Velpke

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Velpke
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Coordinates: 52 ° 24 '  N , 10 ° 56'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Helmstedt
Joint municipality : Velpke
Height : 77 m above sea level NHN
Area : 19.71 km 2
Residents: 4854 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 246 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 38458
Area code : 05364
License plate : HE
Community key : 03 1 54 024
LOCODE : DE 73V
Community structure: three districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Grafhorster Strasse 6
38458 Velpke
Website : www.velpke.de
Mayor : Mark Kreutzberg
Location of the municipality of Velpke in the Helmstedt district
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Velpke is a municipality in the district of Helmstedt in Lower Saxony, Germany. The municipality Velpke is a member municipality and seat of the joint municipality Velpke .

geography

Geographical location

Velpke is located between the Elm-Lappwald and Drömling nature parks and about ten kilometers east of the city of Wolfsburg .

Community structure

The districts of the municipality are:

history

In 1160 the community was first mentioned as Vilebeke . A postal route ran through Velpke in the 18th and 19th centuries. For the development of the postal system, see: Braunschweig – Calvörde postal route .

From May 1 to December 14, 1944, a quarry, the so-called Wetzsteinkuhlen, was a death camp for children of foreign forced laborers, a so-called foreign child care facility. A total of 102 children were accommodated here. Those responsible in the NSDAP committees had not made it clear whether they wanted the children to survive. The appearance of actual nursing homes was created, and on the other hand, the unspoken purpose of allowing the unwanted children to die quickly was fulfilled.

In 1979 the new town hall was opened.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the communities of Meinkot and Wahrstedt were incorporated.

politics

advice

Council election 2016
Turnout: 56.11%
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
53.88
38.94
7.18
Gains and losses
compared to 2011
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-2.56
+5.20
-2.62
Current distribution of seats in the council
   
A total of 15 seats

The council is the local people's representative body for the municipality of Velpke. Every five years, citizens decide on the allocation of the 15 seats in a general, direct, free, equal and secret ballot.

mayor

Mark Kreutzberg (SPD) has been honorary mayor since December 10, 2015.

Culture and sights

St. Mary's Church in Velpke
Image by Paul Justus Lück , created in a sculpture symposium in Velpke, in the theater park of Bad Helmstedt

Churches

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Andreas is located on the market square. Your parish belongs to the Provosty Vorsfelde . The Evangelical Lutheran churches of St. Laurentius and St. Petri are located in the districts of Meinkot and Wahrstedt .

The Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception , also known colloquially as St. Mary for short , was built in 1927–1929 on Oebisfelder Strasse. Today the church belongs to the parish of St. Michael in Wolfsburg .

Natural monuments

In Velpker Switzerland , an area with numerous quarries full of water, there are traces of the earth's history. On a plateau of Rhät - sandstones deep grooves can be seen, which are to glacial striae is.

Sculpture symposia

In the 1980s and in 1996 and 1998, sculpture symposiums were held in the Velpker quarries with the participation of internationally recognized sculptors. In the three-week symposia, works of art were created from Velpker sandstone. The symposia were organized by the Kunstverein Velpke in cooperation with the stonemason company C. Körner Natursteinwerk GmbH Velpke . Some of the stone works of art are exhibited in Velpke and in the theater park in Bad Helmstedt-Brunnental.

Memorial to the Foster Home for Foreign Children

76 Polish and 15 Soviet children are buried in the Velpker cemetery. The children of forced laborers were housed in the foster home for foreign children . As a reminder, a memorial with bronze plaques was installed at the place of the children's graves in the cemetery of Velpke.

Sports

The Velpker sports club from 1928 e. V. is the largest sports club in the entire municipality with almost 1,000 members and 13 branches.

Economy and Infrastructure

Velpker sandstone

The nearby Velpker sandstone quarries were of great importance for the place . The quarries were founded in 1630 by master stonemason Michael Körner. The stonemasons dominated the place and in 1930 there were 1,000 stonemasons and stone carvers in three companies. Today there are no more quarries in operation and the quarries between Danndorf and Velpke have been flooded.

tourism

An adventure trail of the Geopark of the Open-Air and Adventure Museum Ostfalen (FEMO) leads through Velpker Switzerland .

traffic

In Velpke the federal highways 244 , which leads from Helmstedt to Wittingen , and 188 ( Burgdorf - Friesack ) cross.

From 1902 to 1975 there was a railway connection through the Schandelah – Oebisfelde railway line .

Personalities

literature

  • Tietze, Kühlhorn (Hrsg.): Historical and regional excursion map of Lower Saxony, sheet Wolfsburg . Explanatory booklet, Lax, Hildesheim 1977, ISBN 3-7848-3626-7 .
  • Trubjanski, Daenicke, Meyer u. a .: Velpke, Meinkot, Wahrstedt - pictures from history . Geiger, Horb am Neckar 1990, ISBN 3-89264-450-0 .
  • Fritz J. Krüger : Geology and Paleontology: Lower Saxony between Harz and Heide . Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-440-05153-6 .

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. ↑ Christian Eggers, Dirk Riesener: A good stone can be found here. On the history of stone carving in Velpke , published by the municipality of Velpke with the kind support of the Helmstedt district, self-published 1996, p. 77 f.
  3. ^ History 1970 to 1979 on the website of the district of Helmstedt , accessed on February 25, 2018
  4. ^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 271 .
  5. ↑ Results of the council election 2016 Samtgemeinde Velpke
  6. ↑ "Mark Kreutzberg new Velpker mayor" on the website of the joint municipality
  7. ^ Website of the St. Andreas parish Velpke
  8. ↑ Description of the glacier scrapes in Velpke with photos and map by the State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology in Lower Saxony, (pdf)
  9. ↑ Photo of the bronze plaque in the Velpke cemetery

Web links

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