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This article deals with the municipality of Ummern in the Lüneburg Heath (Lower Saxony). For the similar district of the North Rhine-Westphalian district town of Viersen, see Ummer .

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 35 '  N , 10 ° 26'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Gifhorn
Joint municipality :	Wesendorf
Height :	54 m above sea level NHN
Area :	40.32 km 2
Residents:	1545 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	38 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	29369
Area code :	05083
License plate :	GF
Community key :	03 1 51 033
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorfstrasse 21 29369 Ummern
Mayor :	Miriam Müller (FWGU)
Location of the municipality of Ummern in the Gifhorn district

Ummern is a municipality in the Lüneburg Heath within the Wesendorf municipality in the Gifhorn district . It belongs to the federal state of Lower Saxony and has an area of ​​40.32 km².

geography

Ummern is a typical example of a former heathland. In the south there are largely natural bogs and meadows. Light oak groves and fields predominate around the village. The dominant tree species is the pine, which exists in large monocultures and sometimes also in rows. The heather has largely disappeared, there are only a few bushes and a few small areas (up to 1  hectare ) that are gradually being devoured by trees and grass.

Outside of Moore the ground is a classic Podsol -floor on which agriculture is only possible with heavy use of fertilizers. Even so, little thrives here than potatoes and fodder corn. Despite the strong agricultural character, Ummern is still an example of an intact environment. The still sparse settlement and the increasing fallow land provide refuge for endangered animals such as partridge, red deer, brown hare, curlews, stag beetles etc.

In addition, according to reliable eyewitnesses, the first Ummer Wolf for over 120 years was seen near the town center on January 25, 2007. It is probably a single roaming animal from eastern Germany or western Poland.

Community structure

• Ummern is the main town in the Ummern municipality. Around 1,200 inhabitants live on 30 km².
• Pollhöfen is a district within the municipality of Ummern, northeast of the village of Ummern. About 300 people live here on 10 km².

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities of Ummern belonging to the district of Gifhorn are Wagenhoff , Wesendorf as well as Groß Oesingen and the city of Gifhorn . The neighboring municipality of Hohne belongs to the district of Celle .

Sponsorships

The community of Wesendorf sponsors the French villages of Sannerville, Cuverville and Démouville in the French canton of Troarn as well as the Hungarian parka. The municipality of Ummern maintained a sponsorship with various companies for many years until the 332 Panzergrenadier Battalion in Wesendorf was dissolved. Most recently with the 2nd Company of the Panzer Grenadier Battalion, which was disbanded in 2005.

history

Ummern was first mentioned in the 13th century. Like the villages of Hohne and Pollhöfen and the neighboring parish of Eldingen, Ummern was in the Gau Grete.

The Welfen had the rights in large parts of the country east of Celle as feudal bearers of the bishops of Verden. The Verden historical sources list the tithe belonging to the "Diocese of Verden" around 1240. According to this, the tithe of Eschede, which belonged to the Diocese of Hildesheim, was awarded in the 13th century together with the tithe of Ummern ( vmberne ), Endeholz, Habighorst and Ahnsbeck in parallel by the bishops of Verden as holders of the Sunderbannrechte. It was documented for the first and last time that the Verden bishops directly exercised rights in the area of ​​the Sunderbannes of the Magetheide, namely in the form of an enfeoffment for a member of the family v. Campe-Blankenburg, Heinrich v. Harlingeberg

The arable land of the farms was distributed over the individual fields. In 27 of 33 villages in the Bailiwick of Beedenbostel, the arable land was laid out in fields. The lands were only undivided in five villages, and in Ummern eight courtiers had merged the land into nine fields.

In 1550 the name Ummeringe appears. Around 1585 Henricus de Harlingebarge from the Diocese of Verden was entrusted with the following tithe: in the office of Beedenbostel: in Adenesbeke (Ahnsbeck), Umberne (Ummern), Esche (Eschede), Endeholte (Endeholz), Havechorst (Habighorst), in the office of Isenhagen: Stenhorst (Steinhorst), Ruderlo (räderloh) and Lusche (Lüsche).

