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Thust
Coat of arms of Thüsten
Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 33 ″  N , 9 ° 38 ′ 2 ″  E
Height : 157 m
Residents : 495  (Jun. 30, 2016)
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 31020
Area code : 05186
Thüst (Lower Saxony)
Thust

Location of Thüst in Lower Saxony

View to Thüster Berg, 2002
View to Thüster Berg , 2002

Thüsten is a district of the Salzhemmendorf patch in the Hameln-Pyrmont district , Lower Saxony .

geography

Thüste located in the easternmost part of the Natural Park Weserbergland Schaumburg-Hameln in the Weser-Leinebergland calculated Ith-Hils-well , the 36-km long and 7 km wide and the place was its character. The mountain ranges of Ith , Thüster Berg and Duinger Berg framing the place are Jura ridges.

The Ith (max. 439  m above sea  level ) has only two passes, Capellenhagen and Lauenstein , and the pass of Marienhagen ( 326  m above sea level ) lies between Thüster Berg and Duinger Wald . Buntsandstein , Muschelkalk and Keuper are the rocks that make up the area. The mountain ranges consist of Malm , especially its firmest level, the coral oolite .

The lignites come from the tertiary formation of more recent date (30,000 years). Ice-age layers lie on them with debris from the ground moraine, marl sands, banded clay and sandy peat. Above it lies the youngest layer of earth, which is still in the process of formation, the alluvium . Faults often occur that are caused by glacier collapses and earth movements and have turned the order of the layers upside down. Lignite originated 300,000 years ago, at a time when Germany was dominated by a very warm, tropical period between the Ice Ages. The material for the formation of the lignite was provided by the primeval forests consisting of conifers, palm trees and hardwoods, which were hermetically sealed by the sand and clay carried by the glaciers. Because of this and the tremendous pressure, the plants slowly charred. The landscape is still in constant transformation today. On permeable rocks and clayey slopes, soil slides can often be observed, mostly lawn dipping ( Thüster Berg ). The erosion continues on the cliffs as well. This is how the grotesque forms emerged, which protrude far over the slope. In the Eifel, near today's Maria Laach , there was a volcano that threw ash during the Ice Age, which can now be seen in the yellow-brown tuff.

history

The word “Der” or “Ter” is often shortened by throwing out the final “r” in “te”. A similar process, as it also occurs with "berg" and "beck", in which in "ber", "bere" respectively. is shortened to “be” or “pe”. The syllable “te” from “Ter” is also abbreviated in Thüste; it forms the basic word of the place name, "Ter" - forest. The epithet "thüs" is traced back to Tuisto , who is passed down by Tacitus as one of the ancestors of the Germanic peoples .

On November 1, 1022, Thüste was mentioned for the first time in a Bernardine deed of foundation of the St. Michael monastery in Hildesheim . Thüsten must have existed in its former form even before this time, because the name is said to go back to the Germanic god Tuisto, to whom a sanctuary was dedicated on the level of the old Sohleiche. In 1932, Conrad Möhle planted a new oak to replace the sole that had perished after centuries. At that time the forests came right up to the village and were only cleared over time and the land made arable. Not much can be said about the first 500 years, as few records are available from this period. At that time Thüsten belonged to Hemmendorf, later to Lauenstein , where the Spiegelbergers and Homburgers ruled. After there, the taxes had to be paid by the local farmers. Several princes and kings have divided the country many times, and so Thüste ended up near Hanover . In addition to taxes, so-called compulsory services had to be performed, such as keeping paths clean (which has not changed to this day).

In the distant past, Thüsten must have consisted of two parts: the upper part with the mill (later Fischer) and the houses on the Zinne, the lower part from today Röpke to Randolf-Marahrens (Lessat) and some houses in the Gänsebrunnen to Seebaums Mühle. It could be recognized by the house numbers : up to No. 55 there were old houses, all others are of a later date. At that time every district already had a sheep farm.

As early as 1585, men had to do military service. In Thüsten there were ten farmers who had to appear with a "pipe" (rifle), plus four half- spits with two pipes and two field spikes, 15 kötner with five pipes, two gag spikes and eight field spikes. Because of their age, seven householders did not have to bring anything with them. Names like Meyerarndt, Grote, Stichnothen, Vespermann, Steinborn, Hagen and Schäfer were not uncommon back then.

Thüsten was also affected during the Thirty Years' War from 1618 to 1648. Plague and fires put the residents in dire straits because there were neither doctors nor fire departments. 400 years ago only farmers and workers who served on the farms lived in Thüste. The farmers elected a head, at that time it was said that they would choose a master farmer at a so-called licensing ceremony. Voting was based on the size of the yard; a voice came up every morning. Well-known names that can still be traced were Conrad Flentje, Conrad Brüggemann and Friedrich Schmedt.

