Economy and Infrastructure

Stellichte is far from the main traffic. The federal motorway 27 runs 8 km southwards. The federal highway 440 leading from Rotenburg (Wümme) via Visselhövede to the A 7 runs north, 6 km away.

In Stellichte there are no street names, only house numbers that residents, postmen, vendors and visitors have to use for orientation.

In the 2003 district decision of the 21st state competition "Our village should be more beautiful - our village has a future" , the village of Stellichte was the winner. As part of the same competition at the state level, Stellichte received an award as one of the seven most beautiful villages in Lower Saxony.

literature

• Stellicht. In: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bremen Lower Saxony. Munich and Berlin 1992, p. 1251 f.

Web links

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

• Place on the website of the city of Walsrode
• Site plan - Walsroder localities
• Homepage Stellichte

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 225 .
2. ↑ Dehio
3. ↑ Merkle, Klaus: History of the presumed origin of the town musicians ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2014 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. . 
4. ^ Verden district: Town Musicians Way .