Velstove

Velstove City of Wolfsburg
Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 40 ″  N , 10 ° 49 ′ 20 ″  E
Height :	67 m
Residents :	1201  (December 31, 2017)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	38448
Area code :	05363
Location in Wolfsburg

Velstove is a district in the north of Wolfsburg .

geography

Velstove lies in the historic landscape of the Vorsfelder Werder .

history

Velstove was first mentioned in a document in 1366. According to another source, it was first mentioned in 1419 in the von Saldern family's document book, in which a dispute between the von der Schulenburg and von Bartensleben men is reported. The original local shape was the Rundling , the Lower Saxony houses were arranged with their gables facing the village square.

From 1510 to 1742 at the latest, the von Bartensleben family exercised the decisive influence, and they also held the place directly as a ducal fief . From its foundation in 1742 to its dissolution in 1807 by the French occupying power, Velstove belonged to the Vorsfelde office . From 1807 to 1813 Velstove belonged to the canton of Vorsfelde in the Kingdom of Westphalia .

In 1841 the nearby Wipperteich , once the largest pond in the Duchy of Braunschweig , was abandoned and drained. Its area was sold to 12 residents from Velstove and Eischott with the condition that the pond area be converted into meadows. In 1869 the last school building was built, and a starch factory was built in 1890. In 1896, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the German Empire , a peace oak was planted in front of the school.

In 1911 the volunteer fire brigade was founded . The Gasthof Uehleke was built in 1914, it remained the only restaurant in Velstove until the Second World War and was closed in 1976. In 1922 the starch factory burned down after a lightning strike , it was not rebuilt.

In the course of the establishment of the Volkswagen factory on August 2, 1938, the municipality of Velstove was declared a residential area with the 7th ordinance on residential areas, which, however, initially had little practical importance due to the soon-to-start Second World War and the associated restrictions in residential construction.

As a result of the flight and expulsion of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe from 1945 to 1950 , the population of Velstove increased from 240 (1939) to 446 (1950), of which 174 were displaced in 1950 . The number of inhabitants rose considerably in the following decades thanks to job opportunities in the nearby Volkswagen factory. In 1952, the second restaurant, the Deutsches Eck, was opened and it lasted until 2009. In 1953, the Steinwanne was the first building area after the Second World War, and in 1956 the Am Kiesteich 2 building area followed . A sports club was founded in 1958, and in 1960 Velstove received its first church with the Martin Luther Church. The building area Am Wipperteich was built from 1961 to 1963, followed by the building areas Velstove Ost I in 1963 and Velstove Süd in 1964 . On May 4, 1967 was held at the Motocross -distance Velstove ring for the first races. In 1968 the streets were named Velstove and the fire department was given a new building.

On July 1, 1972, Velstove, which until then belonged to the Helmstedt district , was incorporated into the city of Wolfsburg in accordance with the Wolfsburg Act . In 1975 Velstove got a sports center, in 1978 its coat of arms. In 1988 Velstove experienced a further expansion through the Auf dem Kroye building area ; other building areas were Velstove Ost II in 1989 , Zum Plümer 2000–2002 , Glanzwanne in 2003 and Glanzwanne II in 2013 .

Population development

Wolfsburg-Velstove - population development since 1774
development	year	Residents	year	Residents
	1774	90	1956	465
	1790	86	1970	637
	1821	105	1989	529
	1849	130	2007	990
	1871	180	2013	980
	1895	206	2014	976
	1905	249	2015	1,032
	1925	262	2016	1,145
	1939	240	2017	1,201
	1950	446
Source: City of Wolfsburg - population register - evaluation of the Strategic Planning, Urban Development, Statistics unit. From 2013 to December 31 of the year.

politics

coat of arms

The Velstov coat of arms , designed by the heraldist Arnold Rabbow, was unanimously adopted on February 10, 1978 by the Brackstedt-Velstove-Warmenau local council. The colors are reminiscent of Velstove's earlier affiliation with the Free State of Braunschweig , whose national colors were blue-yellow. The sheaves were taken from the coat of arms of the Bartensleben family , who had an influence in Velstove for a long time. The sheaf also symbolizes the rural character of Velstove.

Local mayor

The district Velstove belongs to the locality Brackstedt-Velstove-Warmenau and is represented by a local council. The local mayor is Angelika Jahns ( CDU ).

Culture and sights

Buildings

Rundling with a war memorial for the Velstov victims of the two world wars and a memorial stone to German reunification .

To the south of the village are the ruins of an old potato starch factory that was operated from 1890 to 1922. You can still see the foundation walls today.

Churches

Martin Luther Church

The only church in Velstove is the Martin Luther Church, it was built according to a design by Friedrich Berndt and inaugurated on October 1, 1960. Before that, Velstove was parish to the St. Petrus Church in Vorsfelde. The free-standing bell tower was not completed until two years after the church was inaugurated. On May 30, 2010, the church was given its current name by Regional Bishop Friedrich Weber . The parish of Velstove belongs to the Parish Association Brackstedt-Kästorf-Velstove-Warmenau with a parish office in Kästorf, in the Provosty Vorsfelde of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig . Behind the church is the cemetery. Catholics in Velstove belong to the St. Michael Church in Vorsfelde.

