Stemmen (Rotenburg district)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 13 '  N , 9 ° 33'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Joint municipality :	Fintel
Height :	29 m above sea level NHN
Area :	24.65 km 2
Residents:	826 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	34 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	27389
Area code :	04267
License plate :	ROW, BRV
Community key :	03 3 57 046
Mayor :	Reinhard Trau (community of voters)
Location of the municipality of Stemmen in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district

Stemmen is a municipality in Lower Saxony in the integrated municipality of Fintel and is located in the east of the Rotenburg (Wümme) district on the border with the Harburg district .

geography

Geographical location

Stemmen is located in a meadow and moor landscape and is otherwise very strongly agricultural. In the north-east are the nature reserves Ekelmoor and Schneckenstiege , between which the Wümme flows from the Harburg district to the south-west. With an area of ​​2465 hectares, it is the second largest municipality in the Fintel municipality . Community hunting grounds with a size of approx. 900 ha and 600 ha as well as a number of private hunts are under lease. Large numbers of fallow deer, wild boar and roe deer are shot here on a regular basis.

Neighboring communities

• In the district of Rotenburg

• Helvesiek , Lauenbrück , Vahlde
• Sittensen and Tiste

• In the district of Harburg

• Heidenau , Königsmoor , Wistedt OT Wümme

climate

The climate is classically northern German with extensive, constant summer months and z. T. snowy winter. A special feature is that the village was placed on a salt dome. This geographical peculiarity ensures that many rainy areas constantly bypass the village and that despite rain fronts there is always summer weather in this municipality, which ensures corresponding drought in the fields and gardens.

history

The place Stemmen was first mentioned in a document in 1250 , making it the second youngest within the municipality.

Stemmen was hit by the witch hunt in 1664 : two men got into witch trials .

politics

Municipal council

The 9 seats of the municipal council are distributed as follows:

• SPD 3 seats
• Flat share 5 seats
• GREEN 1 seat

(Status: local election September 11, 2016)

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality of Stemmen consists of a gold shield, which is divided diagonally from top left to bottom right by a blue wavy band . The upper half shows five green acorns , the lower half a black black grouse . The five acorns symbolize the districts of Stemmen, Neddervieh, Dreihausen, Stemmerfeld and Rotermoor. The blue wavy band represents the location on the Wümme . The black cock denotes the embedding of the place in the moor landscape on the edge of the Lüneburg Heath.

Buildings

Diers sheepfold

The old fire brigade, which was rebuilt or renovated by the local history association, and two historic sheep pens are considered special structures. Another sheepfold is also being rebuilt.

Business

In addition to businesses for traditional craft trades (carpentry, hairdresser), pottery, bakery and a hotel, there is a business park with industrial facilities.

Regular events

In addition to classic events such as the Schützenfest and Harvest Festival, there are events such as the Christmas market, Umbüddeln and various sporting events.

Economy and Infrastructure

There are numerous weekend houses here for relaxation, but they are used for a fixed period.

education

• Primary School Stemmen
• kindergarten

fire Department

The community fire brigade has had its own volunteer fire brigade for over 100 years, which was originally founded as a compulsory fire brigade. Each farm was obliged to provide a male family member to the fire brigade in order to cope with the fire disasters caused by lightning strikes at the time of the thatched roofs. Those who could not do this were obliged to pay a fee.

Personalities

This includes the former world boxing champion Max Schmeling , who for many years as a hunting tenant - most recently the Stemmen B hunting area - pursued his hobby every week. An intimate friendship connected him with some residents while playing skat and he was also friends with the mayor Hinrich Peters (born January 7, 1924, † April 2, 1989), who was then over 18 years old. In the meantime, a street in the industrial park has been named after him.

• Anneliese Braasch (* 1935), cabaret artist , actress and Low German author ; lives in Stemmen.

Others

In this rural village, the names of the farms with which the farms were named in the past and are still used today (e.g. Peets Hof, Roans Hof, Hus Hof) are to be emphasized. The farm owners can z. T. traced back to 1350. The classic Low German colloquial language (Plattdütsch) is still used on a daily basis. The black grouse in the local coat of arms was to be found in the district until the beginning of the 1970s, when it was finally driven out by the peat extraction. In the meantime, many other animals such as cranes, African Egyptian geese and the curlew have resettled through the adjacent Tister Moor. Raccoon and Enok can now also be found. Stemmen has successfully participated in the beauty contest "Our village has a future" at the district level and was already among the first place, which led to participation in the state contest.

Web links

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

• Website of the community of Stemmen
• www.fintel.de - Fintel 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. ↑ Jürgen Hoops and Heinrich Rings: abused & burned. The witch trials in the Rotenburg office, Diocese Verden , 2nd edition, Stuttgart 2011, pp. 325–328.