Ummeln (Bielefeld)

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Ummelt
Coat of arms of Ummeln
Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 54 ″  N , 8 ° 27 ′ 25 ″  E
Height : 96 m above sea level NN
Area : 12.52 km²
Residents : 7293  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 583 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1970
Incorporated into: Brackwede
Postcodes : 33649, 33647
Area code : 0521
map
Location of Ummeln in Brackwede
Stadt Bielefeld
The Ummler milestone
Evangelical Church Ummeln

Ummeln is a district of the independent city of Bielefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the Brackwede district . The district has about 7300 inhabitants. Until 1969 Ummeln was an independent municipality in the Bielefeld district .

geography

The city of Bielefeld is not further subdivided into administrative or political units below its ten districts . City districts are therefore only informal sub-areas, the delimitation of which mostly relates to the area of ​​an old municipality. For statistical purposes, however, Bielefeld is divided into 72 “statistical districts”. The old municipality Ummeln is now part of the statistical district 36 Ummeln / Holtkamp .

Ummeln is located southwest of the Teutoburg Forest , halfway between the city centers of Bielefeld and Gütersloh . The Lutter and its tributaries Lichtebach , Trüggelbach , Sunderbach , Grippenbach and Tüterbach flow through the village . Ummeln is separated by Bundesstraße 61 into the districts of Ober-Ummeln in the west and Mittel-Ummeln in the east.

history

Ummeln was first mentioned in a document in 1147 and is therefore older than the city of Bielefeld. Until 1969 Ummeln was a municipality in the Office Brackwede the circle Bielefeld . Due to the law on the reorganization of the Wiedenbrück district and parts of the Bielefeld district , Ummeln was incorporated into the town of Brackwede on January 1, 1970 . Brackwede, in turn, was incorporated into Bielefeld on January 1, 1973 as part of the reorganization of the Bielefeld area .

Population development

No figures are available as of 2008, as the statistical district only contains common data on Ummeln and Holtkamp. The 2008 figures also include the Holtkamp district.

year Residents source
1812 756
1864 1244
1910 1776
1939 2836
1961 5116
1966 5622
2008 6111
2016 7118
2019 7293

Religions

Ummeln is largely Protestant . A Protestant congregation with the Evangelical Church has existed since 1895 , which currently has 4012 members and, among other things , operates its own kindergarten . The Diakonische Stiftung Ummeln also has its origins in Protestant diakonia . The Catholic parish of St. Michael has 1937 members.

There has also been a large New Apostolic congregation in Ummeln since the 1930s . There is also an Evangelical Free Church parish, the "Evangelical Free Church Biblical Community Ummeln". This is a small parish with around 60 members.

economy

Companies

Several large companies are at home in Ummeln:

  • Goldbeck , a construction company active in many European countries
  • Heiler, a company that lays the lawn in many German football stadiums
  • Christinen Brunnen , a Europe-wide beverage manufacturer (specializing in mineral water and fruit juices)
  • Umeta, manufacturer of grease nipples and grease guns
  • Borgsen + Buschmann, a paper processing company

Non-profit

  • Ummelner Gemeinschaft eV, founded in 1986
  • Ummeln volunteer fire department
  • The Johanniter Unfall-Hilfe has a task force (EG 32) for disaster control.
  • Poultry Breeding and Horticulture Association Ummeln and the surrounding area from 1925

Sports

There are several sports clubs in Ummeln. In addition to the VfL Ummeln sports club, there is also the Blau-Weiß-Grün Ummeln tennis club and the HSG Quelle-Ummeln handball club.

Landmark

The unofficial landmark of Ummeln is a milestone from the 18th century, which is still today on Bundesstraße 61 in Ummeln. It marks a Prussian mile (7.53 km) as the distance to Bielefeld.

Traditions

Traditionally, since 1987, the so-called "Geetenfest" has been celebrated in Ummeln once a year, during which the villagers compete in an obstacle course with geets filled with water . The Geetenfest takes place as part of a small fair. The Ummelner clubs and the Johanniter Jugend present themselves there, and the Johanniter also look after the festival with medical services. In the years 2004 to 2008 the festival was canceled for financial reasons. Since 2008 the Ummelner community has been celebrating Midsummer Night in the Bürgerpark with the participation of all Ummeln associations. On the same day the kids day takes place for the little fellow citizens of Ummeln. On Easter Sunday, the traditional Easter fire of the poultry association takes place on the other side of the railway. Furthermore, the "Voluntary Fire Brigade Ummeln" celebrates the "Fire Brigade Festival" every year. The poultry association has its big poultry, fruit and vegetable exhibition on the first weekend in October. In addition to the good home-baked cakes, the exhibition has had an autumn market since 2005. The annual two-day Christmas market forms the end of the year. The U-Rock Open Air Festival has been taking place once a year in Ummelner Bürgerpark since 2011.

Web links

Commons : Ummeln  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Statistical districts of Bielefeld
  2. ↑ Law on the restructuring of the Wiedenbrück district and parts of the Bielefeld district. In : recht.nrw.de. December 4, 1969, accessed on May 1, 2010 (§2, §10).
  3. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X .
  4. ^ Statistical district of Holtkamp and Ummeln. City of Bielefeld Office for Demography and Statistics, accessed on October 13, 2015 .
  5. ^ Westphalia under Hieronymus Napoleon. (Digitalisat) 1812, p. 47 , accessed on April 20, 2010 .
  6. ↑ Topographical-statistical manual of the government district of Minden. (Digitalisat) 1866, p. 10 , accessed on April 22, 2010 .
  7. ^ Uli Schubert: German community register 1910. Accessed on May 22, 2009 .
  8. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. bielefeld.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  9. ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 257 .
  10. ^ Bielefeld district (ed.): 150 years Bielefeld district . 1966, p. 60 .
  11. ↑ Social performance report 2008. (pdf; 9.5 MB) City of Bielefeld, December 31, 2008, p. 185 , accessed on May 25, 2010 : "Population of the statistical district Ummeln"
  12. ↑ Data from the city of Bielefeld
  13. ↑ HSG Quelle / Ummeln Handball