Sports

Velstove has a sports field with a sports home and a dog sports field . The first opened in 1967 Motocross -distance Velstove ring of the first Wolfsburg motocross club was closed in December of 2009.

societies

The men's choir Velstove from 1901 is a member of the Lower Saxony-Bremen Choir Association and has over 50 members (as of 2018). The volunteer fire brigade dates back to 1911 and is supported by a support association founded in 2017. The sports club SSV Velstove from 1958 e. V. was founded in 1958 as a football club and today (as of 2019) has over 500 members. In addition to football, the club, whose club colors are green and white, also offers dancing and health sports today. Other associations active in Velstove are the settler community Velstove, founded in 1967, the community interested in Feldmark , the young society Velstove (founded in 1956, since 2018 with the addition neV) and since 1995 the dog sports club HSV-Velstove eV The AG (working group) Our village has a future - Velstove volunteers for the beautification of Velstove. The Gefrieranlage Velstove eV founded in 1957 dissolved in 2008.

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

Former Gasthof Uehleke

The post office II ( "Velstove" then "Wolfsburg 19 '), which belonged to the main post office Vorsfelde, was closed 1997th The restaurants Uehleke , Zum deutscher Eck and V-Point were also given up. The last of the former two general stores was also closed in 1988; from 2005 to 2009 there was still a kiosk in town. The bakery and the blacksmith's shop with the household goods shop no longer exist either, so that there are no more shops for daily needs in Velstove today. The gravel pit, from which gravel was extracted for decades for Wolfsburg construction sites from 1938, no longer exists.

Road traffic

Almost the entire village is designated as a 30 km / h zone . The federal motorway 39 runs around eight kilometers from Velstove.

Around 1990 four streets were renamed, the names of which existed several times after several villages were incorporated into Wolfsburg in 1972. The main street in Alte Handelsstraße , the Kirchstraße in Zum Plümer , the Schulstraße in Am Storchennest , and the Wolfsburger Straße in Glanzweg .

The bus line 213 of Wolfsburger Verkehrs GmbH , whose final stop is on the northern outskirts of Velstove, runs from Velstove via Vorsfelde , the city ​​center to Laagberg .

Public facilities

In Velstove there is a telephone station for the city of Wolfsburg, a fire station from 2016, a stop for the mobile library , two playgrounds and the home room in the former school toilet.

education

Former school

The Evangelical-Lutheran day care center Rainbowland was built by the Wolfsburg architecture and engineering office Schmerschneider from 2001 to 2002 and expanded to include a children's restaurant and a bedroom from 2014.

A school in Velstove was first mentioned in 1690. The elementary school, built in 1869, got a new tower on the south side in 1926. In 1966 a school pavilion was added, but closed in 1973. The former school building is now used by the fire brigade.

Personalities

Personalities who worked in Velstove:

• Sergei Karimov (1986-2019), football player; was active in his youth at SSV Velstove

literature

• Horst Schulze: History of the village of Velstove. Velstove 2012.
• Working group 600 years of Velstove (ed.): 1419–2019. 600 years of Velstove. Festschrift, Velstove 2019.
• Heinz Pohlendt: The district of Helmstedt. Bremen-Horn 1957, DNB 451945344 .

Web links

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

• Velstove on the website of the city of Wolfsburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} City of Wolfsburg: Population report 2018 on https://www.wolfsburg.de [PDF, 1.2 MB]
2. ↑ source?
3. ↑ History of Velstove on the website of the city of Wolfsburg , accessed on January 2, 2018.
4. ↑ Rüdiger Koch: In the middle of Germany: memories of 100 years of the Gifhorn district 1885–1985. Published by the district of Gifhorn. Gifhorn 1985, p. 51.
5. ^ 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. 221 .
6. ^ Arnold Rabbow: Wolfsburg coat of arms. Wolfsburg 1979, pp. 46, 47 and 60.
7. ^ Dieter Polte: Velstoves Luther Church is 60 years old. In: Wolfsburger Nachrichten. Edition of December 30, 2019.
8. ↑ Velstove Ring on the website of the 1st Wolfsburg Moto-Cross-Club eV in the ADAC , accessed on January 2, 2018.
9. ↑ Velstove local fire brigade Wolfsburg fire brigade, accessed on January 2, 2018.
10. ^ Wolfsburg News. Edition of March 12, 2019.
11. ^ SSV Velstove from 1958 e. V. accessed on March 23, 2018.
12. ↑ HSV-Velstove eV accessed on January 2, 2018.
13. ↑ 223 hours plowed for Velstove. braunschweiger-zeitung.de, accessed on March 15, 2018.
14. ↑ Day care center on the website of the architecture and engineering office Schmerschneider , accessed on January 2, 2018.
15. ↑ Regenbogenland Velstove on the website of the St. Petrus Vorsfelde day care center , accessed on January 2, 2018.