Vorwerk (Celle)

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Vorwerk
City of Celle
Coordinates: 52 ° 39 ′ 1 ″  N , 10 ° 5 ′ 58 ″  E
Height : 52 m above sea level NN
Area : 3.89 km²
Residents : 2644  (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density : 679 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : May 1, 1961
Postal code : 29229
Area code : 05141

Vorwerk is a district of the city of Celle in Lower Saxony , which is northeast of the city center.

history

Vorwerk is a village that emerged from a medieval Vorwerk and belonged to the parish of Groß Hehlen . In 1936 the so-called weavers' settlement for workers in the Celle spinning mill (silk spinning mill) was built. After the Second World War, another housing cooperative settlement was built in 1950 for refugees ( Soziale Baugenossenschaft GmbH, Celle ). With the strong increase in the population, a separate school building became necessary. From 1952 the Vorwerkschule was built on Bosteler Weg.

From 1945 the British army took over the area of ​​the Von Seeckt barracks at the gates of Vorwerk, and so again massive new living space was created in Vorwerk, this time for the British soldiers and their family members. Apartments for members of the British armed forces were built southwest of the old town center and behind Vorwerker Platz. With the withdrawal of the British armed forces from Celle, this living space became freely accessible to the civil real estate market.

ev. Lutheran Matthäus-Kirchengemeinde Celle-Vorwerk
Catholic Church

On January 20, 1961, Vorwerk was incorporated into the urban area of ​​Celle. The "Umgemeindungsvertrag" was signed by the then Mayor of Celle, Wilhelm Heinichen, in the town hall of Celle. Mayor Lange and the council members Wilhelm and Albert Knoop, Görgens and Wolckenhaar signed for the previous municipality of Vorwerk.

religion

The Protestant parish of Celle-Vorwerk was detached from the association with the parish of Klein Hehlen in 1969 and has been independent as the Matthäus parish since then. The community center with rectory and possibly kindergarten is located in the middle of the Vorwerk district in the immediate vicinity of the Vorwerk school. Since July 2007 the Protestant parishes Garßen and Vorwerk have joined forces to form a “connected pastoral office”.

The Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist , built in 1974, is located on the road to Garßen . Affiliate churches in Eschede and Unterlüß also belong to this parish.

politics

The Vorwerk local council has 7 members (2 CDU , 2 SPD , 2 THE INDEPENDENTS and 1 Bündnis90 / Die Grünen ).

The local mayor is Iris Fiss (THE INDEPENDENTS).

Culture and sights

The landmark Vorwerk is today the Vorwerker high-rise on Vorwerker Platz . Many events take place here every year.

  • On the north-eastern outskirts of Vorwerk is the Silbersee , an almost 30,000 m² spring lake with a campsite (150 parking spaces).
  • The animal shelter of the Celle Animal Welfare Association is also located on the north-eastern edge of the town (around 2000 animals found and released annually).

  • Typical settlement houses of the "Webersiedlung"

  • Former farm Wolckenhaar in Vorwerk, Mummenhofstrasse

  • Skyscraper on Vorwerker Platz

  • Silver lake

Economy and Infrastructure

The factory of the crispbread manufacturer WASA , which belongs to the Barilla Group , was put into operation in 1967 and is located on the southern outskirts of Vorwerk.

In Vorwerk there is an ev. Kindergarten and a primary school as well as a day nursery . Since 2010 there has been a family center in the former Protestant rectory of the Protestant Matthäusgemeinde in Vorwerk.

To the west of the district runs the Hanover – Hamburg line , while the Celle – Soltau line runs east of the settlement .

Vorwerk has a sports facility with soccer fields, 5 tennis courts and a clubhouse in the eastern outskirts of the district.

literature

  • RWLE Möller: Celle Lexicon. Celle 1987
  • Friedrich W. Schoof: The old parish of Groß Hehlen. Celle 1989
  • Joachim Hartig: The Webersiedlung - Contributions to the history of Vorwerk. (Siedlergemeinschaft Celle Vorwerk, 1987) . Celle 1987

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joachim Hartig (Ed.): The Webersiedlung. Contributions to the history of Vorwerk . Celle 1987, p. 131 .
  2. ↑ Joachim Hartig (Ed.): The Webersiedlung. Contributions to the history of Vorwerk . Celle 1987, p. 122 .