Tostedt

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Tostedt
Tostedt
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Tostedt highlighted

Coordinates: 53 ° 17 '  N , 9 ° 43'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Harburg
Joint municipality : Tostedt
Height : 61 m above sea level NHN
Area : 48.25 km 2
Residents: 13,818 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density : 286 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 21255
Area code : 04182
License plate : WL
Community key : 03 3 53 035
LOCODE : DE TST
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Schützenstrasse 24
21255 Tostedt
Website : www.tostedt.de
Mayor : Gerhard Netzel ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Tostedt in the Harburg district
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Tostedt ([ ˈtɔʃteːt ]; Low German Töst ) is a municipality in the Harburg district in Lower Saxony and the administrative seat of the Tostedt municipality .

geography

Geographical location

Aerial photo of Tostedt 2012
Todtglüsinger Bach

Tostedt is located on the northwestern edge of the Lüneburg Heath or on the southeastern edge of the Stade Geest belonging Zeven Geest . There the community is located southwest of the Harburg Mountains and Buchholz . The highest point of the place is at 70 meters above sea level directly at the entrance to the village from the direction of Welle, the lowest at 43 meters above sea level at the eastern end of Todtglüsingen. The Este flows through Tostedt in the direction of Hollenstedt, the Oste rises in the direction of Sittensen, the Dohrener Mühlenbach in the direction of Dohren, the Langeloher Bach and the Todtglüsinger Bach in the direction of Todtglüsingen.

Neighboring cities and towns

Community structure

Around 10,500 people live in the core town of Tostedt. In the district of Todtglüsingen further 3,200 inhabitants.

Tostedt, Todtglüsingen, Langeloh, Neddernhof and Wüstenhöfen as well as the Dreihausen and Tiefenbruch farms belong to the municipality of Tostedt. The place Tostedt Land belongs partly to the municipality of Tostedt and partly to the municipality of Wistedt.

history

Ice Age Erratic Park Todtglüsingen
Johanneskirche

Tostedt was first mentioned in a document in 1105 . Since 1625 the jurisdiction (symbol: horse skull) has been proven in Tostedt. Tostedt is still the seat of a local court with overriding jurisdiction of the commercial register for the entire area of ​​the Elbe-Weser triangle . Napoleon is said to have stayed in the old post office on the sand (where the horses of the stagecoaches were changed) in the Huth family's house .

Church history

The first church in Tostedt, one of the oldest wooden churches in northern Germany, has been located on the site of today's parish hall since around 800 AD.

Today's Johanneskirche in Tostedt was built between 1878 and 1880 based on a design by the Hanoverian master builder Conrad Wilhelm Hase . It is a five-aisled building in neo-Gothic style . The baptismal font made of bell bronze from 1423, the winged altar from 1480 and the Renaissance pulpit from 1608 were taken over from their predecessors . The organ by Philipp Furtwängler and the altar by Theodor Maßler date from the year the church was built.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the neighboring municipality of Todtglüsingen was incorporated in the course of the Lower Saxony regional reform .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council elected on September 11, 2016 is composed as follows:

Community leader and mayor

The title “Mayor” was introduced in Tostedt in 1935.

  • Christoph Wicke (1853–1872)
  • Joachim Kröger (1872–1898)
  • Friedrich Sommerfeld (1899–1904)
  • Karl Möller (March 13, 1904 to October 27, 1919)
  • Adolf Gerlach (October 27, 1919 to January 23, 1931)
  • Claus Hamann (February 1, 1931 to September 30, 1933)
  • Otto Mohrmann (October 1, 1933 to September 30, 1934)
  • Claus Hamann (October 1, 1934 to May 31, 1945)
  • Alexander Daum (June 11, 1945 to August 31, 1945)
  • Friedrich Rossmann (September 1, 1945 to September 28, 1946)
  • Heinrich Fricke (September 29, 1946 to December 7, 1950)
  • Willy Aldag (December 8, 1950 to March 15, 1971)
  • Paul Elbers (April 13, 1971 to November 18, 1976)
  • Eckart Weithoener (November 19, 1976 to January 14, 1979)
  • Ruth Zuther (January 18, 1979 to November 5, 1981)
  • Günter Weiß (November 5, 1981 to November 27, 1991)
  • Klaus-Dieter Feindt (November 27, 1991 to October 31, 1996)
  • Günter Weiß (November 1, 1996 to March 21, 2008)
  • Erwin Becker (August 25, 2008 to November 1, 2011)
  • Gerhard Netzel (since November 2, 2011)

coat of arms

Blazon : In the green head of the shield is a silver sword with a gold pommel, crossed by a silver ax with a gold handle. Underneath it in silver a green oak with golden acorns on green ground. The oak indicates the numerous forests on the ridge that extends around Tostedt, known as "Tot". The ax points to logging in the "dead" area. Tostedt symbolized the sword as the seat of jurisdiction as early as 1625.

