Suderburg

This article deals with the municipality in Lower Saxony. See also: Sudburg or Sudenburg .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 52 ° 54 '  N , 10 ° 26'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Uelzen
Joint municipality :	Suderburg
Height :	70 m above sea level NHN
Area :	128.68 km 2
Residents:	4588 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	36 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	29556
Area code :	05826
License plate :	UE
Community key :	03 3 60 023
Community structure:	7 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Bahnhofstrasse 54 29556 Suderburg
Website :	www.suderburg.de
Mayor :	Hans-Hermann Hoff ( Greens )
Location of the municipality Suderburg in the district of Uelzen

St. Remigius Church

Corporation house on Burgstrasse

Suderburg is a municipality in the middle of the Lüneburg Heath in the district of Uelzen , Lower Saxony . In the municipality of Suderburg, which is part of the Suderburg municipality , around 4500 people live with around 1400 students.

geography

The community Suderburg consists of Suderburg and the localities Bahnsen , Böddenstedt , Hamerstorf , Hösseringen , Holxen and Räber .

history

Sutherburg was first mentioned in a document in 1004.

In 1957 the villages of Graulingen, Oldendorf I and Suderburg were combined to form today's Suderburg.

In 1847 the Celle - Uelzen - Lüneburg - Harburg - Wilhelmsburg railway was put into operation. In 1850 Suderburg received a train station that was expanded in 1859 .

Suderburger farmers probably developed a special technique of meadow irrigation, the so-called Suderburger ridge construction , which became widespread towards the end of the 18th century . This irrigation technique was further developed from 1853 in the meadow building school founded for this purpose .

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the communities Bahnsen, Böddenstedt, Hamerstorf, Holxen, Hösseringen and Räber were incorporated.

Population development

The population development of the community Suderburg including districts:

• 1961: 4257 inhabitants
• 1970: 4273 inhabitants
• 1994: 4494 inhabitants
• 2003: 4699 inhabitants
• 2011: 4534 inhabitants
• 2015: 4549 inhabitants
• 2016: 4487 inhabitants
• 2017: 4602 inhabitants

politics

Municipal council

Town hall on Bahnhofstrasse

The council of the municipality Suderburg consists of 15 council members.

The results of the last three local elections:

• 2006: CDU 8 seats, SPD 6 seats, Greens 1 seat
• 2011: CDU 5 seats, SPD 4 seats, Greens 2 seats, WSL 3 seats, individual applicants 1 seat
• 2016: CDU 5 seats, SPD 3 seats, Greens 2 seats, WSL * 4 seats, individual applicants 1 seat

mayor

Mayor of the Suderburg community has been Hans-Hermann Hoff (Greens) since 2011.

Culture and sights

Buildings

• The watermill on the Hardau in Suderburg was first mentioned in 1577 and operated until 1973.
• St. Remigius Church is a small half-timbered church from the 18th century with a round tower, which was built from field stones around 1000 AD.
• The museum village Hösseringen shows the main building types of the Low German hall house on an area of ​​100,000 m².

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  Rübenburg in Suderburg

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  Rectory in Suderburg

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  Thatched roof house (from approx. 1680) in the Böddenstedt district

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  Watermill in the Holxen district

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  Brümmerhof (from 1644) in the museum village Hösseringen

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  Hardausee in the district of Hösseringen

Sports

• The VfL Suderburg v. 1912 eV is a sports club with more than 1100 members in 16 branches. The association organizes an autumn cross-country run on every 2nd Sunday in November, where more than 1000 runners start on distances between 400 m and marathon. The autumn cross-country run is one of the 100 largest running events in northern Germany. In addition, a cycling competition takes place every September: individual time trial over 30 km.

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

• The GEREP Maschinenbau GmbH manufactures hydraulic shock absorbers in Suderburg and is considered a specialist for vibration dampening.
• Suderburg is the location of Valenzi GmbH & Co. KG . The company processes wild mushrooms, forest fruits and soup deposits and employs over 80 people on site.
• Wildnissport GmbH operates a Europe-wide mail order and retail business for outdoor equipment and employs around 20 people.

media

"Die Zeitung" is an independent monthly newspaper with official notices, which has been produced in Suderburg since June 1994 and is distributed monthly in the Suderburg municipality with a circulation of 4,500 copies.

education

University campus Suderburg

Suderburg is the location of the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences . The former Wiesenbauschule Suderburg was part of the Northeast Lower Saxony University of Applied Sciences and focuses on training in the areas of environmental technology or hydraulic engineering / water management, civil engineering, trade and logistics, social work and an online course in business administration. Since 2011 there has also been a young degree in Applied Computer Science. There is also a primary and a high school in the village.

traffic

Suderburg is located on the Hanover – Hamburg railway line and is connected to Hanover and Uelzen every hour by the metronom railway company (Hanover can be reached by train in around 50 minutes and Celle in 20–30 minutes).

Personalities

• Sophus Schmidt (1792–1841), Hanoverian liberation fighter, bailiff in Bleckede and landowner in Suderburg
• Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm Hillmer (1831–1916), master builder in the meadow
• Karl Hillmer (1869–1944), Meadow Building School Director
• Carsten Kadach (born 1964), former FIFA - referee Wizard

literature

• Ernst Andreas Friedrich : The former Suderburg , p. 76-78, in: If stones could talk . Volume IV, Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1998, ISBN 3-7842-0558-5
• Rolf Hillmer: Natural and cultural monuments in the Suderburg area. Becker Verlag Uelzen, 120 pages, Uelzen 1982
• Adolf Hillmer: Chronicle Suderburg - Oldendorf I Volume I. Municipality of Suderburg self-published, Suderburg 1983
• Adolf Hillmer: Chronicle Suderburg - Oldendorf I Volume II. Municipality of Suderburg self-published, Suderburg 1984
• Adolf Hillmer: Chronicle Suderburg - Oldendorf I Volume III. Municipality of Suderburg self-published, Suderburg 1984
• Rolf Hillmer: History of the Suderburg community. C. Becker Verlag, Uelzen 1986, 246 pages
• Rolf Hillmer: The successes of ownership in older times on the farms in the Suderburg parish. Municipality of Suderburg self-published, Suderburg 1987, 508 pages
• Rolf Hillmer and Gerhard Müller: Suderburg in old views. European Library Zaltbommel / Netherlands 1989, 80 pages, ISBN 90 288 4822 3
• Rolf Hillmer and Gerhard Müller: Suderburg in Old Views Volume 2. European Library Zaltbommel / Netherlands 1995, 80 pages, ISBN 90 288 60 75 4
• Ulf Wendler: Rural society between church and state. The parish Suderburg in the Lüneburg Heath, Agricultural Museum Lüneburg Heath, 1999, ISBN 3-934057-06-3
• Tilman Grottian: History of the Suderburg community. Suderburg 2004, 212 pages, ISBN 3-931824-33-0

Web links

Commons : Suderburg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Suderburg  - travel guide

• Official homepage of Suderburg
• Old views of Suderburg
• Old with new pictures of Suderburg
• Page with pictures of the round tower church St. Remigius in Suderburg

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. ↑ www.az-online.de
3. ^ Suderburg Meadow Building School
4. ↑ ^{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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 239 .
5. ↑ www.suderburg.de
6. ^ WSL: Voting Community Suderburger Land
7. ↑ http://www.vfl-suderburg.de/