Thüsten belonged temporarily to the Kingdom of Westphalia , where Napoleon's brother Jerome was king. At that time Thüst had a mayor named Kirchhoff, who had to set up a personal tax roll for the Commune Thüste, Canton Hemmendorf , District Rinteln and Department of the Leine . The original has been preserved.

In 1919 the first municipal administration was elected, and Friedrich Schmedt remained mayor.

In 1930 a post office was set up in the Sonnemeyer inn, which was converted into Post Office II in 1932. The Postbuses coming from Elze also carried people. On February 15, 1945, the post office moved to the Neuer Weg 57 building. Due to the increase in traffic and sales, the post was upgraded to Post Office I on October 1, 1947. The post office remained there even after the conversion to the acceptance post office "Salzhemmendorf 7" on March 1, 1978 as a result of the centralization of the incoming and delivery service at the post office in Salzhemmendorf 1. On February 28, 1990, the post office moved to the post office by renovating the house The Erich Möhle family has newly created modern and customer service-friendly rooms. This post office closed its doors forever on June 28, 1997.

politics

Local council

Thüsten forms a joint local council with Wallensen and Ockensen .

The local mayor of the joint local council is Karl-Heinz Grießner (SPD).

coat of arms

Split shield, above green, below gold in the green field five golden ears of corn, the middle one upright and two ears inclined to the right and left; in the golden field a black erect pickaxe. (Note: The main statutes of the 1950s give the upper coat of arms the color "red".) The mayor Konrad Heuer (born January 4, 1867 in Thüste; † March 15, 1954 in Thüste) had to pass a resolution on the introduction of the coat of arms. Steinhauer in the company of the quarry owner Christian Fischer, Thüste, invited the community representatives on September 12, 1930; This year he had been in office since July 1, 1924. The community representatives Haarstrich, Brüggemann, Marahrens, Krückeberg, Möller, Wulf, Gödeke and Röpke appeared. The Prussian State Ministry granted the approval to use the coat of arms by decree of October 6, 1933.

Culture and sights

Buildings

St. Jürgen Chapel in Thüste
  • While the town of Thüste was mentioned as early as the 11th century in connection with Corvey's possessions and by the Bernwardin deed of foundation for the St. Michael monastery in Hildesheim of November 1, 1022, no information has been passed on about the founding of the chapel . It can be assumed that in the 12th / 13th There was already a small church here in the 19th century. It is not known whether a second chapel was built. The inhabitants of Thüsten became Protestant with the Reformation. In the Saalachronik from 1744 the patronage of St. Jürgen is mentioned. The chapel belonged to the Archdeaconate Wallensen. Size information from the years 1671–1734 is available. The chapel was renovated in 1707, but soon fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1752. A year later, in 1753, the new building was finished. In 1792 a pulpit was built into the chapel. In 1848 and 1849 the window glazing was renewed. There was a new bell in 1912/1913. It was re-cast in 1963 and bears the inscription "KV Schwabe, Pastor, Hienzsch, Marhenke, Fr. Müller, Schmedt" - "Christ is our peace". A new porch to be used as a morgue was added in 1951. Some Thüster can still remember that the old roof turret was torn down in 1962. A new roof turret with copper cladding and the renewal of the roof made the small chapel appear in a more beautiful light. Then there was a new bell and a new tower clock. The chapel has been preserved in its shape to this day.
  • In 1972 the political community built a cemetery chapel , which made the extension built in 1951 superfluous as a mortuary and converted it into an entrance to the chapel. The front door to the street was closed. In front of it there is now a font made from Thüster limestone and donated by Alfred Stichweh.
  • In 1981 Schaper / Brinkmann acquired a piece of land on Langen Strasse and built a community center and a residential building for the pastor. Pastor Rolf Sturm and his family were the first to move in, who succeeded Pastor Siedersleben in 1994, who held the office until May 2013. Due to the decreasing number of parishioners, this year the parish Wallensen was divided along the border of the district, in the course of which Thüsten and Wallensen were connected to the parish association of Saale Valley and the parish in Thüste was deleted. On July 6, 2003, the 250th anniversary of the St. Jürgen Chapel was celebrated. The rectory and the community center or community house have now been sold and are privately owned. Until then, old people's afternoons, crawling groups, elections and similar events took place there.

societies

At the turn of the century there was a warrior club in Thülle, some of which have been preserved.

In 1927 a shooting club was founded, today's KKSV. The shooting was carried out by Willi Schütte in an old quarry. After the war, the KK stand was repaired again, and air rifles were fired in the Sonnemeyer inn. In 1964/65 the Sonnemeyer family built a shooting range in the former barn. Fritz Klingenberg was chairman for many years and August Brüggemann from 1988 to 2006.

In 1933 Pastor Ludwig Schwabe founded a church trombone choir. After about 50 years, the trombone choir broke up and the winds united with today's music parade of the Wallensen volunteer fire department. On February 23, 1934, 42 Thüster founded a volunteer fire brigade in the Feige inn. The first fire chief was Fritz Stichweh senior.