Community partnerships

Town twinning has existed with Morlaàs in France since 1989 and with Lubaczów in Poland since 1992 .

Political particularities

For many years there was an active right-wing scene in Tostedt with comradely structures that tried hard to recruit young people. The center of these activities was a trendy shop on the right in the Todtglüsingen district. The Lower Saxony constitution protection agency regularly mentioned Tostedt as a “regional focus” with regard to “violent right-wing extremism”. At the same time there has been active civic engagement against xenophobic activities for many years. Among other things, organized by the local forum for moral courage and with the participation of many associations and foreign citizens, various citizens' festivals took place under the motto "Tostedt is colorful". At the same time, resistance to the trendy shop grew and traditionally encompassed politically neutral forces. In 2013, the trendy store then closed its store sale. In the meantime, church parishes, administration, police and politics as well as youth work together with the forum for moral courage are continuously doing intensive prevention work on site. In particular at the secondary schools in Tostedter - all three are entitled "School without Racism - School with Courage" - joint projects against the law have taken place in recent years, for example at the day of action for moral courage "Kick against the law", where a sign against racism and extremism was set. The communal cooperation is currently proving to be very successful in view of the approx. 600 refugees who have found refuge in the area of ​​the integrated community: A large number of volunteers look after the refugees, help them in everyday life and give free German lessons. Particular points of contact are the regular international cafés in the Johannesgemeinde, the Catholic Herz-Jesu-Gemeinde and in the Christ Centrum Tostedt.

Art and music

The marching band of the Tostedt and Todtglüsingen rifle club and the Tostedt men's choir as well as other more regionally known groups, plays and bands have existed for over 150 years. In the field of church-classical music, the Johannes-Kantorei of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Community is well known.

Udo Lindenberg's “panic sons” Kieran and Lukas Hilbert grew up in Tostedt. Your band Future was Germany's youngest rock band, won the NDR-Hörfest in 1986 and received a recording contract with the then TELDEC company. The musician Erwin Hilbert was Udo Lindenberg's text advisor and private secretary for many years and brought him to a concert at the secondary school in Tostedt in 1989. Hilbert and his wife have been running the Kömo-Land artist initiative at the Königsmoorer Moorversuchsanstalt since 2015. He organized several art exhibitions, talk shows and music concerts for Tostedt and the surrounding area.

Sports

The most successful Tostedt sports clubs are the Todtglüsinger sports club, one of the five largest sports clubs in Lower Saxony with more than 6300 members and 70 sports, MTV Tostedt , which is part of the second women's table tennis league, and the Bundesliga baseball team of the Dohren Wild Farmers . The Wild Farmers Juniors became German champions in 2010.

There are also the shooting clubs in Tostedt and Todtglüsingen, a tennis club and a riding and driving club.

public events

Töster flea market in Himmelsweg
Todtglüsinger rifle parade
  • The Töster flea market has been held annually on the first weekend in October since 1973 and is the largest flea market in northern Germany. Around 60,000 visitors (2015) meet around 700 exhibitors who come from Germany as well as from the Netherlands and Denmark and are selling their goods on the flea market on around 7,000 meters of stand front space.
  • Until 2011 there was the Töster Hamstermarkt , a small animal and plant market, combined with a Sunday shopping , on which many shops in Tostedt were open. From 2012, the Töster Spring Festival will take place instead with a plant market.
  • Since 1974 there has been the Christmas market every year on the 1st weekend in Advent .
  • Every two years the Tostedt trade fair , a consumer fair in Schützenstrasse on Schützenplatz, is held.
  • On May 1st, the Maypole will be set up in Todtglüsingen by the shooting club, the fire brigade and the Todtglüsingen sports club.
  • There are shooting festivals in Tostedt and Todtglüsingen.

