Folk ailment

This article describes the Volkmarode district in Braunschweig, for the city district of the same name see Volkmarode (city district) .

Folk ailment City of Braunschweig
Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 29 ″  N , 10 ° 36 ′ 2 ″  E
Height :	81 m above sea level NN
Residents :	4091  (December 31, 2015)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	38104
Area code :	0531
Location of the people marauding in Braunschweig
St. Thomas in the town center

Volkmarode is a district of the city ​​district 114 of the same name and is located in the east of Braunschweig . The district Volkmarode is 386 hectares , which corresponds to 1.7% of the city area. Neighboring districts are in the north Querum , Dibbesdorf , in the west Gliesmarode , Riddagshausen , in the east the Cremlinger district Hordorf and in the south Schapen .

Volkmarode (19th century),
lithograph by Wilhelm Pätz

geography

Volkmarode is located in the east of Braunschweig on a small spur projecting north into the Schuntertal south of the federal highway 248 . The small, narrow, west-east stretched boundary extends to the lower terrace on the Sandbach and on the Schunter without touching them. The Volkmarode district is divided by the 248 federal road. The closest major cities are Wolfsburg , about 26 km northeast, Hanover , about 56 km west of Magdeburg , about 80 km east of Braunschweig.

history

Surname

The syllable rode of Volkmarode indicates a medieval clearing. The place name changed to Volkmerothe (1188), Volcmerode (1302), Wolckmerode (1534) and Volkmarode since the end of the 17th century.

Pre and early history

The area around Volkmarode has finds that prove settlement since the end of the Paleolithic . Tools, weapons, many microliths , scrapers, drills testify that hunters and gatherers roamed the Feldmark more than 10,000 years ago. In an environment settled Germanic tribes as the Chauken , Lombards , Hermunduri , Cherusker and Angrivarii - and since 4.5. Century AD the Saxon Ostfalen on the Schunter and the Sandbach .

Family de Volkmarode

The lords of Volkmarode appear at the time of Heinrich the Lion as Guelph ministerials . They belonged to the group of the leading genders. The first documented representative of the family is Fridericus de Volkmeroth (also Volkmariggerod ), who first appeared in 1154 in the entourage of Duke Henry the Lion. In a deed of foundation from 1196, Ludolf von Volkmarode undertakes to take care of the candles in a chandelier . The influential family owned numerous estates and the right to tithe in many places between Harz and Heide . The family was last mentioned in 1249 in a document from Otto the child for the Riddagshausen monastery .

14th to 18th century

From 1354 until the Napoleonic occupation period, Volkmarode was part of the Campen district . After the peace treaty of 1494 between the city of Braunschweig and the dukes, the office of Camping came to the Principality of Lüneburg from 1512 to 1706 . In 1706, Duke Anton Ulrich won back the district for the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel .

An event in the church history of the city of Braunschweig is the two-time flight of the theologian Gottschalk Kruse after people maraud in the Principality of Lüneburg. Kruse, a student of Martin Luther , was the first theologian to preach the gospel from a Brunswick pulpit. In 1522 and 1523 in Volkmarode he found protection from reprisals by the Catholic sovereign, Duke Heinrich the Younger, who ruled Wolfenbüttel .

Danish troops destroyed the Volkmarode church in the Thirty Years' War in 1626 and burned the entire village down to three farms.

1799 to 1945

From 1807 to 1813, in the "Westphalian period", people marauded in the canton of Wendhausen in the Kingdom of Westphalia . During the subsequent reorganization of the area, the place belonged to the judicial district of Riddagshausen . In 1832 the administrative units in the Duchy of Braunschweig were reorganized and Volkmarode was assigned to the Braunschweig district . Riddagshausen remained the competent local court until 1923 . In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Braunschweig – Calvörde postal route ran through Volkmarode .

Brick factory

Recreation area Moorhütte

By order of Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Braunschweig , the brickworks Moorhütte was built in 1799 by the publisher Johann Friedrich Vieweg . The brick factory was continued by Eduard Vieweg from 1825, Heinrich Vieweg from 1866 and Helene Vieweg from 1890. In 1900 Heinrich Steding, Friedrich Deike and Christian Thöne bought the brickworks. Until 1978, the Steding and Co. steam brickworks Moorhütte, Volkmarode was managed by the descendants of the Deike family for three generations.

On this area northwest of the center of Volkmarode in the area Bärenkamp - Am Papenholz - Am Hirtenberg - Auf der Moorhütte a housing estate was built. The former clay pits east of the housing estate now form a local recreation area .