The German Red Cross was also founded in 1934. Erika Wiefel, Lina Schaper and Inge Stüben were chairmen for many years. The DRK women's choir has teamed up with Wallensen due to a lack of young talent. There used to be a soccer club Thüste-Weenzen, which merged with VfL Wallensen on May 19, 1949 to form the WTW. Its chairman has been local mayor Fritz Köhne for over 25 years.

After the war, the Bund der Kinderreich established itself in Thüste under its chairman Günter Knobloch, on whose initiative the construction of the settlement in the direction of Wallensen also goes back. Since there was a bowling alley in the former Gasthaus zur Linde (formerly Tante Martha), various bowling clubs had been founded over the years to practice this sport.

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

Thanks to the industry that developed in Thüsten over the years, many citizens had jobs and bread. At first there were four quarries and sawmills, which delivered the Thüster sandstone to all regions and for many purposes, either processed or raw.

The oldest companies were Gödecke-Schütte, August Gödecke (today Stichweh), Schrader (later Röpke) and Fischer (today Helmut Brüggemann). The Stichweh company was 100 years old in 2000. In 1874, a lime kiln was built that had a siding to the then Voldagsen-Duingen-Delligsen small railway. There were several sand pits that provided the sand for building houses, paths and roads. There were three water mills on the Thüster Beeke: the Upper Mill, the Middle Mill and the Lower Mill, which was also a sawmill. Wood was processed in the sawmill, a wheelwright and three joineries.

As early as 1920 Fritz Stichweh and Willi Feige founded a locksmith's shop, the forerunner of today's machine factory Stichweh. In 1999 the road construction company Arthur Constabel, which has worked its way up from the smallest beginnings, celebrates its 100th birthday. There used to be three inns in the village: Gasthaus zur Linde (Tante Martha), Glenewinkel, later Walter Constabel, Sonnemeyer and before that, the Alte Krug in Mühlengraben 1. Today there are no more inns in Thüste. Over the course of 90 years, four bakers served the residents. None of the former mom and pop shops exist today. There was also a master mason, shoemaker, blacksmith, hairdresser, two gardeners, painters, butchers, tailors and plumbers. In 1897 Wilhelm Meyer built a dairy with pig fattening in Thüste, which his son Erich later took over. In 1938 the dairy had to close and the farmers had to bring the milk to Wallensen .

A very important economic factor was the Humboldt union , which operated the lignite mine of the same name . Lignite was discovered in 1787, but mining did not begin until 1843. Although 30 workers were employed at the time, the company was closed in 1861 because it was unprofitable. But six years later, in 1867, they started all over again. Finally, in 1899 the briquette factory , a cable car and a siding to the small train were built. In 1901 the legal rights of the mining company passed to the Humboldt union. The street in the settlement, where only Humboldt employees lived, was named Humboldtstraße. The cable car was later replaced by a narrow-gauge railway. The Sonne briquettes were sent all over the world by rail, and briquettes were stolen from the wagons during the bad war and post-war period. Operations had to be stopped in 1966. This marked the end of an era which meant existence for many people and which represented a good source of tax income for the municipalities of Thüste and Wallensen.

In 1967 the mayor at the time, Horst Stüben, succeeded in getting OKAL interested in the Thüsten location after a scrap dealer's request to settle on the site failed. For several years prefabricated houses and cellars were then completed in Thüste. After that, the kitchen manufacturer Habemat was based in Thüste. In addition, the company E. & K. has settled there and produces sprinkler systems. Both companies went bankrupt. E. & K.'s production was relocated to Pattensen. In the former Habemat plant, the Formadur company produced kitchen parts until it went bankrupt. DanForm GmbH & Co.KG has been manufacturing worktops for the European market since September 2007.

traffic

Thüst train station in 1954

The traffic in the Thüster valley was very difficult, although the direction Hameln-Alfeld-Hildesheim was indicated. At first there were only stony paths, mostly running in the stream bed. Road construction began much later. Around 1880 thought was given to a rail connection from Voldagsen to Alfeld , which should go either via Thüste or Wallensen. Ultimately, the decision was made to go to Thüste. In 1896 the construction of the Voldagsen-Duingen-Delligsen (VDD) small railway from Voldagsen to Salzhemmendorf, in 1897 to Duingen and 1901 to Delligsen began. The station buildings with the apartments for the station masters were then also built at the respective stopping points. Until 1966, people were transported by small train to Voldagsen for onward travel to Hameln, Hildesheim and Hanover. Today only one industrial company in Salzhemmendorf still uses the train.

literature

  • Wilhelm Hienzsch, Horst Stüben, Heinz Wecke: Thüste - A look back at history. Thüst, 2004.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Gods and Teutons on salzhemmendorf.de , after Ulrich Baum: Ithland Sagenland
  2. Local election 2011 Wallensen ( Memento of the original from March 25, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.salzhemmendorf.de
  3. Flyer Politics in Flecken Salzhemmendorf (PDF)