In the sample roll from 1606, Hans Warneken, Lutke Albers, Jurgen Naelop, Michaell Schulte, Peter Houerman, Jurgen Wulff, Heinrich Albers appear from Ummern as rifle bearers and Drewes Carstens, Jurgen Busse, Ludeke Tilken, Ebbert Ebbers, Hans Tilken, Hans Hageman as halberd bearers , Hans Albers, Ludeke Busse.

Ummern belonged to the parish of Hohne and thus to the former district bailiwick of Beedenbostel (seat in Beedenbostel). In 1671 there is an entry in the baptismal register about the child of a schoolmaster Gades from Ummern.

A register of the district bailiff from 1783 “the leather fire buckets that are still available and still to be purchased in every village, including the costs to be used for this” gave information on 33 localities. Ummern then had 21 fireplaces (with 14 buckets).

On April 27 and 28, 1790, a devastating fire broke out in Ummern. The annals of the Braunschweig-Lüneburgische Churlande say :

On the 27th in Ummern, Amtsvoigtey Beedenbostel, in the afternoon between 2 and 3 a.m., a large conflagration broke out, which in less than a quarter of an hour set fire to 14 main buildings and altogether 16 main and 23 auxiliary buildings. The east wind blew very hard that day; and the unfortunate 14 landlords = 8 housekeepers = families and the schoolmaster, who make up 146 people in all, with old and young, not in the least saved. In addition to the burnt chattels and effects, the Haber = and buckwheat = sowing, all fields, implements, wagons, plows and dishes, there are also 10 tons of honey, each of which is at least 24 Rthlr. was worth, and of cattle, an ox, 31 breeding calves, some of them year old, a sow, 14 piglets and 40 pieces of body weight perished in the fire. The fire had started in the roof on the forge, and probably started with the strong dryness from sparks from the chimney. In the violent wind the burning straw was driven far away, and was found at a distance of two hours from this village.

The fire had a minor aftermath. On the following day, a man from Ahnsbeck appeared at Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer, who was described as a “good, honest personal breeder” ( old-age divider ) to “discuss” the fire.

A trombone choir was founded in Ummern as early as 1875. Master shoemaker Heinrich Müller, who led the mixed choir of Ummern and Pollhöfen, took on the matter. He commissioned Heinrich Harms, then a student at the seminary in Lüneburg , to set up the brass choir. Hartwig Harms writes the following: “We had 11 instruments come from Neukirchen / Saxony and during the autumn break of 1875 I practiced the Ummer choir. The two Thölken played 1st voice with farmer Gottschalk as third. Heinrich Misselhorn from Pollhöfen blew the tenor horn 1st voice, Bauer Kuhls and Gruppe and one more, I think a Laue from Pollhöfen blew the 2nd voice. Christoph Laue from Glissenberg and Fritz Gottschalk played 3rd voice, H. Müller / Glissenberg played the E-Bombardon and Krüger from Pollhöfen played the small F tuba . We blew on the Glissenberg, during the day I wrote the notes and in the evening it was played. The result was a good trombone choir in Ummern, which Pastor Meyer from Hohne was also happy about. Heinrich Müller vom Glissenberg took over the direction of the choir, followed by his son. "

The carpentry Bühring was founded in 1888 by Jürgen Bühring senior. founded in ummern.

The Kyffhäuserkameradschaft Ummern-Pollhöfen was founded in 1908 and has been an integral part of Ummern ever since. The volunteer fire brigade Ummern was founded in 1935 and replaced a previously existing mandatory fire brigade (community fire brigade ). The first local fire chief was Adolf Wolter. With Hohne, Pollhöfen and Spechtshorn, Ummern formed the Hohne b extinguishing district by order of March 6, 1935. L. With the establishment of the integrated community Wesendorf on March 1, 1974, the community fire brigade Wesendorf was founded, to which the Ummern fire brigade has belonged ever since. The Ummern fire brigade is a base fire brigade, has extensive equipment and, together with the volunteer fire brigades Pollhöfen and Groß Oesingen, forms the western extinguishing unit within the Wesendorf community.

