Wöstendöllen

Wöstendöllen Visbek municipality Coordinates: 52 ° 48 ′ 50 ″ N , 8 ° 20 ′ 42 ″ E
Height :	48 m above sea level NN
Residents :	440 (Feb 13, 2020)
Postal code :	49429
Area code :	04445
Location of Wöstendöllen in Lower Saxony

Wöstendöllen is a peasantry and part of the municipality of Visbek in the southern Oldenburg district of Vechta in Lower Saxony and is located about 3.5 km southeast of the Visbek town center. To the northeast of Wöstendöllen, the loess-loam-shaped lowland stream Twillbäke rises near Bonrechtern , which, following a curve in a southerly direction, flows through the forest of Herrenholz , Wöstendöllen northwards.

Medieval documents name the peasantry as Astulini (11th Jd.), Ostolone (1218), Hostulne (1275), Hestulen (approx. 1278). The meaning of these older forms is Ostdöllen . The village was apparently first mentioned as Wöstendöllen in 1431.

As a symbol of the village, Wöstendöllen has a small wooden windmill in its coat of arms.

Management of the peasantry

Wöstendöller district chairman is Mario Honkomp (as of February 13, 2020).

Nature reserves

To the north, the nature reserve " Bäken der Endeler und Holzhauser Heide ", through which the Twillbäke flows, connects directly to the village.
To the southeast, about 2 km away and already in the area of the municipality of Goldenstedt , is the Herrenholz nature reserve and forest area .

societies

The Wöstendöllen rifle company has been active since 2005. It has 50 members and belongs to the Visbek shooting club.
The Heimatverein Wöstendöllen was founded in 1947.
Wöstendöller Boomsetters (= The Pentecostal Tree Setters ).

Web links

The farmers Wöstendöllen on the website of the municipality Visbek.
Navigator - interactive focused on the farmers of Wöstendöllen. Official map service of the LGLN

Individual evidence

↑ NLWKN state database. WK25061 Twillbäke .
↑ Library of Princeton University The Architectural and Artistic Monuments of the Duchy of Oldenburg, 1896/1900, Volume II, Amt Vechta, p. 377/197 /, Grand Ducal State Ministry, accessed on February 13, 2020.
^ Municipality of Visbek, The Municipality, District Leader.

[1] NLWKN state database. WK25061 Twillbäke .

[2] Library of Princeton University The Architectural and Artistic Monuments of the Duchy of Oldenburg, 1896/1900, Volume II, Amt Vechta, p. 377/197 /, Grand Ducal State Ministry, accessed on February 13, 2020.

[3] Municipality of Visbek, The Municipality, District Leader.