Remenhof children's and youth home

The Remenhof was founded by Pastor Bodo Steigerthal , head of the Evangelical Association for Inner Mission in the state of Braunschweig from 1905 to 1914, to work with and with "alcoholics". He rented a house on Charlottenhöhe, which he set up as a Blue Cross home. In 1911 a larger property was acquired and a thatched half-timbered house was built. The name Remenhof originated from a field name ( Remen = belt or strip). The Remenhof was a refuge for alcoholics who were engaged in agricultural work. In 1918 the first eight orphans were admitted to the Remenhof. The number of children then rose to 125. The aim was to prepare the children for a life in the country or in a family of farmers or craftsmen. In 1939 the Remenhof was taken over by the Remenhof Foundation . During the Second World War , the Remenhof suffered severe damage that had to be repaired after 1945. In 1978 the Remenhof School became a privately owned special school. With more than 60 employees, the Remenhof Foundation is one of the largest employers in Volkmarode today.

Archaeological finds

From 1930 to 1939 the teacher and local researcher Heinrich Daues carried out regular inspections and small excavations in the district with his students, which yielded numerous prehistoric and early historical finds. One of the most impressive finds is a flint dagger made from flint, which is now in the possession of the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum , Department of Prehistory and Early History. Numerous finds that Daues gave to the Haus der Vorzeit, State Museum for Prehistory in Braunschweig by 1939 , were destroyed by the effects of the war.

National maraud from 1930 to 1945

The first single-family houses were built in 1938 in the Wolfskamp, ​​Finkenkamp and Grenzweg settlements. In the 1930s there were still twelve full-time farms in the village and 16 farmers cultivated their two or four hectares of their own or leased land part-time. The place had 716 inhabitants.

During the Second World War, the Americans moved in on April 12, 1945.

From 1945

After 1945, new housing developments were built between the old village and the city limits on both sides of the main road, Berlin's Heerstrasse.
From 1948 to 1968, the population of Volkmarode grew from around 1,000 to over 3,000, and the necessary infrastructure was created. The mayor from this time, Heinrich Grupe, therefore became an honorary citizen on February 15, 1970 .

After the local elections in 1968 Walter Ludewig (FDP) was elected mayor and in 1972 Walter Stephan (SPD). From 1969 to 1974 the school was added to the Unterdorf, the new Feuerteich kindergarten was built, the cemetery was redesigned, the school center (now IGS) was built by 1974, the zoning plan and the development plans for Kirchweg, Birkenheg and Mühlenring and the planning for the building area were approved Volkmarode Nord and the plans for the tram extension. In 1975 the fire station was put into operation.

Territorial reform, local council, city district council

As part of the regional reform for Braunschweig, the surrounding district of Braunschweig was dissolved in 1974 . 22 communities were assigned to the city of Braunschweig. Even before it was incorporated into the city, the Volkmarode community commissioned the construction of the fire station on Ziegelkamp and, in cooperation with the newly established school association, the construction of the Volkmarode school center on Seikenkamp.

After the incorporation, Dibbesdorf and Schapen belonged to the village - today the city ​​district - Braunschweig-Volkmarode, which, like all the incorporated districts, had a local council. This local council was able to continue the work of the former local councils see also ( local council ) to a small extent . The fact that both the district and the city district bear the name Volkmarode can lead to irritation.

After the district was dissolved, an interim local council was set up until the local elections in 1974. The local elections resulted in an absolute majority for the CDU . Ernst Brockow (CDU) from Dibbesdorf was local mayor or district mayor until 1989 (†) ; Horst Schmidt (CDU) from Schapen was elected successor until 2011. He was followed by Ulrich Volkmann ( SPD ) in 2011 .

Gasthof zum Berge

The old Schönian village jug lay on her Kothhof by the church; Heinrich Schönian was the operator. In 1892 the house was torn down and a newly built restaurant and farm opened. The taproom was also the post office from 1900 to 1938.

The sports club MTV Volkmarode was founded in 1912 and renamed SC Rot-Weiß Volkmarode in 1945 . The hall of the inn served as a gym. Athletic exercises took place in Schönian's garden. In the hall of the restaurant there were film screenings, dances and carnival celebrations. The inn was given up in 1977; it became an apartment and a storage room. In 2015 the inn was demolished.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a golden rose and in the base of the shield a golden three-pinned brick wall on a red shield. In contrast to many other districts, a heraldic symbol can be found in the case of the people's marodes, which has been closely related to the place since the High Middle Ages ; the coat of arms of the marshals von Volkmarode, who held the office of hereditary marshal up to the 14th century and in the divided shield above the ducal lion below three roses. The unchanged adoption of this shield was not possible for reasons of coat of arms law, and since the ducal lion refers more to the state of Braunschweig, a rose was taken from the coat of arms for the coat of arms of the district of Volkmarode. The tinned brick wall indicates two things: on the one hand, to the Borgwohl castle site , where a castle of the Marshals von Volkmarode once stood, and on the other hand, to the brickworks Moorhütte , which has provided work and bread to numerous residents for around two centuries until modern times has given. With the colors of its coat of arms for the district, Volkmarode is a reminder of its 700-year membership in the state of Braunschweig, but not, unlike many other places, through the blue-yellow state colors that were created in the 18th century, but rather through the considerably older ones, dating back to the 13th century , ducal Brunswick coat of arms colors red and yellow.