With effect from January 1, 1973, the Lachendorf community was formed, to which the communities Ahnsbeck, Gockenholz and Lachendorf had already belonged in a forerunner form. Now 17 previously independent municipalities were united in the regional authority. The municipalities Ummern and Hahnenhorn, which also belong to the district of Celle, were not covered by the “Law on the Reorganization of Municipalities in the Celle Area”; they were incorporated into the district of Gifhorn on March 1, 1974 by the "Law on the Restructuring of the Communities in the Gifhorn Area".

In November 1990 the Spielmannszug Ummern was formally founded as an independent association. Otto Gottschalk was elected 1st chairman.

Incorporations

On March 1, 1973, the community Pollhöfen was incorporated.

politics

Municipal council

The council of the municipality of Ummern consists of eleven members.

	CDU Free Community of Voters	SPD	total
2001	7th	4th	11 seats
2006	8th	3	11 seats
2011	6th	5	11 seats

Status: Local elections in Lower Saxony 2011

The local elections in 2006 saw a turnout of 57.34% in Ummern .

Culture and sights

Famous at Ummern is the Duke wells, a natural spring in the forest area Ringelah at which a Celler Duke was once nothielt with his wife and coming down supplied by the Ummeranern.

Another landmark is the 121 m high telecommunications tower at Ummern's highest point in the Ringelahsheide, which is visible from afar.

Regular events

The annual rifle festival is of great importance. The Free Shooting Society Ummern was founded in 1707 and has already celebrated its 300th anniversary. The shooting festival always takes place at Whitsun and is one of the highlights of the year.

Public facilities

The Ummern volunteer fire brigade, founded in 1935, provides defensive fire protection and general assistance.

Others

The glider airfield in Schmarloh is also very popular . The Wolfsburg glider clubs are located here .

literature

• Dietrich Gerhard (ed.): Estates in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries . 2nd edition, Göttingen 1974, p. 121 ISBN 3-525-35332-4
• Ulrich Risto: Taxes and services of farms in three Lower Saxony bailiwicks in the 18th century . Diss., Göttingen 1964

Web links

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

• Private homepage about Ummern
• Homepage of the volunteer fire brigade Ummern

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. ↑ Hodenberg, Wilhelm von: Verden historical sources. First issue, Celle 1856, p. 1 ff., P. 36; Second issue, Celle 1857, p. 31 ff.
3. ↑ Documents from 1296/97 name the brothers Jordan (knight), Heinrich (knight) and Wedekind (squire) von Harlingeberg. On August 3, 1312, henricus de harlingheberghe appears in a document.
4. ^ Copy of the certificate in: Blazek, Matthias: Ahnsbeck. Ahnsbeck 2003, p. 83.
5. ^ Risto: Taxes and services of farms in three Lower Saxony bailiwicks in the 18th century. P. 32.
6. ↑ HB Campe II 963.
7. ↑ Umbere according Mindermann, Arend: Urkundenbuch of the bishops and of the cathedral chapter of Verden. Stade 2004, p. 1098.
8. ↑ Journal of the Historical Association for Lower Saxony , ed. under the direction of the association committee, born 1863, Hanover 1864, p. 110.
9. ↑ Blazek, Matthias: Helmerkamp - our village. Hohne 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-019837-4 , p. 93 ff.
10. ^ Annals of the Braunschweig-Lüneburgischen Churlande. Fourth year, first piece, printed by W. Pockwitz jun. , Hannover 1790, p. 969.
11. ↑ In detail: Blazek, Matthias: Das Löschwesen in the area of ​​the former Principality of Lüneburg from the beginnings to 1900. Adelheidsdorf 2006, p. 151 ff., ISBN 978-3-00-019837-3 .
12. ↑ Internet presence of the Ummern trombone choir.  ( 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. Cf. Blazek, Matthias: Founded in 1901 and dissolved after 30 years: The Wiedenrode men's choir - in 1911 the 10th anniversary of the flag was celebrated with numerous singers and visitors. In: Sachsenspiegel 38, in: Cellesche Zeitung v. September 23, 2006.  
13. ↑ In detail: Blazek, Matthias: Von der Landdrostey zur Bezirksregierung - The history of the district government of Hanover in the mirror of administrative reforms , ibidem, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-89821-357-9 .
14. ^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 224 .