Vallstedt

Vallstedt Vechelde municipality
	Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ N , 10 ° 21 ′ 55 ″ E
Height :	approx. 83 (76-96) m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.96 km²
Residents :	1328 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	191 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	38159
Area code :	05300
Location of Vallstedt in Lower Saxony
	St. Martini Church

Vallstedt is a district of the municipality of Vechelde in the Peine district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Neighboring places

Location of Vallstedt in the municipality of Vechelde

Bodenstedt	Kochingen	Wierthe
Lengede		Alvesse
Broistedt (Lengede)	Lebenstedt (Salzgitter)

climate

Precipitation diagram for Vallstedt

Vallstedt lies within the temperate latitudes in the transition area between oceanic and continental areas.

history

The first documentary mention took place in 1200 as "maior Veledstide", later u. a. as "Velstede" (1274) and "groten Valstede" (1462). In 1317, Duke Albrecht II , Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , sold the jurisdiction over Vallstedt to the Cyriakus monastery in Braunschweig . In 1493 the village was plundered by the Landsknechten of the city of Braunschweig during their feuds with the dukes of the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel .

During the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) will have occurred in Vallstedt looting, but are pillaging omitted. However, the interior of the church was devastated by Swedish troops. The bells had previously been brought to safety in Braunschweig and later brought back home.

There was a Swedish garrison in Vallstedt. The Swedish colonel Johann Anton Meyer (1626–1699) took quarters in Vallstedt in 1636 and gave the church a small silver chalice and a bowl for the celebration of the Lord's Supper.

On March 1, 1974, Vallstedt was incorporated into the municipality of Vechelde.

politics

Local council

The local council of Vallstedt is composed of nine council members and councilors.

	SPD	CDU	total	was standing
2016	5	4th	9 seats	Local election on September 11, 2016
2011	5	4th	9 seats	Local election on September 11, 2011
2006	3	6th	9 seats	Local election on September 10, 2006

Local mayor

The local mayor is Hans-Jürgen Mintel (SPD).

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a nine-leaved linden tree with a silver trunk on a split shield in the golden field on the left, which stands on a sloping green hill. On the right side in the upper red field a golden sun over a golden plow and in the lower silver field a red wolf paw with black claws.

The linden tree is a symbol of all village life with its nine leaves, corresponding to the nine letters of the place name. It stands for the translation of the place name, which, according to Otto Hahne, means "forest site on the mountain slope". The life-giving sun and the plow represent the rural character of the place. The wolf's paw comes from the coat of arms of those of "Velestede", they had risen to the Braunschweig patriciate in the 13th century, but their line was extinguished in 1650.

The coat of arms was activated on May 22, 1979 by the local council, the design comes from Arnold Rabbow.

Culture and sights

The village image is determined by small central German stretch farms and larger three-sided farms made of half-timbered and brick framework.

The Saint Martini Church , with its Romanesque tower, has been renovated several times. There is no documentary confirmation for the presumed construction of a chapel in the years 800 to 850 . In a document from Count Palatine Heinrich, son of Heinrich the Lion , mentioned in the inventarium bonorum St. Cyriaci , the construction of a stone church is mentioned, around 1100 to 1150 . The stones were fetched from the Elm by the Vallstedt farmers with carts of horses and oxen and carts . In 1431 the church was enlarged (inscription on the south side of the tower). 1449 completion of the church (stone above the eastern exit) and in 1652 renewed rebuilding and renovation of the church.

Economy and Infrastructure

In the past few decades the place has expanded to the west and east with private homes, residential buildings and terraced houses. The first building area, popularly known as “Klein Kummersdorf”, since the clients literally had to save money by mouth, was developed between 1954 and 1958. The construction period was partially completed in 1962. The seventh building area "Im Hofe" was built from 1997 to 2003. A development plan for the town center between Wallstrasse and Thieberg has existed since 2008 .

The state road 475 connects the place Vallstedt with the center of the municipality Vechelde.

Personalities

Heinrich Kielhorn (1847–1934), pioneer of special education
Otto Keunecke (1882–1962), farmer and politician (DDP)

literature

Alfred Behm: The development of the village of Vallstedt in the course of national history. Vechelde 1980.
Otto Hahne: Collected village stories of the former municipality of Vallstedt. Vechelde municipality, Vechelde 1980, OCLC 74596192 .

Web links

Commons : Vallstedt - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ Population figures . In: Website of the municipality of Vechelde. December 31, 2018, accessed March 11, 2019 .
^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 268 .
↑ ^a ^b Vallstedt local council. In: Council information system of the municipality of Vechelde. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
^ Arnold Rabbow: New Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch. Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 2003, ISBN 3-926701-59-5 , p. 153.
^ Vallstedt coat of arms. In: ngw.nl.

Remarks

^ Johann Anton Meyer (1626–1699), son of Brunswick Colonel Anton Meyer († 1660). Meyer was in the service of Rittmeister, Lieutenant Colonel and, most recently, Colonel in the Swedish service. The same comes from the (noble since 1664) family v. Meyhern. Cf. Johann Zorn (Ed.): Collection of the strangest events in the former imperial city of Kempten , Tobias Dannheimer, Kempten 1820, p. 63.

[1] Population figures . In: Website of the municipality of Vechelde. December 31, 2018, accessed March 11, 2019 .

[Gemeindeverzeichnis1970bis1982-3] 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 268 .

[Ortsrat-4] Vallstedt local council. In: Council information system of the municipality of Vechelde. Retrieved December 22, 2016.

[5] Arnold Rabbow: New Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch. Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 2003, ISBN 3-926701-59-5 , p. 153.

[6] Vallstedt coat of arms. In: ngw.nl.

[2] Johann Anton Meyer (1626–1699), son of Brunswick Colonel Anton Meyer († 1660). Meyer was in the service of Rittmeister, Lieutenant Colonel and, most recently, Colonel in the Swedish service. The same comes from the (noble since 1664) family v. Meyhern. Cf. Johann Zorn (Ed.): Collection of the strangest events in the former imperial city of Kempten , Tobias Dannheimer, Kempten 1820, p. 63.