The coat of arms was designed by Arnold Rabbow and unanimously adopted by the local council on February 7, 1980.

Economy and Transport

economy

Trade and commerce	number	Medical care and nursing	number
Postal agency	-	General medicine	2
Banks and financial institutions	-	Dentistry	2
hotel	1	Gynecology	1
Catering establishments	4th	Chiropractic / alternative practitioner	1
Party service	1	physical therapy	1
Gas stations	1	Pharmacies	1
Retail stores	10	Medical supply stores	1
Furniture trade	2	Outpatient elderly / nursing	1
Car trade with workshop	4th	Cosmetics	1
Craft businesses	16
Driving schools	3
Car traffic training area	1
Insurance agencies	1

traffic

Volkmarode is conveniently located on the outskirts of the city. The B 248 runs through the district and crosses the Braunschweig-Ost motorway junction with the A2 in three kilometers. The city center (about six kilometers) can be reached by tram (towards Weststadt) operated by Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH . Several bus lines also connect Volkmarode with the surrounding villages of Hondelage , Weddel , Essehof and Cremlingen . A direct bus connection to Wolfsburg (approx. 31 km) is ensured by a bus line. The Braunschweig-Gliesmarode train station (about three kilometers) can be reached directly by tram, the Braunschweig main train station (about seven kilometers) can only be reached by changing to other bus or tram lines.

Personalities

• Philipp Ludwig Dreyzigermark (1676–1750), abbot of Riddagshausen Monastery
• Heinrich Grupe, mayor and honorary citizen of the Volkmarode community

literature

• Heinrich Daues: Familienblätter Volkmarode 1668–1939. Copy of the family sheets. Leipzig 1995. 3 volumes, 1209 families, according to the inventory, part IV of the German Central Office for Genealogy , p. 514

From the Heimatverein Volkmarode e. V. published:

• 850 years of Volkmarode contemporary document from the anniversary year 2004. Goihl, Stuhr 2004.
• A walk through folk maraud. Braunschweig 1993.
• The steam brickworks Moorhütte in Volkmarode. Braunschweig 1989.
• Personalities from folk ailments. Braunschweig 1994.
• Commercial and economic enterprises in and around the people's ailing. Braunschweig 1996.
• People's maraud during the National Socialist period 1933–1945. Braunschweig 1996.
• From the history of the place Volkmarode. Braunschweig 1990.

Edited by Fritz Koch, Michael Koch:

• Volkmarode - A village on the outskirts of the city of Braunschweig. 2nd Edition. Slices of Live, Königslutter 2006.
• Source book for local history 1154–2004. Hessler digital printing, Braunschweig 2003.

Web links

Commons : Volkmarode  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Volkmarode's website at volkmarode-braunschweig.de
• Volkmarode on braunschweig.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population statistics on braunschweig.de
2. ↑ Edeldraut Hundertmark: The county Braunschweig. Volume 22. Dorn, Bremen 1965.
3. ^ Hermann Kleinau : Historical directory of the state of Braunschweig L – Z. In: Publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony (Bremen and the former states of Hanover, Oldenburg, Braunschweig and Schaumburg-Lippe). Volume XXX: Historical directory of Lower Saxony. 2, State of Braunschweig. August Lax Verlagbuchhandlung, Hildesheim 1968, pp. 657–658.
4. ↑ Karl Jordan: Heinrich the Lion. Beck, Munich 1980, p. 129.
5. ^ H. Dürre: History of the City of Braunschweig. Zwißler, Wolfenbüttel 1875, pp. 385-386.
6. ^ History of Volkmarodes on braunschweig.de
7. ↑ See list of honorary citizens of Braunschweig
8. ↑ Horst Schmidt: Local and city district councilor Volkmarode. Manuscript. Braunschweig 2006.
9. ↑ Gerd Spies (Ed.): Brunswiek 1031-Braunschweig 1981. Waisenhaus-Druckerei, Braunschweig 1981, p. 53.
10. ↑ From Ortsspiegel: Journal for the districts of Volkmarode, Dibbesdorf and Schapen, edition 32/2015, p.4 - Michael Koch.
11. ^ Arnold Rabbow: New Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch. Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 2003, ISBN 3-926701-59-5 , p. 29/30.