Würgassen
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Würgassen
City of Beverungen
Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′ 33 ″ N , 9 ° 24 ′ 36 ″ E
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| Height : | 98 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 3.19 km² |
| Residents : | 1100 (Dec. 31, 2003) |
| Population density : | 345 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1970 |
| Postal code : | 37688 |
| Area code : | 05273 |
 Location of Würgassen in Beverungen
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Würgassen is a south-eastern district of Beverungen in the Höxter district in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). The Würgassen nuclear power plant , which was decommissioned in 1995, is located on the right of the Weser . Würgassen is in close proximity to the cities of Bad Karlshafen , Beverungen and the municipality of Lauenförde . Opposite Würgassen, on the other side of the Weser, is the village of Herstelle , which also belongs to the municipality of Beverungen.
In the village Würgassen 1,000 live inhabitants .
Geographical location
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Würgassen is located in the eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia near the border triangle with Lower Saxony and Hesse in the Weser Uplands . It is located around 3.5 km (as the crow flies ) southeast of the core town of Beverungen on the Weser and, besides Lüchtringen, is the only place in the Höxter district on the right bank of the Weser . Located on the south-western edge of the Solling , which is why it is also known as the “Tor zum Solling”, it spreads out along an old Weser ford directly west-southwest of the impressive Hanoverian cliffs with the Weser Skywalk . Beyond or south of the Weser lies the Beverungen district of Herstelle .
history
First documented in 944 as "Werigise", Würgassen probably already existed in the Augau during the time of Charlemagne . In 1698 the castle was completed in its current form, the cellar vaults come from a much older building. The origin of the place name certainly has nothing to do with the tradition that Charlemagne had the Würgasser "strangled" in the alleys because of a relapse into pagan customs, but is more likely to be related to the terms "Wisura" (Weser) and "Gisen" to bring in connection. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Weser was criss-crossed by rocks near Würgassen, which made the water flow uneasily.
The inhabitants who did not work in agriculture previously hired themselves mainly as sailors in the Weser shipping. Since 1971 many have been employed in the newly built nuclear power plant. The Würgassen nuclear power plant (KWW) was a first-generation boiling water reactor with a power plant block . It was built in Würgassen within three years, operated from 1971 to August 26, 1994, then shut down due to hairline cracks in the steel jacket of the reactor core and finally shut down on April 14, 1997. For seventeen years up to 2014, the nuclear power plant was dismantled, gutted, and radioactive radiation removed for more than one billion euros. Of the 455,000 tonnes of dismantling mass, around 5,000 tonnes of radioactive waste were generated. It is not yet possible to demolish the remaining buildings because there is an interim storage facility for low and medium level radioactive waste on the site. The buildings could be converted into a natural gas power plant.
A special feature is the location to the right of the Weser, due to which Würgassen should actually belong to Lower Saxony. A long dispute over the course of the national border could not be settled until 1837. Even today the shooting range of the Schützenbruderschaft is partly in North Rhine-Westphalia and partly in Lower Saxony.
On January 1, 1970, Würgassen was incorporated into the city of Beverungen.
Buildings
Würgassen Castle
In the old town of Würgassen, directly on the Weser, is the castle from 1698, today a privately used manor.
St. Michael Church
As a visible sign of Christianization , a chapel was built at the time of Charlemagne . It was devastated in the 15th century. It was not until 1693 that a new chapel was built, which was dedicated to Saint Michael . This chapel fell into disrepair over the next few decades. In 1765 it was renewed. After the new chapel became too small, the neo-Gothic church was built between 1907 and 1908 .
Economy and Infrastructure
The following are located in Würgassen: wood processing companies, energy generation and distribution, plastics processing companies, agriculture, construction / craft and trade.
traffic
The closest airport is Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport .
Street
Würgassen is located on federal highway 83 , which comes from Bückeburg along the Weser to Bebra . The next connection points to the federal highways 7 and 44 are about 40 km away. The Weser Cycle Path leads along the Weser . Würgassen is connected to the town of Herstelle by a bridge and a Weser ferry. The ferry landing point is located directly below the Alte Linde Hotel.
train
A train station on the Sollingbahn ( course book route 356) is in the neighboring town of Lauenförde , but is called Lauenförde-Beverungen because of the short distance to the city of Beverungen. There is a connection every 2 hours in the direction of Ottbergen and Bodenfelde ; from Bodenfelde the train goes either to Northeim or Göttingen . In Ottbergen there is a connection in the direction of Altenbeken , Paderborn and Holzminden . Until 1984 Würgassen had its own train station.
Web links
- www.wuergassen.de - Würgassen's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : “Germany, Federal Republic of: Nuclear Power Reactors” (English)
- ↑ Michael B. Berger: The last one turns off the light. The first commercially used nuclear power plant was gutted with great meticulousness in 17 years - Würgassen on the Upper Weser. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , No. 242, October 17, 2014, p. 6.
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 107 .
