Wachendorf (Syke)

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Guard Village
City of Syke
Coordinates: 52 ° 52 ′ 28 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 19 ″  E
Area : 11.1 km²
Residents : 476  (2006)
Population density : 43 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 28857
Area code : 04240
Wachendorf (Lower Saxony)
Guard Village

Location of Wachendorf in Lower Saxony

Wachendorf is a district of the city of Syke ( Diepholz district , Lower Saxony ).

geography

location

Wachendorf is a district of the city of Syke . Together with the Syker districts of Henstedt , Heiligenfelde , Gödestorf and Jardinghausen , a southern area is formed. Wachendorf includes the historic districts of Borstel, Hillenberg, Kirchberg, Legenhausen, Neddernheide, Vöhrde and the Wachendorf colony.

Wachendorf belongs together with Henstedt, Heiligenfelde, Gödestorf and Jardinghausen to the parish of Heiligenfelde.

Neighboring places

Neighbors of the village of Wachendorf, located on the southeastern edge of Syke, are the Syker districts of Jardinghausen, Heiligenfelde and Gödestorf. To the east it is the Syker neighboring community of Thedinghausen ; in the south it is from the Syker neighboring community Bruchhausen-Vilsen whose community part Süstedt .

Rivers / streams

In the eastern part of the village, towards the municipality of Thedinghausen , the Süstedter Bach flows , which rises in Süstedt and flows into the Kirchweyher See east of Weyhe- Kirchweyhe. At times it is the border river to the municipality of Thedinghausen ( Emtinghausen and Riede ).

history

On March 1, 1974, the community Wachendorf was incorporated into the city of Syke.

Population development

  • 1950: 848 inhabitants
  • 1961: 562 inhabitants
  • 1966: 539 inhabitants
  • 1970: 531 inhabitants
  • 1982: 492 inhabitants
  • 2006: 476 inhabitants

Infrastructure

Wachendorf does not have its own church or cemetery . The war memorial in the center of the village contains the names of those killed and missing from World War I and World War II .

traffic

Street

Wachendorf is far from the main traffic. The next federal road, the B 6 , runs 2.5 km to the west through Heiligenfelde and creates good connections to the north (to Bremen , to the A 1 and the A 27 ) and to the south (to Hanover , to the A 2 ).

In 1974 at the latest, all Wachendorfer streets and some paths were given names. In total there are 23 streets and paths in Wachendorf that have names. There are also some dirt roads that have remained nameless. Two well-developed main roads (the district roads K 121 and K 129) cut through the core town and divide it into different areas:

  • the road "Kirchberg" (K 129) runs west to Heiligenfelde / to the B 6
  • the "Wachendorfer Straße" (K 129) runs southeast to Süstedt
  • the "Gödestorfer Straße" (K 121) runs north to Gödestorf

The "Colony Wachendorf" located 2 km west of the town center is cut through by the B 6.

Names of the Wachendorfer Strasse (in alphabetical order): Alter Berg, Am Holzkamp, ​​Bruchdamm, Colonie (= B 6), Gödestorfer Strasse, Heidkamp, ​​Heisterort, Hermann-Löns -Weg, Hillenberg, Im Dorfe, In den Dänen, Kirchberg, Legenhausen , Lindenweg , Moorweg, Neddernheide, Obere Heide, Pulterkuhle, Rethweg, Wachendorfer Straße, Weidedamm, Zum Borstel, Zum Heussen

rail

  • The north-west, about 9 km from the center Wachendorfer remote DB - railway station in Syke part of the route Bremen- Osnabrück .
  • Wachendorf is a stop at the " Kaffkieker " museum railway . This museum railway was in operation from 1987 to 1991 and has been in operation again since 2006 between the towns of Syke and Eystrup in Lower Saxony .

societies

Wachendorf has a lively club life:

  • The "Jugendspielmannszug - Marching Brass Band Wachendorf und Umgebung eV" has organized an international music festival every year on Ascension Day, the "Wachendorfer Musikfest", since its foundation in 1976. He takes part in other national and international music festivals and parades and every year in the Bremen Freimarkt parade as a foot troupe making music.
  • The leisure and community association Wachendorf eV from 1998 has about 140 members and emerged from a loosely run village youth. The association organizes local events such as the annual Easter bonfire, theater performances, cabbage tour, maypole plants and much more.

Attractions

Personalities

  • Rudi Carrell (born December 19, 1934 in Alkmaar, Netherlands as Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar, † July 7, 2006 in Bremen) was a Dutch singer, show master and entertainer. From 1975 until his death in July 2006 he lived in the Syker district of Wachendorf. He was buried next to his second wife Anke in the church cemetery in Syke-Heiligenfelde. In April 2007 his property - a wooded area with a mill pond and several houses - was sold and converted into an old people's home.

See also

literature

  • Guard Village. In: Heinz-Hermann Böttcher, Heiner Büntemeyer, Hermann Greve and Wilfried Meyer: SYKE and umzu. Syke 1983, ISBN 3-923965-00-1 , pages 192-197
  • Guard Village. In: Hermann Greve u. Gabriele Ullrich : 13 times Syke. A historical reading tour. Weyhe 1992, pp. 129-139
  • Marsh marigolds route (including Wachendorf). In: Hermann Greve u. Gabriele Ullrich: On the way ... in Syke. A culture and nature travel guide for Syke and its districts. A guide through the Hachestadt. Nature - culture - history. Fischerhude 2002, pages 102-123

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 191 .

Web links

Commons : Wachendorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Kolonie Wachendorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files