Economy and Infrastructure

Tostedt station
town hall
District Court
Tostedt fire brigade
Tostedt high school

tourism

The Este cycle path crosses at the train station in Tostedt and the Oste cycle path leading to Bremervörde begins . The European long-distance hiking trail E1 , Heidschnuckenweg , Freudenthalweg and Heidepuzzle hiking trail run in the Lohbergen forest area .

traffic

The community on Bundesstraße 75 near the A1 used to be a stopover and relaxation area for the stagecoaches between Hamburg and Bremen. Tostedt is part of the Hamburg metropolitan region, belongs to the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund , is a stopover for the Metronom Regional and the metronom from Hamburg to Bremen as part of the Hanse network . Tostedt station on the Wanne-Eickel – Hamburg line ( KBS 120) was made barrier-free by November 2006 and is 32 minutes from Hamburg Central Station and 36 minutes from Bremen Central Station. Tostedt is also on the railway line to Wilstedt , which is only used for freight traffic.

Courts and authorities

The place is the seat of the local court Tostedt and the administration of the joint municipality Tostedt.

Police and fire brigade

In the municipality of Tostedt there is a police station and two volunteer fire departments , the Tostedt fire department and the Todtglüsingen fire department .

Public facilities

The Tostedt open-air swimming pool, which was built in 1961, was one of the few swimming pools in Germany with free entry. After a complete renovation of the bathroom, entrance fees have been charged since 2019. There is a library in the town hall and there has been a workshop for disabled people (WfbM) of the Lebenshilfe Lüneburg-Harburg since 1982, as well as a workshop (ViaNova) for mentally disabled people.

education

Tostedt has a grammar school , a secondary school , a secondary school and several elementary schools . One of the local kindergartens is a nature kindergarten .

People and personalities

Born in Tostedt

Associated with Tostedt

photos

  • Adventure playground in Tostedt-Todtglüsingen

  • Angel and chapel in the cemetery

  • Juerns Schoopskoben

  • Christ Center

  • Former savings bank

  • Todtglüsingen fire department

  • Old elementary school

  • Cemetery chapel

  • Jurisdiction of the Bailiwick

  • War memorial

  • NSG Glüsinger Bruch

  • The girl with the pigeons

  • World shop

  • Huthscher Hof

  • Dieckhof

  • Church organ

  • Estonian

  • Todtglüsingen primary school

  • War cemetery

  • railway station

Web links

Commons : Tostedt  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Tostedt  - travel guide

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. ↑ Communication from the Tostedt community
  3. ↑ Johanneskirche in Tostedt , Harburg City-map, accessed on February 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ Jürgen Gutowski , NDR video portrait about the Johanneskirche in Toststedt , accessed on February 5, 2019.
  5. ↑ Claudia Becker, The Lessons of Heaven , Die Welt, February 3, 2019, accessed on February 5, 2019.
  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. 229 .
  7. ↑ Election of the Tostedt municipal council on September 11, 2016 - information from the polling officer of the Tostedt municipality. In: tostedt.de. 2016, accessed May 2, 2018 .
  8. ↑ All data on the terms of office according to information from the Tostedt Samtgemeindearchivs
  9. ↑ Walter Bostelmann: Documentation on the creation of the coat of arms facade at the Tostedt high school . Ed .: Samtgemeindeverwaltung Tostedt. Tostedt July 1991, p. 27 .
  10. ↑ Town twinning of the community of Tostedt. In: tostedt.de. Retrieved August 7, 2018 .
  11. ^ Constitutional Protection Report Lower Saxony 2009. (pdf; 2.7 MB) Lower Saxony Constitutional Protection, 2009, p. 91 , accessed on February 4, 2012 .
  12. ^ Tostedt towards the right. Forum for civil courage Tostedt, accessed on February 4, 2012 .
  13. ↑ The section on the political peculiarities was re-created on March 5, 2016 in an interview and in cooperation with the board of the Verein für Zivilcourage Tostedt and User: smarties in order to reposition the section neutrally.
  14. ↑ Erwin Hilbert and his artist colony "Kömo-Land" in Königsmoor. In: Kreiszeitung-wochenblatt.de. Retrieved November 6, 2015 .
  15. ↑ Gregor Gysi - from political to personal / Left-wing politician was a guest on talk show in Tostedt. In: Kreiszeitung-wochenblatt.de. Retrieved November 24, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Information from Werbekreis Tostedt eV
  17. ↑ Susanne Rahlf: Töster Markt: In Tostedt everything revolved around haggling. In: Abendblatt.de. October 5, 2015, accessed on February 22, 2018 (registration required).
  18. ↑ Fee schedule for the use of the Tostedt open-air swimming pool. (PDF, 19 KB) June 14, 2018, accessed May 31, 2019 .