Ueffeln-Balkum
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Ueffeln-Balkum
Bramsche parish
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '42 " N , 7 ° 53' 56" E
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| Height : | 57 m |
| Area : | 27 km² |
| Residents : | 1500 (2012) |
| Population density : | 56 inhabitants / km² |
| Postal code : | 49565 |
| Area code : | 05465 , 05464 |
 The Marienkirche in Ueffeln
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Ueffeln-Balkum is a scattered rural settlement in the north of the Osnabrück district in Lower Saxony , 11 km northwest of Bramsche and borders on Neuenkirchen and Merzen . Ueffeln-Balkum has belonged to the city of Bramsche since the regional reform in Lower Saxony and has around 1,200 inhabitants. The local mayor is Wilhelm Clausing.
geography
Geographical location
Ueffeln is located in the Osnabrücker Land about 25 km northwest of Osnabrück on the edge of the Gehn , a large forest area and a western foothill of the Wiehen Mountains .
history
Ueffeln and Balkum were two independent communities in the Bersenbrück district . On July 1, 1972, both were incorporated into the city of Bramsche.
Population development
Ueffeln community
- 1905: 347 inhabitants
- 1925: 368 inhabitants
- 1933: 418 inhabitants
- 1939: 496 inhabitants
- 1946: 771 inhabitants
- 1950: 850 inhabitants
- 1956: 742 inhabitants
- 1961: 670 inhabitants
- 1970: 778 inhabitants
Place Ueffeln
- 1987: 886 inhabitants
- 1989: 906 inhabitants
- 1992: 1000 inhabitants
- 2008: 1200 inhabitants
Balkum municipality
- 1961: 354 inhabitants
- 1970: 329 inhabitants
Districts
- In Heidkamp
- Im plagging
- In the surcharge
- Voss settlement
- Ulrichs Kamp / Broelmanns Kamp
history
Ueffeln was first mentioned in 1292 in connection with the consecration of today's Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mary. The parish of Ueffeln-Balkum was created in the same year from the residential areas Bockwiede, Bottum, Bühren and Riesau as well as the later farmers Balkum and Ueffeln.
There is a megalithic grave near the present-day outskirts , which indicates an early settlement.
Culture and sights
Buildings
- St. Mary's Church : built in 1292, today in the early Gothic style, has an interior space of 20.5 meters by 8 meters and a bell tower almost 20 meters high.
- Large stone grave Wiemelsberg stones as part of the route of the megalithic culture
Economy and Infrastructure
The place has a sports field, a heated outdoor pool and a shooting range.
In the local elementary school, the children are taught up to the 4th grade; secondary schools are located in Bramsche or Neuenkirchen.
traffic
Coming from Bramsche, the federal road 218 crosses the village with the branches of the L70 towards Neuenkirchen and Ankum.
Legend of the Schwedenstein
In the north of Ueffeln there is the largest boulder in the area, called "Matthiesing's offering stone " or the Schwedenstein. When the villagers of that time began building a church in 1292 at the request of the Bishop of Osnabrück, the devil appeared to them during the construction. He wanted to know what the people were building, and the cunning Ueffelner replied that it should be an inn. But when, one day after the building was completed, he found a church and not an inn, he was very angry and traveled to Sweden to block the entrance to the church with a large stone. It was clear to the devil that he had to hurry, because with the first cockcrow his power would be extinguished. In anger, he threw the stone as far as he could, but it did not reach the church. It fell into a field near the cemetery, where it still lies today.
literature
- Author collective: 700 years of the parish of Ueffeln-Balkum . Bramsche 1992
Web links
- www.bramsche.de
- www.ueffeln-balkum.de Website of the parish of Ueffeln-Balkum
Individual evidence
- ^ Ueffeln - family research Tecklenburger Land
- ↑ Balkum - Family Research Tecklenburger Land
- ↑ Read in detail on the regional and administrative reform in Lower Saxony: Blazek, Matthias: Von der Landdrostey zur Bezirksregierung - The history of the Hanover district government as reflected in the administrative reforms, ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-89821-357-9 .
- ↑ www.natur-erleben.niedersachsen.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ a b c d e Federal Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality register 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 254 .
- ↑ Author collective: 700 years of the parish Ueffeln-Balkum, Bramsche 1992.
